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@johnacecil.bsky.social
Just some dude. I write songs about Zombie Queens from Outer Space.
My only real Thanksgiving hot take is that other countries should appropriate it from us.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My only real Thanksgiving hot take is that other countries should appropriate it from us.
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Meg says we should stop arguing about pie and instead argue about the four minutes that could have been cut from Rumours to fit Silver Springs
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Meg says we should stop arguing about pie and instead argue about the four minutes that could have been cut from Rumours to fit Silver Springs
A question for something I'm doing:
With what you know right now, without looking up anything or thinking too much, would you consider the band Rancid to be a ska band?
Share please, I'd like to see as many answers as possible. Thanks!
With what you know right now, without looking up anything or thinking too much, would you consider the band Rancid to be a ska band?
Share please, I'd like to see as many answers as possible. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A question for something I'm doing:
With what you know right now, without looking up anything or thinking too much, would you consider the band Rancid to be a ska band?
Share please, I'd like to see as many answers as possible. Thanks!
With what you know right now, without looking up anything or thinking too much, would you consider the band Rancid to be a ska band?
Share please, I'd like to see as many answers as possible. Thanks!
This same doorman today stopped me to tell me that while he admits he's paying more for groceries, he's happy the US has avoiding the fate of Europe: all the migrants telling the natives how to run their countries.
WHY DOES HE DO THIS RIGHT BEFORE XMAS TIP SEASON?!?!
WHY DOES HE DO THIS RIGHT BEFORE XMAS TIP SEASON?!?!
One of the doormen in my building (yeah, I know) told me a few months ago he was voting for Trump because “Kamala let all the prisoners out of the prisons.”
Anyway, here I am, putting together the Christmas tips for the door staff.
Anyway, here I am, putting together the Christmas tips for the door staff.
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This same doorman today stopped me to tell me that while he admits he's paying more for groceries, he's happy the US has avoiding the fate of Europe: all the migrants telling the natives how to run their countries.
WHY DOES HE DO THIS RIGHT BEFORE XMAS TIP SEASON?!?!
WHY DOES HE DO THIS RIGHT BEFORE XMAS TIP SEASON?!?!
This is 100% worth your time.
...and the next! This is my chat with @johnacecil.bsky.social and @levin.bsky.social about Hair Metal...
youtu.be/AV4p4wJfas8
youtu.be/AV4p4wJfas8
Reserved Recommendations Episode 74 - John Cecil and Elana Levin on Hair Metal
YouTube video by Hugh Dingwall
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November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is 100% worth your time.
It's good that I binged Death By Lightning alone. I would have paused and ACTUALLY IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT-ed through pretty much the whole thing.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's good that I binged Death By Lightning alone. I would have paused and ACTUALLY IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT-ed through pretty much the whole thing.
"Gen X hated The Beatles" is beyond a bizarre thing to say. The second worst thing about us is how the Boomers told us "we're cooler than you" and we largely replied "yes we agree."
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Gen X hated The Beatles" is beyond a bizarre thing to say. The second worst thing about us is how the Boomers told us "we're cooler than you" and we largely replied "yes we agree."
Caught up with the next 3 episodes and it does, thankfully, get a lot better.
I love trash and I have a LOT of love & respect for King's whole thing... but I think Welcome to Derry might be really really bad.
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Caught up with the next 3 episodes and it does, thankfully, get a lot better.
I too am feeling the pull to start with the Xmas music & decorations. But I will hold firm and refrain until next week. Otherwise I will in all probability begin to hate it before its natural cycle has ended.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I too am feeling the pull to start with the Xmas music & decorations. But I will hold firm and refrain until next week. Otherwise I will in all probability begin to hate it before its natural cycle has ended.
I loathe the use of "crack" by honkies to denote an otherwise innocent thing being addictive.
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I loathe the use of "crack" by honkies to denote an otherwise innocent thing being addictive.
Mr. Mamdani AND Mr. Cuomo's supporters use the word /for each other./ And then most conservatives use the word for both groups collectively. It's maddening.
