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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 20h

Working on an alternate reality story where the only difference is they call peanut brittle “brittle peanut.”

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It’s not unclear, you fucking hacks.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If it helps at all, you were probably being mildly rude to a machine. A couple of my books were found in one the datasets of pirated material used by Anthropic (and others) to train AI. I'm still nauseous thinking about it.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🐝 The world is an often terrifying hellscape, but there’s magic here, too.🐝

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When I was in elementary school, I "created" a new product based on the popularity of Soap-On-a-Rope: Shampoo-On-a-Rope. My design sketch even included a little plastic extension to place the cap while you squeezed out the shampoo. Pizza Soup is even dumber.

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Chris Marron @sonofhal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our first announcement for this week is none other than Simon Love. He'll be coming out of exile to join us at The Lexington on 15th November. He joins.. Stewart Lee Miki Berenyi Fyfe Dangerfield Kitty Fitz Dilettante Esmé Lark Gina Birch David Lance Callahan Scarlett Woolfe ..and many more.

A picture of Simon Love for the Resident Punk U.K. Launch Party.

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Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another distinctive treat for #louder2026 Join legendary @Legs__McNeil (livestreamed from NYC) in conversation with his co-author Crispin Kott & host @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social live in the room. Fri 13/11 6.30pm at The Innside, Manchester. All tickets and info: tinyurl.com/3yyce9ca

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I share my birthday with Groucho Marx, Graham Greene, Bud Abbott, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Hell, Sting, Rex Reed, Tiffany, and Phil Oakey. I was born exactly one-hundred years after Mahatma Gandhi, and on the same exact day as Damon Gough, a.k.a., Badly Drawn Boy. 🎂

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Buy my books, read a book (any book), register to vote, VOTE BLUE, spin a favorite record, tell someone you love them, donate to or volunteer with a cause you believe in, smash the patriarchy…rock/roll…Be kind.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🎂 It’s my birthday! It’s not one of the major milestones, but I’m really feeling every one of the years all the same. In celebration of this most sacred of me-centered days, please consider any or all of the following:

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's easily a top three worst type of fart (category: dry)

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After a busy and chaotic September I'm finally catching up on the first episode of Flop TV 4 and I had to pause after just one minute because I was laughing so hard I forced out a hostile fart. Great start, Peaches! @flophousepodcast.com

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Definitely not trying to be a Rundgren about Taylor Swift, I just thought it was wild to see a nearly identical top separated by decades.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Who wore it better? Are you Team Taylor or Team Tork?

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I might be a little less distrustful of AI if the dudes promoting it, supporting it, insisting on it, and advocating for it weren’t the worst fucking people on the planet.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gina Birch, Esmé Lark, Miki Berenyi, Fyfe Dangerfield, Kitty Fitz, and Dilettante are among the guest vocalists. Books w/ signed bookplates will be available on the night. I’m so stoked for this one. See you there! www.thelexington.co.uk/event.php?id...

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Resident Punk UK Launch Party - Legs McNeil in conversation with Stewart Lee plus bands at The Lexington London. Live Music, DJs, Beer and Bourbon

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The first six (of many) very special guests have been announced for the Resident Punk UK book launch party at The Lexington in London on November 15. Legs McNeil (via Zoom) will be in conversation with Stewart Lee, and two all-star bands will perform songs by artists in the book.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve resisted the ice cream version of this folderol for decades, so nah. As always, OpenAI can kick rocks.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

September 29, 1986. Forty years of New Order’s Brotherhood.

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Chris Marron @sonofhal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Confirming Miki Berenyi as our first guest for Nov 15th at The Lexington. Remaining tickets on Dice and wegottickets.

A picture of Miki Berenyi. Text below reads Resident Punk. U.K. Launch Party.

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Chris Marron @sonofhal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Second guest for Nov 15th is Kitty Fitz. Very happy to have her on board. Only 23 more musical guest announcements to go. If you haven't grabbed tickets yet, you know what to do.

A picture of Kitty Fitz, who will be playing at the Resident Punk launch party.

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Chris Marron @sonofhal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Forgot to post this here on Friday, so here it is. The massively talented Dilettante will be joining us at The Lexington on 15th November. Announced already are Stewart Lee, Miki Berenyi, Kitty Fitz and Fyfe Dangerfield (and 20 more to come). Going to be quite the night. Tix on Dice and wegottickets

Poster for Dilettane at the Resident Punk UK Launch Party.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Early episodes of Midsomer Murders are a wild, creepy ride. This is from the series’ debut, The Killings at Badger’s Drift, and it isn’t even the creepiest bit.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“I’m gonna teach you how to eat cheesecake!” Now on Substack: An early look at RESIDENT PUNK, featuring Legs McNeil, Norman Mailer, and a lesson in eating cheesecake you won’t soon forget. crispinkott.substack.com/p/legs-mcnei...

