I listened to this album every day for like 2 months when I first discovered it. So groovy, great musicianship, and the lyrics strike a perfect balance between funny and bleak.

A quintessential millennial anxiety record and THE quintessential Cheekface record, imho.

Happy birthday, Emphatically No

I feel like Guillermo Del Toro saw Poor Things and was like “I’m going to create a Frankenstein film that is even more fantastical, flamboyant, and uncomfortably erotic than that…and also I’m gonna add a reeeeeeaaaaaallllyyy tall tower.”

And god bless him, he did.

I truly think Blackstar is Bowie’s best work. It feels free of any commercial pressures and is such a pure and imposing artistic statement.

Brilliantly composed, and the band he assembled is fucking stellar. I’m particularly enamored with Mark Guiliana’s drum work and Donny McCaslin on sax.

10/10

Apparently the show got cancelled for tonight. F

Seeing Bug on Broadway tonight for its final preview. Not familiar with this particular play, but if it’s even remotely as dark and disturbing as Tracy Letts’ other work, I think I’m in for a real treat.

Holy shit my defunct punk band has an upcoming gig it looks like I’ve gotta…get the old band back together.

“why are you still on twitter” -> whiny, makes you sound like a scold

“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile

Revisited this masterpiece today. I don’t think any other album quite captures the feelings of rage and helplessness that permeate all existence in this decade like NODREAM. Perfect songwriting and some of the tightest musicianship in all of punk rock. May be my favorite record of the 2020’s so far.

hey i noticed you don't matter, i also don't matter. would you like to start an inscrutable public beef?

Really wish I was able to catch this a second time, because I was FLOORED by this production. Whole cast was great, but Alex gave a stellar performance that so honestly balanced a world-weary brokenness with an indefatigable sense of humor.

Also, Michael Patrick Thornton was REVELATORY as Lucky.

Absolutely obsessed with this performance of Cemetery Polka. 100% peak unhinged polytonal Tom Waits brilliance.

Me listening to a highly-acclaimed, universally adored art rock album vs. me listening to the cheesiest power metal of album of all time.

But none of us are in heaven yet.

Decided to take a year off from social media last year for the sake of sanity. Today was probably a bad choice to start again.