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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the 1966 I think of when I put on @perennialtheband.bsky.social
@jonathanslater.bsky.social@jonathanslater.bsky.social
Haha. Oh. The memories
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There's nothing to apologize for, if anything that makes the win all the more impressive. Can she get extra credit?
nbcnews.com
Australian athlete apologizes after winning race despite involuntary bowel movement
“Looking back, I regret the decision to not have stepped off the track,” Hyrox competitor Joanna Wietrzyk said.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another classic “people are dunking on this but…” because: 1. These platforms are designed to be addictive in every way because 2. They’ve usurped HOW we talk to each other, which shouldn’t be addictive. Marlboro never tried to buy AT&T.
@us.theguardian.com@us.theguardian.com
Can social media be addictive? @taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no. “You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One day, I'm going to be perfectly well rehearsed for a show BEFORE I book it.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And entirely why he thought he would get away with it.
@rygraham.bsky.social@rygraham.bsky.social
What Robert Kraft did to Macklemore looks a whole lot like what NFL owners did to Colin Kaepernick.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When AI can remake media on command, I want all mentions of "frack" in the BSG revival to cut to Heather Cox Richardson's voice saying "frick".
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have bad, bad, bad news for you if you think this was an accident or a "fail".
@mrianjohnson.bsky.social@mrianjohnson.bsky.social
Meta uses David Bowie's Five Years song in this AI ad "News had just come over We had five years left to cry in News guy wept and told us Earth was really dying And all the somebody people I never thought I'd need so many people Five years, that's all we've got" — 'Five Years', David Bowie
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Still sort of surprised that with all the end-times brouhaha has yet to target transhumanists. Only Steve Bannon is doing this. Step up people!
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pretty clear Alito and Thomas are the worst of the worst. And they're HW & W Bush nominees!
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: SCOTUS denies the Trump administration’s request to enforce the new U.S. Postal Service rule for the 2026 elections. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent. More to come at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I know we’re all about bringing snobbery back but idk Macklemore and Pink seem like such low hanging fruit.
@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
Friendly reminder that you are allowed to both support Macklemore for taking a noble political stand, and also think his music is lame. You can do both. The internet will angrily tell you that you can't, but they are wrong. Similarly, you are allowed to dislike both Pink and her music.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The thing about The Blueprint is rappers are still releasing albums that sound JUST like it everyday. Hell, in the heyday of DatPiff...
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Can tell you from my years as a 90s Drew Bledsoe-era Patriots fan that Kraft is literally nobody's hero.
@matttomic.bsky.social@matttomic.bsky.social
Worth noting, as Macklemore was banned by NFL owners in what will be dubbed "fighting antisemitism", that Kanye, who - sold merch with swastikas - said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler - tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people" is currently on a multi-city tour of NFL stadiums
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My entire writing career in one LLM critique:
A ChatGPT review of my writing that says "This is impressive but potentially overloaded"
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Probably not doing my mental health any favors by listening to the full disintegration loops while setting LLMs against each other.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think since Kendrick's super bowl performance, there's been some hand-wringing among music nerds about how the nature of protest art in 2026 doesn't really allow for unplanned transgression against corporate political narratives. Well... here it is.
rollingstone.com
Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Onstage 'Free Palestine' Statements
Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after several venues allegedly said they would not allow a concert with the rapper to take place.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why do his paintings look like a watercolor children’s book about why monkeys shouldn’t steal bananas?
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social
I just checked and not only is it real, he painted a whole series about 9/11.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is there a setting here to mute all shitty Boomer facebook memes? Political or otherwise?
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If language is "an army of metaphors" as Nietzche said, then LLMs are basically StarCraft.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Low key this has been my fave REM album the last few years. Amazing follow up to Automatic for the People that’s all vibes and almost anti-hits.
@stereogum.com@stereogum.com
‘New Adventures In Hi-Fi,’ @remhq.bsky.social’s final album with Bill Berry, was released 30 years ago today. 💿 What’s your favorite track?
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My entire deal:
@case.dog@case.dog
I have learned it’s good to treat voice direction a lil more musically and music production a lil more theatrically.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just got around to the new Stones and there's a Amy Winehouse cover no one told me about! Going back to their roots as a cover band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy7q...
youtube.com
The Rolling Stones - You Know I'm No Good (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by The Rolling Stones
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Basically what “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was for the Kennedy assassination.
@kylietwst.bsky.social@kylietwst.bsky.social
25 years ago, Kylie Minogue released 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' (8 Sep 2001). #KylieMinogue
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Murder She Wrote but it’s Ian Fleming getting ideas for James Bond novels by getting day drunk and scuba diving in Jamaica.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Whole thing fucking slaps like the wildest episode of Flying Circus, as expected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDua...
youtube.com
John Inman "Are You Being Served, Sir?" FULL ALBUM 1975
YouTube video by Jason1920
@themattsdemello.bsky.social@themattsdemello.bsky.social
90s PBS kids like “Wwtfffffffff???”
