Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Guy who loves The Cure: Which do you prefer, Pornography or Disintegration? His clinically depressed friend who’s never heard of The Cure: Depends on my mood, I guess 030
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Funny how Robert Pattinson played a 100-year-old vampire dating a teenager in Twilight, his character in Good Time made out with a teenager, and then he played a pedophilic preacher in The Devil All the Time. Now he’s playing Chris Hansen. 120
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Scored a 61/80 on my PTSD test and an 8/10 on my autism test What do I win? 030
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Adult” seems like one of those things they shouldn’t have to specify 010
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Made a scramble with mushrooms, scallions, and chives for dinner (and yes, I did put the sriracha bottle in frame so people don’t think I put ketchup on my eggs—my worst nightmare) 012
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Neil Young was only 19 when he wrote “Sugar Mountain,” what the fuck 010
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Am I alone in thinking that “Here Comes Santa Claus” has one of the most perfect melodies ever written? (Look, sometimes you’re writing a book about the greatest albums ever made and you end up doing a deep dive on Christmas albums in September.) 110
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026For all the dismissal of The Monkees as a phony Beatles rip, “Daydream Believer” can really go toe-to-toe with some of the Beatles’ greatest songs 220
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just a little writing critique: maybe don’t use the adjective “little” there. 221
Reposted by Melody 💖romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026it must be so difficult to act with a character who you can’t even see. thankfully, Foghorn is just that talented 80189565291
Reposted by Melody 💖Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On Ray Charles’ “Mess Around,” he sings “The band was jumpin’/The people, too.” This implies that the band is not comprised of people. I like to imagine it’s these guys. 0123
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Looking at Rate Your Music’s best albums chart makes me feel like I’m glancing into an alternate dimension Like, what do you *mean* Lift Your Skinny Fists is better than Revolver, Kind of Blue, and every Velvet Underground album? 100
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On Ray Charles’ “Mess Around,” he sings “The band was jumpin’/The people, too.” This implies that the band is not comprised of people. I like to imagine it’s these guys. 0123
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just saw a Meta ad trying to make the case that A.I. will make humanity better and lead us into the future, and the song they used was… “Five Years.” Did… did they *read the lyrics*? 1162
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“[Patti Smith’s] masculinity was so concrete that the gay poet Allen Ginsberg once tried to cruise her at a Manhattan Automat, thinking she was an effeminate boy.” 040
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Me after Camp Miasma: “I can’t believe Jane Schoenbrun made a movie about me without my permission.” Roommate: “I did think of you several times throughout.” 150
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Being gay is fucking hilarious. The fact that most straight people can’t make a funny gay joke is an indictment on the heterosexual sense of humor. 040
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Going to a bottom surgeon and requesting the “Hot Cock Annie” 040
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I hate it when people rhyme “car” and “far,” except for when The Shaggs do it. 010
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I want a film set in between Friday the 13th V and VI depicting how Tommy Jarvis got hot 010
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I love making lists so much A little sample from the (still way in-progress) list for my 1,001 greatest albums book (these will be in the back half of the book) 010
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Video essays have ruined me I clicked on an entry for “Theme” on the Wikipedia page for The Dick Van Dyke Show, fully expecting to read several paragraphs analyzing what the show says about the post-war nuclear family and suburbia, and was disappointed to instead be reading about the theme song 020
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A list of my 1,000 favorite singles from a decade ago. Still very happy with this.melodytime.substack.comMy 1,000 Favorite Singles (List from 2016)This is still one of the projects I’m proudest of, so I figured I’d post it here. 010
Reposted by Melody 💖Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 20/08/2026FINAL DAYS of HOT POP SUMMER! And we want to have a COOL POP FALL filled with *so many retro recaps* — but we need 300 monthly subscribers to make that a reality. By subscribing, you're helping to pay a great writer to write about *any* show. Literally, *any* show ever. popheist.com/products 174
Reposted by Melody 💖Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'm proud to have all of Freaks & Geeks, recapped by @idalupenis.bsky.social, in our collection. A passion project if ever there was one, these will make you love this show even more. Melody was *just* getting started on Gilmore Girls! Your support will help keep it going. popheist.com/products 123
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Once again made pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden 030
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026*watching Life is Beautiful* “This reminds me of being a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and living an extreme life.” 020
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Damn, these movies are gonna be fucking terrible, huh? They look like they’re starring in a Beatles porn parody 220
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Would I get sued by a JAV company if I titled my next novel “She Has an Innocent Face, But a Woman is a Woman?” 010
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026That’s actually 20 creampies, Suzu. You’ll never win a Guinness Record this way. 000
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Listening to RTJ2 for maybe the first time since 2014 and remembering this tweet 000
Reposted by Melody 💖dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160223697
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Working DoorDash. Just picked up an order at a restaurant inside a strip club. You ever walk into a place you expect to be a pizza shop and find yourself suddenly in a strip club with a pizza shop in the corner? Jarring experience. 181
Melody 💖 @idalupenis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Album listening thread! 8/9/2026 - Talk Talk: Spirit of Eden (1988, Parlophone) Best tracks: “Desire,” “The Rainbow” Worst track: “Inheritance” Grade: B+ 100