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John Pette

@johnpette.bsky.social

Data Scientist | Vinyl Discographer | Owner of Outta Wax Record Pressing and Pette Discographies

John Pette @johnpette.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

“Mickey Mouse is my friend! Not the Mets!” - my toddler, just now. Ohhh buddy, you are wise beyond your years. Also, you have no idea...

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Outta Wax Record Pressing @outtawax.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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John Pette @johnpette.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

New article by me: The music industry largely fails to account for collector behavior in its vinyl release strategies. I'm planning to put out a series of related articles over the next couple of months, so you may see extra vinyl content from me for a while. www.linkedin.com/pulse/music-...

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John Pette @johnpette.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Mike wrote an important one. I've been trying to put this situation into these terms and could not have outdone this. Also, Mike's reach is much greater than mine. For now.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/02/2025

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

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Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous

Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

As a part of today's distract-from-the-horrors newsletter, subscriber @natocoles.bsky.social offered some wonderful words about Bob Uecker. It's worth your time on a day when thinking about good people and good things should be be at the top of your agenda. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

I'm devastated by Bob Uecker's death. Though I'm not certain, and though there certainly are other great radio voices in baseball out there, I'm pretty sure the only contemporary specific comparison to a Milwaukee Brewers fan's relationship with Bob Uecker would be that of Dodgers fans with Vin Scully. Dodgers fans tell stories of hearing Vin Scully's voice from open car windows, from a handheld radio in every fifth seat at Dodger Stadium. Brewers fans tell stories of Bob Uecker's voice echoing from radios throughout the tailgating parties outside now-American Family Field, then-Miller Park, and its demolished predecessor County Stadium. The smell of grilling bratwurst in the air. The taste of Miller Lite on ice.

And Bob Uecker.

This essay isn't about the famous stories, the standup routines, Major League or Mr. Belvedere or Johnny Carson appearances or anything like that. It's about my personal experience with Bob Uecker's magical, hilarious, lyrical baseball voice and personality through the decades, calling baseball games for the Milwaukee Brewers on Milwaukee's WTMJ 620AM. These are the stories not told far and wide by the great writers and former ballplayers. These are my memories of how Bob Uecker could make an ordinary game into a memory carved permanently, perfectly into the essence of one's baseball fandom. My baseball fandom. These are my memories of the day-to-day Brewers broadcasts, scattered and random Tuesdays and Sundays.

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John Pette @johnpette.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

You know...this was a predictable outcome, but instead of "Quick, we have to beef up security", I wish the CEO reaction could be, "Hey, maybe we should knock off all that evil".

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

ahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

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John Pette @johnpette.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

Top: me with my first rare record variant purchase, 1994. Bottom: a test pressing from the first run at Outta Wax Record Pressing, which began pressing this summer. It's tough to overstate how exciting it is to be at this stage. It's been a long road, but we're making good records! @outtawax

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