Natalie Weiner

built the rides at disneyland. the park’s first mexican foreman

jesus

Unopened can of beer on sidewalk

If anyone wants a full can of Rainier it’s at the corner of 26th Ave NE and NE 55th St.

both of my grandparents are scientists. you've never met anyone less impressed by my bylines lol

he spends months working on educational powerpoints for other chemists? lol idk

he knocked this one out of the park that is for sure

environmental chemist lol. he's also not fully retired at like 97

i am sure i'm not the first but i called it "lightly vocal fried" last week and was proud

i just love reaching some of the same critical aesthetic conclusions independently bc it helps me feel like i'm not crazy lol

ok just started reading but already great minds vis a vis moroney/lilith fair lol

Megan Moroney Is an “Emo Cowgirl” With Big Ambition The country singer-songwriter on her pink and tiger-print era, the singer she idolizes, and her much-discussed friendship with Morgan Wallen.

a bucket list interview from me!!! Megan Moroney on why she still wants to be as honest as possible in her songs www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...

i'm pretending to captain the moroney train when we all know i'm a johnny-come-lately

another convert

🙏🙏🙏

No one better to capture this fairly historic moment in country history!

this is a sequel to @marissarmoss.bsky.social's piece on the topic and broadly the book she literally wrote on it bsky.app/profile/mari...

Has anyone used the term “clutched their pearl snaps“ before because I just did and it might be perfect

YouTube video by MeganMoroneyVEVO Megan Moroney - Wish I Didn't (Official Video)

this song, as i wrote yesterday, has been in my head for like 3 weeks now www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbN...

hard for me to fathom that "wish i didn't" won't be pushed to radio eventually but am shocked it hasn't been yet!

many thanks to the inimitable @augetoffmygold.bsky.social for the edit

Ella Langley and Megan Moroney’s Milestone Chart-Toppers Are Forcing Nashville to Break a Decades-Old Rule Megan Moroney's and Ella Langley's simultaneous success is breaking traditional country rules about only woman thriving in the mainstream at a time.

wrote a little about Langley/Moroney and What It All Means in my latest for @billboard.com ! www.billboard.com/music/countr...

“When the world expects something that you can’t deliver and you just hide in plain sight because it feels like inertia is all that’s left, then you’re barely existing.”

i hope the tx tribune is happy that a pretty pointless story they wrote became fodder for like 100 zillion attack ads and mailers

jfc

in this case it was pushed by the gop so intent is clear lol

All that being said, McMurtry writes great characters, full stop. I find they are never easily describable without using his words. They aren't bursting with superlatives. You just get the gist of what they are going through very quickly. They become a familiar acquaintance.

for this week’s My Time Back i wrote about Larry McMurty’s Loop Group and the difference between running and hiding. didn’t really wanna screenshot my favorite parts, hoping y’all read this one mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/loop-group...

(that said it is often hard to beat that initial impulse and energy)

I should mention that Sid Miller is, among many other things, an Islamophobic former champion rodeo cowboy who once was investigated for using taxpayer funds to travel to Oklahoma for a “Jesus Shot” that he believed would cure all pain for life.

artists tend not to be the best judges of their own work (hence critics) but also you don't want them to think their early work is good bc otherwise where do you go

This is my official position on all events until further notice.