Nick Tangborn
@tangborn.bsky.social
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Maybe I Shouldn’t Be In The Pit Before My Neurosurgery Appointment
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Maybe I Shouldn’t Be In The Pit Before My Neurosurgery Appointment
Seeing Tear Dungeon with an Torn Tendon
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October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Maybe I Shouldn’t Be In The Pit Before My Neurosurgery Appointment
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Ian Moore Can't Speak
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Ian Moore Can't Speak
Not Drowning, Waving
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September 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ian Moore Can't Speak
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I wrote about my old company Batter Blaster and how we went up against Con Agra and the other massive CPG conglomerates in 2012 and still won the (prestigious?) GMA Award for Innovation and Creativity. open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
Head To Head With ConAgra
Batter Blaster visits the Grocery Manufacturers Association of America
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September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I wrote about my old company Batter Blaster and how we went up against Con Agra and the other massive CPG conglomerates in 2012 and still won the (prestigious?) GMA Award for Innovation and Creativity. open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
The Elephant In The Data Center
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The Elephant In The Data Center
There’s a hoary old joke about the circus.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Elephant In The Data Center
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There is a special place in hell for people who want to return things on eBay that they clearly have destroyed/“lost”/damaged themselves. Especially ones who say “oh I know it’s always someone else’s fault.” They belong with despots, warlocks and egotistical swim instructors
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There is a special place in hell for people who want to return things on eBay that they clearly have destroyed/“lost”/damaged themselves. Especially ones who say “oh I know it’s always someone else’s fault.” They belong with despots, warlocks and egotistical swim instructors
I've been busy over at areyouexperienced.substack.com writing about things that appeal to me, or bother me, depending on the week and my general temperament. Lately it's been generative AI, the Quatermass series, self-publishing, ghosts, magick and horror movies.
Are You Experienced? | Nick Tangborn | Substack
How to feel young and relevant when you're over 50 and everything hurts. Career, purpose, media and culture through the lens of an aging hipster. Click to read "Are You Experienced?", a Substack publi...
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June 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've been busy over at areyouexperienced.substack.com writing about things that appeal to me, or bother me, depending on the week and my general temperament. Lately it's been generative AI, the Quatermass series, self-publishing, ghosts, magick and horror movies.
Wrote today about my old record label, home to Jesse DeNatale, Tom Heyman, Kelley Stoltz, Oranger, and a host of others.
The Jackpine Social Club
I'm Not Ghosting You, I'm Just 55
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June 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wrote today about my old record label, home to Jesse DeNatale, Tom Heyman, Kelley Stoltz, Oranger, and a host of others.
Bureau of Reclamations
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Bureau of Reclamations
A ballad of Minneapolis music writer and news journalist Burl Gilyard
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May 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bureau of Reclamations
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You probably need to read this uncharacteristically light Substack from the king of mid tempo ballads and mildly disturbing transparency
Not Dark Yet
Horrible bosses, Robot shenanigans, Writers I like
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April 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You probably need to read this uncharacteristically light Substack from the king of mid tempo ballads and mildly disturbing transparency
Do you choke up when Kirk/Shatner breaks on “he was the most…human” or are you dead inside
April 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Do you choke up when Kirk/Shatner breaks on “he was the most…human” or are you dead inside
I wrote about the intersection of personal and professional, and what happens when someone texts you "Fuck you!" Toda on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
Famous Last Words
If A Bridge Burns During SXSW, Does Anyone Smell It?
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April 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I wrote about the intersection of personal and professional, and what happens when someone texts you "Fuck you!" Toda on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
I wrote a piece about horror movies and job hunting. I don't know if there is a horror movie about job hunting but I don't think I'd want to watch it right now. Unless there's a good one! open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I wrote a piece about horror movies and job hunting. I don't know if there is a horror movie about job hunting but I don't think I'd want to watch it right now. Unless there's a good one! open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
Talking about magick with a k on the Substack. You know you wanna. areyouexperienced.substack.com/p/lets-magic...
