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hey in case you missed it jake lang got caught in a pedophile sting trying to arrange a meetup with what he thought was a 15-year old girl

‘120 Minutes’ premiered on MTV 40 years ago today. The program, airing from 1–3 a.m. EST on Mondays, was conceived as a showcase for new and experimental videos. It soon moved to midnight, and as its focus narrowed to alternative music, it became essential viewing for fans of cutting-edge bands.

directors charles burnett and boots riley seated on the cover of film / culture magazine “a rabbit’s foot”

CHARLES BURNETT x BOOTS RILEY
on the cover of A RABBIT’S FOOT.

cover story by me! on newsstands 3/14.

I sometimes worry that too many people think being a good critic means being a self-righteous dick about every little thing and I think far too many miss the point that you can't critique anything if you don't know how to love something.

Been a sec since we've run one of these threads: Hey there, we're Unwinnable! We've been publishing 100% independent pop culture criticism since 2010.

Since we mainly count on reader funding, our writers write what's on their minds -- not what's best for the algorithm or investors.

I can't compete with this.

A history of Curve's goth-dancefloor shoegaze - Treble Taking a look back at the cult shoegaze band's stellar body of work

Acidic keyboards, wiggly earworms, hypnotic grooves, and remixes were everywhere, and Curve deftly navigated these paths as they converged and diverged.

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Our Band Could Be Your Life YouTube video by Paul Foglino

My old friend, the excellent singer-songwiter Paul Foglino, wrote a song called "Our Band Could Be Your Life." He got the title from my book, which got its title from the Minutemen, but it's not about either one — it's about being in a band.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

*listening to the acclaimed Palm Desert stoner rock group that featured Josh Homme before he started Queens of the Stone Age*

Me: These guys put their whole Kyussy into this

The Atomic Elbow Welcome to The Atomic Elbow

Official Announcement: The Atomic Elbow issue 40 will be available on Saturday, March 14 at theatomicelbow.bigcartel.com

I’m bad at promotion but if you have a podcast (and I know you do) please invite me on it. I’m a delight.

One from the archives. Wrote this when it turned 20, one of my desert island records.

For a second, I was like, what does SZA have against "Weird Al"?

Keep the Soft Cell and Prince.

Fugazi's Shelved 'In On The Kill Taker' Sessions With Steve Albini Have Finally Been Officially Released In the fall of 1992, Fugazi traveled to Chicago to record with Steve Albini at his studio Electrical Audio, which at the time was located in a basement on North Francisco. The band and Albini had admi...

Fugazi's shelved 'In On The Kill Taker' sessions with Steve Albini have finally been officially released, and the proceeds are benefitting Albini's beloved Letters Charity

We Robbed David Byrne the Hamburglar of His Memes and Shitposts: March 6, 2026 Either Gen Z is getting deep into Gen X music, or middle-aged people have figured out how to meme, because this week brings multiple memes

We Robbed David Byrne the Hamburglar of His Memes and Shitposts: March 6, 2026

Nancy 3/4/26 💅

Today is International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, a time to support and uplift sex workers everywhere—and a particularly good day to throw some money to the United Brothel Workers in Nevada who were illegally terminated after their historic union drive with CWA went public! ☂️

If Donald Trump outlives Bruce Campbell I’m going to ascend to Heaven and beat God’s ass.

Why I Like The Robins YouTube video by Hum - Topic

One reason I love Hum is that they rock but also have like half a dozen of the most crushingly beautiful songs you'll ever hear about devices and contraptions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM2w...

This is one of the best threads ever on Bsky. Lots of people with helpful info geeking out together. (Also, it's about music and vinyl, which I care about, so that helps, but still — great thread!)

The 1976 album Super Ape by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s group The Upsetters.

Sunday morning with Scratch

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

I was, I think, the first person to put Get Your War On into print, in Punk Planet eons ago, and it is depressing how it has remained relevant this whole time.

First you gut international refugee support, then you slam shut your own borders to anyone who isn't white or a millionaire, then you start a global conflict certain to increase refugees for decades.

The Prophecy series was correct - devils need humans to come up with truly novel forms of evil

"I wish that people’s lives weren’t political. I wish that our rights over our bodies weren’t political. I wish that feeding children wasn’t political. But it is." Texan doom punks Die Spitz are fight... Meet Die Spitz - the Texan doom punks as likely to appeal to Black Sabbath fans as Amyl And The Sniffers

Made my debut on the Metal Hammmer website this month with my Die Spitz interview.

Same.

So, who is this?

Here's to shutting up Anonymous bands, more protest songs, a quarter-century of Streethawk, and more

Part 2 of a "Crritic!" Top 10: viral Mtl duo Angine de Poitrine & past "anonymous" artists like @theresidents.bsky.social; more on protest music; Destroyer w/ @paranoiacs.bsky.social; Ashbery's afterlife w/ @parisreview.bsky.social; & Beggar Weeds' return.
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