@rasher
Education evaluator trying to save the world using math. Erstwhile Shakespeare professor. Music challenges, cat photos, Chicago events and ephemera, figure skating. Occasional Star Trek: DS9 podcaster and culture newsletterer. They/them, él/elle/-o.
The REAL TRUTH behind The Black Crowes breakout 1990’s hit She Talk to Angels revealed in my essay @marchxness.bsky.social! Why She Talks to Angels was always goth (I even recorded a goth cover).
We also revisit my 1st rock concert—the Crowes in 1992.
Vote for my essay!
move slow and repair things
Day 31: Common ft. Stevie Wonder - Black America Again (2016, USA, NKC✅ PC✖️ single✅)
Two legends collaborating on an intellectual, sonically layered history of slavery, racism, and how Black Americans have shaped our culture. And it doesn't feel like homework! #THETENX5
If I shit on your dining table it’s not a distraction from me shitting in your bed.
I also shat in your sock drawer.
Day 30: Piso 21 ft. Maluma - Me Llamas (2016, Colombia, NKC✅ PC✅ single✅)
I heard this sweet Reggaeton-lite ballad blasting from car windows constantly in 2016, and it was stuck in my head long before I knew what it was called and who performed it. #THETENX5
the aquifer that supplies joliet is running out of water, yet officials are moving forward with a plan to build the state’s largest data center in the city.
the project, spearheaded by two out-of-town investors, could consume up to 55 million gallons of water and 1.8 gigawatts of energy each year.
Turn to @kellygarcia.bsky.social for some facts and then have a look at our guide to the upcoming Cook County judicial election.
Day 29: Gaelynn Lea - Someday We'll Linger in the Sun (2016, USA, NKC✅ PC✅ single✅)
Lea won the inaugural NPR Tiny Desk Contest with this song, which features her haunting voice and distinctive violin technique and makes the most of her unique physical presence. #THETENX5
Trans people are trying to build a world where this would be up to the individual and society accepts that. We do not live in that world now. 99% of the pressure on trans people right now is to stop being trans
The fact that we still exist under these conditions is evidence enough of our existence
Every trans person who refuses to shrink their identity to fit the room is expanding the world for everyone else.
THERE'S A LOOSE DONKEY IN WOODSTOCK
HIS NAME IS DOMINIC
@hollyanderson.bsky.social @alexquigley.bsky.social @precomped.bsky.social www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/03/s...
Day 28: Mitski - Your Best American Girl (2016, USA/Japan, NKC✅ PC✅ single✅)
Mitski at her most Pixies-esque, shredding her rage at the impossible standards for women of color. #THETENX5
Time to sit down with a bunch of voter's guides and a single-serving box wine from the 7-11 and try to figure out my primary ballot.
This mural slaps. Literally turned around so I could get a picture.
Day 27: Miike Snow - Genghis Khan (2015, Sweden, NKC✖️ PC✅ single✅)
My unrivaled favorite music video of the decade, but the enemies-to-lovers fantasy would be nothing without the catchy indie-pop dance beat and the courage to rhyme "Genghis Khan" with "get it on." #THETENX5
Today's Disney was A Goofy Movie, which is remembered as a better movie than it is, although it's worth your time for the disco yeti and the recurring sight gag with the nuns.
We rewatched The Lion King on Friday and saw a live performance of Hamlet on Saturday. I love The Lion King, but it's not Hamlet, at least not to the extent everyone thinks it is.
Day 26: John Grant ft. Tracey Thorn - Disappointing (2015, USA/Iceland/UK, NKC✅ PC✖️ single✅)
A thirsty gay "My Favorite Things" for the 21st-Century bear. #THETENX5
HM5: Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (2016, USA, NKC✅ PC✅ single✅)
I'm pleased to see some voting momentum for one of the best chart-toppers of the '10s, with its minor-key singsong chorus and riffs on Beatles lyrics. #THETENX5
HM4: Angel Haze - Werkin' Girls (2012, USA, NKC✅ PC✅ single✅)
Thanks to everyone who picked this and reminded me that I forgot to put my favorite nonbinary rapper on my long list. Their rapid-fire flow mows you down with confidence. #THETENX5
Garden Grill! There are places with more exciting food, but none with more hugs from Farmer Mickey. And it's a rotating restaurant, so technically a ride.
Posting about old music will resume this evening. For now I just have the new Mitski on repeat. It's so far up my alley and relevant to my emotional needs, I have no idea if it's objectively good.
Everything about this cleaners is iconic, & I can't go down 79th without stopping to take a photo of either the building or its sign. Both should be protected & preserved.
Architect: Gerald Siegwart, 1959
X-Men beast talking to Captain America saying he has everything under control except his libido
HM3: Phoria - Evolve (2016, UK, NKC✖️ PC✅ single✅)
Someone else picked the Magicians song, so I get to HM it! Ethereal post-electro-pop that sounds like queer time travel romance even if you're not crying about Quentin and Eliot again. #THETENX5
I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img
acefoundationict.org
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
Alas. I will miss their wings and knowing I could go there if I wanted but always ending up at Bar on Buena instead.
HM2: Bloodboy - Is Now a Good Time to Ruin Your Life? (2018, USA, NKC✅ PC✅ single✅)
Of the many new-to-me songs I've discovered via the challenge hashtag, this is my favorite. Crunchy guitars, wry lyrics, and an aura of 10 years too late for the blog rock rush. #THETENX5
I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.