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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 3h

"And so what? What poor, single, uninsured American mother was granted the self-indulgence of adequately processing her trauma?" {Claire Vaye Watkins, Yellow Pine}

A sprawling desert tree makes up the dominant image on the cover of Yellow Pine, against a light purple backdrop with the cover text in a soft, almost pastel yellow

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 3h

i believe it! i think my head would swivel if I lived near or in NYC and looked up every cool place I ever heard about.

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 4h

it bothers me how good ryan adams and the cardinals' record cold roses still is proportional to how shitty a person ryan adams is

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 4h

happy to read far-off menus with your husband any day

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 4h

I just talked to a female coworker who does, but I totally agree that it seems like more of a thing for the fellas

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 5h

also, and i've said this before, if one of you is like "oh my god, this meatball sub at this place in Walla Walla, Washington," i will go look up the place and live vicariously. vicariously!

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 5h

it's me. i am husband. looking at menus is one of my great joys—even if I'll literally never eat at the restaurant. (except i do it not for caloric resources, but b/c eating out still feels special and i don't wanna waste it.) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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You be the judge: should my husband stop looking up menus before we eat out?

After losing a few stone, Abdeen now likes to plan his meals ahead, but Claire says he is taking the joy out of going to restaurants. Whose argument carries more weight? You decide

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 7h

happy 30th anniversary today to Counting Crows and Recovering the Satellites, a damn fine rock and roll record that solidified my love of messy sophomore albums www.youtube.com/shorts/MEwCr...

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"Angels of the Silences" Live in 1997 #countingcrows

YouTube video by Counting Crows

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 10h

i worry about what AI will do to an underappreciated sector of our economy, guys who know every single thing about the bands they like

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 12h

I live with a mad genius. Emphasis on the mad. Oh, and the genius. And the live with!

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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 21h

And what looks like sleep is really hot pursuit

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 21h

“I’m like the bitters in your old-fashioned”

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 23h

Just learned that in my new state Eric Foreman is running for Congress as a libertarian, which honestly seems like the right character arc

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Eric Foreman's Idea Moment in That '70s Show

ALT: Eric Foreman's Idea Moment in That '70s Show

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

it's the first day of wear-your-stocking-cap season here in Nebraska, aka the most wonderful time of the year

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“So you’re telling me there’s a musical artist named Goose and also one named Geese?” @hollypelesky.bsky.social catching up on 2024 indie-rock discourse

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“Hitch hiked a thousand miles and brought You wine” {Kerouac}

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

it's really lovely and shows how the kid fits into a tradition that dates back a good 50 years

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

i regret to inform you that this cameron winter live at carnegie hall record is goddamn gorgeous

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

one nice thing about being of a certain age and having a mom who was Christian but also liked pop is she played you BJ Thomas

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

poets: that thing about us all loving the moon? a trope, really poets in their writing:

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The teens are complaining they can’t watch more than one video on YouTube without seeing a political ad

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’m driving a Honda fit full of four teen/preteen boys. Send help.

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Truth is a burning guitar, You get off at Fifty-ninth Street forever." {Bob Kaufman}

Bob Kaufman with wiry beard against a mural

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"I want to ask a terrifying question, 'What time is it going to be?' That Sunday never came, He lied, speaking in tongues, Hot walking New York, in smoky Januaries, My back is moonburned, And my arm hurts, The blues come riding, Introspective echoes of a journey,

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“There’s this one guy in The Rolling Stones who’s ugly … you know what I’m talking about? He’s white?” - my completely guileless son

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

one of my faves from each artist, queens both

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

dropped my dad at the airport after a visit to Omaha that went better than expected, where he was kinder than expected. no matter what it’s like though, he’s always emotional at the end if you want to know where I get my propensity for easy tears and drug-out goodbyes.

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“It’s basically the end times” - @hollypelesky.bsky.social, on playing my dad in checkers

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“His wounds become inflammatory beacons, ignited by Nebraska’s matchbooks” (Bob Kaufman)

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

no big deal, just recalling how I used to buy old posters from the video store for 50 cents, then scare the shit out of myself with them

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

no one should become a grown up that fast, Josh. It’s unnerving.

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I had this same problem for awhile at night, but with the Tom Hanks "Big" poster I had in my room as a kid

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

deeply honored to be in this great pub—run by editors who care—within their first year

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