jb
@jabartlett.bsky.social
Writer (mostly at thjkoc.net), radio jock (retired), beer geek, Badger fan. Tempting the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing. Madison, Wisconsin.
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jb
@jabartlett.bsky.social
· Jul 19
I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
same, except replace "sea" with "a brewery"
well this is quite something, written and recorded btw Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy but never used
Steely Dan’s Lost Jingle for a Schlitz Beer Commercial (Circa 1973)
Schlitz, “the beer that made Milwaukee famous.” According to American Songwriter, the jingle 'features Steely Dan jazz fusion along with Fagen singing Once around life / Once around livin’ / Once arou...
www.openculture.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
well this is quite something, written and recorded btw Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy but never used
the arc of the moral universe bends toward derp
or does it?
or does it?
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
the arc of the moral universe bends toward derp
or does it?
or does it?
now: Badger football on the radio and plenty of beer for the battle against Minnesota for Paul Bunyan's Axe
here's younger and thinner me with said axe
here's younger and thinner me with said axe
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
now: Badger football on the radio and plenty of beer for the battle against Minnesota for Paul Bunyan's Axe
here's younger and thinner me with said axe
here's younger and thinner me with said axe
shoot em into my veins, even Mary MacGregor trying to start a polycule
11/20/1976:
#78 Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire
#82 This Song - George Harrison
#87 Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
#90 Walk This Way - Aerosmith
#95 Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
#78 Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire
#82 This Song - George Harrison
#87 Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
#90 Walk This Way - Aerosmith
#95 Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
shoot em into my veins, even Mary MacGregor trying to start a polycule
this is a Jody Miller fan account because we dig 70s country too
Jody hit with a gender-switched He's So Fine and covered Baby I'm Yours, Be My Baby, To Know Him Is to Love Him, House of the Rising Sun, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, and Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Jody hit with a gender-switched He's So Fine and covered Baby I'm Yours, Be My Baby, To Know Him Is to Love Him, House of the Rising Sun, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, and Will You Love Me Tomorrow
A performer whose career had two acts, Jody Miller was born today in 1941. The sky seemed the limit in 1965 when she won a Grammy for “Queen of the House” (written by Roger Miller & Mary Taylor). A dry phase followed, but she roared back in the early 1970s with several more hits. Miller died in 2022
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
this is a Jody Miller fan account because we dig 70s country too
Jody hit with a gender-switched He's So Fine and covered Baby I'm Yours, Be My Baby, To Know Him Is to Love Him, House of the Rising Sun, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, and Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Jody hit with a gender-switched He's So Fine and covered Baby I'm Yours, Be My Baby, To Know Him Is to Love Him, House of the Rising Sun, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, and Will You Love Me Tomorrow
"Despite the joke about Wisconsin having two seasons---winter and road construction—there are actually five: winter, spring, summer, fall, and the gun deer-hunting season"
‘Tis the Season (No, Not That One)
What you are about to read is some of the oldest writing I have ever posted on this website. It first appeared in 2009, but I wrote something very much like it in the fall of 1995, for the editorial page of the Daily Iowan newspaper at the University of Iowa during my one-year tenure as an opinion page columnist. The gig was a lot of fun while it lasted, and I should probably go digging for clips and see if there's anything else in there worth repeating.
