Zack Ruskin
@zackruskin.bsky.social
Culture reporter. San Francisco dweller. Bylines: SF Chronicle, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, McSweeney's, Leafly. www.zackruskin.com
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Calm down, babe, you’re not listening—I said they’re MAGIC beans.
February 28, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Calm down, babe, you’re not listening—I said they’re MAGIC beans.
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Beautiful portrait of a star studded Baez tribute by @zackruskin.bsky.social Especially ♥️ the quote from someone riding the bus after the concert! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Joan Baez’s protest music is front and center in star-studded tribute
Held at S.F.’s Masonic, the evening included performances from Baez as well as Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Tom Morello, Jackson Browne.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Beautiful portrait of a star studded Baez tribute by @zackruskin.bsky.social Especially ♥️ the quote from someone riding the bus after the concert! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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they should not be public servants and take an oath to be so if they can countenance the death of their country before threats to themselves
Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
cassidy changing his tune after what he said on the senate floor is what has upgraded my position from "they are being bribed" or "they are worried about primary challenges" to "they are worried about being murdered"
February 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
they should not be public servants and take an oath to be so if they can countenance the death of their country before threats to themselves
Saw PAVEMENTS last night and love that a major plot point involves Joe Keery (Stranger Things) being *convinced* he's going to win an Oscar for playing Stephen Malkmus.
February 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Saw PAVEMENTS last night and love that a major plot point involves Joe Keery (Stranger Things) being *convinced* he's going to win an Oscar for playing Stephen Malkmus.
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Didn’t think I could possibly love Tim Robinson even more but did you ever notice he’s cast more non white & even trans people in 3 seasons of I Think You Should Leave than Lorne Michaels has in 50 years of Saturday Night Live?
SNL writers were appalled when Trump hosted in 2015, with Tim Robinson saying at the time: “Lorne has lost his f---ing mind and someone needs to shoot him in the back of the head.”
New Revelations About ‘SNL’s’ Internal Revolt Over Trump
“Lorne has lost his f***ing mind and someone needs to shoot him in the back of the head,” writer Tim Robinson said at the height of the uproar.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Didn’t think I could possibly love Tim Robinson even more but did you ever notice he’s cast more non white & even trans people in 3 seasons of I Think You Should Leave than Lorne Michaels has in 50 years of Saturday Night Live?
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Bumping this with the hope that a senator might see it
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Bumping this with the hope that a senator might see it
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Incredible to see a political party so addicted to losing and fucking over their base
February 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Incredible to see a political party so addicted to losing and fucking over their base
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Langston Hughes
February 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Langston Hughes
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Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,
February 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,
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creating spaces where queer people can be themselves is literally one of the most meaningful things you can do right now
January 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
creating spaces where queer people can be themselves is literally one of the most meaningful things you can do right now
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love to see the president log on and post like “yo that’s crazy” about a plane crash
January 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
love to see the president log on and post like “yo that’s crazy” about a plane crash
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Don't tell me that the billionaires running the country don't have my interests at heart. You don't know my interests. What if my interests are to eat shit and die
January 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Don't tell me that the billionaires running the country don't have my interests at heart. You don't know my interests. What if my interests are to eat shit and die
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My knee jerk reaction to every news story in 2025 is like someone put Bart Harley Jarvis up on the screen
January 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
My knee jerk reaction to every news story in 2025 is like someone put Bart Harley Jarvis up on the screen
Will someone PLEASE accept my pitch to interview @leahsottile.bsky.social about cults and her incredible new book, BLAZING EYE SEES ALL?
I never go public with this stuff but the book deserves extensive coverage and I am stupidly qualified to make it happen. If that's you, zruskin [at] gmail. 💙📚
I never go public with this stuff but the book deserves extensive coverage and I am stupidly qualified to make it happen. If that's you, zruskin [at] gmail. 💙📚
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Will someone PLEASE accept my pitch to interview @leahsottile.bsky.social about cults and her incredible new book, BLAZING EYE SEES ALL?
I never go public with this stuff but the book deserves extensive coverage and I am stupidly qualified to make it happen. If that's you, zruskin [at] gmail. 💙📚
I never go public with this stuff but the book deserves extensive coverage and I am stupidly qualified to make it happen. If that's you, zruskin [at] gmail. 💙📚
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Everyone keeps telling me to be angry but very few people seem to be telling people what to do with that anger
January 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Everyone keeps telling me to be angry but very few people seem to be telling people what to do with that anger
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It'd be funny if there was a slightly worse actor named Scottie B. Pippen.
