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Caryn Rose

@carynrose.bsky.social
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Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Music columnist @ salon.com | writing @ jukeboxgraduate.com clips @ carynrose.contently.com She / her | current Detroiter, forever New Yorker, child of the Garden State

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Jay o’ Lantern 🎃 @templinjay.bsky.social · 34m
Hey, West Virginia peeps! Heads up!
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 22m
It’s a leotard and what was then called yoga pants. Before yoga was competitive
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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 1h
Amazing now-gone sign
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h
Visitors say the landmark is lit at night.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h
Bluesky I bring you … the Scott Rock. maps.app.goo.gl/Pkfg16CDgdBy...
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h
I’m sorry that I didn’t see Fables. I’m still not traveling for it but if it comes to you, by all means
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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 2h
Ohio’s GOP hopeful for Governor just flew a jet 10 minutes in order to avoid a 42 minute drive.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 3h
it's the first thing i thought of. i would just walk!!
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 4h
Like i say in the piece… there is history informing all of it.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 4h
I wrote about the Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy R.E.M. outing (www.salon.com/2026/10/07/m... ) but it’s mostly/also about the accumulation of years of fandom. On insta I added this photo of me that you can find in the tour program for Fables of the Reconstruction.
A photo by Ed Colver / rem live / audience in background
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 6h
Oh I had many friends there that night!
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 6h
Appreciate this from you in particular 💜🙏
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 6h
There was the time I was with a bunch of music writers at a television show & and when som dude said “oh are you WRITING DOWN the setlist” & I told him to go away he said “I’m SO SORRY I BOTHERED YOU” my editor told him I was on assignment
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 9h
I go to shows alone ALL THE TIME. Ive been to shows solo in other countries!! maybe I should write an essay
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 9h
My last day job was in civic tech, specifically tools for election admins to manage vote by mail, and this is very very not good
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 9h
Did you even read the article? Or the part where I said that I had a long history with the band and therefore would understand if something was a deep cut?
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 10h
I have an ancient history with R.E.M. but had no interest in seeing the Shannon/Narducy tribute, until it came to Detroit & went to try to figure out what was going on, for my @salon.com column: www.salon.com/2026/10/07/m...
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Michael Shannon’s R.E.M. tribute reminded me why I love the band
The actor’s show with Jason Narducy is more than nostalgia — it celebrates the band’s artistry.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 14h
The meme of an eagle angrily stomping down a beach reading ME GOING ON A STIPID LITTLE DAIKH WALK FOE MY STUPID PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 16h
I, and I cannot stress this enough, loves me county (AND this is more effective advertising than ten thousand AI generated flyers)
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Benita Stevens @giraffey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why are we NOT seeing conditions at our overseas bases? Al Udeid, Bahrain, Ali Al Salem, Arifjan, Al-Asad, Erbil, Al-Tanf and the rest. What aren’t we being shown? Enough crusades and propaganda, Hegseth. SHOW US OUR TROOPS AND WHAT’S LEFT OF OUR BASES. #hegseth
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 14h
Here you go: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd0yZ8j...
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 23h
there is nothing about you that is on our side.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 23h
have you seen the hijabi woman in the UK who has a whole routine about "too many men": "TOO MANY MEN WHEN YOU GO TO WORK / TOO MANY MEN WHEN YOU GO TO MOSQUE / TOO MANY MEN WHEN YOU GO OUT SIDE / TOO MANY MEN FULL STOP *techno music*
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 23h
i don't know how i missed ALL of this but I am gobsmacked and so so sorry and fuck that guy. donated, wish it could be more. i will hex him though
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 23h
when I tried to get him to see what he was doing, saying 'yeah, i just walked into a bar randomly on a tuesday night" & then he changed to "I bet you were there in 1984 too" then I had to explain I did not live here...but I was seeing them in New York City. WHY DO I HAVE TO PROVE MY BONA FIDES
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 23h
like he was legit a HUGE fan. but instead of saying something like "wow, wasn't that so great" (or even better, NOT SAYING ANYTHING), I had to stand there and let this man give his approval of my conduct during the concert. and i am tired of this.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 23h
after the show tonight a dude came up to me and said something like, "wow you were really into it" and I just wanted to fucking SCREAM. this is the kind of dude who spends at least 25% of the show watching what other people are doing and I could feel him trying to make eye contact & ignored it
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can we all agree that we don’t ever need to do the “I’m not worthy” bow schtick ever again? It’s 2026. Find another way
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I mean it was the same in the 80s
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I write back and tell them they suck and we’re onto them. Just keep playing ping pong and make them answer thinking they’ll get me with the next AI generated response. It’s better than just deleting them
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The ratio improved a little. This is gonna be hot.
