Josh Spiegel
@mousterpiece.bsky.social
The co-host of Mousterpiece Melodies, a podcast about the songs of Disney movies.
Email me at [email protected].
Email me at [email protected].
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Mousterpiece Melodies -- Episode 14: Dick Tracy | Mousterpiece Melodies
Stick 'em up! OK, but seriously, we hope you're in a mood to head back to a simpler, and yet more dangerous, time in popular culture, back when mobsters and cops fought it out in the streets of the bi...
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On a new episode of Mousterpiece Melodies, @scottmendelson.bsky.social joins @scottrenshaw.bsky.social and I to discuss the songs of Dick Tracy, meaning we got to talk about Sondheim, Madonna, and much more: mousterpiecemelodies.podbean.com/e/mousterpie...
The timeline arguing about pop-culture rankings.
And they say Bluesky doesn't have the juice.
And they say Bluesky doesn't have the juice.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The timeline arguing about pop-culture rankings.
And they say Bluesky doesn't have the juice.
And they say Bluesky doesn't have the juice.
What, and the Holiday Special isn't *major* enough?
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What, and the Holiday Special isn't *major* enough?
Is it that the new Knives Out is in vastly fewer theaters than Glass Onion was, or is it simply inexplicable bad luck that the Phoenix metro area (one of the biggest countries) has it playing in a single theater on its opening weekend?
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Is it that the new Knives Out is in vastly fewer theaters than Glass Onion was, or is it simply inexplicable bad luck that the Phoenix metro area (one of the biggest countries) has it playing in a single theater on its opening weekend?
A hearty congratulations to my dad's crossword-puzzle friend who is also returning as an MLB manager, even if it's for this team.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A hearty congratulations to my dad's crossword-puzzle friend who is also returning as an MLB manager, even if it's for this team.
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I don’t even wanna be around anymore
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I don’t even wanna be around anymore
Oh, just one more thing, Charlie Brown.
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Oh, just one more thing, Charlie Brown.
I really enjoyed the second season of A Man on the Inside, for so many reasons, including letting Rosa Diaz and Adrian Pimento enjoy Thanksgiving together.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I really enjoyed the second season of A Man on the Inside, for so many reasons, including letting Rosa Diaz and Adrian Pimento enjoy Thanksgiving together.
If Nimmo leaving gets the Mets closer to a World Series next year, then…y’know. Bye.
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If Nimmo leaving gets the Mets closer to a World Series next year, then…y’know. Bye.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
“Hold on, you mean what you say?”
Welker: Do you think that Trump is a fascist?
Mamdani: That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.
Welker: You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe Trump is a threat to the democracy?
Mamdani: Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe.
Mamdani: That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.
Welker: You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe Trump is a threat to the democracy?
Mamdani: Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe.
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Hold on, you mean what you say?”
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
Starting the second season tonight (partly to metaphorically wash out the bad taste of today’s movies), and I’m so glad Henderson is back at all.
A Man on the Inside was quite wonderful, and if the second season can just be Ted Danson and Stephen McKinley Henderson hanging out, that would be awesome.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Starting the second season tonight (partly to metaphorically wash out the bad taste of today’s movies), and I’m so glad Henderson is back at all.
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🤞I have been holding this screenshot since '16 hoping one day this sociopath reveals himself. And what do yo know - Lizza would have been 42. A bunch of empty careerists. www.gq.com/story/inside...
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
🤞I have been holding this screenshot since '16 hoping one day this sociopath reveals himself. And what do yo know - Lizza would have been 42. A bunch of empty careerists. www.gq.com/story/inside...
“Dinosaurs exist in the human world, and nobody cares” is maybe the most I have ever had to suspend my disbelief while watching a movie. (The catchup continues with the new Jurassic World.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“Dinosaurs exist in the human world, and nobody cares” is maybe the most I have ever had to suspend my disbelief while watching a movie. (The catchup continues with the new Jurassic World.)
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
Thirty years ago today, Toy Story premiered in theaters across America.
Still the funniest, tightest, most economical script in a Pixar film, and the last great comic performance from Tom Hanks. (And arguably one of the most important/influential films released.)
Still the funniest, tightest, most economical script in a Pixar film, and the last great comic performance from Tom Hanks. (And arguably one of the most important/influential films released.)
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thirty years ago today, Toy Story premiered in theaters across America.
Still the funniest, tightest, most economical script in a Pixar film, and the last great comic performance from Tom Hanks. (And arguably one of the most important/influential films released.)
Still the funniest, tightest, most economical script in a Pixar film, and the last great comic performance from Tom Hanks. (And arguably one of the most important/influential films released.)
Two minutes into the new Fantastic Four, and both grateful to Wikipedia for explaining the film’s distinctive design and annoyed anew at feeling like I have to do homework.
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Two minutes into the new Fantastic Four, and both grateful to Wikipedia for explaining the film’s distinctive design and annoyed anew at feeling like I have to do homework.
“We have completely blown up how our biggest brand works!”
[5 years later]
“We have just realized none of you wanted us to blow up our biggest brand!”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/i...
[5 years later]
“We have just realized none of you wanted us to blow up our biggest brand!”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/i...
HBO Max’s Big Plan: Be HBO Again
Casey Bloys is embracing a brand position for TV's crown jewel as a complement, not a replacement, for Netflix — kind of like how it was back when it was a premium cable add-on.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“We have completely blown up how our biggest brand works!”
[5 years later]
“We have just realized none of you wanted us to blow up our biggest brand!”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/i...
[5 years later]
“We have just realized none of you wanted us to blow up our biggest brand!”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/i...
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Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
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November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
[opens tab] “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest” [closes tab, throws laptop away]
bart simpson is sitting at a podium while a man in a hat walks in front of him
Alt: bart simpson is sitting at a podium while a man in a hat walks in front of him
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
[opens tab] “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest” [closes tab, throws laptop away]
“I’ve got some pretty devastating information about this public figure, and I will wait until well past the time that person amasses power to reveal it, mostly to make sure you’re all paying attention to me.
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“I’ve got some pretty devastating information about this public figure, and I will wait until well past the time that person amasses power to reveal it, mostly to make sure you’re all paying attention to me.
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
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the person who should be feeling most embarrassed this morning is not Nuzzi, it's the Vanity Fair boss who hired her
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
the person who should be feeling most embarrassed this morning is not Nuzzi, it's the Vanity Fair boss who hired her
Did anyone, literally not named The Rock, have any interest in such a thing? variety.com/2025/film/ne...
‘Jungle Cruise’ Sequel Likely Dead at Disney, Says Dwayne Johnson: Studio ‘Looked at That Property’ and Isn’t ‘Sure If We Should Revisit It Again’
A sequel to Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt's 'Jungle Cruise' was announced in 2021, but Johnson says it is now dead.
variety.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Did anyone, literally not named The Rock, have any interest in such a thing? variety.com/2025/film/ne...
The hell, you say. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The hell, you say. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...