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Jeff Giles

@jefito.com

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Director of Curation and Editorial for @harmonicfm.bsky.social. Writer, editor, author of several books. Podcast host. More info here: https://linktr.ee/jeffgiles

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 6h

100 percent. The editorial culture based around “winning the search” has conditioned us to believe that any take arriving more than 24 hours after the event isn’t worth reading. It’s insane and bad for us overall.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 6h

look no offense to this person specifically but i do think ‘are we still talking about this’ as a response to an essay about something from a couple weeks ago is pretty silly. we should expect thoughtful writing to take time

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 20h

Some bylines really aren't as prestigious as they seem, Maura

Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 20h

Oh dear.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 1d

Yes we can!

Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 1d

That vest has been “lost.”

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 1d

I would never have guessed that this song rose as high as No. 68.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 7d

My latest Liner Notes interview at @harmonic.fm digs into the story and creative philosophy behind Social Cinema's debut LP. A clip from our conversation and the link to the full interview below:

Harmonic @harmonic.fm · 8d

The new album Don’t Get Lost by Social Cinema is finally here! In our Liner Notes interview, @jefito.com talks with the band about songwriting, Buy Before You Stream, and what bands they’re listening to.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 10d

"Specifically David Sanborn's 'Close-Up' album. Have you hear — hey, where are you going?"

Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 10d

Dude, you suck

Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 11d

Thank you!

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 11d

This week’s Critical Diagnosis is all about #GH saying goodbye to Monica Quartermaine:

SoapJenn @soapjenn.bsky.social · 11d

Critical Diagnosis: Week of September 22, 2025 - September 26, 2025 by @jefito.com #GH
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Critical Diagnosis: Week of September 22, 2025 - September 26, 2025 by Jeff Giles

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 11d

These characters — and actors — deserve so much better.

Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 11d

That's great to hear. I wasn't sure how many readers would be offended by how little I cared about the Qs as a kid!

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 11d

This week’s Critical Diagnosis is all about #GH saying goodbye to Monica Quartermaine:

SoapJenn @soapjenn.bsky.social · 11d

Critical Diagnosis: Week of September 22, 2025 - September 26, 2025 by @jefito.com #GH
diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2025/09/crit...

Critical Diagnosis: Week of September 22, 2025 - September 26, 2025 by Jeff Giles

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 12d

Agreed with every word, as usual!

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

And vice versa! We'll get back in the studio as soon as possible.

Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

I genuinely love the idea of an hourlong podcast featuring two people who know next to nothing about Vangelis and talk about nothing else.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

I appreciate your global spirit, but no. We focus on the American charts here.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

It peaked at No. 60! What do you consider a hit?

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

Love me some Windham Hill! But Top 40 stats don't lie. Unless you're saying Vangelis fans can't read, in which case I yield to your expertise.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

I loved it, Peter. Thank you!

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Peter Kerlin @fretlesspeter.bsky.social · 13d

Had a great time chatting w @jefito.com from @harmonic.fm the other day. 🙏

Harmonic @harmonic.fm · 15d

You don't hear many albums that feature the eight-string bass as a lead instrument, and fewer still that incorporate the mighty hum of the pipe organ. @jefito.com interviewed Peter Kerlin of Animal, Surrender!, discussing their new album (available tomorrow) and creating art honestly.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

I would like for someone to hire you and me to have an hourlong conversation about this thing.

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Jeff Giles @jefito.com · 13d

Amen and hallelujah!

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14d

i wrote about the loss of randomness from music-listening and TV-watching
www.patreon.com/posts/139812...

That was the promise of randomness: the TV and radio would not always grab you. Sometimes, they would free you, by virtue of their inability to cater to all tastes at all times. It was just as easy twenty years ago to lose time to a zoned out TV marathon, but few people did so every day of the week. If the randomness favored your taste one day, it would lose you the next. Sooner or later, you'd get bored in a way that demanded activity. You'd go live your life away from the entertainment, because it couldn't always be entertaining to you specifically. I think that's good! These forms of passive entertainment should lose our interest once in awhile. It shouldn't be possible to pamper your most deeply entrenched tastes twenty-four hours a day.

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