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Al Shipley
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Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out August 19, 2025 on Repeater Books / [email protected] http://westernblot.bandcamp.com
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · Sep 4
the 500th issue of The Wire magazine includes @derekwalmsley.bsky.social's insightful review of Tough Breaks: Story of Baltimore Club Music!
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 15h
naming your band Patriarchy is funny to begin with but "special guest: Patriarchy" really has quite a ring to it
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 18h
i can see why teenagers can't stand their parents because of course it's annoying that we can't let go of the time you said 'chillocket' instead of 'chocolate' 14 years ago
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 18h
when Netflix cancels a show after one season, do you think they say "on the bright side, now we can put you in the Watch In One Weekend recommendations menu!"
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 19h
i wish 'logicality' wasn't a real word, it's impossible to use without it sounding like you're forcing in a longer, more awkward synonym for 'logic'
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 19h
the puns will continue until more al improves
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
if a human being posts a selfie and you feed that photo to ai and change their outfit, a hand should reach out of the computer and punch you in the face
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
i suppose. coming of age when jay-z and dmx were dropping every year, though, i'm just like "that's what you do when you're poppin, talk your shit taylor!"
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
come to think of it, "boring barbie" is a crazy nickname to give someone else if you made the worst song on barbie: the album
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
"no way out" and "waiting" are nice too! lol
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
"The song is an ode to the captivating power of hotpants, which he and his band first saw on their 1970 European tour." #WikipediaSentences
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah... not as many grim drug deaths as the end of the 60s but the 70s ended with a lot of bands hitting a creative wall or splitting up (and a few deaths)
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
aww, "glow" is my favorite post-reunion pumpkins song
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
today was i think the 4th time one of my teleprompter glass panes has broken in the 13 years I've been doing this. and the first time it was 100% not my fault! but the stage crew guy who tripped was very traumatized and apologetic, and very relieved that i had backup glass.
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
i have spent hours and hours outside in the last 3 days really enjoying this weather, even if it means getting eaten up by mosquitos and my stuff getting blown around by the wind
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
i put in an order at a taco spot and gave them my first name, and the only other person who ordered in the 15 minutes i was there was also an Alex. what are the odds!
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
"return to form" is such a funny phrase, makes an artist sound like a memory foam mattress
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
Eagles and FM and CT all following up the big career high point in different ways at once, interesting
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
I don't feel like even that happened...yes someone who cranked out albums every 2 years like clockwork took 3 years for the really big one but there has truly never been any uncertainty about whether she would return with another album relatively soon ever in her career
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
jeremy piven was the schrodinger's me too, like he was already a guy with a seedy vibe who was barely working anymore when the allegations started coming out so it's hard to tell if it changed anything
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
there was mystery before?
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
neopronouns...is that like instead of being "he" or "she" you're just "the one"?
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
TV Diary - The Lowdown, House of Guinness, Wayward, Black Rabbit, Hotel Costiera, The Rainmaker, Invasion, Haunted Hotel, Knights of Guinevere, etc.
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narrowcast: TV Diary
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
Amazon drivers had some systemic navigation issue that had them constantly delivering our packages to a house a block away with a similar address and vice versa, I'm glad we and our neighbors always helped each other through that
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
CBS News has been renamed Passion of the Weiss
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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 1d
i don't use rideshare apps often, but when i do, i like getting that "thanks for riding with Steve!" email the next day
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