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GQ Correspondent; Contributor to NYT Mag, NatGeo, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, This American Life, et. al. Three James Beard awards. Author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. https://linktr.ee/brettsy http://www.brettmartin.org

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Jake Clapp @jakeclapp.bsky.social · 7h

There’s a New Orleans mayoral forum tonight focused on the city’s music economy. Hosted by Louisiana Music Partners, MaCCNO and The Recording Academy. It’s streaming on YouTube at 7 pm: m.youtube.com/live/Llvrdp0...

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 15h

What?

Margaret Eby @margareteby.bsky.social · 15h

Hell yeah www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...

Harrison Bader brings rhythm to the Phillies. His cousin, Chris Baio, does the same as the bassist for Vampire Weekend.

Harrison Bader brought his rock star looks to the Phillies. His cousin, Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio, is a real rock star. And the two are fans of one another.

www.inquirer.com

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Wayne Curtis @wcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Well if I ain't a snail's turd! It's an email from old uncle Foghorn Leghorn, and he's gone all cattywampus and set down my voter info somewhere and it's gone and walked off! No amount of shaking the overalls upside down and looking in the sock drawer will turn it up!

Oh, wait, here it is: 🖕

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

There are worse ways to be remembered.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Smoked Fish Czar www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 2d

Time-Outers assemble!

Email subject line: How Old School Listings Are Making A Comeback

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 2d

I lied.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 3d

Once more, for the Sunday readers.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 6d

I went to Disneyland to track the long, strange history of Disney and New Orleans—and how each has taught the other how to be.

gardenandgun.com/feature/the-...

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow is the last day for New Orleans musicians to submit their work to NOLA Library's Crescent City Sounds. $250 honorarium.
crescentcitysounds.org/submit

crescentcitysounds.org

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 3d

How?

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Plate Stealer @platestealer.bsky.social · 6d

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 3d

Once more, for the Sunday readers.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 6d

I went to Disneyland to track the long, strange history of Disney and New Orleans—and how each has taught the other how to be.

gardenandgun.com/feature/the-...

The Curious and Twisty Love Story Between New Orleans and Disney

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously rese...

gardenandgun.com

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 4d

🎵 Endiiiiiiiiiiive, will wrap up tofuuuuuuuuu. 🎵

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 4d

If they learn how now, maybe they'll do it later with your novel!

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 4d

I don't care much about this particular text, but the idea that anybody is engaging this passionately with any whole thing that somebody makes—and taking instruction on how to do it thoughtfully and well—should please us all.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 4d

This is what used to be called listening to a new album. I love it.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 4d

are swifties okay

patreegs on instagram says

You need to listen to it once completely through while driving a car alone. Then you have to
listen to it indoors lying down. THEN you pick a few and listen to them WHILE you read the lyrics on your computer. You WILL find that you misheard some of the lyrics. DONT panic. Its COMPLETELY normal and healthy. DONT think about taylors life yet and DONT try to make sense of the lyrics and DONT panic if you dont like some of the songs at first bc your brain will LEARN to like them (evolutionary mechanism).
THEN, continue listening on loop as needed but have 2-3 that you sometimes just listen to on repeat. THEN re-emerge into the world and connect with others about their response to the text. THEN apply practically to your life. THEN examine how they fit into taylors. At this point you can start to lightly engage in online discourse if that feels healthy and safe.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

On brand.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Fried calamari and a white pie.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Go to Denino’s and count yourself lucky.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Re: this bsky.app/profile/mari...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)

Homeland Defender (Immigration Services
Officer)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Field Operations Directorate

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud.
This entry-level role requires no college degree and offers up to $50,000 in signing and retention bonuses. If you're driven and ready to serve with pride, join USCIS and become a vital part of homeland security!

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Remembering how alien and ominous "homeland" sounded when Bush first started using it, along with the premonition that it would become normalized once codified in a Department.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

So, now Pableaux’s boots, cleaned up and gleaming, are on display just inside Terminal C. Stop by, tip your hat, say hi to Wayne (and get a shine), whenever you’re coming or going. I'll be hoping it’s more of the former.

A pair of shiny black cowboy boots on display on a shoshine stand.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve been moving the boots around, not knowing what to do with them. Then, on my way to a flight, I spotted a photo at the shoeshine stand at MSY. Turns out that Wayne Kendrick knew him through the Second Line community. Whenever PBX would fly, he’d drop off an envelope of photos of Wayne’s family.

A middle-aged Black man in a dapper cap at a shoeshine stand, with photos, including one of Pableaux Johnson.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Somehow in the muddle of helping to clean out Pableaux Johnson’s house earlier this year, I wound up with his boots—the cowboy ones that he wore for special occasions, like funerals. PBX went to a lot of funerals.

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Christ! A Skelemrgan! @antichrista.bsky.social · 6d

the teens were skeptical at first, but pretty soon they were eating car shrimp and snapping #carshrimp to their friends

Cooked and peeled shrimp on a paper towel in a little glass container, and a small ramekin of cocktail sauce, sitting on the center console of my car. It’s car shrimp, the perfect dinner on the go.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Brad. Remember that Disney always cares about you.