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Rob Mitchum

@robmitchum.bsky.social
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Science and music writer. EIC of @kellogginsight.bsky.social‬.

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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 10h
Monsaaaantooooooo
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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 10h
As soon as I saw his review I realized “an art house movie about climate and pollution heavily involving shovels, of course he loved it”
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 10h
I might still see it someday, but now I know exactly why I'm going to find it frustrating.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 10h
Even odds he's writing a song with that line right now.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 10h
2026 Neil Young loving Digger tells me more about the movie than any actual critic's review.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 18h
All it needs is the prelude "According to Wikipedia,"
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SickosFC @sickosfc.bsky.social · 20h
You’ve seen stutter step penalties but how about this stutter walk penalty in the Caribbean Cup semifinal?
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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 19h
Surprise! I wrote a zine/booklet about every single Rolling Thunder 1976 show, and it's available now. Limited edition - when it's gone it's gone. More info here:
flaggingdown.com
My 'Rolling Thunder 1976: Day By Day’ Zine Available Now!
Limited-edition booklet covering every show
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Realized afterwards that I met both Steve and Josh by taking them to their first Phish show lol
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Two of the best in the biz talking’ Strokes! @stevenhyden.bsky.social @joshterry.bsky.social
Two music critics talking in front of a crowd.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Touchhead for sure
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Steve wouldn’t let me go deep on all the Day Jobs.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
(By me, not sure Steve would approve)
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Belatedly, uh, Deadicated to the memory of Mike Ditka, another hero of 1985 who died while we recorded.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If this comes true, you need an exorcism.
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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
That this bot, which posts random stills and clips from the thousands of hours of VHS transfers on archive.org, landed on *this specific frame* feels like finding the monkey at the typewriter that managed to write Hamlet.
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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hey, I'll be at Exile In Bookville in Chicago tomorrow Oct. 14 with @joshterry.bsky.social. Come on out and say hello! (This listing says it's sold out but it's a free event and there's plenty of room so come on by!) www.exileinbookville.com/events/51343
exileinbookville.com
Authors on Tap: Steven Hyden and Josh Terry | Exile in Bookville
Indie bookstore located in the historic Fine Arts Building on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Where books and music meet.
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 13/10/2026
Ah yes, perhaps the most beloved literary trope of all: the classic McMuffin
A screenshot that reads: Moore throws in a Hitchcock-style McMuffin in the shape of a secret tape recording which will reveal just who has been betraying the gangsters.
The problem is that no-one has a machine on which to play it.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Excellent point from my dude here.
A screenshot showing the excerpt: "But I also think critics need to defend artists that dare to be idiosyncratic, abrasive and (yes) even self-indulgent, which maybe shouldn’t be such a dirty phrase at a time when the human “self” is being taken out of so many things.

