John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Mostly thought about the "taste in genre" shifts that occurred in my life and the albums that were the cornerstones of those shifts. Boxer and Asleep in the Back aren't even my fave albums by those bands, Alanis was the gateway to both pop music and the female-fronted indie I'd later love, etc. 2180
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Back with more Taskmaster rankings. I have now watched the 5 existing seasons of Taskmaster Australia and am ready to rank its contestants. I feel like Australia has less GREAT contestants than its UK counterpart, but also less who are outright bad. And once again, I have made a perfect list. 9110
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A lot of the nu-metal bands recognized their fans were kids, but none of them referred to where the audience was coming from specifically, and certainly none of them talked like this 0190
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Hm interesting. Could I be selected to try the thing where you wipe all AI prompts from all of my Google workspaces and I don’t have to go through like 5 steps to do it 0521
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Btw this is how I wish to be credited in all podcast copy moving forward 1340
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I like Olivia and I like the direction that style of pop music is going but every time she releases a new album it makes me think of this queen who was miles before her time. If this album came out in 2023 she'd be selling out arenas. No chance Dan Nigro hasn't studied this text extensively 6101
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I miss when it cost this much to see Phoebe Bridgers 5310
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Wife and I are just finishing up our marathon watch of Taskmaster, watching all 20 series pretty much in a row over the last number of months. With respect to S21 still in progress, here is my ranking of the 100 players in the first 20 seasons. I think you'll find it is perfect 19542
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026If you don’t have a friend who will do the entire coda of “Dirty World” by the Traveling Wilburys with you in picture form just because they walked past a “parts and service” sign, do you really have any friends at all? 0100
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I mean, have you heard his lyrics? He's a poet fr 120
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I know that there's a thing I say a lot which is "wow this episode featured the craziest quote we've ever covered" but wow this episode featured the craziest quote we've ever covered 9330
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Like this is the album cover. This guy was in the fuckin Ramones and then goes to rehab one time and comes out dressing like this and rapping in German with Debbie Harry singing backup vocals for some reason. He was in The Ramones! And everyone was just like "yep, this is good" 170
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I think Joe Buck is a great choice for Sports Jeopardy!. I ranked all 16 of the guest hosts in the wake of Alex's passing and had Joe Buck at #5. Should be a seamless fit to do a sports version of the show. This is what I wrote at the time: 1190
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Stefan and I don't talk about Dutch posting much anymore but this is the purest example of the form. I'm in tears (for context if you're unaware, Isabella Wranå is a Swedish curler) 2731
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I normally don’t enjoy these things but kinda can’t believe how good this cover of “Re-Arranged” by Limp Bizkit is. The band Tors makes it into this Fleet Fox-y thing and it fuckin slaps youtu.be/vlUK0wfKsTY?... 1152
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Yes I do have a hard time imagining this team is looking for a fight 020
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Feeling bad for the guy who has to dress up as David Draiman in his Disturbed cover band 13533
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Just in time for Christmas, my favourite albums of 2025. Deftones is in first by a LOT, I listened to that record maybe more than all the rest combined. But some solid albums this year. Great work everybody 1240
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I’m at Hell’s Kitchen in Tahoe and they have 3 TVs over the bar, none of which are playing sports but all of which are playing different episodes of Hell’s Kitchen 5863
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Rory Uphold is BACK! We love Rory! Also, just to be clear, BP Classics are brand-new episodes and not old episodes we are reposting on the bonus feed for money. They are new episodes with the "classic" BP main episode format. Seems like at least one Patreon exit survey guy did not understand that. 3131
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Most insanely incorrect spelling I’ve seen in a minute 9723
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Thinking I might fuck around and go live in 15 minutes with another edition of the Jeopardy! 64 MUST BUZZ Challenge. It’s where I play the game but I have to buzz in on every clue and bet the maximum on every wagering clue. Join me! Twitch.tv/cullensbasement 1312
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025I think this might be the biggest crowd they’ve played to in a bit. On the POD Kast we found one of the venues they played on this tour. It’s uhh, to the right of “Asian Cuisines” 1210
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Just read this in a Slipknot article we read for @thepodkast.bsky.social from 2000 and now I’m thinking it might have been a stinkbomb 0201
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Been posting some drum clips on IG and it’s kinda making me think maybe I should do a drum stream one day. Just play along to a bunch of songs. Would people watch that? Anyway, here’s Wonderwall (aka “Frayed in Doubt” by The Early November who kick fucking ass) 3220
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Been doing a lot of daytime streams this week but now it’s time to get scary. Going “night mode” tonight at 7:30 pm PT. Follow me at twitch.tv/cullensbasem... for a notification when we go live! 050
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Gonna go live at 12 pm PT today to rip some more THPS 3+4! Have a couple goals left on Cruise Ship after last night and then we’re trying out 4 for the first time! See you then. Twitch.tv/cullensbasement 060
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Surprise! Late-night stream because THPS 3+4 has landed! Gonna tool around a bit before bed! Twitch.tv/cullensbasement 0140
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I am live on Twitch now. I’m playing N64 Jeopardy! and I have to buzz in to every single question. Let’s see how far into the minus I go! Twitch.tv/cullensbasement 0343
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I went to Iceland and all I got was this lousy way to ask my wife if she wants to have sex with me 2954
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025For when you don’t want people to know the dimly-lit video of a coked-out D-list celebrity filmed in their car is actually a cameo 0341
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Counting Crows have a new album out today and for some reason it’s called “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!” and for some other reason the cover looks like this 7544
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I have watched hundreds of episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, and I have finally found it: the dish Guy Fieri liked the most. He is in heaven here. You can see in real-time Guy contemplating ending the show over this hot dog 1392553159
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Bruce Fanjoy, who appears to be on the verge of defeating Poilievre in his own riding, really cooked on January 27th of the last two years 030046
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025One time I hosted a Roast Battle and the first competitor did so badly that the second person got the mic and just said “can I pass?” and it hit so hard he won off of just that joke This is basically what is happening in this election 410010
John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Performing all there hits This is the bar btw 1310310