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Evan "Evan" Sawdey

@sawdeye

Interviews Editor for PopMatters || Bylines in EW, YardBarker, SPIN || Chartographers/Worldwide Tea podcast || Corresponding Handpieces band || Size 11 shoe

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This is proving to be the alternate reality version of the album I’ve been hearing about for 34 years.

(I love the substitution of Sears tower for the Monument.)

06.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This art ... is so fucking good.

06.03.2026 08:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You misspelled my name

06.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DENNIS

14.09.2024 22:40 πŸ‘ 1955 πŸ” 575 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 71
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MONEY PLANE (2020) predicted polymarkets and kalshi

05.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 1181 πŸ” 255 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 102

Ugh but it worked so goooooood

04.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Turnstile cover The Stone Roses' β€˜I Wanna Be Adored’ for Like A Version
Turnstile cover The Stone Roses' β€˜I Wanna Be Adored’ for Like A Version YouTube video by triple j

What a fucking timeline palette cleanser:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZgZ...

03.03.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 6

SCOTUS has denied cert. in Thaler v. Perlmutter. That means that outputs generated by AI will continue to be ineligible for copyright protection under US law.

This is welcome news for musicians!

02.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 10
twin peaks title meme 

Roll That Beautiful Bean Footage

twin peaks title meme Roll That Beautiful Bean Footage

28.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
David Lynch saying β€˜One day, the sadness will end. But I don’t think today’s the day.’

David Lynch saying β€˜One day, the sadness will end. But I don’t think today’s the day.’

28.02.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 6920 πŸ” 1897 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 21
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Lynn Miles on the Discipline of Emotional Balance Β» PopMatters For Canadian folk singer-songwriter Lynn Miles, yielding to songwriting is not passivity. It is discipline. Attention. Trust.

INTERVIEW: For Canadian #folk singer-songwriter Lynn Miles, yielding to songwriting is not passivity. It is discipline. Attention. Trust.

26.02.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I reviewed the unique and enticing new debut jazz trio album from The Setting.

25.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Knife: Silent Shout Β» PopMatters The Knife's Silent Shout is a dazzling, dark, slickly-produced record that thumps with club-ready bass flourishes and the metallic sheen of electro-clash.

Today, we're launching a new section on PopMatters: Pop Past Music, featuring reviews of albums from 10, 15, 20, and 25 years ago.

We dig deep into our archives.

First up: The Knife's classic 'Silent Shout'...

24.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Avett Brothers' Bob Crawford on His "Song" for John Quincy Adams Β» PopMatters Quiet moments on the road with the Avett Brothers became Bob Crawford's research time to write his own sort of "song" for John Quincy Adams.

INTERVIEW: The Avett Brothers’ Bob Crawford on His β€œSong” for John Quincy Adams

Quiet moments on the road with the Avett Brothers became Bob Crawford’s research time to write his own sort of β€œsong” for John Quincy Adams. – Brian D'Ambrosio

READ: tinyurl.com/BobCrawfordBk

24.02.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Did One of the Greatest Movies of 1976 Predict Our Broken Present? 'Network' turns 50 this year β€” and Paddy Chayefsky's mad-as-hell satire somehow feels more shocking, more sobering, and more timely than ever.

NETWORK doesn't officially turn 50 until November, but @criterion.bsky.social just put out a great Blu-ray of it, and I've been thinking about the movie a lot lately... πŸ“½οΈ

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

22.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine

21.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 10075 πŸ” 2274 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 14
HOT FUZZ scene. Pegg as a cop talking to some underage kids in a pub

When’s your birthday?
22nd of February. 
What year?
Every year.

HOT FUZZ scene. Pegg as a cop talking to some underage kids in a pub When’s your birthday? 22nd of February. What year? Every year.

Happy birthday to this young man, and really to us all

22.02.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 5460 πŸ” 1229 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 34
Almost everything you see and hear is from 1976.

Almost everything you see and hear is from 1976.

Scan to download from Dropbox.

Scan to download from Dropbox.

Library Music '76
This is an 11+ hour, 6-part survey of 1976's finest library music, funky sounds intended for industrial use such as TV commercials, low budget movies, training films, porn flicks, whatever needed cheaply-licensed background music.

DROPBOX LINK: bit.ly/LibraryMusic...

19.02.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Verified Purchase
I enjoyed listening to this ca.
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2024
This is a very good cd.

Verified Purchase I enjoyed listening to this ca. Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2024 This is a very good cd.

when the cd is very good

17.02.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 3039 πŸ” 899 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 70
#shitpost Trinity from The Matrix (1999) about to whoop a cops ass

#shitpost Trinity from The Matrix (1999) about to whoop a cops ass

this is how it feels when you realize you can just decide not to be embarrassed

01.01.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 539 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
r/analytics
β€’ IOh
We just found out our AI has been making up
analytics data for 3 months and I'm gonna
throw up.
Support
So we've been using an Al agent since November to
answer leadership questions about metrics. It seemed
amazing at first fast answers, detailed explanations,
everyone loved it.
I just found out it's been hallucinating numbers this
entire time.
Our VP of sales made territory decisions based on
data that didn't exist. Our CFO showed the board a
deck with fake insights. The Al was just inventing
plausible sounding percentages.
I only caught it by accident when someone asked me
to double check something. I started digging, and
holy shit, it's bad.

r/analytics β€’ IOh We just found out our AI has been making up analytics data for 3 months and I'm gonna throw up. Support So we've been using an Al agent since November to answer leadership questions about metrics. It seemed amazing at first fast answers, detailed explanations, everyone loved it. I just found out it's been hallucinating numbers this entire time. Our VP of sales made territory decisions based on data that didn't exist. Our CFO showed the board a deck with fake insights. The Al was just inventing plausible sounding percentages. I only caught it by accident when someone asked me to double check something. I started digging, and holy shit, it's bad.

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

14.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 20263 πŸ” 5287 πŸ’¬ 416 πŸ“Œ 1228

Oh we SCRAPIN' the bottom of that content barrel now.

13.02.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not an email from PR that contains the words "viral sea shanty song" ...

12.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Exclusive Interview: Canada's Drag Race Season 6 Winner Van Goth
Exclusive Interview: Canada's Drag Race Season 6 Winner Van Goth YouTube video by Worldwide Tea Podcast

It was a long time coming, and we're glad @canadasdragrace.bsky.social's Season 6 winner, @itsvangoth.bsky.social, found time to swing by and give hosts @gregoryellwood.bsky.social and @sawdeye.bsky.social some feedback for the coverage of her season. A must-hear!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXM...

12.02.2026 07:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#SafdieCatnip

10.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe the greatest alt-rock one-hit wonder of all time, in terms of how awesome the one hit was and how immediately obvious it was that they would never have another.

09.02.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Love the way you progress and unlock powers that let you explore a world you visited in new ways. That and, of course, the soundtracks.

04.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just like "Abracadabra" last year

02.02.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0