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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 3h

Just completed my own personal half-marathon by walking 2.31 miles to the library under perfect conditions. Solidarity to my fellow marathonians today.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My biggest takeaway from Koberidze's "Dry Leaf" (2025) was that the Toyota Prius is unnervingly popular in the country of Georgia. No idea if this has been addressed on Letterboxd or not.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Lasting friendships look like someone texting you out of the blue to say they still think of a review from 20 years ago in which you absolutely trashed The Mars Volta's "Amputechture."

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Grew up in the same town as Heritage USA and let me tell you, the giant waterslide they had was a rough, steep ride begging for a lawsuit. (You can still find traces of the park in the subdivision that replaced it.)

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

To be charitable, car companies have made watching the road a lot harder in the last decade with all the touchscreens, which everyone thinks looks cool until they have to go through three menus to turn the heat on.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today's duality of man was turning down a free ticket to see Mastodon almost 20 years to the day on from the first time and instead opting for an evening with Icona Pop. No regrets.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Never forget that everyone picked the Eagles except SVP, who literally said live on air, "To hell with it, I'm going with the Bears."

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And in Chicago they referred to it ever after as The Case Keenum Game.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah, one run through had me at "Is this better than 'The Talkies'?" Second run had me thinking this was better than anything they've done except the Blawan cover.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Finally getting around to this Spring Breeding record and it's giving me flashbacks to 60% of GSL's roster in 2004. Pretty feral.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great idea. '97 will always be my favorite, but '07 and '08 are great, too, if for no other reason than seeing how Hamilton was on it from the very start. Don't sleep on the insanity of '82, either.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Neutral Milk Hotel + "Courage the Cowardly Dog"

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What did Skilling say? "They will close with 'Sad Girls Por Vida.'" And lo, it was thus. Perfect set to end a day that could not have better epitomized why I hate festivals.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is there any documented link from mewithoutYou to Native Nod? I'm listening back to "This Can't Exist" again and in addition to the geographic proximity, it's striking how the former begins right where the latter ends stylistically.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Saw this on mute at a bar and laughed out loud. No one else clocked it.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Normalize reading books to assuage the guilt of not making it to book readings.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just one of the many fun rewards for taking the Blue Line. (Gonna try to make it tomorrow, hope to see you out.)

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The small, disparate but persistent group of neighbors on this block who seem to love idling their vehicles for bizarrely long periods

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Envisioning a world where people regularly pay 4.9% interest per month on their next food delivery in the same way they sign up for 72-month car loans is exactly the kind of bleak thought that should be jettisoned to Bluesky partisans, never to return.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My favorite moment of their game against the Brewers Tuesday was late in the bottom of the eighth when they cut to a shot of the moon in giant glowing red and Sciambi just goes, "Hey, there's the moon." Sometimes less is more.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If cicadas be screamin' Autumn be schemin'

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

[David Letterman doing crowd work during the 2027 ESPYs] Ike Reilly Assassination, Dae'Quan Wright Situation. Dae'Quan Wright Situation, Ike Reilly Assassination

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"I had to learn trombone over Zoom."

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"I was at this wedding in an aircraft hangar. They said their vows and then this BDSM marching band came out playing 'Head Like a Hole.' Leather, leashes, bangers and hangars."

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Where was I the night Westbrook called it? I can tell you exactly. I was witnessing another vastly underappreciated, splendidly inconsistent, indubitably indomitable force: Oneida.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There were better NBA players and there has been better writing on other NBA players, but there was no NBA player that inspired more beats by the pound at his peak than Russell Westbrook. Maybe his whole career, too.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Went from not knowing the International Dance League existed to sharing some strong opinions on Jam Republic's sloppy routine barside in like 45 minutes.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

["Those horses are praying to Mecca" voice] They're watching the Bananas over there

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

To be fair, it is being held at the creatively named Everything Bar.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

As much as I appreciate the efficiency of just calling a sophomore a sophomore or whatever, if the student hasn't started sophomore year yet, they're not a sophomore. Summer is an interregnum; saying one is a sophomore implies the education is already underway.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"Turns out no one wants to hear The Jesus Lizard's 'Goat' on a road trip."

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The celerity with which I was able to ID them surprised even me, a guy who'd previously been immersed in a world of aspiring Chris Varicks.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Noah Kahan is Pete Yorn who made it send post or whatever

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've realized today that I am wildly out of step with most people when I say "Testarossa Nightdrive" was the first Kavinsky song I thought of this morning. Those first two EPs are like someone showing up to a party at the perfect time.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

They also do this at Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing in Raleigh, evidently.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Oh, so this is what a FIFA game between my brothers feels like IRL, got it

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Not gonna say I feel vindicated this morning for hating on iceberg lettuce, but—

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

[Binge-watching every movie before Netflix buys Letterboxd to see if I agree with the quippy one-line reviews that inevitably end up as most popular]

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

[Jerry Remy watching modern TikToks]: HERE COMES THE PIZZA BEANS

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Cracked Modelo = ball don't lie, actually

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

There is no neighborhood outside of the ciudad itself that is more rowdy right now than Logan Square.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sometime this century, the default action movie villain accent will switch from English to American because that's how most ambiguous foreigners will have learned the language.

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Patrick Masterson @pmmmasterson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I have got to stop arguing with randoms in stream chats over how bad the '03 Yamaha YZR-M1 was, but sometimes the historical revisionism is too egregious to ignore. It's not even 9am and I'm about to log off, please clap.

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