Peretsky

Why the fuck does she look like this

bruh

What I love about that six word Hemingway story, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" is that in those few words we instantly grasp the sadness of what it is trying to tell us: the baby was so freakishly massive when it was born that it could never wear the shoes its parents had bought for it.

Flatbush Gardens.

My neighborhood for a decade!

The dirty little secret is that many podcasts are just (poorly executed) talk shows by another name The evolution of the podcast is really the de-evolution of not only radio but TV as well

The dirty little secret is that many podcasts are just (poorly executed) talk shows by another name

The evolution of the podcast is really the de-evolution of not only radio but TV as well

This week's newsletter, with a look at Pete Davidson's new so-called "podcast" for Netflix

People who use Spotify can read????

Spotify Partners With Bookshop.org and Debuts Page Match Feature to Bridge Physical, E-book, and Audio Formats — Spotify Since bringing audiobooks to Spotify in 2022, we’ve helped listeners discover thousands of new favorite titles and authors while driving growth in the publishing industry. Today, we’re turning the pag...

I have questions. Firstly, what cut is Spotify keeping when someone buys a book through bookshop.org via its platform? The announcement says this "will directly support bookshops & the authors" but noticeably not that they will pass on 100% from purchases
newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-05/b...

More proof that music education is so important, because if you don’t give awkward moody white boys guitars and a spiral notebook for lyrics they will become fascists.

Casey Wasserman, founder of Wasserman talent agency, is in the Epstein files. His involvement is extremely clear and damning. Wasserman represents hundreds of the most well-known names in music.

I am literally in a coffeeshop surrounded by 16 year old girls who have just gotten out of school and can’t convey the extent to which they are children

Wall

first thursdays of the month so march 5th would be the next!

booking monthly weird shows nowadays in poughkeepsie ny for anyone looking to play a low stakes bill in hudson valley get in touch

deconstructed club album released exclusively on Nina Protocol

Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

make greater boston a broke "alternative" region again plz god

Finally digging into @lizpelly.bsky.social and @peretsky.bsky.social excellent @criticallistening.bsky.social podcast! Really helpful to learn more about @umaw.bsky.social. I already liked them, but hearing from leadership makes me like them even more.

criticallistening.podbean.com/e/episode-2-...

unlivable state for biotech startup middle management and the wealthy elderly

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Gm AI music lovers what we prompting today?!

Open to IRL NYC and remote participants! Let’s make a sample pack. Sign up at tinyurl.com/samplepacking

This goes for educators making courses/workshops available through Patreon subscriptions as well! We have the means to make our own independent academies and research programs.

Gonna need at least one person to text me back on that thing I asked them about no I don’t believe you can’t respond to a text within 8 hours

To be clear: a zoom call with the employee’s webcams disabled so they didn’t have to see any of their faces while they laid them off.

@dril is now banned from bluesky for sharing this email

Democratic Party: we can’t do anything beyond half heartedly advocating for guard rails to oversee ICE

Random guy to his mayor: if give excuses as to why you can’t do anything about this you should kys