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At a glance, looks like a photo from a Thrasher event called, like, āHomies Only Slam Jamā at the Vans park in Milpitas.
Twitter has decided it needs to show me Stranger Things fandom tweets even though I havenāt seen the show since the first season and the whole experience is revealing previously unseen dimensions of the parasocial
Ah yes weāve all been there. So frustrated with a new mayor that we take off our uniforms? And put them in boxes? And then leave them on the side of the road for some reason? A classic scenario.
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Fine Iāll reveal it then: she whispers āthereās a scene sort of like this in Lost in Translation (2003)ā
Cynthia Erivo tells Variety that she will never reveal what Glinda whispers to Elphaba at the end of āWicked: For Goodā:
āIām never telling anyone. It is movie related, I suppose, what she said to me, but itās also us related as well.ā
š: variety.com/2025/film/awardsā¦
Back in the Pazz and Jop days, I'd always give equal points to my ten favorite albums. It was totally not in the spirit of the poll, but I couldn't figure out how, like, a Starlito album was supposed to be rated against a Tim Hecker album or whatever. They do different things!
since it is music list season, I'm afraid I must tap the sign: here's why I hate ranking "favorite records" and think it's a bad thing to quantify aesthetics: thequietus.com/interviews/baā¦
very very very sick
New on Palilalia, Shane's Parish's latest "Autechre Guitar." Shane's been working on this one a LONG time. The first two singles are up, you can read Philip Sherburne's illuminating notes and preorder the gatefold 2LP and CD!
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/albā¦
wait this is amazing. beat of the year? youtube.com/watch?v=UuRTJuIRā¦
Sam Hockley-Smith retweeted
really nice substack here from sam
Itās that time again! The gift guides and year end lists are here, so naturally I wrote an entire blog post about books that feel connected to the work of Denis Johnson. Itās what the streets have been craving. newenvironments.substack.comā¦
a very enjoyable year end list that feels somehow more "true" to pitchfork than many from the past. feels exciting. interesting. worth thinking about.
tuck in pitchfork.com/features/listsā¦
Itās that time again! The gift guides and year end lists are here, so naturally I wrote an entire blog post about books that feel connected to the work of Denis Johnson. Itās what the streets have been craving. newenvironments.substack.comā¦