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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This rips! I'm not sure how I missed this in highschool, as I absolutely would've eaten it up.

Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I still haven't settled on a final list of the NYT's "Best Shows of the 21st Century" for myself, but I did come up with these very specific alternatives.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

And wouldn't you know it? Their children will be (or already are) next.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The specificity of 24 struck me as rather Clavin-esque. Cliff: "It's a little known fact there are only 24 blimps in the entire world." Norm: "Sure, and I only have 24 beers on my tab... Let's make it 25 there Coach."

Cliff Claven from the TV series Cheers sharing a little known fact with Norm Peterson.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

We saw it on its way into town Wednesday, while driving to the dog park. I asked "can you remember the last time you saw a blimp besides the Goodyear?" Nat replied, "well I remember reading last year there's only 24 blimps left in the world, so I guess it's not strange to always see the same one."

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As a Midwestern elder millennial, most peers treated Pitchfork's early web presence as gospel. I was more enamored with AMG's commitment to contextualizing an album in terms of an artist's discography & the genre as a whole. Even with some favorite contributors gone I'm glad this practice continues.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Still thinking about yesterday... We took the dogs out and someone was returning from work, driving alone with their windows down, and what was clearly an episode of Two and a Half Men was playing from their car stereo.

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woke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I’m thinking about disseminating an account of a baseball game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Frank Sinatra's "The Best is Yet to Come" starts playing. Me to a group of mostly strangers: "Did y'all know this song is about the orgasm gap?"

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Discovering individuals like this offer a (much needed) reminder that the internet still has folks willing to preserve popular culture... And with greater fervour than the companies looking for new ways to charge us for the same bad transfers / ports / "remasters."

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

"Having an Average Weekend," probably better recognized as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 theme song, somehow always hits for me.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I'm sure I'm not the first and no intended commentary here, but every mention of Sabrina Carpenter / "Man's Best Friend" all I can picture is Bobbi Flekman. youtu.be/rOSAumt6YF4?...

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Smell the Glove by Spinal Tap

YouTube video by SpinalTapFan01

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

And as soon as I post this, they do an all Brian encore.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Finally saw the Lemon Twigs tonight (with support by Mod Lang), and it was great to hear power pop alive & well. Their excellent harmonies felt particularly apropos in light of Brian Wilson.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

What's more humbling? Buttering bread in the nude at 12:17am for a late night snack, or having to squint as you butter because you left your glasses upstairs?

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ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My feed lined up perfectly for this.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We can easily make this happen.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

With the help of a friend, I finally finagled a way to get Baldur's Gate 3 up and running for @muppet.bsky.social on our giant TV. Walked into the other room to empty the dishwasher and minutes later I hear: "Well, talking to animals fucking rules."

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I agree completely! I wondered if Alan's comment was in reference to how long the camera lingered on Burt's address - but as a former (and seemingly 20 year!) Lummon employee why would Drummond need to get Burt's address from outie Irv's research?

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

33 years and one day apart.

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 13/02/2025

bear paw court sign, chinook, montana, 1987

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

And two contemporary runs I didn't see mentioned, but absolutely deserving. Dr. Dog: Fate (2008), Shame, Shame (2010), Be the Void (2012) and B-Room (2013). @lowcutconnie.bsky.social: Dirty Pictures Pt.1 (2017), Dirty Pictures Pt.2 (2018), Private Lives (2020), and Art Dealers (2023).

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Loved reading through all the replies! Two classic runs I didn't see mentioned... NRBQ: All Hopped Up (1977), At Yankee Stadium (78), Kick Me Hard (79), and Tiddlywinks (80). Joe Jackson: Look Sharp! (1979), I'm the Man (79), Beat Crazy (80), Jumpin' Jive (81), and [bonus!] Night and Day (82).

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⭐︎ Kay Hanley ⭐︎ @kayhanley.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A veteran music biz executive mansplains Chappell Roan’s “naïve” Grammy speech in The Hollywood Reporter. The next day I use the same space to lead singersplain why he should take a seat.

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Why the Chappell Roan Speech Critic “Couldn’t Be More Wrong” (Guest Column)

Musician Kay Hanley has some words for the mansplainer-in-chief: “Good luck, babe!”

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

When you learn of a wonderful former colleague's great take (and account) via one of your favorite critics' repost, you're glad you created a blue sky.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

All of which to say, even with the strides made since my first diagnosis. Mental health still don't get no respect.

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a man wearing a suit and tie is making a funny face

ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is making a funny face

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Glancing at the poets utilized on the record, my eye caught Thomas Hood (which my brain scrambled into Dylan Thomas - despite knowing DT was Welsh) because of the link between "Do Not Go Gentle..." and death... Inadvertently linking Marianne Faithful and Rodney Dangerfield in my mind, forever.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Today, I was listening to Broken English in honor of Marianne Faithful's passing and refamiliarizing myself with her other releases (a long held practice of mine following the death of a seminal musician). 2021's She Walks in Beauty put Faithful and Warren Ellis' music to British romantic poetry.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Yesterday: My new primary care doctor told me how folks with ADD can and should forego prescription stimulants as they age... Having years to perfect coping mechanisms or, upon finding their professional niche, simply "outgrown" their symptoms to the point it no longer impacts daily life.

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Alex Koch @owlexkoch.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The relationship between advertising and popular culture is historically fascinating and can be blended quite well (see Mad Men), but talk about the worst of both worlds. And using one of the most beloved romcoms to boot.

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Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal recreate When Harry Met Sally deli scene to hawk mayo

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