scott topics™️
@scottpb.bsky.social
writer of books • founder of magazines • professor of University of Michigan students • learner of things • listener of tracks • viewer of flicks • tired of everything
I just watched some of the Hollywood eps—Lucy goes to Richard Widmark’s house, Lucy models a Don Loper original, and Lucy dances with Van Johnson…so wild this comes up in my insta feed a coupla hours later! 😍😍
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I just watched some of the Hollywood eps—Lucy goes to Richard Widmark’s house, Lucy models a Don Loper original, and Lucy dances with Van Johnson…so wild this comes up in my insta feed a coupla hours later! 😍😍
Paul Newman and James Dean audition for 1955’s East of Eden. The chemistry is through the roof 😍🤩
Dean: Kiss me.
Newman: Can’t here.
Dean: Kiss me.
Newman: Can’t here.
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Paul Newman and James Dean audition for 1955’s East of Eden. The chemistry is through the roof 😍🤩
Dean: Kiss me.
Newman: Can’t here.
Dean: Kiss me.
Newman: Can’t here.
He chose violence today 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
He chose violence today 🤣
How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
Mother knows best ✊🏾🤷🏾♂️
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Mother knows best ✊🏾🤷🏾♂️
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
Thanksgiving with the White Liberals, David Kelley-style lol
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Thanksgiving with the White Liberals, David Kelley-style lol
Timeline cleanse for today.
Remember being happy and friendly?
Remember being happy and friendly?
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Timeline cleanse for today.
Remember being happy and friendly?
Remember being happy and friendly?
sorry NYTimes, where I come from this is very much a word. You see it happening on TV, on social media, in sports, and on Capitol Hill every damn day!
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
sorry NYTimes, where I come from this is very much a word. You see it happening on TV, on social media, in sports, and on Capitol Hill every damn day!
The wonderful Carol Channing in Detroit on the road with Hello, Dolly in 1963.
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The wonderful Carol Channing in Detroit on the road with Hello, Dolly in 1963.
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
I’m Paisley Nyro and you’re listening to NPR.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m Paisley Nyro and you’re listening to NPR.
Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
The November 17 cover of The New Yorker ✊🏾💜✊🏾
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The November 17 cover of The New Yorker ✊🏾💜✊🏾
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
all very good questions (plus it’s a bop)
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
all very good questions (plus it’s a bop)
Stop talking about me! 🤣🤣
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Stop talking about me! 🤣🤣
“The Tea: Spilled by @MorningJoe”
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“The Tea: Spilled by @MorningJoe”
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
This a real account?
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This a real account?