Eric Dawson

These in game interviews have got to stop, no one wants this.

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Two cats sitting on top of cages and looking at the ceiling

Two cars on the floor staring up at the ceiling

Two young kittens in a cage taking notice

A cat standing on her hind legs to reach for a moth

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Here’s food for thought, had Ahab time to think; but Ahab never thinks; he only feels, feels, feels

So much raw talent on those albums but you can tell how much work and effort and thought and imagination went into making them. There's also no denying, he had a presence and power like few others

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

I read My Lunches With Orson on my lunch breaks over several months and it is as hilarious and delightful as you would think. Jaglom was the right man for the job because neither of them seemed to gaf and just gossiped like crazy. Tall tales abound but that's part of the charm

I am mainly talking about toward the end of the interview where Klein admits he doesn't know what his role is, and there is a brief moment where he almost realizes his complicity in the theater of American politics vs the actual work of it, but he just can't allow himself to go there

Normally I would never suggest engaging with Klein at all, but what is apparent here is that he is spinning out because his imagined idea of America butts up against Coates' sober and historically grounded view of it. You're watching an avatar of the privileged pundit class fall apart in real time

As someone who has read and admired Kaleb's and your writing over the years, thank you for this. A wonderful tribute and celebration of a true original thinker and writer. I especially appreciate your introduction here. Deepest condolences

Great piece on a great album. Obviously such a transitional record. Over time I've come to love Washing Machine/ Thousand Leaves/Murray Street as much as Evol/Sister/Daydream. What a singular, fantastic band who were never afraid to embrace change and challenge themselves

I been saying

What if it did happen and literally no one made the cut?

as far as obituaries go, you'd be hard pressed to do better than this.

Just shut Hollywood down and show good older films and regional cinema where you know people who made the movies and their friends and family will show up and fill seats. Everything has its life cycle and the American studio system has clearly reached its end

I'd never heard this song, but it's pretty good, and their critique is spot on. The great thing is you can love this song and still love Springsteen's songs too. Pop music, like life, is rich and complex

You saw it performed live at big ears right? I'd listen to it plenty of times but seeing it live was otherworldly. Reich had such an outsized influence on contemporary classical/new music that I was kind of over it, but I gained a new respect for the composition and especially those who perform it

As Jesus said, it is easier for a Neo-Nazi fascist to get on TV than someone who opposes the rich.

Funeral Mariachi is probably the most "accessible" as far as they go, lots of beautiful moments. Torch of the Mystics is the all-timer. But it's just an endlessly interesting exploration, especially when you get into solo albums and side projects. Clear some time, open up your ears and have at it!

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Again, what other book is like Moby Dick? Shakespeare, of course, but that's a bunch of plays written over many years. McCarthy novels slop at its trough. Deadwood is fun to watch. But if you savor and favor well-crafted, imaginative prose, this is the book for you

Michael Shannon in Jesus' Son. You just knew

One Perfect Shot: Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon

No but I am so looking forward to it. Understood why he took a pause but I'm glad he's doing this and have been really craving his perspective lately

That U2 One buffalo call back poster alone is a major red flag

The Sweet East tripped all over itself but for me was at least an interesting attempt. Eddington seems like Parasite 2.0, you'll leave the theater with a sore head from all the pounding of the obvious

Want to feel old? This is Godspeed You! Black Emperor now.

Nothing else quite like it before or since

sign reading NO FRENCH PRODUCTS SOLD HERE, "GOD BLESS AMERICA"

since younger people are asking how shockingly stupid things were in 2003, may I present to you this circa-03 sign that I bought from a local restaurant and their (unrelated) going out of business sale a few years later

Still of Last Week Tonight. John Oliver is talking about an Oct. 8, 2021 ProPublica/WPLN investigation titled "Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge."

The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories.

First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:

www.propublica.org/article/blac...