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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 12h

I heard an acoustic version of Ariana Grande's "Hate That I Made You Love Me" this morning where her vocal was clearly autotuned, which feels like it goes against the whole spirit of an acoustic performance?

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How long did it take me to get out of the Gillette parking lot last night after Zach Bryan? So long that I was able to listen to AN ENTIRE OTHER CONCERT BY THE POLICE before I could even move.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Normalize picking your nose in the restroom.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is giving strong "Guy who has only seen Marvel movies: " vibes.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Spotted at a Congregational Church in Millis, Massachusetts.

church sign reading:

"JESUS FLIPPED TABLES FOR LESS
JUSTICE FOR JANE DOE
MILLISUCC.ORG"

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Oh, good, I get to share my skeetstorm about R.E.M.'s "Drive." 1/

youtube.com

R.E.M. - Drive (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by remhq

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm just going to say it: They really nailed it with the Zakim Bridge.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This feels like the final form of the hi-fi nerds who gas on about how gold wires make records come alive like nothing else or whatever and can't talk about the music they're maximizing with a fraction of the same fervency.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reminder: When someone's first and main defense of their actions is "It's protected by the First Amendment!," they're unquestionably being an asshole.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

News fucking flash: EVERY POLICY PROPOSAL WILL OFFER NOTHING TO SOME SLICE OF THE ELECTORATE, SETTLE THE FUCK DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHETHER IT WILL HELP THE PEOPLE IT WILL HELP.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

H says she's ready to castrate all men -- carving out an exception for me, or so she claims -- and I honestly can't say I blame her.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My 11-year-old thinks that every single thing is a scam, and I have to somehow convince him that no, it's not, while also simultaneously teaching him that yes, it is.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I played in a cover band in grad school, and as much as I loved playing Paul Simenon's bomb-ass bass run in "I Fought The Law," there were two songs that were thrilling and terrifying every time I had to get my fingers around them.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It has recently come to my attention that in 1996 an Oasis tribute band called No Way Sis took a cover of "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" to #27 in the U.K., and this TOP OF THE POPS performance demonstrates an absolutely top-notch commitment to every level of the bit.

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No Way Sis I d Like To Teach The World To Sing

YouTube video by Cook & Greenaway CHART HITS

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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No Way Sis I d Like To Teach The World To Sing

YouTube video by Cook & Greenaway CHART HITS

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

me teaching my improv students about comedy timing:

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH" I feel like I've heard something similar to "triumphal arch" before, but I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO PLACE IT.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Next on WERS, it's the man-repelling anthems of Wet Leg." [plays "Chaise Longue"]

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh, so he's CRASHING-crashing the country.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

The day the Decemberists realized that "merry-go-round" rhymed with "burial ground" must have been a full-on DEFCON 1, this-is-what-we've-been-preparing-for-all-these-years situation. I'll bet someone cried.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Randomly thinking about how in one of your most celebrated episodes -- one of my all-time favorites! -- of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, a demon looked at Dawn and was like "A literal child bride, gimme gimme" and then found out that it was Xander that summoned him and was like "nvm no homo lol."

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"The island, which is uninhabited by humans..." *Circe winks*

A photo of a pig swimming in crystal-clear water with a beach in the background. The caption reads:

"Swine-dark sea … Mediterranean black pigs swim at a beach on the private island of Atokos, in the Ionian Sea off the west coast of Greece. The island, which is uninhabited by humans, is owned by a shipping magnate

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images"

From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/18/week-in-wildlife-swimming-pigs-circling-sharks-and-a-fox-on-the-cricket-pitch?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Also worth noting that this is how AI works.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"We have to rally around Macklefuckingmore, is how bad this is" is a thing I just heard myself saying.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apple picking seems like something that Tom Sawyer and Adam Smith might come up with in an all-night brainstorming session.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"The island, which is uninhabited by humans..." *Circe winks*

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Also worth noting that this is how AI works.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"We have to rally around Macklefuckingmore, is how bad this is" is a thing I just heard myself saying.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apple picking seems like something that Tom Sawyer and Adam Smith might come up with in an all-night brainstorming session.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

Farmer Hoggett at the end of BABE saying, "That'll do, pig. That'll do."

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm beginning to think that Ed Sheeran really DOES think that "Hey Dude" is a better lyric.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One I was 37 years old The tickets were sold Then Macklemore and I We ditched the ginger Once I was 37 years old But I wouldn't fold And so we gave our Headliner the finger

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One I was 37 years old The tickets were sold Then Macklemore and I We ditched the ginger Once I was 37 years old But I wouldn't fold And so we gave our Headliner the finger

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"I respect Macklemore's strength of purpose to stand up and shout for what he believes. However, there is room for multiple approaches to the same end: peace." I mean, clearly not.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I wonder if Robert Smith ever thinks about pulling a George Clinton and cutting his hair short and showing up to gigs in neatly-tailored suits.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah, the old "it can't be political/racist/misogynistic/homophobic because I didn't SAY I was being political/racist/misogynistic/homophobic" gambit. A classic for a reason!

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm honestly pretty sure Ed Sheeran had far more leverage in this interaction -- Robert Kraft cancelling his concert over a free-speech issue feels like a breach of contact! -- but he threw it away because [reel missing]

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It's honestly very funny how transphobic J.K. Rowling is, given that she expressly hid her true gender from the public at the start of her career, and then again a second time later.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Incidentally, while almost all the doctors on the show are good and competent and capable -- I said "almost," not so fast, Ogilvie -- there are only three else decisions and skills I would unequivocally trust without question, and that's Drs. King, McKay and Abbott.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There's an argument to be made that "a police version of THE PITT" would be a direct, fundamental betrayal of everything THE PITT is and is doing, and that therefore there could be no such thing.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not quite the same, but I had a friend in college who took to jokingly calling me "Jewboy," which was fine for whatever reason. Then someone else (in my friend circle but not my friend, which feels important) did it, and I immediately told her "Don't ever call me that again, only Derek can do that."

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is why I didn't want to touch Seth Moulton with a ten-foot ballot box. Him throwing trans people under the bus TWO DAYS after the 2024 election fuckin' sucked on its own, but it also called into question every single one of his so-called convictions and when he'd drop them as the winds changed.

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What's brilliant about this Onion article -- which is one of my all-time favorites, and which I think about a lot -- is that the choice of album here is patiently ridiculous, and also... not. There are arguments to be made! And that's what makes the joke perfect.

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Humanity Still Producing New Art As Though Megadeth’s ‘Rust In Peace’ Doesn’t Already Exist

WASHINGTON—Saying that any further endeavors of technical skill and imagination were pointless, experts at the Smithsonian Institution reportedly questioned Monday why new art was still being produced...

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

[H comes down while I'm listening to music] H: "What is this?" me: "It's 'I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts' by X." H: "It sounds weird." me: "It's punk." H: "It sounds bad." me: "That's also punk."

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

M has two new obsessions: the water glasses scene in MISS CONGENIALITY and the final chaotic fight scene in MISS CONGENIALITY. (We've just watched MISS CONGENIALITY.)

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Marc Hirsh @spacecitymarc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy 25 years of 9/11, everybody! We've learned absolutely nothing.

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