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Mr. Mamdani AND Mr. Cuomo's supporters use the word /for each other./ And then most conservatives use the word for both groups collectively. It's maddening.
NGL it really sucks that when reading anyone's opinion of Mr. Mamdani, one has to parse which of the several definitions of "liberal" is being disparagingly used.
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
NGL it really sucks that when reading anyone's opinion of Mr. Mamdani, one has to parse which of the several definitions of "liberal" is being disparagingly used.
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Colleague on Zoom: It’s all coming back to me now. Isn’t that a Meat Loaf song?
Me: Actually it’s a Celine Dion song, written by Jim Steinman, who wrote most of Meat Loaf’s songs. Meat Loaf heard that one and begged to sing it but Steinman insisted it was for a woman. Steinman also wrote for Air Su
Me: Actually it’s a Celine Dion song, written by Jim Steinman, who wrote most of Meat Loaf’s songs. Meat Loaf heard that one and begged to sing it but Steinman insisted it was for a woman. Steinman also wrote for Air Su
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Colleague on Zoom: It’s all coming back to me now. Isn’t that a Meat Loaf song?
Me: Actually it’s a Celine Dion song, written by Jim Steinman, who wrote most of Meat Loaf’s songs. Meat Loaf heard that one and begged to sing it but Steinman insisted it was for a woman. Steinman also wrote for Air Su
Me: Actually it’s a Celine Dion song, written by Jim Steinman, who wrote most of Meat Loaf’s songs. Meat Loaf heard that one and begged to sing it but Steinman insisted it was for a woman. Steinman also wrote for Air Su
I wish The Zombies had a song called "Cranberry."
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I wish The Zombies had a song called "Cranberry."
I have long been of the belief that The Bee Gees are a very November-coded act. I had no real reason for this, just a deep-seated feeling. But then I learned...
The 'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack was originally released 48 years ago on November 15, 1977
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Rediscover the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Soundtrack (1977) | Tribute
Despite the backlash that the disco genre and culture was met with in the late ‘70s, the brilliance of ‘Saturday Night Fever’ is perennial.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I have long been of the belief that The Bee Gees are a very November-coded act. I had no real reason for this, just a deep-seated feeling. But then I learned...
I have been 27 years old for half my life, as of yesterday.
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I have been 27 years old for half my life, as of yesterday.
I feel like I have to point out every year that people keep mistaking "10 years ago" for some ludicrous claim like "38 years ago."
On this day, 38 years ago, The Sisters of Mercy released their second studio album, the polished classic that is Floodland.
Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy
Whoever he is, whatever incarnation the Eldritch has assumed for this chapter of The Sisters of Mercy story, Floodland is his success story writ large. It isn’t the difficult and contested pr…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I feel like I have to point out every year that people keep mistaking "10 years ago" for some ludicrous claim like "38 years ago."
All I want for my birthday is for everyone to acknowledge that popular culture peaked in 1989.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsR...
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by NenehCherryVEVO
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
All I want for my birthday is for everyone to acknowledge that popular culture peaked in 1989.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsR...
It would be hilarious if a bunch of us join this thing and run him off of there too.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announces Vine reboot app, diVine
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announces Vine reboot app, diVine
The new app gives users access to an archive of 100,000 Vine videos and the ability to create new six-second loops.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It would be hilarious if a bunch of us join this thing and run him off of there too.
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
Trans people are better people, pretty much across the board.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trans people are better people, pretty much across the board.
is now the time for trump to use the word "pediment"
Trump is moving to immortalize himself with his name etched into coins, carved into pediments, and inscribed into marble. He wants to glorify himself in the most permanent ways possible.
We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
The Verdict of History
Trump and his fascist glorification
robertreich.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
is now the time for trump to use the word "pediment"
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
A lot of people used to watch Bill Maher and stopped when he said something terrible. For me, and I swear this is true, it was when he said Angus Young looks stupid.
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A lot of people used to watch Bill Maher and stopped when he said something terrible. For me, and I swear this is true, it was when he said Angus Young looks stupid.