Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 5hBut none of us are making connections on the commuter train. 010
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 5hSeriously, as an Old Dude, there are Old Dudes who go to Weed Shops that look like Apple Stores and Old Guys who still buy from the same guy they've been buying off for 20 years because they refuse to buy from Weed Shops that look like Apple Stores. 110
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 6hThe frustrating thing to me is that Elvis seems to have come to Charro! ready to deliver, but the script and direction weren't there for it to matter. Also, he looks amazing and I wish there was a movie as good as this movie looks like it is with a poster sporting that rugged bearded Elvis. 010
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 9hThe point is not that I thought briefly that there was a slight chance I saw mildly famous person, something about silver haired white guys from Seattle maybe? 010
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 11hI saw a guy in a Mariners jersey that had "Vitology" on the back. Then he turned so I could see his partial profile and I was like "That maybe could actually be Mike McCready." 110
Reposted by Neil SarverJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 12hWhen will we get a gritty Robert Pattinson vehicle about the televised evils of "Tosh.0"? 66811
Reposted by Neil SarverAndrew Neal | Added Value Books @wanderlane.bsky.social · 15hObviously not all AI flier art is "realistic," but the design is definitely cramped, AKA "detailed," AKA "good." The fact that we call it slop is not just insulting the garbage-ass flier, but in the minds of a lot of people, their garbage-ass taste. 1342
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 16hTotally agree. It just involves more teasing to find the part that works. 000
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 16hWhich is how Pat started until they found a thread of gender essentialist "humor" to mine from it. 100
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 17hMy wife and I were planning a podcast once, and I was pushing for a segment where we'd watch the last sketch of every episode of SNL. 010
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 17h(Or maybe it's generational, and I don't connect to the weird bits of "the kids" and would have love the "all weird spice" of earlier groups. I suspect it's between these two poles, but not sure which way it leans.) 001
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 17hThe weird thing for me is that in previous versions of the show, the one of these they'd sneak on once in a while was usually my favorite, and even when I didn't like it, I'd be glad they got something weird on. I think it's an interesting spice. 200
Reposted by Neil SarverMartha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Californians, you have a very important job to do. Spread the word on why everyone should vote YES ON PROP 40 and no on 41 and 42. If you're confused about these propositions, billionaires like Sergey Brin and Peter Thiel want it that way. Here's a good explainer: www.tiktok.com/t/ZPL1pponT/tiktok.comCALIFORNIA LOCK TF INTikTok video by citizen_bean_ 25250
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Agreed. Carob is quite good, but doesn't taste a thing like chocolate. Trying to convince children of this was an invitation to make them hate it. 010
Reposted by Neil SarverSelene Kapsaski @selenekapsaski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of my personal fav Ramones albums TOO TOUGH TO DIE was released today, 42 years ago. According to George Dubose, the Ramones' photographer, the band wanted to recreate the famous tunnel scene from the movie A Clockwork Orange for the cover. #punksky 031
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A random guy walked up to me and muttered something while making the sign of eat food. I asked for clarification. He was asking if I smoke weed. I don't know why, because I wasn't interested, except... There's a gesture for that and it's not the same as the eat food gesture. Is that cultural? 110
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's a really good song. It's not my favorite of theirs, but I see why it got played. It has a nicely 1967 sound, if that's what you're shooting for. I have not heard the Heebee Geebees, but that sounds perfectly up my alley. I will need to fix that. 100
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The other hits of this period, I don't remember from growing up. I've picked them up variously over the years, although rarely intentionally. 100
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The "other one" would be "I Started a Joke" - Seattle is a Robin Gibb kinda town - which she definitely knew.youtu.beBee Gees (4K Remaster) I Started A JokeYouTube video by MEMORY_LANE 100
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In my mind, "Holiday" is THE song of the early Bee Gees. My wife grew up in a somewhar different time and place and didn't recognize it.youtu.beBee Gees Holiday 1967) [High Quality Stereo Sound, Subtitled]YouTube video by OSWALDO ORDONEZ 281
Reposted by Neil SarverTodd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I will judge Digger for myself but whether I end up agreeing with the bad reviews or not, can we agree that everything about it looked very bad from the getgo 3529112
Reposted by Neil SarverDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm even trying to wrap my head around someone who could conceivably say that they weren't at the house, didn't see the group chat until the next morning and still did nothing. Didn't tell a parent, a professor, file an anonymous tip... whatever. Just sickening. 1171
Reposted by Neil SarverMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why are progressive politicians so reluctant to admit that conservatives are wrong about something 28955113
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, most of my man friends have never said a thing about sex. If I've heard anything about them actually having sex it's because their partner said something to my partner who mentioned it to me, which is still rare. Man friends talk to me about music and movies. 110
