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Rick Ellis

@allyourscreens.bsky.social

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Lifelong journalist now at AllYourScreens.com and toomuchtv.substack.com. TCA Member. Appeared on "Dark Side Of Kids TV" doc, winner of the 2024 David Robb Award for Best Investigative Civil Justice Story and a Regional Murrow Award

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Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 10h

as a minority owner of the Aces, Tom Brady finally gets to celebrate winning without cheating. #WNBA

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 22h

I am not a contrarian. Or maybe I am.

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Too Much TV: Don't Let CNBC Fool You, A Paramount Skydance Merger With WBD Is A Terrible Idea

They call it CNBC because "Mouthpiece Of The Oligarchs" is too wordy.

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 18h

The Ghost On The Beach album is great. But it's been out of print since the late 1980s and has never been available for streaming. One of the band has posted that album - as well as an unreleased follow-up album - on his YouTube channel.

Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 19h

Also, St. Paul. Directly south of St. Paul is the town of West St. Paul. And directly east of West St. Paul is South St. Paul.

Conrad Lange Zbikowski @czbi.org · 19h

Whoever designed the streets in Minneapolis must have been a very drunk Irishman.

Washington Avenue South and Washington Avenue Southeast running parallel to one another two blocks separated

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 22h

I am not a contrarian. Or maybe I am.

open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...

Too Much TV: Don't Let CNBC Fool You, A Paramount Skydance Merger With WBD Is A Terrible Idea

They call it CNBC because "Mouthpiece Of The Oligarchs" is too wordy.

open.substack.com

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 22h

Maybe, but it's not on streaming. Honestly, they were one of the best live bands I ever saw, and I spent my college years in L.A. watching everyone from The Clash to The Ramones at the Whiskey. The Insiders released a great good live album "Live At Fitzgerald's," which is worth checking out.

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 23h

I have written a couple of pieces along these lines. But as unhappy as some people are with these moves, asking them to boycott Apple products is a bit like asking them to hack off an arm or leg

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Probably 1,000 times more. Greenwood had a string of hits in the 1980s (maybe 7 #1 country hits?), but the last single to hit the top 40 was in 1991. So he's had a long dry spell.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

Ackchewally, you are IN the PRINTED The Minnesota Star Tribune TODAY!

Minnesota reporter covers TV from home
He offers Hollywood insights on Substack five days a week.
By VINCE TUSS
The Minnesota Star Tribune

Investigative enorts boost his visibility(continuation of article)

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! I was wondering about this. I suddenly had a bunch of people subscribing to my newsletter directly from Google. That explains it.

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Was reading a really interesting piece on Cher's disco years. And it made me realize that I'd love to read an in-depth career-spanning interview with her.

Okay, tbh, I'd love to do that interview with her. #BucketList

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

It was released ten years after these other albums, but I have always really enjoyed Chicago's Slammin' Watusis (and they had a great live show)

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Slammin' Watusis "Born In Chicago"

YouTube video by 3 Chord Philosophy

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Uggg. Still not as useless as the small palm tree Fox sent to me a few years back. Which wasn't especially helpful here in MN.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 1d

And the Nobel Trolling Prize goes to…

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

I have so many questions...

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

The conversation they had was worse than you would imagine. Uggg

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

GameZone, a website dating back to 1994, has had its archives wiped:

aftermath.site/gamezone-video...

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Don't believe everything you read about the inevitability of a Paramount Skydance/WBD merger open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...

Too Much TV: Don't Believe Everything You Read About A Paramount Skydance/WBD Merger

Having someone spin you is not the same as having insider access

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

And Herman's Hermits

Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

For me, I'd lean in the Springsteen direction. Partly because as I have aged, I have found different songs of his hit me in new ways. For instance, I was fairly lukewarm about his "Tunnel Of Love" album. Until I was married & going through a tough patch. Then it really resonated with me.

Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

For me, the answer is a duo no one's heard of: John Siegle & Gary Yerkins from the Chicago band Insiders

"She appeared like a suggestion/But I didn't really want to/I've been falling short of things I could hold on to"

"When she touched my hand, I felt like I was drowning"
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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

It's funny you mention this, because I once interviewed Nicks and she said basically the same thing. She told me McVie was much better than anyone else in the band when it came to writing hit songs, while doing it in a way that was nuanced and unpredictable

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 1d

I have some thoughts about everyone's favorite tortured poet

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Stop Trying To Make Me Adore Taylor Swift

I'm happy that you love Taylor Swift. Really.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

(Just so it's clear, this skeet was posted **three days** before László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize for Literature)

Klaproth @klaproth.bsky.social · 5d

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

then again, a good counter against all the manufactured hype, from @allyourscreens.bsky.social: toomuchtv.substack.com/p/too-much-t...

Too Much TV: Don't Believe Everything You Read About A Paramount Skydance/WBD Merger

Having someone spin you is not the same as having insider access

toomuchtv.substack.com

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