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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 9h

This would’ve been sick

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 9h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 10h

gonerfest filled my cup. it's important, getting to be around your people and bask in ear-bludgeoning punk music. in the shadow of american fascism, may this playlist fill your cup.

playlist: the best punk songs of september 2025

Protect your energy, but when the time is right, expend expend expend.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 1d

in the latest episode of PUNK THIS WEEK, @ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I reveal our long-running text thread where we send each other selfies from Menards

punk this week podcast 53: snooper + bb bomb

Revealed this episode: If either host of this podcast is at Menards, they immediately text the other one a selfie.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 1d

genuinely tickled to chat with Cole and Cort, two very good dudes from Idaho, on their music and movies pod Mixtape Matinee. talked about see/saw and punk stuff, and then I made them watch A ROOM WITH A VIEW, fucking love that movie.

Interview with Evan Minsker (see/saw) & A Room with a View (1985) - #40

Podcast Episode · Mixtape Matinee: A Double Feature Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 1h 1m

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 1d

guy in the dentist’s office is loudly talking about how the cops stole his rocking chairs off his porch and tried to cite him for his bird baths. “I was just a boy in the 60s when they called the cops pigs. Now I’m 67 and I know what pig stands for. Sheeit.”

quick how do I ask him to be friends

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 2d

"Added Dimensions’ new one could be the last great album of the year, and at this rate, the whole damn empire as we know it."

It's @helloabbondelo.bsky.social in conversation with Sarah Everton about what she learned from the Bleeding Rainbow days, her excellent new album, and much more.

added dimensions’ sarah everton reveals her added dimensions

The Richmond-via-Philly artist on her new album Jane From Preoccupied America and what she’s learned about running a band.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 2d

when I got laid off some of you reached out to me and lifted me up and made me feel like somebody, and I’ll never forget that.

others celebrated pitchfork’s legacy and specifically, the still-working writers who “made the site what it is today,” and don’t worry, I’ll remember y’all too!

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 2d

I think I’ll be dead and people will still be filling my corpse’s inbox with requests to run an album announcement in pitchfork

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 4d

Tony Milek is the frontman of Bermuda Squares, guitarist in Neo Neos, one of the best punk songwriters and screamers in Minneapolis. This is a person who I’m proud to call a friend—who has helped me out in immeasurable ways. He’s going through a medical emergency right now and needs some help.

Donate to Support Tony's post-amputation recovery and long term care, organized by Annie Sparrows

Tony Milek, who you may know from fronting Bermuda Squares, p… Annie Sparrows needs your support for Support Tony's post-amputation recovery and long term care

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

the most logical conclusion of Gonerfest 22: Kermit in the pit for Snooper

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

I think I’m feeling better [sudden unplanned two-hour ultra-sweaty late afternoon nap]

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

If you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

"My Favorite Actress Is Not Human"

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

the ultimate gonerfest tradition is getting sick every year. I've been sweatin and coughin ever since I got back from Memphis, so this edition of the weekly PUNK THIS WEEK column is way shorter than usual. no paywall though! get in there, click around, find some good records. send soup.

punk this week: snooper, split system, the etters + 14 more

An abbreviated column featuring some exceptional records.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

somebody asked me in memphis who I work for as a writer and I felt the biggest grin creep across my stupid face

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 5d

I know that I COULD be replaced by AI but no computer has these cheeks so I think I’ll be fine

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 7d

an episode of PUNK THIS WEEK for the sickos. I recorded in Memphis mid-Gonerfest, @ninacorcoran.bsky.social post-Turnstile gig. a 30-minute intro with a lot of psychological Kermit reckoning. the hoarsest voice. you can hear some outstanding punk records take me from "four hours of sleep" to "lfg."

punk this week podcast 52: added dimensions + silo kids

Recorded (in part) live from Memphis during Gonerfest, there’s a lot of psychological Kermit reckoning in this episode.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 7d

an episode of PUNK THIS WEEK for the sickos. I recorded in Memphis mid-Gonerfest, @ninacorcoran.bsky.social post-Turnstile gig. a 30-minute intro with a lot of psychological Kermit reckoning. the hoarsest voice. you can hear some outstanding punk records take me from "four hours of sleep" to "lfg."

punk this week podcast 52: added dimensions + silo kids

Recorded (in part) live from Memphis during Gonerfest, there’s a lot of psychological Kermit reckoning in this episode.

see-saw.fun

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 7d

it's a tough game, but you're going to lose as soon as the words "can I get a selfie" exit your lips, I don't make the rules

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 7d

when you're in conversation with a famous person, there's an extremely thin line between

⚖️ speaking with your chest regardless of how the next moment of conversation is going to go

🤩 and showing your ass by clamoring for their approval because you love the work

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 8d

wanted to say how amazing this dude is. showed up for multiple days of the fest when he didn't need to be there. watched bands and then tracked them down to chat. hung out at afterparties. is tight with Michael Beach. spontaneously jumped on Eraser's post-Goner nashville show. a head and a legend.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 8d

so swamped with stuff coming up, and it will truly be an unbelievable run for me as a writer and see/saw as a publication. (subscribe!)

but allow me for a moment to talk about the main character of Gonerfest, the Memphis rap great Tommy Wright III who collab'd with Memphis synth punks Optic Sink.

Tommy Wright III Live at Gonerfest, September 26, 2025

YouTube video by Kevin Jennings

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 9d

I went to the afterparty three nights in a row 💀

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 12d

the new Silo Kids tape is perfect. the new Added Dimensions and Genre and Josie and Lothario and Heather the Jerk records really fucking go. big weekend for Inscrutable and La Vida Es Un Mus. subscribe to see/saw to read about the state of punk music this week. Happy Gonerfest, RIP Trouble in Mind.

punk this week: silo kids, added dimensions, genre + 13 more

Plus Lothario, Josie, Heather the Jerk, and more. Happy Gonerfest. R.I.P. Trouble in Mind.

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 12d

RIP to one of the best labels to ever do it, Trouble in Mind Records.

I don't want to eulogize too hard because Bill and Lisa still walk among us, but what an absolutely buckwild run. Just look at the last handful of records they put out alone.

Trouble In Mind Records @troubleinmind.bsky.social · 12d

TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS: 2009-2025  

BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU   

troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/merch

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