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Todd in the Shadows

@shadowtodd.bsky.social
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Be-shadowed music reviewer on YouTube, cohost of Song vs. Song Patreon: patreon.com/toddintheshadows Media/inquiries: toddintheshadows@standard.tv

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 51m
The Rick Springfield book is frustrating because he clearly has a lot of guilt and pain over all the fucking around he did and I expect every chapter to end "and that's how I learned to be a faithful husband" but the next chapter always begins "so here's how I started cheating on my wife again"
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1h
Incredibly good stuff here: defector.com/resident-evi...
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Accept The Expanding Ball Of Infected Corpses You Cannot Change | Defector
“Here are the main things you need to know about the Resident Evil games,” I explained to my friend Liz over the nonsense of the Digger trailer. “There’s a big outbreak of some kind of mutagenic virus...
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 1h
Nothing about this story makes any sense to me. I am aware that Republican senators are both unimaginably stupid and unendingly corrupt and that still doesn't feel like a real explanation
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 17h
why the fuck don't patreon comments load anymore
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 18h
Most Trainwreckords videos are long-gestating ideas before I start working on them, "Tao" is one of the few I threw together immediately after discovering it (also: the Carpenters, Will Smith, Run-DMC and Human League episodes)
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 22h
The '70s were a different time, when a bunch of white guys could start a soul band called the Funky Communication Committee
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Funky Communication Committee - 01 - Baby I Want You
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Elisa Hansen @elisahansen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Had an amazing time chatting with with @abigaillarson.com and Sasha Graham about the new The Vampire's Tale Tarot! youtu.be/sxq2xPq6XI0
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Do Vampires let women claim their power in Tarot?
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will judge Digger for myself but whether I end up agreeing with the bad reviews or not, can we agree that everything about it looked very bad from the getgo
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don't do more than glance at my videos' numbers for my own sanity, but I saw that the last video is doing abnormally well and then I remembered that YouTube changed how they count views now (which is to say, they're lying). Now I'm pissed off, I got got
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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wrote about all of it. Tried to, anyway. www.billboard.com/music/chart-...
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How Has Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Spent 24 Weeks Atop the Hot 100 — And Why Are People So Shocked By It?
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has topped the Billbaord Hot 100 for 24 weeks, making history and causing backlash. Here's why all of it is happening.
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The Shampion @theshampion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Half Life Origins:
The text HALF LIFE on a Mister Rogers like character, opening a a lid on a fake muppet's fallout shelter.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In this podcast from last month @augetoffmygold.bsky.social postulated that Nelly Furtado's "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" is the worst lead single for an album ever. What are the main contenders for that title, do you think? (of songs I've covered, "Filthy," "Yummy" and "Eat You Alive" stand out)
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
the software industry has not solved "cleanly copying and pasting text in a table from one program to another" after 40 years of productivity design and optimization. just thinking of other things that took more time and effort than cracking an atom in two
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Ally Roth @alinaisyou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have covered the VMAs for seven years and this is genuinely the worst one by a lot. Please listen so our suffering means something.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our thoughts to the VMAs, thank you @ladyemily.nebula.tv for joining us even though she really has no reason to watch them at this point
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PODCAST: Please put the VMAs out of its misery
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The VMAs are much worse this year than usual.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHA COWBOYS SUCK
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Choosin' Texas" sucks and I *like* country musi-- no you fucking don't, shut the fuck up
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Giants win, but are probably not going to the Super Bowl
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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When I was a kid the top 10 songs on the Hot 100 were read out weekly by the principal over the loudspeaker with morning announcements. Then they played the No. 1 song in full instead of the Pledge of Allegiance. And if you didn't stand up and sing along you were expelled for not being patriotic.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Jessie' s Girl guy discovered Buddhism. New episode, y'all www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxvs...
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TRAINWRECKORDS: Rick Springfield's "Tao"
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Maybe I'm misremembering this but someone asked Rae Sremmurd on Twitter what happened to the girl in "Come Get Her" who was dancing like a stripper, and they answered "Someone came and got her, she got home safe." That's nice to know
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Jessie' s Girl guy discovered Buddhism. New episode, y'all www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxvs...
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TRAINWRECKORDS: Rick Springfield's "Tao"
YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How can "Choosin' Texas" be so huge and yet I've never heard it
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
crashout is a good word. better than meltdown or tantrum, i'm not sure what the distinction is but i know those describe something separate
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mothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
they wrote the fuck out of this song
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Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who's that dog
It's a hiding dog
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molly mary o'brien @missmollymary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
wrote about the new Taylor Swift songs for GQ. it's me, hi, i'm the "Cleveland!" apologist, it's me www.gq.com/story/taylor...