thjkoc.net
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Despite the joke about Wisconsin having two seasons---winter and road construction—there are actually five: winter, spring, summer, fall, and the gun deer-hunting season"
on this Thanksgiving weekend, our hearts are warmed by my 89-year-old mother's white-hot hatred of Donald Trump
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
on this Thanksgiving weekend, our hearts are warmed by my 89-year-old mother's white-hot hatred of Donald Trump
Reposted by jb
A Bloom County Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A Bloom County Thanksgiving
i've got this one, from the Warner Brothers Loss Leaders series
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
i've got this one, from the Warner Brothers Loss Leaders series
i've watched the Packers for a long long time, and today is one of the most satisfying regular season wins i can remember
Final:
Packers 31
Lions 24
Packers 31
Lions 24
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
i've watched the Packers for a long long time, and today is one of the most satisfying regular season wins i can remember
current southern Wisconsin Thanksgiving Day weather observation:
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
current southern Wisconsin Thanksgiving Day weather observation:
this is the kind of content i come to Bluesky for
Happy Thanksgiving! Time for my annual post with the entire list of active NFL players whose last name could be call letters of a radio station in the city in which they play:
KEYS (MIN)
KIRK (HOU)
KUPP (SEA)
WADE (BAL)
WARD (CLE)
WARD (IND)
WARD (TEN)
WATT (PIT)
WEBB (CLE)
WISE (WAS)
WOOD (NO)
KEYS (MIN)
KIRK (HOU)
KUPP (SEA)
WADE (BAL)
WARD (CLE)
WARD (IND)
WARD (TEN)
WATT (PIT)
WEBB (CLE)
WISE (WAS)
WOOD (NO)
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this is the kind of content i come to Bluesky for
Reposted by jb
Me, then: I am a keen observer of politics and culture
Me, now: this is my favorite spoon
Me, now: this is my favorite spoon
October 6, 2023 at 11:01 PM
Me, then: I am a keen observer of politics and culture
Me, now: this is my favorite spoon
Me, now: this is my favorite spoon
i too would be honored to serve today
If anybody needs a Steely Dan Uncle™ tomorrow, I’m here
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
i too would be honored to serve today
if you live in Wisconsin, here's your reading homework for the weekend
Inside Kwik Trip’s Rise From Corner Store to Wisconsin Cultural Cornerstone
How did Kwik Trip go from being a gas station to a bonafide cultural phenomenon? Here’s the whole story.
www.milwaukeemag.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
if you live in Wisconsin, here's your reading homework for the weekend
tonight the Mrs made pumpkin chocolate chip bars to take to Thanksgiving tomorrow
i am helping by eating the bad-presentation ones
i am helping by eating the bad-presentation ones
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
tonight the Mrs made pumpkin chocolate chip bars to take to Thanksgiving tomorrow
i am helping by eating the bad-presentation ones
i am helping by eating the bad-presentation ones
welcome to my Sylvain Poons fan account
[November 26th, 1985] Sylvain Poons, a Dutch stage actor and singer, died at the age of 89 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
welcome to my Sylvain Poons fan account
Reposted by jb
this ain't Son of a Preacher Man but it's stuck in my head anyhow
They recorded a version of the theme to THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN with lyrics? And Dusty Springfield sang it? youtu.be/WUVLrhlcf8E?...
Classic TV Theme: 6 Million Dollar Man (vocal version)
YouTube video by David Gideon
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
this ain't Son of a Preacher Man but it's stuck in my head anyhow
good morning everyone
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
good morning everyone
coffee table book
coffee table book
coffee table book
coffee table book
coffee table book
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
coffee table book
coffee table book
coffee table book
coffee table book
coffee table book
with the Commodores or solo, Sweet Love is the best thing Lionel Richie ever did
i will not be considering alternative viewpoints at this time, or ever
i will not be considering alternative viewpoints at this time, or ever
“Show me a river that’s so deep; Show me a mountain so high; I’ll show you love that’ll last forever; Flying high, so high” On this date in 1975 the Commodores’ single “Sweet Love” was released as a single on Motown. Written by Lionel Richie, “Sweet Love” peaked at #5 pop & #2 soul in the U.S.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
with the Commodores or solo, Sweet Love is the best thing Lionel Richie ever did
i will not be considering alternative viewpoints at this time, or ever
i will not be considering alternative viewpoints at this time, or ever
Reposted by jb
personal foul: Unnecessary roughness
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
personal foul: Unnecessary roughness
while you're at it, buy one for me too, for the same reason
I don't like to toot my own horn around here but I do think that specifically today, my sincerely having no opinions whatsoever on Star Wars movies & how to rank them means you should all get together & get me some kind of splendid present.
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
while you're at it, buy one for me too, for the same reason
i didn't post anything new at my website today, so here's this old thing about DB Cooper and Thanksgiving
Free Fall
Here’s a piece of something I wrote in 2011, with hyperlinks added. On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving in that year, a guy named Dan Cooper got aboard a Northw…
thjkoc.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
i didn't post anything new at my website today, so here's this old thing about DB Cooper and Thanksgiving