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It'd be funny if there was a slightly worse actor named Scottie B. Pippen.
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"My favorite thing about record shopping is discovering new things. I’m always looking for stuff that I don’t know, rather than the stuff that I want, because it can send you off on all these tangents."
Big up @zackruskin.bsky.social on this #rare Jamie XX chat.
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Big up @zackruskin.bsky.social on this #rare Jamie XX chat.
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Electronic artist Jamie xx credits S.F. with ‘unmatched’ after-party scene ahead of Cow Palace show
The acclaimed record producer details why his latest solo album — his first in nine years — has him excited to play his own music more than ever before.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"My favorite thing about record shopping is discovering new things. I’m always looking for stuff that I don’t know, rather than the stuff that I want, because it can send you off on all these tangents."
Big up @zackruskin.bsky.social on this #rare Jamie XX chat.
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Big up @zackruskin.bsky.social on this #rare Jamie XX chat.
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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Last month I FaceTime'd with @ihatejoelkim.bsky.social to preview his return to San Francisco for @sfsketchfest.bsky.social and learn why SF has become a home away from home for him. Also feat. the brilliant @norireed.bsky.social. Via @sfchronicle.com:
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How comic Joel Kim Booster found his heart in San Francisco
The multitalented comedian, actor and writer shares how the Bay Area has changed his life ahead of his return to Sketchfest later this month.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Last month I FaceTime'd with @ihatejoelkim.bsky.social to preview his return to San Francisco for @sfsketchfest.bsky.social and learn why SF has become a home away from home for him. Also feat. the brilliant @norireed.bsky.social. Via @sfchronicle.com:
datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/joel-...
datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/joel-...
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you hear Crouching Tiger and you're thinking, well that's gotta be the most fearsome and best camouflaged creature in this title,
January 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
you hear Crouching Tiger and you're thinking, well that's gotta be the most fearsome and best camouflaged creature in this title,
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Hello #ppbsides voters! I'd love for you to give a listen if not a vote to my main by Oakland's Shannon and The Clams. I keep coming back to this pitch-perfect description of the band by @zackruskin.bsky.social in the SF Chronicle: "The group you want to play the prom following a zombie apocalypse."
#ppbsides 22/22
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS - "The Hourglass"
MAIN: @atcl.bsky.social
"Looks like they've got a trip to space planned for us. So buckle up and enjoy the sparkling sounds" (Bandcamp: shannonandtheclams.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo... )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06z...
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS - "The Hourglass"
MAIN: @atcl.bsky.social
"Looks like they've got a trip to space planned for us. So buckle up and enjoy the sparkling sounds" (Bandcamp: shannonandtheclams.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo... )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06z...
January 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hello #ppbsides voters! I'd love for you to give a listen if not a vote to my main by Oakland's Shannon and The Clams. I keep coming back to this pitch-perfect description of the band by @zackruskin.bsky.social in the SF Chronicle: "The group you want to play the prom following a zombie apocalypse."
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yep. talent doesn't make you a better person. he's a great writer, and a serial sexual abuser. we have to be able to hold both things in our head at the same time.
A month or so ago I saw a post by someone saying "we should all admit that Neil Gaiman has always been a shitty writer." That whole knee jerk revisionism. No, man, that's part of the whole horror. He's an internationally recognized writer. Objectively a good writer. But he's also a fucking monster.
January 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
yep. talent doesn't make you a better person. he's a great writer, and a serial sexual abuser. we have to be able to hold both things in our head at the same time.
Still pinching myself that I got to interview legend Richard Kind ahead of his tribute event at San Francisco Sketchfest later this month. Out now via @sfchronicle.com:
datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/richa...
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‘I worked hard to be lucky’: Richard Kind reflects on career ahead of SF Sketchfest tribute
The beloved voice performer and sitcom regular reflects on his long, lively career ahead of an event in his honor at Cobb’s Comedy Club this month.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Still pinching myself that I got to interview legend Richard Kind ahead of his tribute event at San Francisco Sketchfest later this month. Out now via @sfchronicle.com:
datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/richa...
@sfsketchfest.bsky.social
datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/richa...
@sfsketchfest.bsky.social