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Michaelangelo Matos Author, historian, critic, journalist St. Paul he/him The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020) I edit books - inquire within Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

Now up on Beat Connection for paying subscribers: 'SNL' 50, some thoughts on the comedic institution.
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WA021 - ‘SNL’ 50

Archive > show, and forty-nine other notes on the comedic institution’s half-century

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 3h

Someone please tell their copy editor that it's The Mike Douglas Show.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 1d

This is what happens when smart people who don’t write about culture for a living write about culture.

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Jay Ulfelder @jayulfelder.bsky.social · 1d

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we're actually not that afraid."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 1d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

A small milestone but a nice one: Beat Connection just passed 1,500 subscribers!

matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

"Chase Infiniti (who somehow was not herself named by Thomas Pynchon)"
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On the Big Screen This Week: Cine Latino, Channing Tatum, and All Kind of Screams - Racket

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 1d

I’m voting for whoever promises to put Stephen Miller on trial for war crimes.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

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Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

My weekly movie night has reached Horror Month again. Despite a couple of scenes I couldn't look at, Talk to Me (Australia: Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022) is utterly brilliant. Also it's nice to see a supernatural horror film starring a Black woman that isn't about voodoo.

matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

Now up on Beat Connection for paying subscribers: 'SNL' 50, some thoughts on the comedic institution.
open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

WA021 - ‘SNL’ 50

Archive > show, and forty-nine other notes on the comedic institution’s half-century

open.substack.com

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

Throw people under the bus in favor of shitheads, and the shitheads will throw you under the bus in turn. Nobody sees it coming except everybody.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta say I'm not sure if it's better or worse when they just straight up say "we're gonna manufacture stuff to support our lies"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 5d

Now up on Beat Connection: More notes on a thirty-hour state-of-the-nation media event—part two of my look at all ten (or eleven) RA.1000s from @residentadvisor.bsky.social.
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BC140 - Five Mixes: RA.1000, pt. 2

More notes on a thirty-hour state-of-the-nation media event

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2d

lol it's my favorite still

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Bray is a member of the Rutgers History faculty who is moving abroad in the face of targeted attacks from Talking Point USA and death threats

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2d

I interviewed Greil Marcus at Magers & Quinn last night on the fiftieth anniversary of Mystery Train. Quite an evening. (Photo by Colleen Sheehy.)

matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about numbers 27, 88, 107, 143, 199, 222, and 239.
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The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

The 250 greatest songs of the 21st century so far -- from all over the musical map and every corner of the globe

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

they are all such pathetic losers oh my god

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

Trans rights protect EVERY GENDER. Just like the rights black people fought for protect EVERY RACE. Including white people! Y'all are enjoying the spoils of someone else's hard work every damn day.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 2d

This week the great @kellyrogers.bsky.social went deep on the PACs (mostly Frey-aligned) out to tip the upcoming Mpls election. racketmn.com/meet-the-big...