March 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Talking about magick with a k on the Substack. You know you wanna. areyouexperienced.substack.com/p/lets-magic...
I have written over 40,000 words since I started this, which is a pretty big number. For me, at least. This past week I wrote about redefining my relationship with alcohol. In past weeks I've dug into all sorts of digital stuff via the lens of this jaded Gen Xer. open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
All My Rowdy Friends
The Best View In Any City...
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March 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have written over 40,000 words since I started this, which is a pretty big number. For me, at least. This past week I wrote about redefining my relationship with alcohol. In past weeks I've dug into all sorts of digital stuff via the lens of this jaded Gen Xer. open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
I wrote this week about my great, late friend Matt Harris, bass player for the Posies, Oranger, Ian Moore, Spiral Stairs, Roky Erikson and many others, and where addiction and aging meet.
The Invisible People open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
The Invisible People open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
The Invisible People
Where We Go When We Get Old, But We Don't Die
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January 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I wrote this week about my great, late friend Matt Harris, bass player for the Posies, Oranger, Ian Moore, Spiral Stairs, Roky Erikson and many others, and where addiction and aging meet.
The Invisible People open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
The Invisible People open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
Yoda’s first name is Minch
January 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Yoda’s first name is Minch
They don’t really put a warning sign on Hereditary, do they? “Now Streaming On MAX. Know What You Are Getting Into”
January 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
They don’t really put a warning sign on Hereditary, do they? “Now Streaming On MAX. Know What You Are Getting Into”
Hey all you new follower types, O wrote this weekend a piece about being trapped under a 60lb steel pot of rotting lobster carcasses in a 98 Jetta. How can you afford NOT to read it? open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
January 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hey all you new follower types, O wrote this weekend a piece about being trapped under a 60lb steel pot of rotting lobster carcasses in a 98 Jetta. How can you afford NOT to read it? open.substack.com/pub/areyouex...
Kirby Saturday
I love looking at Cosmic Kirby stuff. Like just lookit this:
January 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Kirby Saturday
I like talking about horror movies, comic books, music and other pop culture that is good, not the crap kind. So hi everyone who is just now joining. This is my personal site and yes I was COO at Batter Blaster, the lamented aerosol pancake batter in a can. nicktangborn.com
Nick Tangborn - Music, Movies, Media, Marketing
Music, Movies, Media, Marketing
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January 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I like talking about horror movies, comic books, music and other pop culture that is good, not the crap kind. So hi everyone who is just now joining. This is my personal site and yes I was COO at Batter Blaster, the lamented aerosol pancake batter in a can. nicktangborn.com
I also am Chief of Staff at Eknonomisk Mgmt (Andrew Bird, Alan Sparhawk, My Brightest Diamond et al) and I run marketing for The Small Bow, a recovery and sobriety substack, podcast and soon-to-be app from AJ Daulerio (Gawker) and Garrett Kamps (Rhapsody, Third Bridge) ekonmgmt.com
EKONOMISK MGMT
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January 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I also am Chief of Staff at Eknonomisk Mgmt (Andrew Bird, Alan Sparhawk, My Brightest Diamond et al) and I run marketing for The Small Bow, a recovery and sobriety substack, podcast and soon-to-be app from AJ Daulerio (Gawker) and Garrett Kamps (Rhapsody, Third Bridge) ekonmgmt.com
Bluesky seems to be waking up again as the Meta fact-checking terrifies everyone. I write a 1500 words every week about culture, media and writing after 50. It's called Are You Experienced and is over on Substack. I recently started a vintage comics and ephemera store at www.ebay.com/str/quaterma...
Security MeasureeBay Home
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January 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Bluesky seems to be waking up again as the Meta fact-checking terrifies everyone. I write a 1500 words every week about culture, media and writing after 50. It's called Are You Experienced and is over on Substack. I recently started a vintage comics and ephemera store at www.ebay.com/str/quaterma...