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James Auburn

@jamesauburn.bsky.social
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Musician, writer, teacher, misfit among misfits. Wry and dry. Invisibility superpowers. www.jamesauburn.com

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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As your playlist no doubt revealed, the drums got BIG and LOUD in 1985. Between this, "Walking On Sunshine", The Power Station, Robert Palmer, the albums Men At Work and Gino Vannelli put out that year, etc. not to mention Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and the Beastie Boys, '85 was a clangorous mess of drums.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Loosely translated, he's 'abysmally black'." - Brian Pillman, on commentary with Jim Ross during that '97 match
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
He's loud and confident - that's good enough for me.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I've been to North Dakota. Don't ever go to North Dakota.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You don't have to tell me twice to avoid lettuce, is what I'm saying.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Screw lettuce. *Lettuce* is the Devil's Lettuce. I don't know how something can simultaneously have zero taste on its own, AND overpower the flavor of everything else on the damn sandwich. Some sort of vortex of negative flavor. A virtually valueless eating experience.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As I was walking down the street one day, I came up to a man and asked him what the time was that was on his watch. He gives me some pseudo-philosophical twaddle about "does anybody really know? Does anybody really care?" and I'm like, bro, can you cut the crap and JUST TELL ME THE DAMNED TIME.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Proof:
youtu.be
Sam Harris Hilarious Donald Trump Comments
YouTube video by 0zombbii0
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"He could get on Twitter right now and say 'y'know who I'd like to f*ck? I'd like to f*ck Nicki Minaj!'... It's insanity! That's where we are!" - Sam Harris (yeah, I know) on Joe Rogan (YES I KNOW), just before the 2016 election
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Europeans are now in love with American fast-food and junk food, and I feel like we've just spread smallpox blankets over them.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Wait... ^ there it is
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This one-(minor)-hit-wonder from 1989 exists, though.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Creedence Leonore Gielgud from the 1990 cinematic classic "Troll 2".
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"To the living we owe respect; to the dead we owe only the truth." - Voltaire Nah, fuck that - give the living the truth, too.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We are a part of the Rhythm Nation, including her.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
He didn't write lyrics: Snoop wrote Dre's verses on "Nuthin' But A G Thang", Snoop and the D.O.C. wrote most of the rest of the lyrics on "The Chronic". Jay-Z wrote "Still D.R.E.", Eminem wrote Dre's verses on "Forgot About Dre" and "The Watcher", among others.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Bonnie Tyler. "It's A Heartache" (#3, 1977), "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (#1, 1983). ("Holding Out For A Hero" hit #34.)
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie is dancing with the words darn iti behind him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing with the words darn iti behind him
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Generally, it's the working-class suburbs of any area that has the thickest accents; it's the same down South.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
For someone whose whole thing is "bouncy", that's the least bouncy RKO sell I've seen.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I actually watched "Overdrawn At The Memory Bank" on a local PBS channel when it first aired. Jettisoned it from, well, memory... until I saw the MST3K episode years later and at some point thought "waaaaait a second..."
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Finally: a movie I saw in the theater, upon release, is now getting MSTied. I am so there - even 9-year-old me knew this movie was dreck.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Bad Bunny needs to walk out on stage, with a mic and a spotlight, and sing "God Bless The U.S.A." for 10 mins. To a backing track that never ends: just key change after key change, his voice getting higher and higher, for ten straight minutes, then top it all off with a rendition of "Y.M.C.A.".
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Mrs. Musso is MAGA.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
How about this quite aggressive one? youtu.be/JNEhZ2sZZ84
youtu.be
Atak Of Da Bal-Hedz
YouTube video by Onyx - Topic
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Welcome. I'm can-no-longer-digest-cheese years old.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
“In decades”? He never has. He’s been rich all his life, and famous since the mid-80’s simply for being so.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
“So Mr. In The Shadows, I just wanna start off by saying: Death Grips. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, TPAB. Death Grips, TPAB, and… Death Grips. So in summation: King Lizard Gizzard Wizard Blizzard, TPAB, Death Grips… and of course, TPAB. Your thoughts?”
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Oh, NOW they wanna obey court orders.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
On the air, America I model shirts for Van Heusen
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
And "Jaws" was rated PG. As was "Poltergeist".
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"newz-ee", according to Keith Olbermann. And he would know.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Providence, RI. #nokings
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Once you understand that every male GOP staffer under the age of 30 was raised on 4Chan and Reddit, a lot of things start to make sense.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Once you understand that every male GOP staffer under the age of 30 was raised on 4Chan and Reddit, a lot of things start to make sense.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"Distinct" is hardly a word I'd use for that guy or song; it's such a boring, generic song I never notice it when it's on... until that line "AND THEY COME UNSTUCK!!" Then I'm like, "wha? What came unstuck...?"
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel should've said mentally ill homeless people should be given lethal injections - nothing at all would've happened to him then. #jimmykimmel
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
OINK!
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I think who people really want to run is the woman who writes his social media posts, not him.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The weirdest Madonna track, and maybe the weirdest thing you'll hear all day. She's reciting the Act of Contrition over backwards gospel choirs and shredding rock guitar, then starts screaming about being denied a restaurant reservation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADAX...
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Act of Contrition
YouTube video by Madonna - Topic
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
On a related note: I really, irrationally hate the modern "ironic" hipster-y aesthetic send-up of the 1970's. I can't explain why, but it's annoying as fuck to me.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
On a related note, I really, irrationally hate the modern "ironic" hipster-y aesthetic send-up of the 1970's. I can't explain why, but it's annoying as fuck to me.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hulk Hogan: Real American. Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins. The embodiment of virtue and goodness. Ozzy Osborne: the Prince of Darkness. The embodiment of evil and malevolence. ...right?
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Times Ozzy Osbourne Was the Nicest Guy on Earth
YouTube video by Loudwire
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I've gone from just assuming Trump's name is all over the Epstein files to thinking he's the ONLY fucking name in the Epstein files.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Everybody from Duran Duran to Motley Crue to Donny Osmond to T-Pain to Pearl Jam to Pat Boone is warmly eulogizing Ozzy. He must've done something right.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Man, everybody from Duran Duran to Motley Crue to Donny Osmond to T-Pain to Pearl Jam to Pat Boone is warmly eulogizing Ozzy.
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James Auburn @jamesauburn.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Wow. The Prince of Darkness has returned to the shadow realm. R.I.P. to Ozzy Osbourne. The ultimate symbol of rock and roll excess and mythology for decades running, turned beloved doddering old dad on a reality show. Bats everywhere breathe a sigh of relief.
news.sky.com
Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show
The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.
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