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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Chris Marron @sonofhal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another guest vocalist announcement. Fyfe Dangerfield will be joining us at The Lexington on Sun 15th Nov. Tickets on Dice and wegottickets.

A picture of Fyfe Dangerfield, who will be performing at the Resident Punk launch show at The Lexington on 15th November.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From today’s issue of the Los Angeles Times.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“See you at the Sharpies!” Wilco Schmilco show/signing at Rough Trade NYC ten years ago today.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Resident Punk is coming to the Hudson Valley tomorrow afternoon as part of Upstate Films’ Foreword! series. Plus Inquiring Minds will have copies of Resident Punk for sale with signed bookplates. It’s all happening at 4pm on Saturday, September 19! Hometown friends, come through!

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That guy who looks a bit like Ed Sheeran must really be going through it right now.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you for validating my very specific trauma.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Come join us at Rough Trade NYC on Tuesday to celebrate the release of Legs McNeil's memoir, Resident Punk: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene (and Beyond). link.dice.fm/l49aac4582fb...

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Legs McNeil In Conversation + Signing Tickets | Sep 15 | Rough Trade Below, New York | DICE

**Legs McNeil** will be appearing in person at Rough Trade Below, on Tuesday, September 15th at 6pm, in conversation with **Mark Jacobson** and signing in su...

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If the animated film counts as trauma, I stayed over at a friend’s house when I was in the 3rd grade and his parents made us watch Watership Down instead of the Dukes of Hazzard.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

YES! Maybe my favorite media Legs has done for our book, Resident Punk. It's out on Tuesday, and you can join us at Rough Trade NYC Below for a launch party that very evening. youtu.be/NGegRQ6hvHE?...

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Testing Legs McNeil's Punk Music Knowledge

YouTube video by Track Star*

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wish I had a Proclaimers album I could snap in half, but I don’t listen to shitty music.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Now on Substack: In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Monkees, here’s a rough draft of what their chapter might have looked like if we'd added Los Angeles to the Rock and Roll Explorer Guide series. crispinkott.substack.com/p/the-rock-a...

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The Rock and Roll Explorer Guide Presents: The Monkees’ Los Angeles

“Must come down for interview.”

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Star Trek is 60! Celebrate with this provocatively titled 2010 piece with a contemporary introduction that stodgy corners of the Trekkie universe will probably not have strong feelings about! substack.com/@crispinkott...

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Boldly Go: The Best of the Worst Acting From Star Trek: The Original Series

A Pointless Summary of Three Seasons of Intergalactic Rogues, Vagabonds and Ragamuffins

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Basically my view from the loge tonight. Stoked!

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There were some great compilations back in the blog era called Soft Sounds For Gentle People with obscure late-'60s sunshine pop songs in the Sandpipers' vein. Band names included: The Peppermint Trolley Company, Status Cymbal, and the New Hobbits. butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2024/06/psyc...

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PSYCHEDELIC POP VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People [2003--2014] (9 x CDs)

PSYCHEDELIC POP VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People [2003--2014] (9 x CDs) The “Soft Sounds For Gentle People” series, released by Pet Record...

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Now on Substack: A 2010 piece about Star Trek with a provocative concept alongside a contemporary introduction that stodgy corners of the Trekkie universe would probably not have strong feelings about. crispinkott.substack.com/p/boldly-go-...

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A new King of Cartoons? What the hell were all those marches for?

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Everything was beautiful… (figs. I-III)

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy Birthday, you beauty. Twenty years of Yellow House, the first full-on Grizzly Bear album, holy shit. I’ve never shied away from gushing over how important this group’s music has been to me, and I found my way there through Yellow House.

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Crispin Kott @stuporfly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Aston Villa haven’t just been bad so far, they’ve been boring. There’s been a lot of turnover, so I’m hopeful they’ll figure things out. But other than Suzuki, they’ve just looked anemic.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My heart goes out to the millions of people struggling to remember how to write "Thanks! Sounds great!" in an email.

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Jimmy Breslin on Gloria Steinem Esquire, 8/92 (the same issue had John Updike on Dolly)

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J. Michael Mull @jmichaelmull.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

even now, she's still teaching us

screen on car radio reading:
Dolly Parton
Love is Like A Butt
(it should be Butterfly but the last part couldn't fit on the screen)

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