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A genuinely awesome 1978 fold-out Star Wars illustration by the great Noriyoshi Ohrai.

Bounce, rebel, and 'Surrender to the Air' Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

For @pastemagazine.bsky.social, I wrote about the 30th anniversary of @treyanastasio.bsky.social's first solo project, the the free-form, big-band jazz ensemble Surrender to the Air:

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Enshittification. What’s good for the user must be eliminated.

@gaghyogi49.bsky.social I believe you already have a Bat’leth but I wanted to give you a heads up about this new D’k tahg too!

Wow, interesting! In all my watching of ROTJ I never realized Han was actually cold in this moment and Chewie was hugging him as a means of warming him up.

Monday morning hero

Do you own a Switch? It’s included on the Castlevania Anniversary collection which is currently only $8

A look at the painted prototype of Kaiyodo Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi Ryu Hayabusa from the original Ninja Gaiden, on display at Wonder Festival Winter 2026.

Nice to see Captain Harriman on there. I’ve always hoped we’d get to see a redemption for him where he becomes a capable captain.

Haha I did the same recently and have been loving the quiet calmness. Cheers

A personal favorite! Season 2 has so much to enjoy. I grew to love what Pulaski brought to the show as I got older.

More Mega Men

Phish "Mid-Rift" alternate mixes : Phish : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive PhishMid-Rift01 Rift (take six)02 Fast Enough For You (alt mix)03 Maze (alt mix)04 Sparkle (alt mix)05 Horn (bad take)06 Horn (alt mix)07 My Friend, My Friend...

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BLADE RUNNER (1982, Ridley Scott)

Mods are asleep, post Smooth Davis

a man reclines in front of a computer with a mug of something tasty

my annual year-end mix, 103 mp3s i've known & loved, 7 hours of music ready for shuffling & affronting darkness. drive.google.com/file/d/1GyQz...

Wow that’s an early Roggae

i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...

Brutal indeed. If you can wait, some figures from previous waves have shown up on Amazon at nicely reduced prices.

Microcinemas are booming in New York City — here’s where to find them The larger theater industry may be struggling, but small independents are having a moment

as theaters across the country struggle, new york has been in the midst of a full-fledged boom in small, independent cinemas showing off-the-beaten-path options (plus some studio fare too). here's where to find 'em:
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Bionic Six groups shot cleaned up

🎶 We are a family, I fight for them, And they fight for me.
As close as we can be, High in the mountain, Or deep in the sea.

Bionic...Bionic 6, oooouuu, oooouuu,
We are together, We fight for right.
Bionic...Bionic 6, oooouuu, oooouuu,
We are so proud to be, A super future family.🎶

Illustration of Robert Stack from Unsolved Mysteries.

Happy Halloween

All Hallows’ Aquarium Drunkard II

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Check your candy bars for razor blades, kids, it’s Halloween. Monster mash dub, spectral free jazz, pagan folk, creature-feature punk, and cult TV soundtrack grooves they are spewing up for the spooky season.

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I’m likewise trying to determine when the scene here could take place if it’s after Cloud City and the Father revelation, but Han Solo is present.

Great minds! Fits right on the Joe team

Can’t believe I never noticed this 🤯 Thanks for discovering and sharing