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Rob Harvilla

@harvilla.bsky.social

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Host of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S, old guy at THE RINGER, tentative embracer of new social-media platforms

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Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

a DJ has materialized playing “hard in the paint” at incredible volume

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

elephant bar right next to st. andrew’s hall; we showed up in the bottom of the 9th and we’ve been here for six hours

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

shit

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

the dirtbombs are gonna write a song about how the detroit fire department had to come get me off the roof

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

if this gets to the 15th inning i’m gonna have to order an unprecedented fifth drink and that’s gonna be bad news for everybody

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

does a “detroit chili dog” have a charming regional ingredient or is it just a chili dog served to you in detroit

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

watching this game literally at a bar in detroit and the vibe is getting rowdy

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 1d

G I N O C E A N

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 10d

i have long wanted to do this but then i worry it's too long but yeah i'll figure this out one of these days

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 11d

scaring the cat by playing the nine inch nails 'tron: ares' soundtrack too loud

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 12d

TERRIBLE LIE

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 12d

look, at least we hit something hard

Drew Bissell / Floating Cave @floatingcave.bsky.social · 12d

Here it is six times in a row.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 15d

I always admired Kaleb Horton's writing so much and am terribly sorry to hear of his death. It's a long list of singular writers who didn't have the careers they should have because of the people, places, and things that killed online media, but his name is right at the very top. I hate all of it.

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 28d

i smell weed

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 28d

at the weird al show and i just had to explain to my kids what “smells like nirvana” was a parody of

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 12

🎉🏆

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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · Sep 12

I sold another book!! #booksky

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 11

allison p. davis on lizzo in 2019 is one of my favorite magazine profiles ever, and the 2025 sequel does not disappoint www.vulture.com/article/lizz...

Lizzo Starts Over

The pop star’s success once felt radical. Can she capture the Zeitgeist again?

www.vulture.com

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 10

thus far the between-sets music at the pup + jeff rosenstock show has included carly rae jepsen, dua lipa, and k-pop demon hunters

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 9

hey i went on the rad jazz podcast YOU'LL HEAR IT to talk about ROBERT GLASPER and ERYKAH BADU; there's video too if you'd like to enjoy my Resting Wince Face open.spotify.com/episode/5Ufk...

"Afro Blue" — Robert Glasper

open.spotify.com

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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mets upcoming opponents also describes my 42-yr Mets fandom.

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 8

that’s what you get for leaving cleveland

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 7

it's that time of year

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 3

really had a blast here, this dude knows more about MTV UNPLUGGED than i know about anything and the lauryn hill unplugged is way better + more fascinating than i remember

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · Sep 3

For our Season Two opener, we called in a Ringer! Writer, author, & podcaster @harvilla.bsky.social (“60 Songs that Explain the ‘90s”) joins the show to discuss MTV Unplugged’s massive, multi-layered impact throughout the 1990s via 6 exemplary performances.

Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Sep 2

admonished by my 11-year-old son for playing the sabrina carpenter album in the house too loud