Hailey, It Happens
@haileyithappens.bsky.social
Electronic pop/singer-songwriter music you can find at haileyithappens.bandcamp.com
1. Brian Dunne - Clams Casino (2025)
Heartland rock with uncommon smarts, chops, and hooks. Proof you can write accessibly in that vein without playing to the lowest common denominator. Handclaps on “Graveyard” and 12-string on “Gracie Mansion” are the details that make good albums great. #MWE
Heartland rock with uncommon smarts, chops, and hooks. Proof you can write accessibly in that vein without playing to the lowest common denominator. Handclaps on “Graveyard” and 12-string on “Gracie Mansion” are the details that make good albums great. #MWE
February 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
1. Brian Dunne - Clams Casino (2025)
Heartland rock with uncommon smarts, chops, and hooks. Proof you can write accessibly in that vein without playing to the lowest common denominator. Handclaps on “Graveyard” and 12-string on “Gracie Mansion” are the details that make good albums great. #MWE
Heartland rock with uncommon smarts, chops, and hooks. Proof you can write accessibly in that vein without playing to the lowest common denominator. Handclaps on “Graveyard” and 12-string on “Gracie Mansion” are the details that make good albums great. #MWE
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there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!
Yearly appreciation post for Richard Kendall Gibbs, whose score for the ‘90s Hallmark Christmas movie The Christmas Box is a work of utter beauty. Makes me cry by itself every single year.
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yearly appreciation post for Richard Kendall Gibbs, whose score for the ‘90s Hallmark Christmas movie The Christmas Box is a work of utter beauty. Makes me cry by itself every single year.
A full majority of these songs are good. The fuck?
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A full majority of these songs are good. The fuck?
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
Allison Janney, best known as the aggressively appreciative mom who is now coming to Cole’s for “everything but toilet paper and bananas” in the 1994 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET remake.
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Allison Janney, best known as the aggressively appreciative mom who is now coming to Cole’s for “everything but toilet paper and bananas” in the 1994 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET remake.
Fuck. Yes. That’s. The. Stuff. I wish I lived 1/3 of a mile west of where I do so I could vote for her to be re-elected.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fuck. Yes. That’s. The. Stuff. I wish I lived 1/3 of a mile west of where I do so I could vote for her to be re-elected.
Finding a CD that’s been too pricey to get online in the wild at a record store is straight up thrilling. This message brought to you by Richard and Linda Thompson’s First Light
August 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Finding a CD that’s been too pricey to get online in the wild at a record store is straight up thrilling. This message brought to you by Richard and Linda Thompson’s First Light
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As strategy, I think "I will boycott this" is more effective than "I demand that people refuse to participate in this" which is more effective than "I will boycott people who participate in this" which is more effective than "I demand that you boycott them too." Anyway: I will boycott this.
I don't think these actors are transphobes, but I am reminded of an interview I did with a well-loved performer in which I asked him how he could work with a certain indefensible person (not JKR) and he appeared to think very hard and then said, "It's a really big part." deadline.com/2025/08/harr...
Harry Potter Audiobooks Reveals Cast Led By Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, Riz Ahmed & Michelle Gomez; Cush Jumbo To Narrate; Release Dates Set
Pottermore Publishing and Audible are unveiling the star-studded cast lineup for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions.
deadline.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As strategy, I think "I will boycott this" is more effective than "I demand that people refuse to participate in this" which is more effective than "I will boycott people who participate in this" which is more effective than "I demand that you boycott them too." Anyway: I will boycott this.
The Billy Joel doc is mostly very good but man they just let him breeze past some of the things I was most interested in hearing his perspective on now. It’s pretty unforgivable to never once say Doug Stegmeyer’s name in 4 hours of runtime.
August 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Billy Joel doc is mostly very good but man they just let him breeze past some of the things I was most interested in hearing his perspective on now. It’s pretty unforgivable to never once say Doug Stegmeyer’s name in 4 hours of runtime.
Age verification? I once had to say the sentence “Did we get dimes from the bank to use on the subway today?”
Age verification? My first concert was Hall & Oates and 'Til Tuesday, a few months before I saw Black Flag in '85. I saw SMOKEY & THE BANDIT and STAR WARS in the theater the same day, both first run.
I. Am. Old.
I. Am. Old.
age verification? went to the garden state arts center to see an mtv concert featuring bell biv devoe, gerardo, c&c music factory, and color me badd
July 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Age verification? I once had to say the sentence “Did we get dimes from the bank to use on the subway today?”
