Amanda Schuster

If Pam Bondi was a waitress.

I was reminded of this quote from A.J. Liebling today: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

Sweet vermouth on the rocks with an orange twist in globe glass on windowsill in Brooklyn, NY

“I always drink to world peace.”

(Yes, that’s sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist.)

Happy Groundhog Day.

Sinners deservedly receiving all those Oscar nominations is excellent news for human creativity. We needed some for a change!

If I ever see a color Red Sails in the wild I always pick it up. It’s one of the albums I like to gift to people. I always have a backup.

That is the most beautiful dog I’ve ever seen!

Exactly! Ugh! Well, it’s the same reason I never think “You know what I could go for right now? Something with beef foam and seaweed dirt.”

My $300/mo "apartment style" NYU dorm room in 1990 was more sound and had more reliable electric and plumbing than most of the luxury apartments being slapped up in Gowanus right now. (Don't even get me started on the kitchenette.)

I was walking through Gowanus this afternoon, which is now one big construction site, and was reminded of the following lines, which I wrote back in 2019 when the canal looked like this and I used to while away many an idle hour wandering free as a rat along its weed-bowered banks.

How Kentucky bourbon went from boom to bust Tariffs, oversupply and teetotaling Gen-Zs have all contributed to the downfall of one of America's most iconic liquors.

These articles are informative, but fail to mention how tariff wars in the FIRST admin set things up for this disaster. Lakes of unsold whiskey sitting in warehouses in Europe and UK before 2021. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Adorable black cat posing on Brooklyn windowsill with Menorahsaurus aflame with 9 candles for Night 8 of Hanukkah.

8 candles for the shortest day of the year (reflected in Jasper’s shiny coat)! Wishing you all peace and light in the darkness. Happy Hanukkah from Brooklyn.

Adorable black cat next to Menorahsaurus with 8 lit candles for night 7 of Hanukkah on Brooklyn, NY windowsill.

Adorable black cat with tongue out next to Menorahsaurus with 8 lit candles for night 7 of Hanukkah on Brooklyn windowsill.

Hanukkah Night 7: FACE! (Also, blep!)

The monochromatic cover of “Blue Period.”

“Blue Period” is a double disc anthology of BP early work. The limited edition pressing sold out last year. But our label just discovered an extra box in Europe.

This anthology captures the time between “The Cigarette Girl From The Future” and “Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are.”

Adorable black cat checking out the Menorahsaurus candles for Night 2 of Hanukkah on windowsill in Brooklyn, NY.

Night 2. May there be light and grace in your lives. Love from Jasper and me.

Adorable black cat in windowsill looking on next to T Rex menorah with 3 candles on first night of Hanukkah.

Happy First Night!

From me and Jasper. (And Menorahsaurus Rex.)

View from 49th St. of Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lit up, New York City.

So I stopped by to see the shrub…

Listening to @npr.org @wnyc.org. There was a report on the planned NYC F & M subway line swap scheduled for next week. Sound byte from @mta.info rep was so on brand: completely muffled and unintelligible.

Bowl of pomegranate seeds with juice spatters next to cutting board with knife and red rubber spatula.

A very satisfying early morning pomegranate dismantling.

Oh man, that was a good drink.

Oh that's so scary. They were doing such incredible work!

a black and white photo of a woman with a wig on her head Alt: Scene from the movie Bride of Frankenstein

As we head into Halloween, fun cinema trivia: The Bride of Frankenstein was the first film with a dedicated thematic score for each scene and character, composed by Franz Waxman.

President Orange Julius Caesar and his ilk claim that guns are a God given right but don’t feel that food is a God given right. They claim to care about babies but don’t care if they go hungry when they become children.

Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.

Jack-o-lantern on swing near hanging witch hats in brownstone Brooklyn, NY.

Overheard in Brooklyn: “Are you broad spectrum miserable or is there something specifically wrong?”

Anyway, here’s a cool swinging jack-o’-lantern.

This.

Oh wow. If you stir it long enough, I bet even the puddles taste delicious.

Protesters in inflatable unicorn costumes showing up for No Kings Day in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Signs “ISN’T IT PAST YOUR JAIL TIME?” and “NOPE (w/ golden labradoodle) held by protesters at No Kings Day rally, Brooklyn.

Terrier mix dog wearing “THE ONLY KING WE NEED IS SHORT KING” placard at No Kings Rally, Brooklyn.

“DON’T OBEY” frog protest sign at No Kings rally, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn says “fuhgeddaboudit!” to fascism. #nokings

As for the Duke of York, this late complaint
Will make but little for his benefit.

Welcome.

It’s so nice to see you. My feed is otherwise pretty gloomy.