Chris Barrus

I saw people dunking on ICE for posting that they found one single supporter in Portland, but she is also missing an arm and apparently standing in front of the letters AI

One of the best feelings in the world must be to be a baseball organist who’s like fuck it, I’m playing Thriller

They Live is a fantastic film but every time I introduce it to a Gen Z friend I'm reminded that the plot boils down to, "two hobos carry out a series of workplace mass shootings because they believe half the population are aliens wearing human skin"

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One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

I just saw a ghost!

(great records too - though I would put FYC on the A side now)

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A toast to love with paper cups: The best of Los Lobos 1984-1996 Dismissing them as a solid live band whose chops didn’t court me to evangelism, I’ve hesitated about posting a list. But in the last three weeks I’ve spent hours with their first …

Happy birthday to David Hidalgo, who with Los Lobos wrote and performed some of the best written and most furiously played of the '80s and '90s. Theirs is an inexhaustible catalog. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/t...

No other SP3 fan out there dashes their “z”s and used TDK SA90s

YouTube video by The Cassette Converter Spiritualized - Live, Electric Lounge, Austin, TX, USA, 20th October 1995

I was looking around YT for live recordings and *squint* "hey, that's my handwriting on that Spiritualized live tape!" Those tapes got around...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vePV...

Out of business--along with most of the once lively, quirky Hollywood Blvd. business corridor: Supply Sergeant (1968-2025). On Alison Martino's Vintage Los Angeles, the last manager put out a call seeking a new operator. Don't anyone "save"/take the sign! www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

YouTube video by Peter McLennan Chris Knox: Songs Of You And Me - a documentary about Chris Knox (1995)

There's a biography of Chris Knox out this week - the author Craig Robertson contacted me a few years ago, as back in 1995 when I was at Ak Uni, I made a half hour documentary on Chris and he wanted to see it.
Anyway, I dug out the digital file and it's now online, enjoy! youtu.be/VQjvic02S8M?...

YouTube video by Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History Strange Quirks, Features & Idiosyncrasies of the 1972 Imperial LeBaron by Chrysler

Checking out Syd Mead's 1972 Imperial LeBaron (only 13k miles!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetN...

I have two articles in this-week's Space Review. This is the subject of one of them:

Get in the van

Whew- thought I missed it too

Episode 126: “For Your Love” by the Yardbirds Episode 126 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “For Your Love”, the Yardbirds, and the beginnings of heavy rock and the guitar hero.  Click the full post to read liner …

Chris Dreja just died and the headlines are going to mention how important The Yardbirds were in terms of their influence or the fame of members with other names. But The Yardbirds were great because the Yardbirds were great. Anyhoo listen to the story @500songspodcast.bsky.social .

Bilge Ebiri asks Jim Jarmusch a question we've always wondered about when it comes to indie filmmakers: “How do you pay the bills?”

It worries me that the alleged drone sightings over the past week or so are causing European leaders to talk about war, and NATO is mobilizing. Troops are being called up. Almost every indication is that the drone sightings are the same bullshit we saw in New Jersey–there may be *nothing* there. 2/

YouTube video by Chris Barrus Spiritualized - "Good Times" - Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles - 28 Sep 2025

Spiritualized, “Good Times”
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles
last Sunday Sep 28
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlY...

YouTube video by Chris Barrus Spiritualized - "Take Good Care Of It" - Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles - 28 Sep 2025

Spiritualized “Take Good Care Of It"
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles
last Sunday Sep 28
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQE...

The children yearn for the Hacienda When I teach my Intro to Media Studies course, I have a taster week for cultural studies centering on identity, representation, and music. I structure the class to have regular screenings of something...

It was time to show the most recent Hacienda documentary to my students. Every time I do, my students really wish they could go.

stuckness.ghost.io/the-children...

OTD 66 years ago, October 2, 1959, we crossed into the Twilight Zone with the airing of the first episode.

The Muffs- TT the Bears Place, Boston Ma 6/1/95 xfer from unknown gen audio cassette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBbIrLzE_Iw

Not for nothing but The Art of War is actually a manual for the failsons who got handed armies and had to be told "You have to fucking feed your troops moron, or they bail."

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your imaginary friend who uses too much electricity is now also annoying

Stunned educators, students learn of Goodall’s death in Pasadena, where she was scheduled to speak Sudents and educators at an EF Academy event in Pasadena were stunned to learn Jane Goodall had died; the naturalist was scheduled to speak at the event.

Jane Goodall was scheduled to be Pasadena today to help kickoff a student-led initiative to plant trees in the burned areas of Altadena and Pacific Palisades. RIP
www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/10/01/s...

“The liars are here"