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Was there even a Song of the Summer or am I just 39?"
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you watch the documentary something you realize is stardom is littered with good, honest souls who will still be your biggest fan even if their wife leaves them for you and you only stay married to said first wife that used to be your best friend’s wife until you meet Christie Brinkley.
@stereogum.com@stereogum.com
Jon Small, who drummed in Billy Joel's early bands the Hassles and Attila and directed the Aerosmith/Run-DMC "Walk This Way" video, has died
stereogum.com
Jon Small, Drummer In Early Billy Joel Bands, Has Died
Jon Small, who played drums in Billy Joel’s early bands the Hassles and Atilla and later became an accomplished director of music videos and concert films, has died. Joel announced his passing in a so...
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Man try explaining that Macklemore is basically diet white MLK and Kanye is spicy black Hitler to anyone in 2013.
@parkermolloy.com@parkermolloy.com
I assumed that he must have said something egregious, but this all seems just... completely and totally fine?
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Great thread.
Gil Durán@gilduran.com
Got 'em: The @thebulwark.com added an editor's note to the review, acknowledging that the author's direct affiliation with the Foundation for American Innovation ("the foundation shaping the tech right," according to Inc.) created a conflict that should have been forthrightly disclosed.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This whole album fucks like Pam and Tommy on their honeymoon.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
90s PBS kids like “Wwtfffffffff???”
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Vividly remember this day with every fiber of my being.
@wegeekgirls.bsky.social@wegeekgirls.bsky.social
‘Batman: The Animated Series’ premiered on this day 34 years ago! (September 5, 1992) 🦇 Created by Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski. Voice cast: Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Loren Lester, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Richard Moll, Mari Devon, & more. #OnThisDay #BTAS
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Very trendy these days!
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy #BandcampFriday everyone! My latest release, 'Canaries for the Cauldron' highlights some fun tracks - live sessions, goofy originals, covers of the Replacements, Frank Zappa, Broken Social Scene - we put together around the recording of my big pop crossover album, 'Confetti in a Coalmine'.
mattdemello.bandcamp.com
Canaries for the Cauldron: A B-Sides Collection, by Matt DeMello
11 track album
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You hear that recent graduates? The best way to get a job versus AI in 2026 is to give a shit about what you’re doing.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Spending so much time with transhumanists the last four years told me these people were coming but I didn’t think they’d be so lazy about sticking the landing of their (otherwise still terrible) arguments.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Cue the “always has been” meme.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The sub-headline is the most non-POTUS related vomit-inducing succession of words I've seen in some time.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A lost cause I actively participate in is watching the AppleTV adaptation of Asimov's Foundation series. While the show has gotten a lot better since S1, the amount of "fucks" inserted into the dialog not in the text makes me chuckle.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just want to note that I've been busy buying a house and having a kid so I haven't been as loud about the new Labrador as I have his last album. But in every way, The Rosy Red World elevates Pat & Co. to being on a "white hot shit streak." labradortunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...
labradortunes.bandcamp.com
The Rosy Red World, by Labrador
10 track album
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I think we need more 90s movie swearing in politics. The DSA Left is good at this.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And then they go to running camp, and some kid brings weed and puts on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Then they start a band.
The Onion@theonion.com
“You’ll assume that our gaunt, 118-pound bodies are incapable of athletic achievement, but the reality is we’re going to show up to the first meet having barely practiced and run a 15:42.” — Caleb Woodford
theonion.com
Nation’s Quiet, Gangly Kids In Cargo Pants Announce Plans To Be Freakishly Good At Cross Country
AURORA, IL—Confirming they would soon emerge from the nation’s basements, computer labs, and AP History classrooms to dominate 5K courses across the nation, America’s quiet, gangly kids in cargo pants...
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Historical context aside, as a writer, I find it unbelievable how much you can hear his voice in his words.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I think Slipknot should pull a Fall of Troy / Tom Waits and name one of their songs "The Grateful Dead". If we're just going by What Those Words Mean, it's well within their metal aesthetic.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Folks have been championing Rosetta Thorpe as a contrast in the name of rewriting a racist history. Makes sense. But I think what gets overlooked is her age. Sister is 49yo here in 1964, while Elvis is dying out and the Beatles are closing in on world domination.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's amazing how tied for Greatest Rock and Roll Song Ever that "Can't Hardly Wait (Tim Version)" and "Telstar" are.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I thought about this some more and have decided on: Spring -> Summer = #1 Record Summer -> Fall = Radio City The Death of All that is Holy -> Winter = Third/Sister Lovers
@themattsdemello.bsky.social@themattsdemello.bsky.social
I guess that roughly translates to Winter -> Spring (#1 Record) Summer -> Fall (Radio City) -> Dead Ass -> Winter (Third Sister Lovers).
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This used to be called “journalism.”
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Probably in my top ten songs of all time, really.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Been obsessed with this song for a year.
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themattsdemello.bsky.social @themattsdemello.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I support Universal Basic Income, how about you?
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