John McFerrin
@tarkus1980.bsky.social
I randomly found myself thinking on the question of when I've come across a joke in pop culture that was seemingly the most specifically tailored to what would make me laugh my ass off, and I think the answer has to be when The Simpsons invented the album title "Krustophenia"
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I randomly found myself thinking on the question of when I've come across a joke in pop culture that was seemingly the most specifically tailored to what would make me laugh my ass off, and I think the answer has to be when The Simpsons invented the album title "Krustophenia"
Listening to LÄTHER by Frank Zappa as part of my extensive Zappa relistening project. I don’t love every individual track on here (it's 4 LPs worth of music), but I've always really liked the total effect. It's the album that best approximates a fever dream for me.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Listening to LÄTHER by Frank Zappa as part of my extensive Zappa relistening project. I don’t love every individual track on here (it's 4 LPs worth of music), but I've always really liked the total effect. It's the album that best approximates a fever dream for me.
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My big current NBA take is that the biggest priority for the Clippers right now should be getting their pick back from OKC, and they should be exploring every option for this up to and including trading Kawhi Leonard to OKC (or involving them in a 3 team trade)
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My big current NBA take is that the biggest priority for the Clippers right now should be getting their pick back from OKC, and they should be exploring every option for this up to and including trading Kawhi Leonard to OKC (or involving them in a 3 team trade)
"The First Noel" or "Hark Ye Herald Angels Sing" if only because they have excellent bass lines that I enjoy singing.
Gun to my head, for secular I would pick "A Christmas Song" by Jethro Tull or "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (though I usually listen to the ELP version)
Gun to my head, for secular I would pick "A Christmas Song" by Jethro Tull or "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (though I usually listen to the ELP version)
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"The First Noel" or "Hark Ye Herald Angels Sing" if only because they have excellent bass lines that I enjoy singing.
Gun to my head, for secular I would pick "A Christmas Song" by Jethro Tull or "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (though I usually listen to the ELP version)
Gun to my head, for secular I would pick "A Christmas Song" by Jethro Tull or "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (though I usually listen to the ELP version)
Very pleasant discovery in my long Zappa relistening project is that SLEEP DIRT, stripped of the pointless and destructive vocals in the 90s reissue, is actually low-key a very good, borderline excellent Zappa album.
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Very pleasant discovery in my long Zappa relistening project is that SLEEP DIRT, stripped of the pointless and destructive vocals in the 90s reissue, is actually low-key a very good, borderline excellent Zappa album.
My favorite post I've seen today:
"That Ringo wasn't a great drummer is the flat earth argument of rock and roll"
"That Ringo wasn't a great drummer is the flat earth argument of rock and roll"
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My favorite post I've seen today:
"That Ringo wasn't a great drummer is the flat earth argument of rock and roll"
"That Ringo wasn't a great drummer is the flat earth argument of rock and roll"
Connections
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November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
Last night we at @discordpod.bsky.social recorded our second annual Thank You For The Music episode, and let me tell you the playlist for this episode is *nuts*.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Last night we at @discordpod.bsky.social recorded our second annual Thank You For The Music episode, and let me tell you the playlist for this episode is *nuts*.
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
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The debate over whether he means things like this literally is tangential to the reality that this guy has spent over a decade wondering aloud into the world’s largest megaphone whether anyone among his violent, unstable followers will rid him of these turbulent priests.
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The debate over whether he means things like this literally is tangential to the reality that this guy has spent over a decade wondering aloud into the world’s largest megaphone whether anyone among his violent, unstable followers will rid him of these turbulent priests.
Best use of an ongoing reference to a 1 second excerpt from a Mutt Lange-produced album
Fun (maybe?) exercise: Try to come up with a set of podcast awards that makes sense.
I don't think lumping together interview pods and explainer pods and news and history etc etc makes sense!
I don't think lumping together interview pods and explainer pods and news and history etc etc makes sense!
please show me a single human being who wants to watch a podcast host accept an award on live television, you can’t, they don’t exist
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Best use of an ongoing reference to a 1 second excerpt from a Mutt Lange-produced album
I predict that over the next week a whole chunk of the country is about to learn what a pocket veto is
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I predict that over the next week a whole chunk of the country is about to learn what a pocket veto is
I knew him as Adam Bahner. The world knows him as Tay Zonday, the man who sang "Chocolate Rain"
He sounded exactly the same at age 15 as he does as an adult
He sounded exactly the same at age 15 as he does as an adult
Who was in your high school graduating class, +/- two years, that would be of interest?
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I knew him as Adam Bahner. The world knows him as Tay Zonday, the man who sang "Chocolate Rain"
He sounded exactly the same at age 15 as he does as an adult
He sounded exactly the same at age 15 as he does as an adult
It's a very bad thing when an economy has allocated its resources such that all investors in the entire stock market spend a week throwing up from nerves in the lead up to learning the quarterly earnings of one company
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's a very bad thing when an economy has allocated its resources such that all investors in the entire stock market spend a week throwing up from nerves in the lead up to learning the quarterly earnings of one company
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Miss me with this instant forgiveness of Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s no hero. She’s Christoph Waltz at the end of Inglorious Basterds.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Miss me with this instant forgiveness of Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s no hero. She’s Christoph Waltz at the end of Inglorious Basterds.
Earlier today I had a podiatrist do a long overdue cleanup of an ingrown toenail that had eclipsed my ability to manage, and I know I will feel better in the long run, but right this second I am feeling regrets
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Earlier today I had a podiatrist do a long overdue cleanup of an ingrown toenail that had eclipsed my ability to manage, and I know I will feel better in the long run, but right this second I am feeling regrets
Today I was introduced to the music video for "When the Going Gets Tough" by Billy Ocean, and ... I have questions.
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Today I was introduced to the music video for "When the Going Gets Tough" by Billy Ocean, and ... I have questions.
This is me
Dad Calling Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is me
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Dad Calling Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Dad Calling Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/
This ... this 50 year old man is somehow 8 years younger than I am
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This ... this 50 year old man is somehow 8 years younger than I am
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This app most days.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This app most days.
If I was still speaking to my mother I bet she'd be invoking the name of Bill Clinton at me 10 times a minute
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If I was still speaking to my mother I bet she'd be invoking the name of Bill Clinton at me 10 times a minute