Robert Dean

Opinion: Bob Weir is irreplaceable so why not ask Sturgill Simpson to step in? Just for clarification, as I write this, my girlfriend, who is a massive Deadhead, is appalled. With the announcement of the passing of Bob Weir on January 10, the future of The Grateful Dead Empir…

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Opinion: Why Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine cannot stop talking about Metallica Every time Dave Mustaine has something to say about Metallica, it’s like Al Bundy talking about his big game for Polk High. Not because he brings it up once in a while, but because he never stops. …

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#Megadeath #Metallica #opinion

SpeakerCone: Robert Dean - On Writing Podcast Episode · The Episodic w/ Michael Finney · 02/02/2026 · 26m

Author @robertdean.bskyverified.social returns to the program with updates on the last two years of his writing career and to discuss his newest release, "Red Eye" from Anxiety Press.

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Opinion: Eight predictions for Austin music and culture in 2026 Because it’s the beginning of the year, I wanted to try something new. I’m going to make some predictions about things I think will happen over the next twelve months. I’m not a swami. This is just…

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Live music preview: Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids is coming to 13th Floor I have a deep love for The Get Up Kids. Their 1999 classic Something to Write Home About is an all-timer for me—one of those records that somehow still hits the same decades later. (I’ve been caugh…

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Eulogy to those we lost: It was a rough year for the Austin music scene It was a rough year for the service industry and the Austin music scene. We lost plenty of global legends, but also some of the folks who make this city special — the ones who make Austin… Au…

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#RIPDickChalmers #eulogy #Austin #music

Author Robert Dean is sober but making it weird YouTube video by And Now We Drink

New #podcast with @robertdean.bskyverified.social out now!!!

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Live music review: A Charlie Brown Christmas at Parker Jazz Club evokes deep nostalgia Recently, I had the pleasure of attending The Parker Jazz Club’s tribute to A Charlie Brown Christmas, and it’s now on my must-do tradition list. Hosted every Monday in December, The Ry…

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Remember QAnon? Lol.

I always forgot I have this app

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Gallery review: Hunter S Thompson would have loved Meow Wolf I take every chance I can get to escape the wheels of the capitalist death machine. My phone is constantly telling me someone’s been shot in a mall, or the asshole with the long red tie has done so…

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Hey peeps, many library cards will give you free access to Kanopy! Here are some horror movies they have in their library: The Vourdalak, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Train to Busan, Exhuma, Oddity, Let the Right One In, The Wicker Man, Birth/Rebirth, Titane, Starve Acre, Ganja & Hess.

Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates

Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Lol. I can’t believe people believe trump on literally anything.

I think we’re all one bad day away from wearing “I SHAVED MY BALLS FOR THIS?” gas station t-shirts as an emotional metaphor.

Live music review: Calvera played Chaos A.D. in full at Come It Take It Live I’ve seen a lot of bands do the whole “playing the seminal album” thing over the years. For a long time, the gold standard was Roger Waters doing Dark Side of the Moon—an experience that was incred…

NEW - Live music review: Calavera played Chaos A.D. in full at Come and Take It Live
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Opinion: Hear me out, Austin City Limits Music Festival at COTA I know you are going to hate this. But since ACL I’ve been thinking about something: the fest itself and how Austin handles it. First, I gotta get through the fine print: I’ve been to the Austin Ci…

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#ACLFest #COTA #livemusic #opinion

I’m ready to write

Friendly reminder that just because you’re wearing headphones, everyone else can still hear you fart.

There is no Prime Day sale over at my tiny shop. But you can buy a hand-sewn little guy that took me many hours to create.

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Look, I’m not trying to sound MAGA but Bad Bunny was atrocious on SNL. Like, minus the Weekend Update, holy shit that episode was unbelievably unfunny.

Oooof SNL is BAD tonight

The worst part of living in Austin besides the home prices is the allergies. I think nature is stabbing me in the face.

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You know when The Joker yells “this town needs an enema!” It’s kinda like that all the time.

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

“Man, move over and let me pass 'fore they have be to pullin' these Hush Puppies out your motherfuckin' ass!” - Dolemite