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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4h

did you 🫵 get your tickets yet???? music readings laughter gasps tears etc

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 3h

Very excited to return to Littlefield for this cooooool event on 10/13!

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Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 3h

wrote about this for maisy. there's a lot happening rn in music around rights and ownership, making the prospect of AI possibly lucrative and appealing to people who have a vested interest in perpetuating music as a financial asset that we don't really see in film maisonneuve.org/article/penn...

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Penny for Your Bots

Music companies and organizations are racing to work with AI tools, but they risk further marginalizing artists and creativity.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 3h

i would love an investigative report on why music is suddenly the new frontier for AI boosters now that "AI will make hollywood obsolete" fell flat on its little butt, like is it the opt-in human connection of discovery and fandom (a word i hate for music but whatever) that drives them to destroy?

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 5h

So much of the lens on culture has been turned into a numbers game, where everything is about chart placements and streaming numbers and data. Its a horse race to who gets to do data best, and all of these dorks forget that people just want a song that will make them cry at the grocery store.

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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

While @nikostratis.com and I cram Season 4 of The OC, we asked y'all to call in. An you did exactly that. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings with us! Listen wherever you listen to things.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 29/09/2026

J Mascis making the best records of his career with two guys he can’t fucking stand

An illustrated version of Sisyphus pushing a boulder up a hill

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 29/09/2026

wild to see Butthole Surfers climbing the charts at # 25

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026

awoke this morning with a Vision

that diagram showing the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

COVER REVEAL for my new book, TOUGH LOVE. It's a memoir about my habit of falling into intense, complicated relationships with domineering mentors (maybe you can relate?). Now available for preorder! US: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tough-... Canada: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/763573...

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 28/09/2026

Lady if you're waiting for the good times to transition you're never going to do it.

a screenshot from the video game Control Resonant. text in the middle of the screen reads cannot transition during combat.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 27/09/2026

Ok either none of you guys have heard of a song before or it’s worth talking about for like 4 straight days but it can’t be both things

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 27/09/2026

“Okay but you know who else was Choosing Texas?” (Cool youth pastor tries to sit backwards on a chair and hits himself really hard on the shins)

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/09/2026

You guys should try having an iced coffee and no job in real life

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/09/2026

I've also been sick for like two weeks and let me tell you, when your head is already under water and you look at your phone to see like 6 back to back voice memos over 3 minutes in length you know someone is proper back on their bullshit

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Phenomenal essay. "There are certainly enough people to get annoyed, angry even, that they don’t pass the test required to wear the shirt. Maybe they can only name “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Maybe this is all a crime somehow. As if young people are only ever as good as the history they can claim."

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/09/2026

I lived in Alberta during a minor flood in the early 2000s that forced us to evacuate shitty basement apartments and let me tell you that I saw some fucking rats while trying to figure out where to sleep.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 25/09/2026

Ween is Phish for people that like The Beatles

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 25/09/2026

All this discourse is just a distraction from the new Carly Rae Jepsen record

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 25/09/2026

People always say they don't want to be famous, but everyone wants to have a sandwich named after them

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was 22 years old when this album came out, in the first few months of my transition, and sang/screamed along with every word on this album, 100% certain in my heart of hearts that this mysterious Cobain person was exactly as trans as me. Still pretty sure. Great piece here by @nikostratis.com

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 25/09/2026

in retrospect, it's very funny that some guys mean post about my writing was "I know what all these words are but I don't understand this essay" because motherfucker I failed high school, that doesn't bode well for your reading level.

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LustyTireFire @lustytirefire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Niko rules 4 lyfe

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Mary Beth Campbell @mbcampbell360.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"That the words that once told of grief and sinful things have become something new for kids as they grow old is a blessing Kurt Cobain never got to see. It’s no miracle to be old, but it will feel like magic sometimes."

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David @montytornado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am a simple man: I see a @nikostratis.com article, I read it, I share it, I reflect on it. What a gift it is to get old and be able to do these things. www.pastemagazine.com/music/nirvan...

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I never expected Nevermind to grow old with me

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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aversatrix.northsky.social @aversatrix.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

Niko on Nevermind is incredibly worth reading

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Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In honor of the 35th anniversary of Nirvana's iconic album, @nikostratis.com pens a reflection on the release Read the essay, titled: I Never Expected 'Nevermind' To Grow Old With Me 🔗 www.pastemagazine.com/music/nirvan...

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 24/09/2026

Hey what if you applied the same journalistic practice to literally anything that matters.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 24/09/2026

They're taking everything we write, all our little thoughts, and using it to teach AI to act and write and live like us which is why i write so much about wanting to die. See you in hell stupid robot

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 24/09/2026

okay tech/office supply people, I need some help with something. My favourite headphones are corded, and I'm looking for an audio interface I can plug into my macbook and/or iPad that I can plug my headphones into and control the audio levels with a dial or whatever. Does such a beast exist?

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 23/09/2026

me at the end of the day after typing all my little words into the word stealing machine

Andy Daly as forest mcneill having an existential crisis eating pancakes

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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wrote this to try and bear witness; I hope you'll read it. If you do, I hope you'll later find some quiet to think about this man, pray for him if you'd like, and then find out what you can do to help those impacted by this violence and terror in your community.

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His car is still sitting there

An ICE kidnapping in Austin

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026

Had an "Old Man Yells at Cloud" moment about restaurants not putting where the fuck they are on their Instagram pages

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 23/09/2026

Who will let me write about the Wendy’s emo record

SONGS TO LISTEN TO IN A WENDY'S PARKING LOT
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WENDY'S JUST DROPPED AN EMO EP FEATURING MEMBERS OF STATE CHAMPS, SILVERSTEIN AND MORE

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Niko good

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Moonlight Greatsword Enjoyer @moonlightgreatswrd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Niko is always worth reading, but holy shit this one hits

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Post Malört @adlaim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

God this is brilliant. Big fan of Niko's writing, and this is one of my favourites

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I came up with some more inane bullshit for everyone to argue about!

(September 23, 2026 at 10:44am)
Fake opinions to argue over…
- Never turn left on a first date.
- Every kindergarten student should have an unpaid internship.
- The periodic table is too sexual.
- Bigfoot should be allowed to vote.
- Having a dream is the same as reading a book.
- You can wear a crop top to a funeral if the deceased person was hot when they died.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 23/09/2026

feels fitting that it's the 35 anniversary of Nevermind at the same time I'm suffering through a prolonged period of debilitating back pain.

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dana rosamund @torontopubliclibra.com · 23/09/2026

literally no one else does existential autobiographical music writing quite like niko

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Katharine Ada @yourpalkat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

niko is always great but this one is extra-great

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 22/09/2026

For my newsletter, Anxiety Shark, I wrote about my body being in pain, the body as a product of desire, and Wolf Like Me by TV On The Radio www.anxietyshark.ca/my-hearts-af...

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My Hearts aflame

My body hurts, only it’s not my body.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 23/09/2026

Jarvis Cocker giving I just snuck in for the free food but they think I'm part of this and someone said "cmon everyone get in the photo"

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is what music writing can and should be

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 22/09/2026

also while we’re talking about pop music, it’s wild to see so many people claim that “Choosin Texas” came out of nowhere somehow. There‘s a very real reason it’s been on the chart for that long! It’s completely not my thing, but it’s undeniably been a massive success for a long time.

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