T.J. Gillespie
@teajayg.bsky.social
I like reading books about books, listening to jangly guitar music, and watching Philadelphia sports teams break my heart.
11/22/63 is an ending, but not a beginning. Camelot is over. Interesting to think when it starts, but ‘64 gives us Beatles on Ed Sullivan, Freedom Summer, Civil Rights Act, Gulf of Tonkin. It takes a little while to show up in fashion, film, haircuts.
What’s the sixties-est year? 67?
What’s the sixties-est year? 67?
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
11/22/63 is an ending, but not a beginning. Camelot is over. Interesting to think when it starts, but ‘64 gives us Beatles on Ed Sullivan, Freedom Summer, Civil Rights Act, Gulf of Tonkin. It takes a little while to show up in fashion, film, haircuts.
What’s the sixties-est year? 67?
What’s the sixties-est year? 67?
February 7, 1964: Beatles arrive at JFK airport.
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
February 7, 1964: Beatles arrive at JFK airport.
Me neither! (It was closer an hour ago)
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Me neither! (It was closer an hour ago)
Song for song, I'd go with Pixies. Every other song is a killer: "Debaser," as we know, set the template for the 90s alt explosion; "Wave of Mutilation" is an all-time favorite; "HCYM" is Lou Reed for Gen X. It rocks.
But DISINTEGRATION washes over you like a symphony of sadness. A complete whole.
But DISINTEGRATION washes over you like a symphony of sadness. A complete whole.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Song for song, I'd go with Pixies. Every other song is a killer: "Debaser," as we know, set the template for the 90s alt explosion; "Wave of Mutilation" is an all-time favorite; "HCYM" is Lou Reed for Gen X. It rocks.
But DISINTEGRATION washes over you like a symphony of sadness. A complete whole.
But DISINTEGRATION washes over you like a symphony of sadness. A complete whole.
Wish is the end of the imperial phase. It may not be the apex, but still part of that incredible run.
Agree that "Just Like Heaven" is the ONE.
(Shout out to "Boys Don't Cry," "Killing an Arab," and "10:15 Saturday Night" for that early post-punk that vie for EARLY ONE.)
Agree that "Just Like Heaven" is the ONE.
(Shout out to "Boys Don't Cry," "Killing an Arab," and "10:15 Saturday Night" for that early post-punk that vie for EARLY ONE.)
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wish is the end of the imperial phase. It may not be the apex, but still part of that incredible run.
Agree that "Just Like Heaven" is the ONE.
(Shout out to "Boys Don't Cry," "Killing an Arab," and "10:15 Saturday Night" for that early post-punk that vie for EARLY ONE.)
Agree that "Just Like Heaven" is the ONE.
(Shout out to "Boys Don't Cry," "Killing an Arab," and "10:15 Saturday Night" for that early post-punk that vie for EARLY ONE.)
The last paragraph really sticks the landing!
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The last paragraph really sticks the landing!
I was very briefly excited by idea of Stone Roses guitarist working with Oasis man. That album was very quickly memory-holed by the news of the Gallagher reunion. Oasis men?
Hot Sauce over PB? That's a hot take!
Hot Sauce over PB? That's a hot take!
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I was very briefly excited by idea of Stone Roses guitarist working with Oasis man. That album was very quickly memory-holed by the news of the Gallagher reunion. Oasis men?
Hot Sauce over PB? That's a hot take!
Hot Sauce over PB? That's a hot take!
Thinking about the prescience (or the evergreen aptness) of this line from "Car Thief":
All the wife beaters and all the tax cheaters
Sitting in the White House pulling their peters
All the wife beaters and all the tax cheaters
Sitting in the White House pulling their peters
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thinking about the prescience (or the evergreen aptness) of this line from "Car Thief":
All the wife beaters and all the tax cheaters
Sitting in the White House pulling their peters
All the wife beaters and all the tax cheaters
Sitting in the White House pulling their peters
I found this playlist to be a work of art in itself: open.spotify.com/playlist/59F...
(But a reminder that the riff from "Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun" is a not a sample but a MCA/Ad-Rock original)
(But a reminder that the riff from "Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun" is a not a sample but a MCA/Ad-Rock original)
Paul's Boutique Samples
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I found this playlist to be a work of art in itself: open.spotify.com/playlist/59F...
(But a reminder that the riff from "Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun" is a not a sample but a MCA/Ad-Rock original)
(But a reminder that the riff from "Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun" is a not a sample but a MCA/Ad-Rock original)
Her Place Supper Club, Provenance and Friday Saturday Sunday each won
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Her Place Supper Club, Provenance and Friday Saturday Sunday each won
"Stairs rips one into the night!" A call so good I though Harry Kalas made it. A Phillies home run burned in to my brain.
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Stairs rips one into the night!" A call so good I though Harry Kalas made it. A Phillies home run burned in to my brain.
Even though I didn't pick it in my bracket!
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Even though I didn't pick it in my bracket!
At the time (or shortly after) I owned only one of these, PHM, on cassette. I can remember listening to it on the school bus (it was still dark!). But before the seeding came out, I predicted DISINTEGRATION would be the number 1 seed. I still think it can/should/will win the whole thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
At the time (or shortly after) I owned only one of these, PHM, on cassette. I can remember listening to it on the school bus (it was still dark!). But before the seeding came out, I predicted DISINTEGRATION would be the number 1 seed. I still think it can/should/will win the whole thing.
Big Picture goes Big Time! Congratulations! I knew them when...
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Big Picture goes Big Time! Congratulations! I knew them when...
An absolutely essential highlight for me, but that's why we vote! De gustibus and all that.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An absolutely essential highlight for me, but that's why we vote! De gustibus and all that.
This is the year!
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is the year!
Voting for Pixies, but it is a very uneven album. Give me all the odd numbered songs and cut all the even ones (except "La La Love You") and we're talking a lean, mean perfect number 1.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Voting for Pixies, but it is a very uneven album. Give me all the odd numbered songs and cut all the even ones (except "La La Love You") and we're talking a lean, mean perfect number 1.