Mike Platania

Also it is a CRIME that Bruce Campbell didn't have a guest spot on this show. Not sure there's an actor more well-suited for this era and goddamn would that have been fun.

Rachel Menken was one of the most captivating passing characters, start to finish.

Was the only guy at SCDP that wasn't totally reprehensible...Ken?

Few thoughts:

Roger Sterling is basically Hedonismbot, quick one-liners and all.

May we all have the confidence of Peggy walking into McCann, even if only briefly.

Pete Campbell was so, so fun to root against. He did not get what deserved, Trudy should've left his ass on the tarmac.

I just finished Mad Men for the first time. Hell of a slow burn, felt like it took 2.5 seasons to get going, but hot damn was that a good watch.

FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND

*taps the sign* it's not too late to get in on this bsky.app/profile/mike...

Might be the funniest video on a bits-per-second basis in history.

Conan beginning to laugh before Downey even starts because he knows something's coming. Downey nearly breaking on "with the island?" The "HA HA, sorry, nice try." Calling Ghislaine by only her first name. It's a masterpiece.

Circa Survive; Juturna
Porter Robinson; Worlds
Taking Back Sunday; Tell All Your Friends
Lorde; Melodrama
Bloc Party; Silent Alarm
Jamie xx; In Colour
Underoath; They’re Only Chasing Safety
Childish Gambino; Camp
Knuckle Puck; Copacetic
Coheed & Cambria; In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

And I'll love every second

Exclusive First Image Of Nicolas Cage As Football Icon John Madden & Christian Bale As Raiders Owner Al Davis In Amazon MGM’s ‘Madden’ Exclusive first image of Nicolas Cage as football icon John Madden & Christian Bale as Raiders owner Al Davis in the movie Madden.

I really just want Bale as Al Davis to go wild for 90 minutes here

Buried lede about this movie is that it also stars John Mulaney and Kathryn Hahn?!

Pope Leo go on Are You Garbage

Feel uncomfortable leaving the house without eating at least one item of clothing that’s black

Turns out Gavin Belson wasn't exaggerated enough

I'm an unreliable source because shorts have become...a weirdly large part of my personal identity (mikeplatania.substack.com/p/in-search-...) but good god, does these dudes realize what they're missing out on?!

Why Do So Many Men Refuse to Wear Shorts? No matter how swampy it gets outside, a not-insignificant number of fellas refrain from ever exposing their legs. We asked a handful of holdouts to explain themselves.

We need a mass intervention for these dudes, who are truly living in a prison of their own creation.

YouTube video by Jeremy Brauns Music NIAMOS | Season 2 Club MIX | Andor OST Cover Chandrila Wedding, Mon Mothma Dance Music #andorseason2

Song of the summer

I’m not sure your wildest fever dreams could have cooked up this sentence

I'm the reporter that wrote this story and you wouldn't believe the amount of time I've spent trying to convince my friends that I wasn't the one who wrote the headline playing up the Goochland connection.

When Achieving a Childhood Dream Goes Wrong Inside me there are two wolves. And they're both idiots.

NEW AWAY MESSAGE: A few months ago I went against my better judgment and bought a kick-ass GTI. It did not go well.

Just Go See New Found Glory Imagine paying $500+ for a show. Couldn't be me!

NFG are the Little Caesars Hot-N-Ready pizza of pop-punk: available, affordable, and still very good all these years later.

Taps the trusty "Just Go See New Found Glory For $50" sign

Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog

"On the night of the 2nd of March 2025, your actions were the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for."

Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Also feels like they are really charging the Megan Mullally superweapon, her character has been way too tame so far.

YouTube video by ThrasherMagazine MASHER: SWAMPFEST 2025 Video

Someday Swampfest is going to see someone strapped to a DIY rocket and go to actual space. Every year the ante gets upped at this event, genuinely bonkers shit in the best way possible.