Sloane Spencer
@sloanespencer.bsky.social
At least we can still SleepWithRockStars.com. The Gen X sleep podcast OUT NOW. Subscribe/follow on Apple, Spotify, YouTube.
CountryFriedRock.com returns.
Great music taste. Runner. She/Her
Jesus rides beside me
He never buys any smokes
CountryFriedRock.com returns.
Great music taste. Runner. She/Her
Jesus rides beside me
He never buys any smokes
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Sloane Spencer
@sloanespencer.bsky.social
· Jan 31
25th Anniversary Giving Campaign
Help us grow our monthly recurring donations!
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@nucisspace.bsky.social is a remarkable resource for musicians in Athens, GA, with a mission to prevent suicide. 2025 is their 25th year of saving lives. Happy to be part of their $25 for 25 years campaign. 💙
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Ep 414 is up! Andy talks about Wicked: For Good and Tarantino's big mouth. Also, we listen to a clip of Shirley Manson berating a fan for tossing a beach ball around. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social) looks at the songs of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Episode 414
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 12/08/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ep 414 is up! Andy talks about Wicked: For Good and Tarantino's big mouth. Also, we listen to a clip of Shirley Manson berating a fan for tossing a beach ball around. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social) looks at the songs of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Taking my semi irregular annualish social media break this month.
Email or text.
Email or text.
a man in a white shirt and black tie is talking on a phone .
Alt: Character from the Office (Jim) a man in a white shirt and black tie is talking on a phone .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Taking my semi irregular annualish social media break this month.
Email or text.
Email or text.
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Less than 10% of the doses of lenacapavir needed to change the course of the epidemic will reach those who need them. “If vulnerable populations are excluded, then you're not going to contain the epidemic,” shares Anne Aslett with Rachel Schraer for @the-independent.com: https://bit.ly/3KATGiM
HIV ‘vaccine’ will reach just 7% of people needed to end Aids pandemic
The figure comes as the UN reports a ‘devastating’ collapse of HIV prevention services around the world
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Less than 10% of the doses of lenacapavir needed to change the course of the epidemic will reach those who need them. “If vulnerable populations are excluded, then you're not going to contain the epidemic,” shares Anne Aslett with Rachel Schraer for @the-independent.com: https://bit.ly/3KATGiM
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For the Bluegrass Situation, I explored both the making of the Lilith Fair documentary with producer Cassidy Hartmann and to get more insight on the festival's revolutionary context with Paula Cole.
Read this, then watch it right now!!!
thebluegrasssituation.com/read/lilith-...
Read this, then watch it right now!!!
thebluegrasssituation.com/read/lilith-...
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
For the Bluegrass Situation, I explored both the making of the Lilith Fair documentary with producer Cassidy Hartmann and to get more insight on the festival's revolutionary context with Paula Cole.
Read this, then watch it right now!!!
thebluegrasssituation.com/read/lilith-...
Read this, then watch it right now!!!
thebluegrasssituation.com/read/lilith-...
If the teachers in the Peanuts tv specials were talking about music to put you to sleep, it might be Sleep with Rock Stars. Background noise, in the best way possible.
From the only band that matters to Talking Heads.
You deserve a good night's sleep...or whatever.
sleepwithrockstars.com/episode/slee...
You deserve a good night's sleep...or whatever.
sleepwithrockstars.com/episode/slee...
Sleep with Rock Stars: Talking Heads Rock You to Sleep - Sleep with Rock Stars
Discover the soothing world of Sleep With Rockstars, where Gen X music legends like Talking Heads help you unwind and drift into restful sleep.
sleepwithrockstars.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If the teachers in the Peanuts tv specials were talking about music to put you to sleep, it might be Sleep with Rock Stars. Background noise, in the best way possible.
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What are some of your favorite cover songs of 2025?
Looking for some I might have missed.
Looking for some I might have missed.
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What are some of your favorite cover songs of 2025?
Looking for some I might have missed.
Looking for some I might have missed.
This was some poorly targeted ad in my feed bc I am absolutely not the audience for this product,
BC
the first thing I thought was, "Those are weird pretzel sticks."
Did not register AT ALL.
(Tap photo to see it better.)
BC
the first thing I thought was, "Those are weird pretzel sticks."
Did not register AT ALL.
(Tap photo to see it better.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This was some poorly targeted ad in my feed bc I am absolutely not the audience for this product,
BC
the first thing I thought was, "Those are weird pretzel sticks."
Did not register AT ALL.
(Tap photo to see it better.)
BC
the first thing I thought was, "Those are weird pretzel sticks."
Did not register AT ALL.
(Tap photo to see it better.)
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#Random80sSongOfTheNight
#MusicChallenge
“Fireplace” by R.E.M. (1987)
Crazy, crazy world
Crazy, crazy times
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Etb2...
#MusicChallenge
“Fireplace” by R.E.M. (1987)
Crazy, crazy world
Crazy, crazy times
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Etb2...
Fireplace
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
m.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
#Random80sSongOfTheNight
#MusicChallenge
“Fireplace” by R.E.M. (1987)
Crazy, crazy world
Crazy, crazy times
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Etb2...
#MusicChallenge
“Fireplace” by R.E.M. (1987)
Crazy, crazy world
Crazy, crazy times
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Etb2...
I am at the People My Age or Older with Funky Glasses show.
I blend right in.
I blend right in.
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I am at the People My Age or Older with Funky Glasses show.
I blend right in.
I blend right in.
I have never watched Ole Miss vs Miss State before, and my main question is, "What on earth?"