In 2024, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made a celebratory social media post about his middling Christmas action-comedy Red One. The movie had
"shattered a viewing record" for Amazon Prime, becoming the fastest movie to hit 50 million views, and Johnson was thrilled. "RED ONE has a long shelf life with multiple verticals - kudos to our Amazon partners for their strategic win, that's just getting started," Johnson effused. When Taylor Swift announced the sudden arrival of a bonus version of last year's The Life Of A Showgirl (having previously said no bonus album would be necessary), it reminded me of such metrics-based fanfare. To commemorate achieving "the biggestBecause I have a soft spot for Taylor when she's really hamming it up ("But Daddy I Love Him" was the perfect amount of ham; the penis-themed disco song
"Wood" unfortunately took it too far), my favorite track is "Cleveland!" Over a gentle Springsteen chug-a-lug (maybe more Bleachers by way of Springsteen), Swift celebrates her Ohioan husband the best way she knows how: by flipping off the haters and losers. "Hate all you like! This is the love of my life!" she crows, tripping down the aisle with her gallant beau as onlookers mock her smile and sense of fashion. Swift has certainly gotten enough external feedback on her courtship and marriage to last a lifetime, and there might be some hesitation about converting earnest feelings into songs for public digestion these days. Still I wonder if the future might bring more measured, thoughtful examinations of her relationship, or if we're stuck with goofy, exclamation-pointed tunes about falling in love on the banks of the Cuyahoga.
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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2012 One Direction crazy crazy crazy w/ @jasonlipshutz.bsky.social! -Boat shirts & Bieb haircuts -Watching 'iCarly' for the first time -"What Makes You Beautiful" vs. "Are You Jimmy Ray?" -"One Thing" as Phillies anthem: Still not too late! @patgallen.bsky.social www.billboard.com/music/pop/on...
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How Did One Direction Become Superstars in Less Than a Year’s Time Upon Their 2012 U.S. Invasion? Greatest Pop Stars Podcast Discussion
This Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at One Direction's 2012 of becoming stateside superstars.
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jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if you're a 99% invisible subscriber you can listen to my episode in the "100 objects that made america" series today. it's a history of the sobriety chip, AA and its connection to the failures of prohibition and americans' love of a religion, and figuring out my own california sobriety :-)
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ugh, fine, let's listen to "Patient Zero". [...] Boy, if you thought being happily married would stop Taylor writing songs about exes. Sucks to be you, John and/or Jake
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is a very bad dog next door who won't stop barking and it is bothering my good dog Amy
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the packers... are bad
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crazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I don't have a personal account on here so I made sure to build one nu metal moment into this article I wrote about the three millenials currently ruining pop music and what might be done about it: holidaykirk.substack.com/p/the-imperi...
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The Imperial Regime
How a Generation of Millennial Pop Artists Ruined Pop Music
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Q Up The Movie : It's A YouTube Channel! @rainbowfilmclub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As a Rhode Islander, and I'll say that we're fucking pissed about a whole lot of things other than the bridge. And one of the many reasons we shitcanned Providence's mayor was that he was running attack ads against his Democratic opponent that used MAGA talking points like, "Ooh, he's a SOCIALIST!"
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The governor of Rhode Island is in deep deep shit with voters because he still hasn't fixed the bridge
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I already have a Tamagotchi-like device that is equipped with AI, it's called "my phone"
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Dom Noble @dominicnoble.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ai has ruined all my favorite stock photo websites. Even when you filter to exclude it half of whats left looks suss and every time I change the keywords it switches it back on 😑
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Song vs Song episode and thank you to @missmollymary.bsky.social for helping us decide between "Shut Up and Dance" vs. "Cake by the Ocean"! Featuring: me botching the names of both artists and both songs repeatedly, and the experience of seeing a JoBro side project live and in person
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176: "Shut Up and Dance" vs. "Cake by the Ocean" (w/Molly Mary O'Brien!)
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molly mary o'brien @missmollymary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i love her. i love anyone who approaches pop stardom as both humble supplicant and irrepressible diva
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Adela: She got the juice? What are your thoughts
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I can only speak for my little corner of the world, but in music there was in fact a genuine vibe shift. Explicitly conservative songs were topping the charts. Let's Go Brandon was a viral meme. Nickelback headlined Kid Rock's festival with no notable backlash.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I found the hiding dog
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh Bluesky you're my only friend
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Never mind
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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
you could read stupid stuff about Choosin' Texas, from people on here who should definitely know better, or you could read @natalieweiner.bsky.social, who absolutely nails it, as per usual.
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Country Music and Politics: 'Choosin' Texas' Edition
The historic reign of "Choosin' Texas" (as of this week it's officially the longest-running Hot 100 No. 1 song ever, without a clear end in sight) is sparking all kinds of takes — that it's slop (all ...
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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
trying to make sense of "choosin' texas" takery. tl dr I think we're in a culturally improved place overall if choosin texas is bigger than morgan wallen (yes he is probably coming home to roost but i'm hoping against hope he won't) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/t/
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Country Music and Politics: 'Choosin' Texas' Edition
The historic reign of "Choosin' Texas" (as of this week it's officially the longest-running Hot 100 No. 1 song ever, without a clear end in sight) is sparking all kinds of takes — that it's slop (all ...
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jesus Christ gas is so expensive and food is so expensive
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Jacob the Weeb @weebservations.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OK, my new commission submission form is ready! You 🫵 , yes YOU! can now pay me to write about any piece of media you desire! I'll be reposting past commissions, now with pictures, on my Patreon blog public for everyone to read, on weeks when I don't have a new video up. forms.gle/8H5CT2bTZ5kN...
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Weebservations Commission Form
You can now request ANY piece of media for me to review or analyze! Your final commissioned piece will be over 600+ words of analysis with at least 3 pictures, to be published publicly on my Patreon b...
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
!!! oh my god R.I.P.
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New Found Glory (@newfoundglory) on X
On the morning of September 20th, Chad Everett Gilbert passed away peacefully in his sleep. He left this world surrounded by friends and family and took his final breaths with his wife and mother by h...
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