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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 8h

“Pain don’t hurt,” I whisper to myself as she plucks my eyebrows.

Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lookin for scary reads this October. Gimme some recs. I've obviously read some Stephen King but that's about it for "horror." I can handle scary books much better than movies/TV so let 'er rip.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

John Kruk: National League Wild Card

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New Fontaines DC single not beating the “socially acceptable Twenty One Pilots” allegations I fear

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These are still up on digital if anyone wants to read a collection of essays on the 2002 Flip Skateboards video “Sorry.” and its place/impact on culture and society - for a mere $2. brendanmenapace.bigcartel.com/product/Sorr... I'm also working on the follow-up, if anyone's interested in that.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Playing bass in Interpol in a Nike dri fit polo and Lululemon chinos.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If I got hired to play in Interpol I’d ask if we ever get casual Fridays

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some ball players retire and become coaches. Others become pundits. Some open car dealerships. Garrett Stubbs’ post playing career will be being paid to attend weddings and get the dance floor going. Marsh coming too costs extra.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Garrett Stubbs is a role player. His role is party animal

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah man this is the problem. This chosen sports fan lifestyle is exhausting and obnoxious and gets you no closer to achieving nirvana. Don’t be the “I’m just kind of the asshole of the friend group.”

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I believe in the power of friendship (Phillies) to defeat the forces of evil (Braves)

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Any Phillies fan saying they should lose to be “put out of their misery” should not be allowed to watch. The point is to get as many games as possible and to cheer for them in all of them. Death to this Righteous Loser behavior endemic to Philadelphia especially.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This Phillies team will be remembered for being entertaining if nothing else. Massively slumping and taking it to game 162 is good TV, you have to admit.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Queens of the Stone Age ask “Where The Goth Girls At?” on their latest single from the upcoming LP “Perfecth”

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Listening to Interpol the way it was intended (wearing a suit)

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ICYMI I went to the Ed Sheeran show where he made even more statements. I wrote about the experience, but mostly the idea that Ed Sheeran as a man and musical product are not built to withstand this sort of thing (thinking critically). I had fun with this www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/they-sent-...

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They Sent Me to the Ed Sheeran Concert To See If Anything Happened

And the crowd went mild

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every few years I just need to re-listen to "Stairway To Heaven" and remember what it was like to be a pre-teen boy falling in love with rock n roll

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I wrote about going to the Ed Sheeran concert and hearing his statements, and thought about how Ed Sheeran as a man and consumable product just aren't meant to withstand any sort of controversy or even critical thought at all. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/they-sent-...

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They Sent Me to the Ed Sheeran Concert To See If Anything Happened

And the crowd went mild

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For @billboard.com: I went to the Ed Sheeran show in Philly - his first after kicking Macklemore off the tour and losing his openers/backing band. Ed addressed the elephant (kinda sorta), but the crowd didn’t seem too stressed about any of that anyway… www.billboard.com/music/music-...

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Ed Sheeran Addresses Controversy at First Show Since Openers, Backing Band Dropped Off Tour, Calls It ‘The Best Show of My Life’

Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy at his Philadelphia show about his openers and backing band leaving the tour following Macklemore's removal.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Ed Sheeran Addresses Controversy at First Show Since Openers, Backing Band Dropped Off Tour, Calls It ‘The Best Show of My Life’

Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy at his Philadelphia show about his openers and backing band leaving the tour following Macklemore's removal.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I saw Shane Gillis at Helium in 2016 for Philly’s Phunniest, and he was pretty good, but in my opinion he was nowhere near the guy who tried and failed to do only crowd work with a puppet. I think about that set way more than anything Shane Gillis has ever done.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On this, the day of the first Millwall-West Ham match in 14 years, it behooves me to say that “Green Street Hooligans” sucks

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I hope music journalism still exists next year so I can write the 30-year for "Nimrod" somewhere

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Your openers have abandoned you, G.I.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bohemians FC x Macklemore kit is gonna be something

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Macklemore, start learning Irish buddy.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

More statues for animals. Most animals need statues more than most humans, really. There's a statue of a bulldog in my neighborhood in the center of benches in a park, so everyone faces the dog, and I was heartbroken to learn that it's not even commemorating a real dog. Still fun though.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 10/09/2026

I am extremely fine and normal about this album release

Fallon also enlisted Brandon Flowers from the Killers, now fresh off of his country pivot, for the Western-ish “Love At the End of the World.” Flowers and Fallon first bonded over Depeche Mode years ago and have stayed in touch.

“I just asked Brandon, ‘Hey man, would you help me write a song?’” Fallon says. “And he was like, ‘Sure, fly out here!’ So I flew out to Utah and just hung out and wrote a song, and that was it. I came home. We went to Einstein’s Bagel. It was really, really simple. Brandon’s a Jersey Guy, for sure. That guy is totally legit.”

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Not Bad For New Jersey" is out on digital today, so why don't you go ahead and read my interview with Brian Fallon about it? New Jersey DNA and how it manifests in music he makes and loves, the importance of a wink, and growing more comfortable with himself as he gets older. Brian rocks.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are so many more fun quotes from this conversation with Brian that I wish I could’ve included. Almost makes a man yearn for hosting a podcast. Almost.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My timing is unbelievable. The universe personally tapped me on the shoulder.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For no real reason, I'm re-sharing the article I wrote last year about The Starting Line, where I went to a Phillies game with them and we talked about aging, insecurity, and the eternal 'this is the year' optimism of Philadelphia fandom. www.spinmagazine.com/2025/09/the-...

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If movie theaters really wanted to make money they’d do Nathan Fielder/John Wilson double features.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

British Death Cab: You gotta spend some time, bruv You gotta spend some time with me

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I choose to believe the line in "Rhythm & Soul" by Spoon "Here comes the man you saw in Kazan" is actually "Here comes the man you saw in Kazaam" and it's about Shaq.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Maybe it’s not the takeaway to have, but I think about how in this era of edgy “You can’t even say anything anymore” comedians, Dolly Parton showed that you can be very, very funny without making anyone feel bad.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Travis Barker documentary is very good. But now I just wish he’d quit it with the defunct starter pack punk band shirts and go back to wearing defunct skateboard company shirts.

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Levitating, running around in circles, throwing stuff over Tottenham Hotspur FC

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Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What a heater. There was a minute there where it seemed like big, unironic rock n roll sax solos were coming back and then COVID happened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1q...

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Alex Lahey - Don't Be so Hard on Yourself

YouTube video by AlexLaheyVEVO

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