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Ken Tucker

Ken Tucker

@kentucker.bsky.social

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Music critic NPR's Fresh Air. Book, TV, movie critic: EW, New York Times, Village Voice, Rolling Stone, New York Mag, etc

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · 19d

So we’ve now reached the point where we dread having Harper come up to bat at a critical moment. #phillies

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 26

Someone said it's Bryan Ferry's birthday www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBrj...

Bryan Ferry - This Is Tomorrow

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 26

Finally got around to The Lowdown, a show that's pret-ty pleased w itself. Gotta say it was odd to make Joe Brainard a plot point but use his least-typical piece of art (if it even was?), but then have a C Comics cover in a later background. I guess I'm not cool enuf to "dig" it.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 26

Well, what a pure pleasure this is.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 22

Exactly.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think I can hit the hay. It’s not going to get better than Katherine LaNasa and Jeff Hiller. #emmys

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 15

A Paul biopic w a script by Jonathan Lethem wd be far preferable to this Sad Boss thing.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 15

I love Vince Gill but I’d much rather have seen a 3 minute clip of Teri Garr on Letterman #emmys

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 15

I hear Hannah Einbinder as Christgau landed on the cutting room floor.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 15

I cannot imagine how funny Bruce and Jon Landau must find the fact that they’re being played by the 2 most pretentious actors in America in that sad looking movie.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Sep 15

I never want to hear Seth Rogan talk again #emmys

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Aug 7

youtube.com/watch?v=c5v4... oh good: still no reason to subscribe to Peacock

The Paper | Official Trailer | Peacock Original

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lotta stupid Emmy noms announced this morning (so many for the mildly amusing The Studio?) but at least Katherine LaNasa, central to the pleasures of The Pitt, got nominated.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Jun 26

Illiterate lit musing ("much of the architecture of book discovery is informally targeted at women"). Gee, maybe men (& women!) wd read good books if they were taught literature in school instead of "getting recommendations online from celebrities and influencers." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...

Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Jun 24

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b... Hilarious: the closure “came as a shock.” Because we all know what a venerable publishing house TikTok is.

TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Publish Books. Not Anymore.

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James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · May 30

Fellow Mouseketeers: Allow me to mention that my review of Sam Tanenhaus's mammoth biography of Wm F. Buckley Jr. will appear in this weekend's edition of Air Mail, the newsletter magazine that deftly massages the mind.

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · May 16

Oh yeah www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDG...

Bob Dylan Debut of “Garden Party” 05/15/25 San Diego, CA (Rick Nelson cover) @BobDylan

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · May 15

RIP Joe Don Baker

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · May 11

Wonderful John Cameron Mitchell & @nytopinion.nytimes.com repudiating everything the Times has promoted for the past decade. Free article. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...

Opinion | Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · May 5

Today on @npr.org @nprfreshair.bsky.social I did a piece about the death of David Thomas and his importance, got to play some of my favorite Pere Ubu music. Link here to listen now www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · May 1

Because of course "strong ticket sales" is the reason we award shows www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...

Tony Awards Nominations: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Othello’ Shut Out Despite Strong Ticket Sales

While George Clooney received an acting nod for 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' the play, which he co-wrote wasn't nominated for best play.

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank goodness youtu.be/_5MYYOVJDa0?...

Chubby Checker - Pony Time (1961)

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Apr 24

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a... When it came to sibling harmony I was always more of a McGarrigles fan, but as always this Garner piece is vastly entertaining.

Maggie & Terre Roche’s 1975 LP Is a Revelation. Why Is It Forgotten?

“Seductive Reasoning,” a flop that preceded the Roches’ debut, has a fluctuating sonic palette, contributions from Paul Simon and the sisters’ most brilliant songwriting.

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Ken Tucker @kentucker.bsky.social · Apr 16

Francis was a wonderful critic and this terrific appreciation captures his tart sense of humor as well.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social · Apr 16

It is with great sadness we share the news that Terry's husband Francis died on Monday. Francis was an esteemed jazz critic and writer. They were together for nearly 50 years.

Francis Davis, a figurehead of jazz criticism, has died

His wife, Fresh Air host Terry Gross, said the longtime contributor to The Village Voice and NPR had been living with emphysema and Parkinson's disease.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social · Apr 16

It is with great sadness we share the news that Terry's husband Francis died on Monday. Francis was an esteemed jazz critic and writer. They were together for nearly 50 years.

Francis Davis, a figurehead of jazz criticism, has died

His wife, Fresh Air host Terry Gross, said the longtime contributor to The Village Voice and NPR had been living with emphysema and Parkinson's disease.