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Related: regardless of your age, if you grew up outside the US, do you know who he is? Did his newsworthiness in the 1980s break containment and become global?

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I'm wondering if anyone under the age of, I dunno, 45 even knows who he is? Like, at all? There are 2 other names most associated with him: if you weren't old enough to pay attention to news in 1987, do you immediately know what those 2 names are?...

Like, he was famous /in his industry/ before that, but then he made headlines and was the topic of discussion and jokes EVERYWHERE. For about a year, I'd guess...

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A man named Jim Bakker has died. When I was a young teen, he was maybe in the top 50 most famous people in the US, for about a year...

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Making an unacceptably absurd statement with the intention of highlighting the absurdity of the accepted? There's absolutely no example of that ever having happened, particularly on the issue of Irish poverty in the 1700s.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This wisecrack is so perfect it actually makes the existence of Elon Musk alllllllmost worth it.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm not sure if it was the Millennials or the GenZers who gave us the "VAGUELY DISPARAGING TERM HERE (complimentary)" formula, but goddamn is it perfect for exactly this sort of thing.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The 78th street scene is bonkers, in the best possible way. Upper East Side brownstone owners, all trying to outdo each other.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The cornerstone of the Alex P. Keaton type GenXer is a belief to their marrow that Nixon did nothing wrong. And there are (and always have been) more APKs than we have been led to believe. And they're running things at present.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@levin.bsky.social and I did a podcast where I brought up Bingenheimer. I likely got some stuff wrong, working from memory. But yes, "Home Sweet Home" changed how singles were released, largely because one dude in LA really loved Mott The Hoople. youtu.be/AV4p4wJfas8?...

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Reserved Recommendations Episode 74 - John Cecil and Elana Levin on Hair Metal

YouTube video by Hugh Dingwall

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm fine with the cool of my generation, BECAUSE NONE OF THEM ARE OR WERE COOLER THAN I. But they're outliers with good press. For every 1 Nirvana fan in, say, 1990, there were 50 Ted Cruzes, 40 Tucker Carlsons, and 30 Elon Musks. So I hate GenX and I always have, even tho I'm sadly one of them.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade" makes more sense in the US, but "you have to risk it for the biscuit" makes more sense in the UK.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm 6 months younger than Elon Musk and when I was in my 30s I started doing yoga stretches every morning, just to avoid that same thing happening to my upper back. Manson/Zombie/Crue guitarist John 5 is the same age, and he looks great. Proof that you should avoid computers. Play rock instead.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

iced coffee to an interview with the vampire is this anything

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That’s an Assassin’s Creed target.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You have a favorite Go-Go's song and your favorite part about that song is probably the vocals, but your second favorite part of it is Kathy Valentine's Bass.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I wasn't high, but not too long ago I woke up one morning to find that I had written on a notepad in my sleep: "The (Gibson) SG is the official guitar of Bigfoot." No clue. None.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fun fact: while the word "supernova" SEEMS to have an R in the middle, it actually only has one at the end. So if one were to be made of, say, champagne, it is in fact a "supanover."

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The disco era includes "Nights on Broadway," a song about NYC recorded in Florida by a band of Australians who lived in the UK.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’ve had egg white flavored coffee, three or four times in my years.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If there was a movie where Nic Cage played Nick Cave and the movie somehow shoehorned in Carol Kane as Carole King, it would totally work.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I feel like I agree with the premise, but I have to admit I have no idea what’s going on in this picture.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm working on it, but this is asking an awful lot.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Baseball becomes more fun to watch when you realize that the stretches of time with little-to-no-action is a feature, not a bug.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Get Tom Holland and Tobey McGuire on this.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So. Like. Don't worry about whatever instruments or gear you have. You're fine.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well, today I learned that this song. This. Amazing. Song. Was recorded using a pedal I can assure you is an absolute piece of trash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXG...

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Danzig Mother

YouTube video by Rock Music

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

...and in the lat year or so, we learned that this song was recorded using an amp that I can personally attest is a piece of trash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r...

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Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by QueensStoneAgeVEVO

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So this was famously recorded with a guitar that is largely considered to basically be a piece of trash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH7...

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The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by The White Stripes

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry was not the 80-year-old Home Alone 2 cast member we were asking for.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Goddamn it, Apple news thing. When I said the only notification I want from you is a specific death, you knew who I meant.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

TBH "coming off like they're rehearsing their tight 5" probably clears the bar these days.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

OK, let’s all just give up for the day. None of us are beating this.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The difference between Goth and Emo is largely due to the availability of the Roland JC-120 in the late 70s and the availability of the Marshall JCM800 in the late 90s. you know. I could go on… and on. And on.

Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wait until he hears about literally every single GenX woman* and their relationship to the works of VC Andrews. *And maybe others, I just don’t know.

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Wish Nikki Sad Face @johnacecil.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is the most* public-facing group of white GenX men, so it's actually very easy to believe. *GOP politicians are the other possibility here.