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Two of the most evil people alive have been guest stars on "The Simpsons." It would be three if Michael Jackson hadn't died kind of young.

Imagine being shocked and confused by the existence of rap music in 2025. Worse, imagine having a social or political incentive to pretend to be shocked and confused by rap music in 2025.

I’ve lived in Boston my entire adult life and I have no idea WTF is supposed to be happening in that Ben Affleck commercial

My political insights at the moment are correct but unhelpful, and I'm okay with that. I understand and appreciate the reasons why nobody wants to hear me tell them that Marianne Williamson would've won.

My foot kind of hurts. Not a lot but somewhat.

When did it become socially acceptable for an artist to release an album, wait for a while, then release a better version of the same album? I'm pissing about the "director's cut" of JPEGMafia's most recent but he's not the worst offender; for cripe's sake, there are at least 3 Brats.

Lesser sign of the end times: tonight I’m rooting for John Cena to prevail over CM Punk. This would’ve been unthinkable in 2011.

TIL the highways around Tampa are covered with billboards for person injury lawyers who all scan as real-life Lionel Hutz.

David lynch should’ve had a cameo in Dune Part 2. I don’t care if it would’ve been stupid.

Nothing for "Challengers." No nom for Daniel Craig. Why is the Oscars being mean to Luca Guadagnino?

Regarding Episode 8: can we suppose that numerous lives would’ve been saved — maybe even Laura Palmer’s — if someone had just lit this poor guy’s cigarette?

Crappy policy is producing absurd unintended consequences right from not quite the jump. Not a great omen.

RIP David Lynch. Thanks for trying to help us understand why there's so much trouble in this world.

Fix your hearts or die.

Lots of stuff is real terrible. On the other hand: midnight screenings of David Lynch movies every weekend all November at the theater a few blocks over from my apartment.

thought the album was called "Boys from Pele" -- just now noticed it's "Boys FOR Pele." I've been talking about Tori Amos wrong for 30 years.

I just saw a TV ad for ear wax medicine and I don’t understand why.

Betcha the worst people I went to high school with are totally stoked about this.

Gonna spend at least 20 more minutes deciding whether I feel like doing laundry tonight.

At some point in the barely distant past, a movie studio marketing executive asked, "How about 'A Complete UnkNosferatu'?" And another marketing exec said, "Nah."

2000s steam punk hat trick complete as of “I wouldn’t want to live in a world without grudges” in the episode 5 credits. Huzzah!

I don’t want to say which movie I’m talking about cuz no spoilers — but I will say I have many questions about the mustache.

Moki cat is making a suspicious face. Georgina cat is making a normal face.

Season 3 of The Sopranos is a Christmas movie

We don't know yet if "Superman" (2025) will be successful. We do know that "Deadpool and Wolverine," which has a dog in it, made a billion dollars. By contrast, many underperforming comic adaptations of recent years -- "The Flash," "Madame Web," etc. -- include no dogs or any other animal pals.

All you have to do to convince most people you're a music expert is say the names of bands you've heard of, and do that as often as possible. This explains Finn Mckenty's YouTube career (RIP). The "P" in the "RIP" from just then stands for "piss."

It used a Gogol Bordello song and a Dresden Dolls song, now “Creature Commandos” just needs a World/Inferno needle drop for the 2000s steam punk hat trick.

There are too many cigarettes in Joker 2. Fewer cigarettes would’ve been better.

Without the box office success of “Elf” (2003) Jon Favreau has way less Hollywood clout and “Iron Man” (2008) either doesn’t exist or it’s a completely different film. Unfortunately, this means the entire MCU is Christmas movies.

COLE: COOP, THEY CAUGHT THE CEO SHOOTER. HIS NAME WAS TONY SPAGHETTI, REAL BOY NEXT DOOR. ABS LIKE ADONIS. POLITICAL IDEAS OF A FUTON. PERHAPS THE IDEAL MAN

Saw Blood Brothers. They were exceptionally loud.

Mixed feelings on “Wicked.” I don’t like wizard school bullshit, but I do like anti-fascist allegories and flying monkeys.

Watched to movie “Interstellar” (2014) directed by Christopher Nolan tonight. Just decided to say here fuck the movie “Interstellar.”

Positive omen: the new DC timeline already has more Gogol Bordello songs than the Snyderverse.

So damn true

Album of the year: Kim Gordon: “The Collective” Movie of the year: “I Saw the TV Glow” Beverage of the year: Smoothies that cost $12 and taste like they’re worth every cent even tho the ingredients are somehow like oat milk, peanut butter, bananas, and tap water.

Time for some cat tree shenanigans, bucko.

What's great about Microsoft Edge is the way it prevents me from using the Internet.

I’m pretty sure this is a goat.

This is Moki making her earnest face.