Bill McCool
@billmccool.bsky.social
Writer, managing editor person, and some other things.
Went to see Twilight Samurai the week after moving to NYC. Some guy started talking to his girlfriend and the most NYC accent ever shouted YO SHUT THE FUCK UP and I knew they did movies different.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Went to see Twilight Samurai the week after moving to NYC. Some guy started talking to his girlfriend and the most NYC accent ever shouted YO SHUT THE FUCK UP and I knew they did movies different.
long time no post. honestly, i didn't get to much new music this year, but here are my favorite albums of the year anyway:
The Necks - Disquiet
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Craig Finn - Always Been
SML - How You Been
OkoNski - Entrance Music
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
Sharp Pins - Radio DDR
The Necks - Disquiet
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Craig Finn - Always Been
SML - How You Been
OkoNski - Entrance Music
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
Sharp Pins - Radio DDR
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
long time no post. honestly, i didn't get to much new music this year, but here are my favorite albums of the year anyway:
The Necks - Disquiet
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Craig Finn - Always Been
SML - How You Been
OkoNski - Entrance Music
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
Sharp Pins - Radio DDR
The Necks - Disquiet
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Craig Finn - Always Been
SML - How You Been
OkoNski - Entrance Music
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
Sharp Pins - Radio DDR
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It's a torrential downpour and they don't want to tap the rainy day fund, huh?
☎️ Gov. Healey:
617-725-4005
And call your local reps too--they need to respond first if their constituents are going hungry.
☎️ Gov. Healey:
617-725-4005
And call your local reps too--they need to respond first if their constituents are going hungry.
Top Massachusetts House Democrats made clear Wednesday that they do not plan to turn to Massachusetts’ massive rainy day fund to bail out federal food assistance benefits that are set to run out of cash this week because of the federal government shutdown.
State House leaders say they won't use rainy day fund to keep SNAP benefits flowing
Top Massachusetts House Democrats made clear Wednesday that they do not plan to turn to Massachusetts’ massive rainy day fund to bail out federal food assistance benefits that are set to run out of ca...
www.wbur.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It's a torrential downpour and they don't want to tap the rainy day fund, huh?
☎️ Gov. Healey:
617-725-4005
And call your local reps too--they need to respond first if their constituents are going hungry.
☎️ Gov. Healey:
617-725-4005
And call your local reps too--they need to respond first if their constituents are going hungry.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mandy
Night of the Demons
Gozu
(didn't see my brain going where it went after Texas...)
Mandy
Night of the Demons
Gozu
(didn't see my brain going where it went after Texas...)
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws
I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mandy
Night of the Demons
Gozu
(didn't see my brain going where it went after Texas...)
Mandy
Night of the Demons
Gozu
(didn't see my brain going where it went after Texas...)
hard agree!
i loved the 2025 philadelphia phillies. no playoffs can make me hate them. defector.com/what-ill-rem...
What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector
At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...
defector.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
hard agree!
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Ohtani never plays well in Philly because of our well-documented home field advantage (giant casino right next to the ballpark)
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ohtani never plays well in Philly because of our well-documented home field advantage (giant casino right next to the ballpark)
this is my Life of a Showgirl.
![[Vince McMahon meme]
Snake handler field recordings
Appalachina Stooges riffs
Howling reverb & echo
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October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
this is my Life of a Showgirl.
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the best baseball post of all time
May 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
the best baseball post of all time
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Wow, y’all really went from “we have confirmed it was an antifascist trans person because of markings” to “we have zero comprehension of this clearly random and incomprehensible act” as soon as it turned out he was a white right-winger.
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wow, y’all really went from “we have confirmed it was an antifascist trans person because of markings” to “we have zero comprehension of this clearly random and incomprehensible act” as soon as it turned out he was a white right-winger.
Hell yeah. Fresh-squeezed Bruce juice.
Appalled as I am by Bruce signing up for the Walk Hard treatment, I am 1000% stoked for an Electric Nebraska.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Appalled as I am by Bruce signing up for the Walk Hard treatment, I am 1000% stoked for an Electric Nebraska.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (Electric Nebraska - Official Audio)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Hell yeah. Fresh-squeezed Bruce juice.
Appalled as I am by Bruce signing up for the Walk Hard treatment, I am 1000% stoked for an Electric Nebraska.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Appalled as I am by Bruce signing up for the Walk Hard treatment, I am 1000% stoked for an Electric Nebraska.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
made a peach cobbler last night and mace is going in everything now.
August 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
made a peach cobbler last night and mace is going in everything now.
If you can open a pickle jar, you can rip off a human ear, or things I learned from John Kruk when the Phils are up by 10.
August 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you can open a pickle jar, you can rip off a human ear, or things I learned from John Kruk when the Phils are up by 10.
I am become death, the John Cena of running, the destroyer of worlds in jorts.
July 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I am become death, the John Cena of running, the destroyer of worlds in jorts.
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As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
July 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
Sounds Of Liberation - Happy Tuesday
YouTube video by Nikola Taska
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.
June 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.
I have not even made it 100 pages, and The Overstory is one of the very very very best things I have ever read.
May 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have not even made it 100 pages, and The Overstory is one of the very very very best things I have ever read.
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It is unconscionable and immoral for the world to allow this horror to take place.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
May 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It is unconscionable and immoral for the world to allow this horror to take place.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
Justice for Me and the Bean.
Top 5 Spoon songs:
1 Finer Feelings
2 Anything You Want
3 I Could Be Underground
4 I Turn My Camera On
5 Trouble Comes Running
1 Finer Feelings
2 Anything You Want
3 I Could Be Underground
4 I Turn My Camera On
5 Trouble Comes Running
February 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Justice for Me and the Bean.
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just absolutely awful, farewell to pedal steel innovator susan alcorn. i interviewed her almost exactly 5 years ago, one of the forerunners of the avant-pedal steel explosion. gracious & inspiring. www.npr.org/2020/01/07/7...
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
just absolutely awful, farewell to pedal steel innovator susan alcorn. i interviewed her almost exactly 5 years ago, one of the forerunners of the avant-pedal steel explosion. gracious & inspiring. www.npr.org/2020/01/07/7...
It’s genuinely impressive how ill-prepared this party is for the next however many years.
And it still boggles the mind that they snuffed out the most potent messaging they’ve had in a very, very long time.
And it still boggles the mind that they snuffed out the most potent messaging they’ve had in a very, very long time.
I think I was happier before I knew Tim Walz existed. I just don't think I can handle the psychic damage of knowing there is a Democrat out there like him telling other Democrats exactly what they should be doing and getting ignored every time. I was happier thinking the entire party was clueless.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It’s genuinely impressive how ill-prepared this party is for the next however many years.
And it still boggles the mind that they snuffed out the most potent messaging they’ve had in a very, very long time.
And it still boggles the mind that they snuffed out the most potent messaging they’ve had in a very, very long time.
Marianne Faithfull - Don't Forget Me (Live)
YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
