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Al Shipley
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Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out August 19, 2025 on Repeater Books / [email protected] http://westernblot.bandcamp.com
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · Sep 4
the 500th issue of The Wire magazine includes @derekwalmsley.bsky.social's insightful review of Tough Breaks: Story of Baltimore Club Music!
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1h
me: how was the Brandy and Monica concert?

Eminem: it was bullshit

me: they sounded bad?

Eminem: they sounded great, but how are you gonna sing "The Boy Is Mine" and the boy's not there?

me: you mean there's no--

Eminem: THERE'S NO MEKHI PHIFER!
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 13h
idk
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 13h
bill burr is probably still the most woke stereotypical masshole in existence
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 21h
typo of the day: "arrangmenet" instead of "arrangement"
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 21h
i don't know who greta lee plays in the new tron movie but i fully assume she yells "sweet birthday babyyyy" at some point
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 21h
what ice is doing in chicago right now...is what they'll be doing in every city all the time once that huge budget increase from the 'big beautiful bill' kicks in. very bleak.
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 23h
it's not remotely the funniest thing Ice Cube has done this year but the cover of his new album is pretty funny
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
filmgoers are not seeing The Smashing Machine because they think it's a biopic about the Smashing Pumpkins recording Machina/The Machines of God
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
gonna have avocado with my eggs this morning but i'm not sure exactly how i want to prepare them
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
i've never felt more secondhand embarrassment at someone's choreography than when i see gaga in this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGaZ...
Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
i love the idea that someone decided a megadeth video should have foxy babes doing synchronized choreography
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KVj...
Megadeth - Moto Psycho - Official Music Video - HD
YouTube video by Sam Hodby
www.youtube.com
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote about "Daffodil Lament" by the Cranberries for Spin's Deep Cut Friday column this week:
www.spin.com/2025/10/deep...
Deep Cut Friday: ‘Daffodil Lament’ by the Cranberries
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.The Cranberries’ 1994 album
www.spin.com
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
the two melodies my youngest son is most likely to idly hum or sing are "all i want for christmas is you" and the main theme from jurassic park, both of which predate his birth by 20 years but were just absorbed by sheer ubiquity
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
the drumming on this song is so sick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXYS...
The 1975 - Girls
YouTube video by The 1975
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
ah, wasn't aware of the trope, my bad
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
i did not intend for it to sound dismissive, i apologize
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
using the phrase "on the spectrum" to distinguish one group of people from another is kinda funny. we are all on the spectrum, that's why it's a spectrum. you can't be so far to one end that you just fall off the spectrum.
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
you're the vice president, do something about it!
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
please note that when there's a new movie based on a book that's been made into other movies before, it's an adaptation and not a "remake" (unless it's explicitly based on one of the other movies and not the book)
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
whenever i eat at Sweet 27 i think about Krist Novoselic's first post-Nirvana band
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sej9...
Sweet 75 - Fetch
YouTube video by GrungePlungeTV
www.youtube.com
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 2d
"break stuff" hits the same even if you're having a really good day
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 3d
i wasn't circumcised, i was edited for clarity
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 3d
Bruno Mars is now.40 and he maintained total pop culture ubiquity in his thirties with one solo album and one group album.
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 3d
i am going to wear a halloween costume this year for the first time in well over a decade but i have no idea what, suggestions welcome
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 3d
they're called 'streamers' because people piss all their time away watching nobodies do nothing
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