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Theodore Aloysius Huxtable is one of the most important television characters of my lifetime. The Cosby Show was not about Heathcliff or Clair or even Denise, that show was about Theo
July 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Theodore Aloysius Huxtable is one of the most important television characters of my lifetime. The Cosby Show was not about Heathcliff or Clair or even Denise, that show was about Theo
Not to take “look over here” rambling by the senile asshole-in-chief more seriously than it deserves, but Guardians is a terrific name for the team. The Guardians of Traffic are cool as hell and literally RIGHT next to the stadium. That was a huge upgrade.
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Not to take “look over here” rambling by the senile asshole-in-chief more seriously than it deserves, but Guardians is a terrific name for the team. The Guardians of Traffic are cool as hell and literally RIGHT next to the stadium. That was a huge upgrade.
ESPN doing their damndest to make the Derby completely unwatchable. Desperate pick-me WrestleMania “celebrity” nonsense. Foisting Pat McAfee on us. And this awful fucking split screen so you never see a single goddamn home run go. Just awful TV.
July 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
ESPN doing their damndest to make the Derby completely unwatchable. Desperate pick-me WrestleMania “celebrity” nonsense. Foisting Pat McAfee on us. And this awful fucking split screen so you never see a single goddamn home run go. Just awful TV.
I’m certainly not an expert, but that Ripley/Sky headline match at Evolution was definitely a classic.
July 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I’m certainly not an expert, but that Ripley/Sky headline match at Evolution was definitely a classic.
A billion movies out there I could stream and I’m using Kanopy tickets to watch Fleetwood Mac’s The Dance for the forty thousandth time.
July 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A billion movies out there I could stream and I’m using Kanopy tickets to watch Fleetwood Mac’s The Dance for the forty thousandth time.
There’s late ‘80s commercial for A1 steak sauce that tries to sell the concept of hamburgers as just chopped steak and it ends with a VERY specific cadence of:
Kid: “…and save the ketchup for the fries”
Dad/chef: “GOOOOOD”
Kid: “…and save the ketchup for the fries”
Dad/chef: “GOOOOOD”
What's the most random/obscure thing you quote?
In "The Stand' by Stephen King (complete/uncut ed iirc), a character called The Kid would sometimes say "how do you like that happy crappy?" and I often say that to myself/out loud for various reasons lol.
In "The Stand' by Stephen King (complete/uncut ed iirc), a character called The Kid would sometimes say "how do you like that happy crappy?" and I often say that to myself/out loud for various reasons lol.
July 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
There’s late ‘80s commercial for A1 steak sauce that tries to sell the concept of hamburgers as just chopped steak and it ends with a VERY specific cadence of:
Kid: “…and save the ketchup for the fries”
Dad/chef: “GOOOOOD”
Kid: “…and save the ketchup for the fries”
Dad/chef: “GOOOOOD”
I really am not big on most Italian desserts. I just don’t like anise.
what's a traditional food of your people/culture that everyone else seems to love that you absolutely cannot stand?
for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste
for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste
July 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I really am not big on most Italian desserts. I just don’t like anise.
Albums That Are Annoyingly Not on Spotify Chronicles:
The J. Geils Band - You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd (1984)
The J. Geils Band - You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd (1984)
July 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Albums That Are Annoyingly Not on Spotify Chronicles:
The J. Geils Band - You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd (1984)
The J. Geils Band - You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd (1984)
When are we going to talk about how the NBA’s salary cap structure is kind of ruining the league? One of your stars gets hurt? Every player you like is getting dumped in a firesale to avoid the luxury tax for a year. That’s no way to retain fans.
July 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
When are we going to talk about how the NBA’s salary cap structure is kind of ruining the league? One of your stars gets hurt? Every player you like is getting dumped in a firesale to avoid the luxury tax for a year. That’s no way to retain fans.
June 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I still believe “Miserable” is the best song released by any artist in the last decade. This album gets slept on too often.
Kacey Musgraves' Pageant Material turns 10 today. Revisit our review: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
June 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I still believe “Miserable” is the best song released by any artist in the last decade. This album gets slept on too often.
So many. The real answer is actually a whole world of female singers and artists, at a time before the whole world had caught up to that idea. But to stick to the actual parameters of the prompt: definitely The Marx Brothers oeuvre, particularly Duck Soup.
Okay you guys, what’s the best book, movie, or TV show your dad introduced you to
June 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So many. The real answer is actually a whole world of female singers and artists, at a time before the whole world had caught up to that idea. But to stick to the actual parameters of the prompt: definitely The Marx Brothers oeuvre, particularly Duck Soup.