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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 7h

I think I see more this guy:

Jon Knoll during production of Revenge of the Sith

Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 10h

Rivers wrote songs from years before this.

Take 13 is vocals over full instrumentation. The vibe is more laid back. It's an alright version, but there are better.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 10h

#RiversDemoFlood 1690: Why Won't You Love Me 13

2015

From the White Year

Rivers played around with Why Won't You Love Me? a lot before eventually giving it to 5 Seconds of Summer.

It's an alright tune, but the whole vibe of the song feels like a regression to the insecure point of view...

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 10h

For me it was always until after the results. The worst part was between the scans and reading what the docs said about them.

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Yennefer 🦋 @lyricalriot.bsky.social · 15h

While I figure this out, my initial thoughts are that:
A) Rian is humble and constantly deflects praise to himself to praise for the franchise

B) He super loves SW and tried always to make something true to what he loved as a kid

C) He’s very much focused on the positive reception of fans

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 19h

Back before Larocca discovered the wonders of tracing paper!

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 20h

Same. We used to live in a proper country.

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🦉 Werewolves Ranchero 🦉 @pseudonic.bsky.social · 20h

I sit and keep my hat on for this shit, too.

It ain't the Anthem.

Now the "Cotton-eyed Joe"? Oh, I'm up and waving my hat like a crazy gold prospector.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

trib.al

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Star Wars News 🤖 @dev.shawn.party · 1d

New The Sith List Content!!!
EPISODE 479 | Ahsoka | TAYLOR | TRON
Check out their website...
@sithlist.bsky.social
#StarWars #Podcast #SithList

EPISODE 479 | Ahsoka | TAYLOR | TRON

New The Sith List Content

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

my favorite aspect of andor was how the imperials were felled not by the rebels, but their faith that their innate value to the empire would keep them safe. the rebels didn’t put a gun to lio partagaz’s head, or deedra mero in prison, but rather their belief in palpatine’s patronage. sound familiar?

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

#RiversDemoFlood 1689: Her Name is Kaylee 6

2016-2017

From the Pacific Daydream Years

This is a nice piano-based partial song. It's got a sweet melody, but Rivers would repurpose it into The Space Between's J is for Joy. Part of me would rather have more of this.

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Shannon O’Mac @shannonomac.bsky.social · 1d

My takeaway is that social ostracism is a powerful weapon, and we should use it on Nazis instead of trans people.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Alexander for McDonald's.

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

YouTube video by Beta MAX

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

Be the sort of person where even the rumor of your demise sparks a global depressive spiral and not the Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” Dolly Parton said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.” https://to.pbs.org/4hc1DXB

'I'm not dying': Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health

Late last month Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years, citing “health challenges.”

www.pbs.org

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

Ron Dean, terrific Chicago actor, RIP. Dean was one of the many key components that make "The Fugitive" (1993) the masterpiece that it is.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just riffing on your excellent idea!

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

I credit Star Trek IV.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News 🦑🧪🌎

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

www.abc.net.au

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News Anchor Voice: I’m receiving word we are seeing gruesome footage of the war zones of terror that exist inside our cities. Viewers beware, this is some scary radical left gore.

The footage:

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

My kid's pet axolotl (Charlie) got a mention in the school newspaper.

The blurb also mentions that I spoil Charlie by feeding him too much.

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Ignore this World Series @mehblurgh.bsky.social · 2d

Count Dooku was there

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2d

France conducted its last guillotining the year Star Wars came out

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

simple and not as fun. It's an alright listen and a nod to what the song used to be.

We don't have any information on whether Weezer ever attempted Trippin'. And as far as we know, Rivers hasn't tried to rework the song again. Yet.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

Obviously (and thankfully), Losing My Mind didn't make Make Believe.

But a few years later, Rivers went back again and worked the song into Trippin'.

It's not quite My Brain quality, but it's better than Losing My Mind.

It's closer to My Brain, but he swaps out the chorus for something more...

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

But when Rivers was (again) struggling before Weezer's fifth album, he went back to My Brain, reworked it and turned it into the superior My Brain is Working Overtime.

Weezer tried during the Make Believe sessions, but someone took a wrong turn and the song ended up as Losing My Mind...

Losing My Mind

YouTube video by Weezer - Topic

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

black in an attempt to force himself to write perfect songs, My Brain was the first (out of nearly 100) that he felt confident about sharing with anyone else. Other people dug the song and it was the first new song Weezer played when they returned in June 2000.

My Brain didn't make Green...

Rivers Cuomo - My Brain Is Working Overtime

YouTube video by RiversCuomoVEVO

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

#RiversDemoFlood 1688: Trippin'

2008

From the Red-Raditude-Hurley Years

You may have never heard it, but My Brain (or My Brain is Workin' Overtime) is an important song in Weezer history.

When Rivers was struggling after Pinkerton and locked himself in his apartment and painted the walls...

Weezer - My Brain (Live)

YouTube video by Elvis Viskovic - English

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