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Apparently DOOR II is going to be the challenge for having my homework up-to-date. 120
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's not the important part, but I don't think this is the most popular song of all time by any standard the average person would understand. 010
Reposted by Neil SarverDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One has to wonder if any of these guys will do any introspection and ask just who, exactly, left the door open to all of these Nazis currently taking over the party. [ed. note: They will not do any introspection.] 3496
Reposted by Neil SarverHere, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's way past time to treat all these things as publishers and not as common carriers. I'm not holding my breath. 0185
Reposted by Neil SarverJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 27/09/2026This is still true 311034
Reposted by Neil SarverAndrew Otis Weiss @thatweissguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I sensed it but not enough to articulate at the time, but the "poptimism" trend always struck me as being less about bringing down elitist barriers and more about inverting them. Going from "Oh, you don't listen to Bartok? Tsk tsk" to "YOU MUST KNOW THIS TAYLOR SWIFT JAM, YOU ASSHOLE." 1175
Reposted by Neil SarverPhil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026LOST ended over 16 years ago and so many people are still only able to watch TV shows in “guess the twist” mode. Maybe the most boring way to engage with entertainment. #Lanterns 89513
Reposted by Neil SarverSorority Babes in the Slimeball Pranks-to-rama @prankster36.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I really can't emphasize enough that Trump was never that popular. MOST politicians aren't actually that popular. The US system is set up to allow through certain types of candidates who then compete over the votes of a relatively small vector of the population. Trump benefited from this. 2289
Reposted by Neil SarverNolan Void @wolter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I detached myself from the monoculture 30 years ago, and I refuse to feel bad that I only pay attention to the parts that instantly catch my eye. It was contrarian as hell when I was 20, but at age 50 it’s simply not normal for me to get fomo about stuff aimed firmly at people who aren’t me. 1121
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's wild to me how much we treat the 20th Century and particularly the second half of the 20th Century and a baseline of how humanity is or should be. Monoculture was always tenuous and never good. Even the positive elements were a mixed bag at best. 010
Reposted by Neil Sarverscary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One day in 20-30 years we're gonna have a discourse about how weird it was that we problematized Taylor Swift the individual and not the entire entertainment industry for how she's presented. We will learn nothing, and probably argue about a giantess cyborg Arianna Grande clone at the same time. 1161
Reposted by Neil SarverDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"I gave a suggestion that conformed to my priors, people with more experience disagreed with me, and that's why I now support fascism." 2261
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It was a re-release in the late '70s or possibly '80. I did actually see it in 1974, in a theater, at least the beginning, but it scared me, and I had to be taken out. 000
Reposted by Neil SarverMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I love talking about how we telescope eras to convenient ten year chunks and then pick and choose the weirdest assortment of pop culture touchstones to decorate them 1273
Reposted by Neil SarverRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026no they weren't very close to 0% of the SS were hanged the vast, vast seriously vast majority of people who carried out the Holocaust weren't ever punished. 914577862
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I find it remarkable that he seemingly never read Black Mask or its ilk. In his dismissive comments on mystery stories, including the handful he wrote, he seems oblivious to hard-boiled fiction. Had he discovered it, I think he could have done something with that, as well. 020
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He wrote a decent amount of westerns. The humorous ones are the most collected, but he also wrote some more serious ones, such as The Vultures of Wahpeton. 100
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He wrote historical fiction before Conan, but found the time it took to research them to his satisfaction made them too difficult to make a living at. The theory I've seen is that the Conan stories were, to a great degree, an attempt to write that style of story without having to be accurate. 120
Reposted by Neil SarverJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One of the worst things about streaming with ads is no humans appear to be in charge of placing the ad breaks. Even shows which originally had ad breaks, where there was an obvious break in the narrative for it, don't have the ad breaks put in those places now 1642876
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Is it even a taunt at all in that context? I wouldn't have taken it that way. If she said, "Hey, white boy, your chicken is ready!", I would have taken it as the mildest of taunts, taken my chicken and not thought much of it. Saying it casually to a co-worker like that? Nah. 120
Neil Sarver @bleedingtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Me: Both songs on the same video. How will I be sure which is which? One chord plays. Me: Oh. 0121
Reposted by Neil SarverJayme Lynn Blaschke (he/him) @jaymeblaschke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Dolly and the Whorehouse jaymeblaschke.substack.com/p/dolly-and-...jaymeblaschke.substack.comDolly and the WhorehouseUniversal should take advantage of the upcoming 50th anniversaries 021
Reposted by Neil SarverR.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I remember this a little differently. There may not have been an enthusiasm for militarism, but almost all the hippieish tech guys at the top of the food chain had no hesitation about working with the Pentagon 062