I think human artists should be indulged! If critics don’t stand up for that, what’s the point of us writing or speaking about anything at all?"
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Reading my first Miéville while listening to a lot of '85 Dead and now I have a terrible earworm of "Perdido Station" to the tune of Terrapin.
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Kellogg Insight @kellogginsight.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Marketers are creating “synth personas,” or AI-produced customer composites that can be used to test how real customers may respond to new products and services. Learn more at Kellogg Insight. #KelloggLeader
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
What AI “Synth Personas” Can and Can’t Reveal About Real Customers
AI-generated composites are useful tools for marketers, but the nuances of actual humans are difficult to replicate.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 02/08/2026
turbomander (@turbomander) on Twitter: "yooo I can't believe the guy who shot me in Reno is doing a live concert here at Folsom prison! I can't wait to hear the complicated and tragic explanation as to why he sent me into a near-death comatose state. I think once I know I'll be ready to forgive not only him, but myself"
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
50 years ago today, the grateful dead & the who at oakland coliseum stadium, their 2nd of 2, with the dead up first. among the who's last shows with keith moon. tight ’76 dead, now on “dick’s picks 33.” tapes of both bands, photos, notes, scene reports: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
Pete Townshend & Jerry Garcia chillin' backstage
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Matt Anderson @mattbegins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the absolute best way to exit a conversation ever.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
[ millennial music writer voice ] i wrote about taper’s choice ahead of their chicago shows at the end of the month
chicagoreader.com
Taper’s Choice are the perfect gateway drug for the jam-band curious - Chicago Reader
Taper’s Choice chronicled their easygoing chemistry with a series of self-released recordings.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What it's like seeing Water Damage.
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VHS Vault @vhsvault.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
[Vintage VHS] Yakov Smirnoff: What a Country!, Comedy Video : 2582s
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why am I in a Verhoeven movie I just want to watch the White Sox.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I know baseball season ads are always bad but this year feels especially dystopian. I'm missing Jardiance dance numbers for Pete's sake.
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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey, next week I'm going on tour! Come see me in Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison. The Upper Heartland Tour! I'll be with @joshterry.bsky.socialin Chicago and @bymattwild.bsky.social in Milwaukee. Come thru!
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My wife and I joke about this a lot, we think it's because they know who's paying the bill, haha. But my kids don't seem to mind.
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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Desert Trip was 10 years ago today! Tons of backstage drama in my interview with director John Hillcoat: flaggingdown.com/p/the-secret...
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(He's going to be psyched to hear that Geese met in a School of Rock)
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My teen started as a 9-year-old shorter than his guitar stood on end, now he's the freakishly tall kid helping the little ones tune up. It's beautiful.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One point I'll add that's not in the article (maybe they don't do it the same way in New York), but it's so cool that the performance groups are all ages. You get 4th graders and seniors in high school working together, not something you see often in youth activities.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also: my 9yo started drum lessons this summer, and it's helping me hear music in an entirely new way? Demystifying and remystifying an instrument I never played myself.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Massive fan of School of Rock here, it's given both my kids all the benefits of team sports without the competition part. Love to see a Jayson byline too.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love that
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My current PR is the Providence Bowie and I'm trying to get it down to the Jam Night Lawn Boy for a race in a couple weeks.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
40-minute Life Saving Gun? More like 40-minute Life Saving RUN (it was the perfect length and pace for my 5K + cooldown this morning).
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chicago’s most exciting punk venue is in the back of a taco joint—and it just paused putting on shows for the foreseeable future. I spoke to Casa Cafe’s main show organizer about what happened.
chicagoreader.com
Casa Cafe takes a hiatus from hardcore - Chicago Reader
Casa Cafe’s bookers are pursuing a city license so they can safely restart shows. Plus: DJ Paul Nixon launches the pop-up shop Happy Home Records, and more.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Phil Lesh/Stewart Copeland If They Mated
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Definitely had some jobs where I was the guy in yellow.
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Kellogg Insight @kellogginsight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Remote job listings look like any other—until you read the fine print. More skills are required. More experience is expected. That’s the pattern Kellogg's Letian Zhang noticed while studying how technological changes reshape work and management. Learn more at Kellogg Insight. #KelloggLeader
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
There’s a Higher Bar for Working from Home
Remote job postings demand more skills and experience than similar in-person positions, which could limit opportunities for early-career workers.
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These assholes
static.klipy.com
Labrinth Dancing with Mystical Creatures
ALT: Labrinth Dancing with Mystical Creatures
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What is this man playing
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No but he could have!
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
hey greg
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Camp Michael McDonald”from “Late Night with Conan” years ago with Jon Glaser as McDonald. Still cracks me up. Jon came up with this idea one day after we were all talk-singing to each other at rehearsal like Michael McDonald. #FlashbackFriday youtu.be/p6hclTqXvBw?is
youtu.be
Satellite TV Channels Camp Michael McDonald
YouTube video by 20 Years of Conan O'Brien | TEAMCOCO.com
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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good to see Kurt Wagner has entered his Jerry Era.
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