Travis J Cook
@travisjcook.bsky.social
he/him. Movies. Music. Culture. Baseball. Politics. Lord of the RIngs.Thoughts are my own and wholly representative of me, an idiot.
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Five Iron Frenzy
Allman Brothers Band when Gregg was still alive & kickin’.
Pearl Jam when they had a gargantuan rain delay at Wrigley Field
Counting Crows when they played Accidentally in Love
Slipknot playing all their self-titled album in London.
Allman Brothers Band when Gregg was still alive & kickin’.
Pearl Jam when they had a gargantuan rain delay at Wrigley Field
Counting Crows when they played Accidentally in Love
Slipknot playing all their self-titled album in London.
U2 (Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour)
Relient K/Switchfoot double bill
Carly Rae Jepsen
mewithoutYou
The Mountain Goats show at Thalia Hall a few years back where John Darnielle started singing the hymn On Eagle’s Wings and about 25% of the crowd joined in
Relient K/Switchfoot double bill
Carly Rae Jepsen
mewithoutYou
The Mountain Goats show at Thalia Hall a few years back where John Darnielle started singing the hymn On Eagle’s Wings and about 25% of the crowd joined in
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Five Iron Frenzy
Allman Brothers Band when Gregg was still alive & kickin’.
Pearl Jam when they had a gargantuan rain delay at Wrigley Field
Counting Crows when they played Accidentally in Love
Slipknot playing all their self-titled album in London.
Allman Brothers Band when Gregg was still alive & kickin’.
Pearl Jam when they had a gargantuan rain delay at Wrigley Field
Counting Crows when they played Accidentally in Love
Slipknot playing all their self-titled album in London.
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving
Everything here, pretty much. youtube.com/shorts/YfoI6...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Everything here, pretty much. youtube.com/shorts/YfoI6...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I'd move ROTJ down to #5, TLJ to 3, RO to 4, TFA to 6, Solo to 7. Otherwise, my Khan has excellent taste.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'd move ROTJ down to #5, TLJ to 3, RO to 4, TFA to 6, Solo to 7. Otherwise, my Khan has excellent taste.
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor, Charlie Brown.
What's In The Box, Charlie Brown?
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor, Charlie Brown.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Gawd damn
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Gawd damn
Ah, I see every concert tour announced today, very demure.
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ah, I see every concert tour announced today, very demure.
My wife is making a roast in the crock pot in the kitchen downstairs and I can smell it up here and i'm about to do that thing where the cartoon character floats along on aroma lust vibes for like a hundred feet it smells so gawd damn good y'all.
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My wife is making a roast in the crock pot in the kitchen downstairs and I can smell it up here and i'm about to do that thing where the cartoon character floats along on aroma lust vibes for like a hundred feet it smells so gawd damn good y'all.
Tis the season
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tis the season
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
“This is nothing, isn’t it, your Holiness.”
Pope: <light pat on the hands> “Get Severance Season 3 out faster, my son.”
Pope: <light pat on the hands> “Get Severance Season 3 out faster, my son.”
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“This is nothing, isn’t it, your Holiness.”
Pope: <light pat on the hands> “Get Severance Season 3 out faster, my son.”
Pope: <light pat on the hands> “Get Severance Season 3 out faster, my son.”
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You cannot go offline for even 90 minutes because what
wat
wat
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You cannot go offline for even 90 minutes because what
wat
wat
So help me god, I just had a craving for <Hank Hill-esque shudder> Buffalo Wild Wings in the year of our lord 2025. In the city of Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So help me god, I just had a craving for <Hank Hill-esque shudder> Buffalo Wild Wings in the year of our lord 2025. In the city of Chicago.
<me outside of Jim Davis’s house at 3am on a random Tuesday>
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
<me outside of Jim Davis’s house at 3am on a random Tuesday>
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"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
— Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
— Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
— Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
— Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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As others have pointed about PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the entirety of Terrence Malick's filmography works with "PREDATOR:" in front of it.
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As others have pointed about PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the entirety of Terrence Malick's filmography works with "PREDATOR:" in front of it.
That coyote is a genius. Told me so himself.
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
That coyote is a genius. Told me so himself.
At the heavy metal show in Chicago:
“This is called “Stacks of Bodies”. Fuck ICE, Free Palestine.”
“This is called “Stacks of Bodies”. Fuck ICE, Free Palestine.”
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
At the heavy metal show in Chicago:
“This is called “Stacks of Bodies”. Fuck ICE, Free Palestine.”
“This is called “Stacks of Bodies”. Fuck ICE, Free Palestine.”
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How do we get more political things displayed this clearly so Republicans can’t lie to people about what they’re voting for
This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.
Clear and easy to understand.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How do we get more political things displayed this clearly so Republicans can’t lie to people about what they’re voting for
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school