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have never watched Ole Miss vs Miss State before, and my main question is, "What on earth?"
Leftovers party at a friend's farm today. Taking chocolate pumpkin muffins in a regifted metal mesh star. I actually made the muffins myself. Shocking.
Decluttering and bringing dessert!
#MultiTaskingExpert
Decluttering and bringing dessert!
#MultiTaskingExpert
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Leftovers party at a friend's farm today. Taking chocolate pumpkin muffins in a regifted metal mesh star. I actually made the muffins myself. Shocking.
Decluttering and bringing dessert!
#MultiTaskingExpert
Decluttering and bringing dessert!
#MultiTaskingExpert
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Lake Erie as the snowstorm comes into Cleveland: Thanksgiving Day 2025
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Lake Erie as the snowstorm comes into Cleveland: Thanksgiving Day 2025
This is the lovely call I referenced below.
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is the lovely call I referenced below.
This is quite lovely.
We just called. ♥️ The best message you’ll hear all day.
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is quite lovely.
Happy Thanksgiving!
youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg?...
youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg?...
WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving
YouTube video by Epic Houston
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg?...
youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg?...
At a live event & the guy is playing a grunge version of "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
At a live event & the guy is playing a grunge version of "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.
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As always, it's a privilege to write about queer country for @NoDepression.bsky.social This month, I write about how trans artists like Bells Larsen and Abigail Austin teach us how to trans-scend time. (See what I did there?)
nodepression.org/queer-countr...
nodepression.org/queer-countr...
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As always, it's a privilege to write about queer country for @NoDepression.bsky.social This month, I write about how trans artists like Bells Larsen and Abigail Austin teach us how to trans-scend time. (See what I did there?)
nodepression.org/queer-countr...
nodepression.org/queer-countr...
The adage that you should confidently post something with a slight error to bring out allllll the feedback remains true.
a woman in a blue shirt is sitting in a chair with a mug in her hand
Alt: From the golden girls tv show: a woman in a blue shirt (rose) is sitting in a chair with a mug in her hand, hilariously laughing over her shoulder
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The adage that you should confidently post something with a slight error to bring out allllll the feedback remains true.
"Executive Director of anti-abortion group shoots another person, to prove how much he values people."
Can't make this shit up, but you can make more accurate headlines.
Can't make this shit up, but you can make more accurate headlines.
Good news!
Man charged in shooting outside Columbia Planned Parenthood www.wistv.com/2025/11/25/m...
Man charged in shooting outside Columbia Planned Parenthood www.wistv.com/2025/11/25/m...
Man charged in shooting outside Columbia Planned Parenthood
A man has been charged in connection with a shooting that happened outside Columbia’s Planned Parenthood clinic.
www.wistv.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Executive Director of anti-abortion group shoots another person, to prove how much he values people."
Can't make this shit up, but you can make more accurate headlines.
Can't make this shit up, but you can make more accurate headlines.
Cassette: ???
The cassette player in my car played everything just slightly too fast. I hung out with this guy who insisted my Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man cassette was fraudulent bc too fast. He couldn't accept my player was off. I convinced him it was a bootleg.
The cassette player in my car played everything just slightly too fast. I hung out with this guy who insisted my Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man cassette was fraudulent bc too fast. He couldn't accept my player was off. I convinced him it was a bootleg.
Okay, who remembers the first cassette tape/CD they ever purchased? For me:
CD: Pink Floyd's The Wall
cassette: Styx's Kilroy Was Here
CD: Pink Floyd's The Wall
cassette: Styx's Kilroy Was Here
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Cassette: ???
The cassette player in my car played everything just slightly too fast. I hung out with this guy who insisted my Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man cassette was fraudulent bc too fast. He couldn't accept my player was off. I convinced him it was a bootleg.
The cassette player in my car played everything just slightly too fast. I hung out with this guy who insisted my Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man cassette was fraudulent bc too fast. He couldn't accept my player was off. I convinced him it was a bootleg.
Y'all will be shocked to learn that pumpkin cheesecake did not fix my broken toe.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Y'all will be shocked to learn that pumpkin cheesecake did not fix my broken toe.
Living in the middle of nowhere:
Post Office abruptly closes for lunch in the middle of the day without warning.
Get on the interstate and drive to FedEx distribution center, who has a hand written note on the door that they will re-open in 2 hours.
Post Office abruptly closes for lunch in the middle of the day without warning.
Get on the interstate and drive to FedEx distribution center, who has a hand written note on the door that they will re-open in 2 hours.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Living in the middle of nowhere:
Post Office abruptly closes for lunch in the middle of the day without warning.
Get on the interstate and drive to FedEx distribution center, who has a hand written note on the door that they will re-open in 2 hours.
Post Office abruptly closes for lunch in the middle of the day without warning.
Get on the interstate and drive to FedEx distribution center, who has a hand written note on the door that they will re-open in 2 hours.
The very real challenge of discovering a new to me country artist and digging in to see if they are a racist POS or human.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The very real challenge of discovering a new to me country artist and digging in to see if they are a racist POS or human.
I don't think I can swing this type of travel, but I am a heckuva merch slinger assistant.
We are absolutely CHUFFED to be returning to the UK and Ireland next September!
Artist presale is live NOW: password is Pageant40.
Public sales start Friday Nov 28 10am UK time zone.
Ticket link in bio.
Artist presale is live NOW: password is Pageant40.
Public sales start Friday Nov 28 10am UK time zone.
Ticket link in bio.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I don't think I can swing this type of travel, but I am a heckuva merch slinger assistant.