Joel Tannenbaum
@subwaysurface.bsky.social
I teach history at a community college and publish when I feel like it. For music stuff see @joelmusic.bsky.social
I grew up in Delaware County and have lived the majority of my life in Philadelphia. Here is my impression of the HBO drama Task:
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I grew up in Delaware County and have lived the majority of my life in Philadelphia. Here is my impression of the HBO drama Task:
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
See you again in 25 years.
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
See you again in 25 years.
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
Remember that time they were going to build a basketball arena in Center City and it was going to be totally fine because SEPTA was totally going to up its game with Regional Rail and the Broad Street Line so people wouldn’t feel like they had to drive in?
August 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Remember that time they were going to build a basketball arena in Center City and it was going to be totally fine because SEPTA was totally going to up its game with Regional Rail and the Broad Street Line so people wouldn’t feel like they had to drive in?
Egregious AI fail.
May 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Egregious AI fail.
There’s such a thing as too tactful.
April 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
There’s such a thing as too tactful.
My favorite Val Kilmer role is one where, weirdly enough, you never see his face. He plays a hallucination of Elvis by the main character, Clarence (Christian Slater). Elvis tells Clarence to do all sorts of crazy things, and is the first tip off to the audience that Clarence is, in fact, nuts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My favorite Val Kilmer role is one where, weirdly enough, you never see his face. He plays a hallucination of Elvis by the main character, Clarence (Christian Slater). Elvis tells Clarence to do all sorts of crazy things, and is the first tip off to the audience that Clarence is, in fact, nuts.
My favorite comedy writer is the anonymous hero who updates the @metacritic.com tv premiere dates.
March 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My favorite comedy writer is the anonymous hero who updates the @metacritic.com tv premiere dates.
Hello this is my office right now. I am the king of society.
March 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hello this is my office right now. I am the king of society.
What Canada *could* be doing right now: building a wall you can see from space on their southern border.
What Canada is actually doing: spending money on billboards that attempt to politely appeal to American economic self-interest.
Said it before, will say again: better friends than we deserve
What Canada is actually doing: spending money on billboards that attempt to politely appeal to American economic self-interest.
Said it before, will say again: better friends than we deserve
March 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What Canada *could* be doing right now: building a wall you can see from space on their southern border.
What Canada is actually doing: spending money on billboards that attempt to politely appeal to American economic self-interest.
Said it before, will say again: better friends than we deserve
What Canada is actually doing: spending money on billboards that attempt to politely appeal to American economic self-interest.
Said it before, will say again: better friends than we deserve
This is a very difficult record to describe but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that it’s a very improbable mix of vintage Sarah Records and Death in June.
Anyway I can’t stop listening and really hope Slumberland or somebody puts it out in the US because overseas shipping is out of hand rn.
Anyway I can’t stop listening and really hope Slumberland or somebody puts it out in the US because overseas shipping is out of hand rn.
March 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is a very difficult record to describe but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that it’s a very improbable mix of vintage Sarah Records and Death in June.
Anyway I can’t stop listening and really hope Slumberland or somebody puts it out in the US because overseas shipping is out of hand rn.
Anyway I can’t stop listening and really hope Slumberland or somebody puts it out in the US because overseas shipping is out of hand rn.
Remember that time we were playing croquet and the Queen was all aggro and she kept sentencing people to death by beheading and Alice had just moved here and she was totally freaked out and finally the Gryphon took her aside and was like “brah, no one is actually getting their heads chopped off ok?”
March 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Remember that time we were playing croquet and the Queen was all aggro and she kept sentencing people to death by beheading and Alice had just moved here and she was totally freaked out and finally the Gryphon took her aside and was like “brah, no one is actually getting their heads chopped off ok?”
The future of social media.
March 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The future of social media.
Largely agree (though I don’t think The Apprentice belongs on this pile).
But you know what definitely does? People losing their minds because Civil War refused to explain to them who the bad guys were. That was weird.
But you know what definitely does? People losing their minds because Civil War refused to explain to them who the bad guys were. That was weird.
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Largely agree (though I don’t think The Apprentice belongs on this pile).
But you know what definitely does? People losing their minds because Civil War refused to explain to them who the bad guys were. That was weird.
But you know what definitely does? People losing their minds because Civil War refused to explain to them who the bad guys were. That was weird.
Sometimes I wake up thinking about the Pump Up the Volume soundtrack and then I just think about it all day.
March 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sometimes I wake up thinking about the Pump Up the Volume soundtrack and then I just think about it all day.
Who will emerge as the Morton Downey Jr of this political era?
There are lots—and I mean LOTS—of contenders, but as of yet no clear frontrunner.
There are lots—and I mean LOTS—of contenders, but as of yet no clear frontrunner.
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Who will emerge as the Morton Downey Jr of this political era?
There are lots—and I mean LOTS—of contenders, but as of yet no clear frontrunner.
There are lots—and I mean LOTS—of contenders, but as of yet no clear frontrunner.
SECRETARY OF ENERGY NOMINEE HOMER SIMPSON CLEARS KEY SENATE COMMITTEE CONFIRMATION VOTE
February 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
SECRETARY OF ENERGY NOMINEE HOMER SIMPSON CLEARS KEY SENATE COMMITTEE CONFIRMATION VOTE
Someone please explain why the most important account on this entire platform has 26 followers.
@oviedomall.bsky.social
@oviedomall.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Someone please explain why the most important account on this entire platform has 26 followers.
@oviedomall.bsky.social
@oviedomall.bsky.social
Are you American and suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to learn everything you can about Russia during and after the fall of the USSR for, you know, no reason whatsoever?
Here is a syllabus. Is it quirky to the point of incoherence? Sure.
And so is everything that’s probably about to happen.
January 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Are you American and suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to learn everything you can about Russia during and after the fall of the USSR for, you know, no reason whatsoever?
Here is a syllabus. Is it quirky to the point of incoherence? Sure.
And so is everything that’s probably about to happen.
My favorite thing ever written by anyone is still this Amazon review of “Eurocommunism is Anti-Communism” by Enver Hoxha.
“Alas, historical errors and omissions do appear in this book, although I think the errors are probably a conspiracy of Khrushchevite revisionists to discredit Enver's work.”
“Alas, historical errors and omissions do appear in this book, although I think the errors are probably a conspiracy of Khrushchevite revisionists to discredit Enver's work.”
January 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My favorite thing ever written by anyone is still this Amazon review of “Eurocommunism is Anti-Communism” by Enver Hoxha.
“Alas, historical errors and omissions do appear in this book, although I think the errors are probably a conspiracy of Khrushchevite revisionists to discredit Enver's work.”
“Alas, historical errors and omissions do appear in this book, although I think the errors are probably a conspiracy of Khrushchevite revisionists to discredit Enver's work.”
I know OPEC controls half the global oil supply but it’s hard to take them seriously with this logo.
December 5, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I know OPEC controls half the global oil supply but it’s hard to take them seriously with this logo.
Richard Branson getting up to some weird stuff in the liner notes of the 1978 Virgin Records 10” comp, Guillotine.
Listen to music however you want, but keep in mind that when we forget about liner notes, a lot of historical information gets lost.
Listen to music however you want, but keep in mind that when we forget about liner notes, a lot of historical information gets lost.
December 2, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Richard Branson getting up to some weird stuff in the liner notes of the 1978 Virgin Records 10” comp, Guillotine.
Listen to music however you want, but keep in mind that when we forget about liner notes, a lot of historical information gets lost.
Listen to music however you want, but keep in mind that when we forget about liner notes, a lot of historical information gets lost.