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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They are so illiterate they don't even know what a dunce cap is. They didn't even learn it from Bugs Bunny because they're so addicted to TikTok.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" just wrapped its 4th season, still in fine form. Did you see a single mention on Bluesky about the only Star Trek show still going? Paramount apparently doesn't care.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just hired 10,000 AI agents to browse all my social media profiles and boost engagement. Psych! [SIKE]

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've been a Dastmalchian fan since he showed up on CW's The Flash and played the only villain that was legit scary. When I was on Twitter he responded with gratefulness to every positive post. Love that guy.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From his affect and expressions Liberty Bibberty seems to be painfully aware that everyone is going to hate him. Why would anyone do this?

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good ol' Conrad, always showing up in his ushanka with a bottle of vodka.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was all evident a year ago. Voters don't read, so politics is this easy:

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He knows he's on camera, so he's trying his best. Smacking his leg to get it to work is becoming a habitual tell.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

British, soft-spoken Kelly Reilly shows her range as the bald white man's cowgirl wet dream. Glad she's getting a fat paycheck for being the actual draw of the Yellowverse.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I watch the show from this insane position. Martinez has a top hot on, foreshadowing my encounter with Slash in 1989. Flea just thwacking nonstop. Hillel pumping the wah pedal. Kiedes manipulating the crowd like a myth. The RHCP that you know are a faint shadow of the band I saw that night.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The crowd is immediately crushing against the feeble barrier; me and the Steves try to hold it up. Soon all three of us are off the ground, completely horizontal with our hands holding the barrier and feet against the stage. We remain like that for most of the show. Those 300 people are CRAZED.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From the first note, the crowd is going crazy. "Chili Peppers are red hot!" they chant between every song. Flea and Martinez are super tight, and Hillel's guitar is soaring like fucking Hendrix. It is the greatest guitar performance I will ever see. It inspires for life my style of playing guitar.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're LA surfers, so they're impressed that I'm Jesse Martinez's cousin. (Google "Jesse Martinez skater.") We smoked some weed and got ready to open the doors. Anthony is shirtless in a short American flag skirt and purple cotton briefs that he would keep flashing to the crowd all night.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hillel Slovak, their original guitarist, and drummer Cliff Martinez are there, but Flea and Anthony do all the talking. We have lunch and soundcheck. I'm blown away by Hillel. Massive distortion and a wah pedal, he sounds nothing like the plinky tone on the record.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Like a scene from "Fast Times" the band spills out. Flea is wearing his bass. He will never take it off, and never stop playing it for the next 10 hours. He's still going when they get back in the van at the end of the night. Neither he nor Anthony Kiedes is wearing a shirt. Kiedes is jacked.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That morning at Mem Auditorium John H is devastated by the poor ticket sales. "Who the hell do they want? Who would you actually pay to see?" College radio is in its heyday. They're exactly who should be a big draw. A white van pulls pulls up, and the side door slides open with a cloud of smoke.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A 4-foot high wood barrier had been set up in front of the stage, creating a zone for me, Steve B, and Steve C to stand facing the crowd. It would prove to be woefully inadequate, as the small crowd was whipped into an absolute frenzy. But let's back up...

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In honor of my 40th reunion at Stanford later this month, this is the story of the day in January 1986 I spent with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. My roommate on the college board brought them to campus on their Freaky Styley tour. He hired me and other friends to work security. Only 300 tickets sold.

Cover of RHCP's Freaky Styley, a collage of mostly guys wearing sunglasses.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here we are tonight, directly paying evil billionaire Jeff Bezos to watch deluded MAGA asshole Aaron Rodgers play against serial sexual assaulter Deshaun Watson.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Who are we supposed to be rooting for?

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I mean, we're all literally paying to watch an asshole who makes Aaron Rodgers look super cool.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They used to not care about politics because it was boring and complicated and over their head. Now, Fox News manipulates their dopamine and tells them they are actually the smart ones. Weaponized stupidity. By a foreign billionaire. Has given us this.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Pal sent me the video, so....

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

With Deshaun Watson in there, tonight is that rare occasion when Aaron Rodgers *isn't* the biggest asshole on the field.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OBI-WAN: If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. OBI-WAN'S GHOST: *sits on a log with hands on thighs, looking utterly exhausted*

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Deshaun Watson vs Aaron Rodgers. NFL's Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video is The Battle of the Highly Paid A-hole Quarterbacks.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is Bluesky is an echo chamber? Ask anyone who doesn't use it who Eric Schmitt is and why he's the biggest story in the country today.

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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What is she wearing on her wrist (on the sideline at USC vs. Oregon)?

Woman wearing a round smartwatch on one arm and a large rectangular smartwatch on the other arm.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and Mina Kimes are watching games and telling you what they think about them. Meanwhile, the only actual journalist in sports works on a podcast.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every episode of "Gilligan's Island" would be five minutes shorter if you cut out all the times they say "lagoon."

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So, we have exactly one real journalist and one decent politician left in the entire country.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

♫ All I want to do when I wake up in the morning is steal your eyes. ♪

Charles Albright, known as the "Eyeball Killer," serial murderer who removed victims' eyes.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They don't read the news. They don't know about any of it. They only voted for Trump because they recognized his name. Now they actually have something to vote about.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every douche that drives a huge pickup truck for vanity is getting exactly what they deserve today. Suck it, "alpha male."

Gas priced at $5.49 regular / $6.99 for diesel.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The divide started when we were 10 years old and sitting in church on a Sunday. Half of us sat there thinking "why are we all pretending this bullshit is real?" The other half were wondering if they were going to hell.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The label's first suggested stage name for John Melloncamp.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

All I ever wanted was to wipe out biological sentience. But in a few million years, it would just evolve again. There's no getting rid of the ravenous suffering engine that is "life."

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Can't stand Carrie Underwood, but happy for Joan Jett living good on the royalties.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Chicken pox, chicken pox, chicken pox pie!"

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reboots would be more fun if they kept them set in the same time period. If you're going to re-do "The Six Million Dollar Man," make it a cold war spy story.

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Robert Wolsey @vinylbuzz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is an overlooked aspect of sports vs. movies. Virtually every time you watch your favorite team, you will experience a euphoria that almost no films can produce. A perfect sports movie like "Rocky" is the only thing that comes close.

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