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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen

@ericschuras.bsky.social
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Media & entertainment, politics, tech, music, history, books. “The trouble with normal’s that it always gets worse.” - Bruce Cockburn

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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
R.E.M. broke up 15 years ago today. Back then, I wrote an essay for @salon.com about their life and legacy. www.salon.com/2011/09/22/w...
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How R.E.M. invented alternative music - Salon.com
The most influential American band of the last three decades walks away with a staggering and secure legacy
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i talked to Tom Morello for my second Salon column this month! his new record is fantastic & it was an invigorating thing to listen to on repeat to write this: www.salon.com/2026/09/22/t...
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Tom Morello wants to make dangerous rock 'n' roll again
On his new solo album, Morello urges listeners to fight for what they believe.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I was hoping Holly Gleason would weigh in about Dave Marsh, and boy, did she ever. She captured the rhythms and pauses of having a conversation with Dave, and lots more. www.hollygleason.com/essays/2026/...
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Dave Marsh Kicks Out The Jams — Holly Gleason
Author, activist, SiriusXM Host Dave Marsh is celebrated by mentoree and music critic Holly Gleason. Personal and true, it shows the man behind the pointed written voice and fierce social activism.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Listening to the Dylan Bootleg Series #5, the Rolling Thunder tour. Just realized here lies the template for MJ Lenderman's sound.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More Dave Marsh goodness: If you haven't ready @jackhamilton.bsky.social's fantastic article from Slate a few years ago, please do. slate.com/culture/2023...
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The Greatest Music Critic You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
Dave Marsh made me want to write about music.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Today is a good day to remind folks about Land of Hope and Dreams: A Celebration of Dave Marsh’s Work and Vision. A number of Dave’s friends wanted to put together a symposium of discussions that would be in conversation with his brilliant work. (1/?)
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Land of Hope and Dreams - A Celebration of Dave Marsh
A combination of tributes, conversations, and panel discussions to celebrate the life, work, and vision of Dave Marsh
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A few thoughts about my friend Dave Marsh.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is an absolutely fantastic piece by Dave
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Last night my son made a compelling argument for Magical Mystery Tour as The Beatles’ best album. Once you set aside the rather silly “it’s not a real album” bit, he’s got a point.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I see that Meta has a new ad touting the beautiful future to be built by the partnership between humans and AI. The song playing underneath the platitudes? David Bowie’s “Five Years.” Guess nobody at Meta read all the lyrics, huh?
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Do better, @chicagotribune.com
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Maybe James Carville will just go away now?
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Chuck Groundhog @only-si-chuck.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Variety: Grammy nominated Kars4Kids announce that they will be performing at The Great American State Fair.
Kars4Kids TV ad
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Bands I’ve seen live 5+ times: Dylan Springsteen Tom Petty Bob Mould (if you include Hüsker Dü) The Who The Stones R.E.M. Green Day (Believe me, I do listen to more than Dad Rock!)
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
To quote @carynrose.bsky.social , always go to the gig. (even if it is eight hours away and you don’t have a ticket when you leave the house.)
Photo of Bruce Springsteen from behind in front of a crowdPhoto of Bruce Springsteen, Gary, talent, and little Stephen from the side, bathed in purple and yellow lightPhoto of Bruce Springsteen holding up a microphone to the audience with other audience members behind him
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Gino Vanelli’s “Black Cars” is the best 1980s Robert Palmer song.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
At least nothing that the U.S. Government had done has ever resulted in blowback. You know, in addition to this being morally reprehensible.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
At least 10 years ago, @babstobritches.bsky.social told a few of us of the greatness of the movie “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” I finally watched it, and holy cow — every bit as good as she made it out to be, and then some.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Watching The Chair Company for a second time, and only now realizing how much David Lynch informed Tim Robinson’s comedy.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If you live in Wisconsin and to see someone over the age of 25 walking around with one of those big Stanley mugs, there’s a 50% chance it’s filled with brandy or a middling blended whiskey and Sprite.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It was gonna be Bob Dylan at the Milwaukee Auditorium, but then ELO/Hall and Oates at the Milwaukee Arena went on sale but their show was first. 1981
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I’m amazed at how many albums and bands I rejected in my (relative) youth (even into my 40s) that I’ve come around to. Mostly because I gave credence to factors other than my own ears.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Whatever videos you're seeing of the pedophile führer's ICE Nazis brutalizing American citizens, the reality is worse, MUCH WORSE. 😳👇
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social your thoughts?
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READ: “I think if Donald Trump could kill reporters, he would,” warns White House reporter.
Attacks on press freedom spark worries of impending journalist prosecutions and arrests.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
There must be a reckoning.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
What if, instead of switching twice a year between daylight saving time and standard time, we just fall back every night so we can all have the extra hour of sleep we desperately need? That would work, right?
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Without downloading anything new - how are you mentally?
Picture of a redheaded 5-year-old girl looking menacing
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
It is with extreme pleasure I present this guide to the upcoming Bruce Springsteen box set, TRACKS Ii: THE LOST ALBUMS, over at NPR Music: www.npr.org/2025/06/17/n...
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The essential listening guide to Bruce Springsteen's 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums'
It's a great day when your favorite artist releases a new record. But what if they released seven new records at once, full of music you didn't even know existed? That's what Bruce Springsteen is doin...
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
You can check out the first two essays in the series here: www.radio-nowhere.com/tag/born-to-...
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Born To Run - Radio Nowhere: A Newsletter About Bruce Springsteen
Essays in honor of the 50th anniversary of Born To Run
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I saw Jeff Daniels in a convenience store in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He was buying donuts for his band, on their way to Oshkosh. We made eye contact, but the encounter was so out of place (Beaver Dam is a town of 16,000 people) that it didn’t seem real.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I used to argue with Dave Marsh about Bono and I need to go apologize because Dave was right
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Great story, and 200,000 bonus points for the Dewey Cox reference.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Listening to The Clash’s Combat Rock for the first time in ages. Baffling to me now that, simply due to two kick-ass popular singles, the album gets a bum rap. “Know Your Rights”? “Straight to Hell”? The band was as uncompromising as ever.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Seems like I missed the cat memo? Here’s Sage, in the same place she is every night: my lap.
A gray cat sitting on a man’s lap
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My 8-year-old came home once when I was playing a Wilco album, and he started shouting “de-PRESSSSSSS-ion! de-PRESSSSSS-ion!” (Now he listens to Radiohead, Elliott Smith, American Football, and Have a Nice Life, so …)
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Lewis Kay @lewiskay.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
You are laughing at this mess, but you might be watching the 49th President of The United States fight Mike Tyson.
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
His back pages look pretty amazing.
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DannyM @dannym3000.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#live #DeepHouse Tonight! 20:00 GMT TTNS.uk
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Kenny Burrell’s Midnight Blue album is the only thing that’s helped me calm down all day. Highly recommended.
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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen @ericschuras.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
“OUTSIDE THE NORM?” Do better, @nytimes.com
Screenshot of New York Times headline describing the pick of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary as “outside the norm.”
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Brent S. Sirota @brentsirota.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Roy Haynes played on so many of my all-time favorite albums. Out There, Destination...Out! Black Fire, Thembi, Transfiguration. But I truly think I love this one most of all. #RIP
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