That's all of us, right?

dudes rock youtube.com/watch?v=r3STQ1…

The stark contrast between UCLA — where cops let psychotic fascists assault defenseless kids — and Columbia — where cops themselves assaulted defenseless kids — on opposite sides of the country, on the same night, while the mainstream media spins it, is legitimately maddening.

The thing about the Democrats saying it could always be worse is that that’s literally always true. At some point you have to decide it currently is bad enough to do something about it.

Alternative Number Ones on the messy Manchester myth of the Happy Mondays and on 'Kinky Afro,' a fun song: stereogum.com/2261489/the-al…

Rap beef makes me jealous because you get to make songs. HC beef is getting a call from an unknown number and a dude says, 'it's Tulsa Tom. You're banned from my city, bitch.'

man you’ve never even been to charlottesville. constituent meetings are handled by a staffer.

It's goin' down. Number Ones on 'Timber.' You better move. You better dance. stereogum.com/2261065/the-nu…

I'm on the New York Times Popcast, talking to the great Jon Caramanica and the great cganz about the great Taylor Swift, who just put out an album that I don't like that much. Someone took out the part where I said 'free Palestine.' nytimes.com/2024/04/26/art…

All the careerist academics (particularly those w/ tenure) who have equivocated and kept silent these past months won’t be held responsible for their role in facilitating the current wave of police violence and repression, but they should.

Wrote about Loretta Lynn's golden pen, Jack White's blank-check moment, and Van Lear Rose at 20: stereogum.com/2260699/van-le…

If you’re a normal human being, sure, maybe. But some of us are sick fucking animals, and we were made for times like these.

Shōgun ending fucked me up. Astonishing show.

I want to be clear that at my undergrad, a guy found 'responsible' for repeatedly raping a student got 'social probation' for eight days, violated it, and still graduated.

Alternative Number Ones on failed 1991 alt-rock package tours, Jim Steinman's goth moment, and the awesome sweep of the Sisters Of Mercy's 'More': stereogum.com/2260500/the-al…

Number Ones on Eminem's self-mythologizing sequel era and 'The Monster,' the last moment where he had enough juice to make a formulaic smash:
stereogum.com/2259918/the-nu…

masterful