Beautiful Weather = Loud Music today in Chicago. Probably the best jam-from-car moment I heard was a guy cranking Miley's "Wrecking Ball" at a light. "I never meant to start a war; I just wanted you to let me in." There are so many wars right now. Things felt sunny/solved in that fleeting moment.

Benetti is fucking brilliant on these Sunday night games. Somehow makes two analysts better. Another version of the medium he just steps into and owns. ⚾️⚾️⚾️

A Chicago dog w/ everything, Jeff’s Red Hots-style (add kraut).

Here at Jeff’s Red Hots, they just put Heart “Alone” into Sabrina Carpenter, and we’re all eating dogs with everything plus sauerkraut. Nothing can stop us.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’ on Hulu, a documentary about the singer, his success, and his life of excess In the midnight hour babe, MORE MORE MORE! Billy Idol Should be Dead proves the singer lived this mantra.

Alright, I have a player copy of ‘Rebel Yell,’ probably a “Nice Price” sticker at one point. But after writing about this entertaining doc @deciderdotcom.bsky.social for I’m hitting crates this weekend for Idol. Flesh! For fantasy.

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Love that Olivia has fully taken on the task of promoting past jams/artists by playing cool covers w/ cool people.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Man on the Run’ on Prime Video, a documentary about when Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles life gave him Wings Paul McCartney of today narrates Man on the Run, which considers the Paul of the past as he built Wings and moved past the Beatles.

Of interest with Man on the Run is how cool Paul and Linda looked throughout the 1970s. If it was 2026 when Macca left the Beatles and fled into zippered sweater solitude, his beard definitely would have had its own Instagram. decider.com/2026/02/28/p...

ABC - The Look Of Love YouTube video by ABCVEVO

Adding "Look of Love" by ABC; disregard unsophisticated spaghetti-eating guy in the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEd...

Past Me evidently missed this one, which Current Me regrets!

JJ Cale, man. Choogling will save us.

Thank you for the note!

Every time I’m at Reckless there are kids absolutely swarming the CD racks. It’s an interesting trend.

As a person who swears by written notes, obsesses over them being "clean," and hates having to cross out a mistake/misspelling, covering THE PITT and its firehose of medical terms/weird disease names presents particular challenges. Let's just say "Dr. Strikethrough" is always on call.

‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: Captain Crunch Flying Squirrel Socks “I love boba!”

After Season 1 I'd think about characters on THE PITT like they were past coworkers, or people I knew in a different city. "I wonder how it's going with Whitaker crashing at Santos' place," etc. Anyway I'm insane. Hyped to be 'capping S2 for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social .

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A train station bar is random by design, especially on a holiday. So I appreciate the bartender who did not deviate from her playlist of 80s metal deep cuts. Faster Pussycat, Britney Fox, a FireHouse cut I’d never heard, a lesser Poison Bic ballad; the Crue w/ “Kickstart,” just for a holiday jolt.

I commanded myself about a month ago: no buying any records until at least when Spring Training starts. It's been going great, the rediscovery. The hearing things in unexpected new ways. Like you just did with that Chet Atkins, I've often said about something I already had, "Oh shit, this rips!"

Part of my recent break from buying new-to-me vinyl is because I realized I need to separate the thrill of discovering something cool/new from simple enjoyment/getting into again all the great shit I already have. (Sometimes if I go to grab a record, I listen instead to what's to the left of it.)

Slinky! Those harmonies.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Last Samurai Standing’ on Netflix, a limited series where the last of Japan’s legendary warriors must battle to survive In modernizing 19th century Japan, as the samurai are getting canceled, one warrior decides the only way to survive is to fight his way through.

You should chase away the bullshit this weekend w/ 'Last Samurai Standing,' a thrilling, thoughtful action series set in 19th c. Japan, where a noble samurai has a few things left to prove to the jerk-offs running his country. Wrote about it @deciderdotcom.bsky.social:
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You should know your Lewes FC updates led me into a deep dive on the (long!) history of the Dripping Pan ground.

Thanks for reading ‘em!

I guess I was right about it flipping to Gen Alpha.

A galactic criminal is tapped by a shadowy Rebel Alliance recruiter for a crew attacking an Imperial outpost. The rebellion itself isn’t a thing yet. But momentum builds as Andor is radicalized. Like all of us, you will also become fascinated w/ Dedra Meero of the Empire’s Imperial Security Bureau.

‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 1 Recap: Cool If We Crash Here? The first few scenes are committed to bringing its franchise’s past into its present.

I’m recapping ‘Alien: Earth’ for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social, which is awesome because this show is scary and stylish and weird and a great place to escape to, even if its future is still full of rich dipshits. Also: Sabbath and Tool and other exquisitely curated jams.

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While I detest in all its forms the in-game interview w/ coaches/players, I’d pay extra for a feature that opened a (listen-only) mic whenever players were talking at first base.

Alternate idea: just combine. After Weezer, Olivia could’ve brought out the Korn dudes for a cover of “Got the Life.”

I feel like for FOUNDATION S3 — what year is it in this show? Wellllll… — basically everybody, even Asimov heads, must be watching only for its flowing river of impenetrability. My sense of what’s happening? Vague. But! Space drugs, mind-control pirates, and “something casting shadows in the math.”

Was able to dart in and grab an extra ice cube from the tray while my freezer's door was closing, extricate my arm without disturbing its motion. 🏆 (Feel like I deserve to take the rest of the day off)

No way never! The van’s powers would override my stupidity.

a man wearing a hat and a red jacket is singing into a microphone .. Alt: The playa haters ball

Live shot of Jake being forced to listen to Disturbed covers

TS at the Empty Bottle when