Jonathan McNicol
@mcnicol.net
Award-losing radio maker.
Producer at Connecticut Public.
Also at letterboxd.com/mcnicol
I always carry my own keys.
he/him
Producer at Connecticut Public.
Also at letterboxd.com/mcnicol
I always carry my own keys.
he/him
I mean, it’s Jaws, which I watched for the one millionth time for this story. I also showed Back to the Future and E.T. and the original King King to my son this year.
But as far as new-to-me non-2025 movies go, I’d have to say the Mike Nichols / Jules Feiffer collaboration Carnal Knowledge.
But as far as new-to-me non-2025 movies go, I’d have to say the Mike Nichols / Jules Feiffer collaboration Carnal Knowledge.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I mean, it’s Jaws, which I watched for the one millionth time for this story. I also showed Back to the Future and E.T. and the original King King to my son this year.
But as far as new-to-me non-2025 movies go, I’d have to say the Mike Nichols / Jules Feiffer collaboration Carnal Knowledge.
But as far as new-to-me non-2025 movies go, I’d have to say the Mike Nichols / Jules Feiffer collaboration Carnal Knowledge.
The correct answer to this question is Robot Dreams, thank you v much.
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The correct answer to this question is Robot Dreams, thank you v much.
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Tonight is the 2,477th game of 2025, including regular season and postseason
That’s 5 more than in any other year in MLB history
That’s 5 more than in any other year in MLB history
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Tonight is the 2,477th game of 2025, including regular season and postseason
That’s 5 more than in any other year in MLB history
That’s 5 more than in any other year in MLB history
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In February, @subpop.bsky.social came to me with an idea that I found hard to resist: @clppng.bsky.social wanted to play the Tiny Desk, like, ON the actual desk... with MIDI-controlled robots striking coffee mugs and shaking paper clips.
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In February, @subpop.bsky.social came to me with an idea that I found hard to resist: @clppng.bsky.social wanted to play the Tiny Desk, like, ON the actual desk... with MIDI-controlled robots striking coffee mugs and shaking paper clips.
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
It’s so nice when we get to extra innings and the bases are empty.
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s so nice when we get to extra innings and the bases are empty.
7D is like AMC’s newest bullshit premium movie format or whatever, right?
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
7D is like AMC’s newest bullshit premium movie format or whatever, right?
We are now, as of today, 10 years past the future as it was portrayed in 1989 in Back to the Future Part II. (Which is crazy.)
I originally wrote the attached 10 years ago today.
I originally wrote the attached 10 years ago today.
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We are now, as of today, 10 years past the future as it was portrayed in 1989 in Back to the Future Part II. (Which is crazy.)
I originally wrote the attached 10 years ago today.
I originally wrote the attached 10 years ago today.
My main takeaway from putting this story together: Danbury hockey is … kinda crazy.
The Hat Tricks’ season is 10 days old, and they’ve had three players suspended by the league.
One of those players — the one who was part of a fight literally two seconds into the first game — has since retired.
The Hat Tricks’ season is 10 days old, and they’ve had three players suspended by the league.
One of those players — the one who was part of a fight literally two seconds into the first game — has since retired.
Come for the fights, stay for the fun: CT’s pro hockey season begins
Here’s the thing, Connecticut: The NHL may be long gone, but we’ve got three pro hockey teams here right now, today. Danbury’s got the Hat Tricks. And we’ve got two affiliated minor league teams, the ...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My main takeaway from putting this story together: Danbury hockey is … kinda crazy.
The Hat Tricks’ season is 10 days old, and they’ve had three players suspended by the league.
One of those players — the one who was part of a fight literally two seconds into the first game — has since retired.
The Hat Tricks’ season is 10 days old, and they’ve had three players suspended by the league.
One of those players — the one who was part of a fight literally two seconds into the first game — has since retired.
By all-time mensch Jules Dassin, who was born in Middletown.
❤️ By all-time mensch Jules Dassin, who started out in NYC Yiddish Theater, made multiple absolute classics of film noir, moved to Europe after getting blacklisted by pigs ❤️
I hope this robbery inspires some people to watch the classic French heist film Rififi (1955)
October 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
By all-time mensch Jules Dassin, who was born in Middletown.
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I hope this robbery inspires some people to watch the classic French heist film Rififi (1955)
one thing I’ve learned today is that most people have seen exactly one (1) heist movie
October 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I hope this robbery inspires some people to watch the classic French heist film Rififi (1955)
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Three homers in game pitched, MLB history including playoffs:
2025 NLCS G4 Shohei Ohtani
5/13/1942 Jim Tobin
8/15/1886 Guy Hecker
2025 NLCS G4 Shohei Ohtani
5/13/1942 Jim Tobin
8/15/1886 Guy Hecker
October 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Three homers in game pitched, MLB history including playoffs:
2025 NLCS G4 Shohei Ohtani
5/13/1942 Jim Tobin
8/15/1886 Guy Hecker
2025 NLCS G4 Shohei Ohtani
5/13/1942 Jim Tobin
8/15/1886 Guy Hecker
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30 years ago today Strange Days blasted into cinemas—Kathryn Bigelow’s audacious sci-fi noir still feels eerily prescient.
