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Mike Duquette

@mikeduquette.bsky.social

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Music reissue news at @theseconddisc.bsky.social, assorted culture writing at Duques-Delight.ghost.io, freelance writing at Allmusic/Observer/UltimateClassicRock/various labels of varying repute

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 2h

I know, it's the Internet and we have to exaggerate, but I've seen this shared a few dozen times and I take offense at the use of "ruined." If JAWS or Beverly Hills Cop having "bad" sequels "ruins" the original for you, then you are unspeakably washed

Screenshot of a link to a Screencrush article headlined: "15 Great Movies That Were Ruined by Becoming Franchises"

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 6h

Would DJ Ol’ Youngin’ go too

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 7h

Rolling Stone headline: “There’s No Vaccine for Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome”

Ruben Rabasa in I Think You Should Leave: “Oh my God, he admit it!”

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 9h

I think a lot about the kid absolutely freakin’ it to “Superstition” and the girl who improvs so much melody over the riffs to “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” that Paul Simon looks like he’s going to explode if he can’t get to his vocal cue

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 9h

(With massive unearned confidence) Crazy to do this while Jeese is playing on the Bluetooth

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 9h

Lmao fuck

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 10h

Looks like it, per the P-lines!

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 10h

hoooo hoooo hoooo - Copper Blue one of my top 5 albums of the decade. All in all in

sugarcopperblue.bsky.social @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 10h

The four singles from Copper Blue are getting collected into a 12" box for Record Store Day, and were just released as digital EPs last week (theseconddisc.com/2025/10/04/t...); their discography also moved from Merge to BMG (where Bob has a deal now). But if this is shows? See you fuckin' there

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 10h

Bob Mould's '90s band Sugar is teasing something

Bob Mould's '90s Band Sugar Is Teasing Something

After helping to define the sound of ’80s underground rock with Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould surged into the ’90s alternative landscape with a new trio called Sugar alongside David Barbe and Malcolm Travis. T...

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 11h

Video art for the PSA “Be Cool About Fire Safety”

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 12h

(My tastes aren't terribly indie *now*, other than making myself laugh for one minute earlier about what if I started pronouncing it "Jeese" to see if anyone was paying attention)

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 12h

I subscribed to Spotify in 2011; my tastes weren't very indie then, so I doubt "nobody" was on there. I started working with Sony a year later, and they were absolutely a partner during my entire tenure. I don't know what 1989 and Reputation have to do with this discussion of two different albums.

Screenshot of my Spotify subscription purchase in 2011. I don't know if I didn't redact anything I should but if there are card numbers in there, they're long expired

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 13h

And remember Adele took streaming out of the equation

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 13h

I never want to talk about this again, but I do think 28 variants is a bit of a Barry Bonds situation here and I’m not changing my opinion

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 13h

Taylor Swift breaks Adele's album sales record with 'The Life Of A Showgirl'

Taylor Swift Breaks Adele’s Album Sales Record With 'The Life Of A Showgirl'

Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl arrived on Friday, and it quickly broke records by selling 1.2 million vinyl copies in the first day. Now, the album is breaking another sales record for the larg...

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 15h

(he looks like he just saw the movie)

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 15h

John Williams, best known for his role as Oma Tres in 2019’s ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

John Williams as Oma Tres in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 15h

This was a little freak on TV. His jaw opened all the way up. I don’t respect him

RetroOoOoOo~ BOOmercial Screams @retro-commercials.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 17h

Let me amend before my eyes dilate for the day that I feel this way about all fandom. Give me a teaser image and an announcement date and a trailer and that’s all I need

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 17h

This sort of activity has been my least favorite thing about music fandom since my cousin went to Graceland and saw someone staring at a rhinestone cape muttering “I wonder if anything is written in Braille”

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 17h

When I logged off X, I thought I was calling time on being algorithmically fed strangers conspiracy posting about pop albums. Not so, says Facebook! There’s a hidden track under the LP label, I just know it! I hope it’s “Yvan eht Nioj”! I am going to call the authorities

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 18h

Heavy reminder of things this morning: put on a raincoat to go to the doctor, and in the pocket was the badge we used to access the hospital when my youngest was in the NICU nearly 20 months ago. How far we’ve come, how far to go still

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 1d

it was used in bumpers for WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that, at the time, would've died before it played anything from that decade

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 1d

At its peak, it shared a chart quadrant with Pink Floyd, Ray Parker Jr. and TWO singles from Xanadu

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 1d

AI more like AAAAIIIIEEEEEEE

Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 1d

Not remotely true www.backtothefuture.com/movies/produ...

PRODUCTION NOTES

"I was watching the videotape of 'Back to the Future' when it was first released," recalls Michael J. Fox, "and an indication of the possibility of a sequel came at the end of the video. Three words appeared on the screen, words that had not been at the end of the film when it was originally released in the theatres--
'TO BE CONTINUED...' My first thought was to call my agent."

When Fox was told that a sequel was in the planning stage, and that the original team of filmmakers were all returning to the project, he jumped at the chance to be included. "When an audience wants to see a sequel, it's because they feel they haven't gotten enough. I had the same feeling about the experience of making the film. My first time working with Bob Zemeckis and the cast and crew of 'Back to the Future' had been a happy surprise. To get to work with all of them a second time was a tremendous bonus."

Although they didn't know it at the time, when Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Neil Canton and the cast and crew were filming "Back to the Future," they were already laying the groundwork for its continuation. "There was never any thought about a sequel while we were making the first film," asserts Zemeckis. "One just tries to make as good a movie as you can, and hope for the best. We thought we'd end the movie with a nod toward a positive future, and that immediately opened up a lot of speculation about the sequel."

"That ending was simply a joke," adds Bob Gale, referring to the scene that closes "Back to the Future" and serves as the start of "Back to the Future Part II." "We all thought it was appropriate for the heroes to go flying off into the proverbial sunset and off to a new adventure. How could anyone predict a movie is going to be as successful as 'Back to the Future?"