The Dream Syndictae onstage
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The oriole bird is kind of a basic mascot tbh. Not as terrible as whatever the Cleveland mascot is but up there with Dinger and his obscenely short jersey
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Roger Cormier @themetsnewsletter.com · 06/10/2026
"You see the news about the Oriole mascot? You best believe I'm checking the classifieds."
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So I’m at the bar to see the Dream Syndicate and so far I am the only woman and am just waiting for some dude to ask me if I’m a fan
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Millennials and Gen Z outnumber Boomer voters, so younger people would win this argument if they voted like their elders do.
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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thom Tillis has a book out today, and I think any other North Carolina author should sell more books than him this week. So what a great time to buy THE COVER GIRL, a book about what happens to a girl when men in power choose keeping their position over taking action bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Cover Girl
"Thrilling and glamorous as its runways and backstage parties, The Cover Girl is also heartbreaking and redemptive with an ending that made me cry. Birdie is a singular, unforgettable character whose ...
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
is this like when i go look for rolling stones under Stones and then wonder why the section is missing
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes your small child is totally yelling liberty biberty at the Statue of Liberty every time they see them
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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 06/10/2026
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#libertybiberty | Chris Gomsak
Have you met Liberty Biberty yet? Warm, fuzzy and impossible to forget, Liberty Biberty is the star of Liberty Mutual’s newest ad campaign. (Don’t worry, LiMu and Doug aren’t going anywhere!) He’s h...
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Emma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Last month, an email from SFUSD informed me that my 7yo would be taking a state-mandated test from a company called Amira, and it led me down a rabbit hole. Here's how big tech is infiltrating SF public schools — whether families & teachers want it or not. www.coyotemedia.org/sfusd-ai-ami...
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In Which I Decline to Let an AI Company Experiment on My Kid at School
Living in San Francisco means being a guinea pig for the tech industry — but I draw the line at my second-grader.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*i* am interested in this!
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The amount of unemployed and disemployed creative talent out there right now is absolutely staggering.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
not 20s, but he did not look old enough to be that clueless about technology. the checkin form is just pushing big buttons!
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The wonderful @marisakabas.bsky.social let me go long on the grim historic parallels between the Prairieland defendants and 19th century America’s brutal repression—and execution—of anarchists, union organizers, and political dissidents. We are all antifa now. www.thehandbasket.co/p/haymarket-...
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From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law
The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.
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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The threat of invasive carp is becoming increasingly urgent as they move closer to Lake Michigan. Without action, we will be dealing with irreversible damage to our waters, native fish and local economies." www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/09/30/g...
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Great Lakes lawmakers say delays on invasive carp barrier threaten ecosystems, economy - Great Lakes Now
Congressional lawmakers seek answers about delays on a project to keep invasive carp of the Great Lakes.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meanwhile his phone is in his pocket open to YouTube and playing some awful noise that is hurting my ears
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m at my orthopedist & a man just walked in & refused to use the iPad to fill out the pre visit questionnaire. “I don’t know how to do that” “you did it before, sir” “my brother did it” “I need you to try” he sits down & 2 secs later brings it back. “I don’t want to do that.”
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Getting information from a doctor. Waiting. Writing it down. Realizing later you have questions & now have to run through the cycle again. Kicking yourself for missing the doc bc you had to pee or get coffee bc then you have to wait and do it again. Cant call. Have to wait. It is a bad system.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Benjammins Delete This Meme Chalkboard
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