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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Based on extensive reporting and analysis, I have concluded that everything remains super dumb.

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David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At some point I'll write more, but for now I just want to say that Wonderlick's "Eric" is one of the smartest, most moving songs/records I've heard this century...

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Karl Rove is not complaining about racists in the Republican party because he suddenly developed a conscience. He's doing it because he can see the coming blowout for Democrats, and is trying to distance himself from what he helped build.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That Wonderlick/Busy Signal collab whose lyric video premiered on PunkNews the other day is now available to play or purchase on Tapedeck -- available on both Android and iOS.

tapedeck.sng.link

Tapedeck - Apps on Google Play

Tapedeck is a music store and streaming service for music fans

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

SF Bay Area peeps: this calendar has been making my weekends extra excellent for all of 2026 so far.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There are still good people

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Really enjoyed this interview, in which I got asked 9 rapid-fire questions (3 for the head, 3 for the heart, and 3 for the soul). Knocked me out of telling the same old stories the same old ways.

youtu.be

Tim Quirk on Wonderlick, Empathy, and Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone | THE 513 #006

YouTube video by Heartdea13r Podcast with Christopher Gonda

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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I will always watch this, at least a dozen times, when it makes the rounds.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm Tim Quirk, a musician and the h exec living in Oakland, CA. The way Clarence Carter draws out the "give" the second time he sings What would I give?" In "Slip Away" makes me melt. Would you like to introduce yourself with a small song moment you like?

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Two songs into the latest Dinosaur Jr. record, and so far it's pretty great.

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Bear Claw Billie (1590/5000) @bearclawbillie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hilariously, I wound up on Zoloft because I was losing any ability to function day to day in the months after Trump's second inauguration. I look forward to going off it if and when these maniacs are out of power.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Second single from Wonderlick Loves You is now live on all DSPs. Includes a non-album track, "Reverse Van Winkle." Bandcamp link below, but if you have an iPhone we recommend playing/purchasing it on Tapedeck.

wonderlick1.bandcamp.com

You Are Loved, by Wonderlick

2 track album

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just spent 10 days in rural Maine myself, and saw a grand total of 2 Trump signs.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wildly excited to see one of my favorite plays in a few minutes. And just found out Tatiana Maslany is in it, too! (I already knew it stars Paul Giammati and John Turturro.)

The poster, wearing a Rhinoceros t-shirt, standing next to a poster for the play, Rhinoceros

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My first salon column this month pays tribute to the almighty Ramones who should have been superstars and were nowhere even close except in our hearts! www.salon.com/2026/08/10/5...

salon.com

50 years later, the Ramones' debut still defines punk

The band's first album flopped in 1976, but its influence on popular culture remains undeniable.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Drove past a house in Maine flying a "Don't Tread on Me" flag. Was sorely tempted to ring their doorbell to thank them for supporting abortion and trans rights.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I have chosen one path. Sadly, you have chosen the other. That may bring you great wealth in the here and now, but you will end up poorer in the eyes of history. newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...

newsletters.democracydocket.com

My open letter to David Ellison

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Attention artists/labels: you can now upload your music directly to Tapedeck -- and most every other DSP, too, if you so choose. revelator.tapedeck.app

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This means that for at least two years after the Edsel came out, you had reasonably good odds of seeing someone driving around in one, and laugh at them.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I know I've bitched about this before, but holy hell the grammar suggestions Gmail makes just keep getting worse and worse. It appears to hate any sense of individual voice, and wants everyone to write as blandly in corporate-speak as possible.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It's pretty inspiring to see what can happen when you put people actually interested in making people's lives better in government. From big things to little things, Mamdani seems so happy when he makes other people happy. Breaks my brain to see people pretending he's some kind of threat.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

More proof, as if any were really needed, that most people invoking "open debate" when they say they're for "free speech" are really just "anti-social-consequences-for-my-particular-speech." I loathe hypocrites.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'm Dante Soda! Definitely gonna start using that as an alias.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Holy wow The Invite is the funniest film I seen in YEARS. It's practically perfect.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"Less homicidal" is a wild thing to say. Does that mean Johnny Cash DID shoot a man, but it wasn't just to watch him die? Or that he never shot anybody, but really did want to watch them die?

A screenshot that says: Artistic License: Songwriters frequently adopt personas or write from the perspective of fictional characters. Johnny Cash sang about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die, but his actual personality was much more complex and less homicidal.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you've got the Criterion Channel, "Two Minutes Late" is the best old noir I've seen in a loonnng time. And it's from Denmark, so even though it was olden times, not EVERYTHING had to be subtext!

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Google finally apporoved Joyride, the Too Much Joy app. So if you have an Android and want to make robot me recite ridiculous words you type and/or insert your own vocals into two of our songs, this will let you do just that:

play.google.com

Joyride TMJ Fan Participation - Apps on Google Play

Join the band! Insert your voice into two TMJ tunes.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

play.google.com

Joyride TMJ Fan Participation - Apps on Google Play

Join the band! Insert your voice into two TMJ tunes.

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🎃EM-SCREAM-KAYVEE 🔪 @youremceekayvee.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

No one else was even wearing a cape in Cape Town and now I feel stupid.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Never sure if I should admire or be horrified by the folks drinking cocktails at the airport bar at 6am.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I built an app! It lets you insert your own lie during the false stop in "That's a Lie," or your own rant into "Theme Song." If you know what either of those tunes are, you might like this: joyride-contest.web.app

joyride-contest.web.app

Joyride

Joyride — Too Much Joy's hidden track companion.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I have been entrusted with the disposal of a dead friend's CD collection. I am communing with said friend by listening to albums of his I normally wouldn't before selling them all to Amoeba. Which is how I came to play Bitches Brew right after In the Court of the Crimson King. Highly recommended.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

So I tried Spotify's DJ feature while I cooked a complicated dinner that literally left me no time to choose a specific artist, album or playlist. I've used it before and found it ok, not great. But, apparently because I spent the last few weeks exploring Mott the Hoople's catalog, it super sucked!

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This replacement-level bar band in Grover Beach had at least one genius idea.

Close up of a bar band's amazing invention: mic stand beer holders!

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Which one is spelled more stupidly: Wednesday, or February?

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I don't know when or why GMail updated its grammar checker, but every email I compose now winds up full of underlined bits suggesting I could craft my sentences more perfectly. Needless to say, they are very wrong.

A scrteenshot of an email draft that reads, "This is an example of the ridiculousness I'm talking about.
No matter how well the sentence I write flows, GMail has a bunch of dumb ideas about how to "improve" it. GMail, please stop. You're not nearly as smart as you think you are." Iis an example of" and "a bunch of dumb ideas about" are both underlined. The latter is highlighted to show GMail's suggested change, which says, "Make concise: 'many suggestions on.'" Thank you for maiking my point, GMail, as your change removes the very necessary adjective describing the wisdom, or lack thereof, of your change ideas.

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Tim Quirk @tbquirk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I can't decide if the fact that Mott the Hoople have one album titled "Mott the Hoople," another titled "Mott," and a third titled "The Hoople" is clever or stupid. It really IS a fine line.

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