Explore our anniversary deep dive into this cult sci-fi masterpiece:
cinephiliabeyond.org/strange-days...
Explore our anniversary deep dive into this cult sci-fi masterpiece:
cinephiliabeyond.org/strange-days...
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
30 years ago today Strange Days blasted into cinemas—Kathryn Bigelow’s audacious sci-fi noir still feels eerily prescient.
Explore our anniversary deep dive into this cult sci-fi masterpiece:
cinephiliabeyond.org/strange-days...
Explore our anniversary deep dive into this cult sci-fi masterpiece:
cinephiliabeyond.org/strange-days...
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I love my kids, and I love my job, but man would I love to have nothing to do for a few days and just watch old Robert Redford and Diane Keaton movies
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I love my kids, and I love my job, but man would I love to have nothing to do for a few days and just watch old Robert Redford and Diane Keaton movies
Hey, maybe somebody should tell Major League Baseball that extra-inning games are good and artificially easier scoring is bad.
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Hey, maybe somebody should tell Major League Baseball that extra-inning games are good and artificially easier scoring is bad.
The Rock’s prestige indie biopic made $6.0 million.
Before One Battle After Another, the biggest domestic weekend for any PTA picture was $4.9 million.
That said, I can’t imagine that anyone thought The Smashing Machine would not be the smallest box office opening of The Rock’s career so far.
Before One Battle After Another, the biggest domestic weekend for any PTA picture was $4.9 million.
That said, I can’t imagine that anyone thought The Smashing Machine would not be the smallest box office opening of The Rock’s career so far.
timing your prestige indie biopic to open against a PTA release is world historic lack of ball-knowing
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Rock’s prestige indie biopic made $6.0 million.
Before One Battle After Another, the biggest domestic weekend for any PTA picture was $4.9 million.
That said, I can’t imagine that anyone thought The Smashing Machine would not be the smallest box office opening of The Rock’s career so far.
Before One Battle After Another, the biggest domestic weekend for any PTA picture was $4.9 million.
That said, I can’t imagine that anyone thought The Smashing Machine would not be the smallest box office opening of The Rock’s career so far.
Did anyone think the president was an Oregon judge?
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Did anyone think the president was an Oregon judge?
That last sentence goes a bit too far for me (I carry a Wikipedia machine around in my pocket every day — and it makes calls, too!), but I did truly love my TiVo back in the day.
And I semi-frequently think about how that was maybe the best TV ever got.
And I semi-frequently think about how that was maybe the best TV ever got.
R.I.P the TiVo DVR (1999-2025)
The pioneer in digital video recording has officially ceased selling its DVR.
TiVo changed my life, and cloud DVRs will never match its precision and user-friendliness. It's the best piece of consumer electronics I've ever used.
www.mediaplaynews.com/tivo-exiting...
The pioneer in digital video recording has officially ceased selling its DVR.
TiVo changed my life, and cloud DVRs will never match its precision and user-friendliness. It's the best piece of consumer electronics I've ever used.
www.mediaplaynews.com/tivo-exiting...
TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business - Media Play News
TiVo, the digital video recording pioneer, has moved on from its legacy DVR technology, focusing instead on its branded operating system software promoting third-party content searches, recommendation...
www.mediaplaynews.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
That last sentence goes a bit too far for me (I carry a Wikipedia machine around in my pocket every day — and it makes calls, too!), but I did truly love my TiVo back in the day.
And I semi-frequently think about how that was maybe the best TV ever got.
And I semi-frequently think about how that was maybe the best TV ever got.
The Yankees’ run differential in the ALDS, one-and-a-half games into the series, currently sits at -18.
I haven't done the math, but I would guess that the expected W-L there is not great.
I haven't done the math, but I would guess that the expected W-L there is not great.
October 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Yankees’ run differential in the ALDS, one-and-a-half games into the series, currently sits at -18.
I haven't done the math, but I would guess that the expected W-L there is not great.
I haven't done the math, but I would guess that the expected W-L there is not great.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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no one:
absolutely no one:
me every workday at 4:36 p.m. ET after accomplishing nothing on my to-do list:
absolutely no one:
me every workday at 4:36 p.m. ET after accomplishing nothing on my to-do list:
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
no one:
absolutely no one:
me every workday at 4:36 p.m. ET after accomplishing nothing on my to-do list:
absolutely no one:
me every workday at 4:36 p.m. ET after accomplishing nothing on my to-do list:
I very much appreciate ESPN putting up the exit velocity on bloop hits.
To my thinking, that sort of randomness is baseball’s defining feature.
To my thinking, that sort of randomness is baseball’s defining feature.
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I very much appreciate ESPN putting up the exit velocity on bloop hits.
To my thinking, that sort of randomness is baseball’s defining feature.
To my thinking, that sort of randomness is baseball’s defining feature.
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New today on the site!
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
Slap Shot (1977): The Courage To Teach
One could criticize Reggie Dunlop (Newman), “player-coach” of the Charlestown Chiefs in George Roy Hill's chaotically raunchy Slap Shot, for a wide variety of character flaws & professional failings—b...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New today on the site!
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)