Marxist-Poptimist
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He/they/she, guitarist in the latter
So being in a room with people talking is still a sensory nightmare for myself but at least I can’t take anything to cope with it that won’t prevent me from legally driving to work tomorrow 🙃
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
So being in a room with people talking is still a sensory nightmare for myself but at least I can’t take anything to cope with it that won’t prevent me from legally driving to work tomorrow 🙃
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The southern hemisphere getting summer at the bookends of the year is ideal, Christmas should be a summer day
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The southern hemisphere getting summer at the bookends of the year is ideal, Christmas should be a summer day
The most underrated recession pop hit is Alexis Jordan’s “Happiness“
December 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The most underrated recession pop hit is Alexis Jordan’s “Happiness“
Getting a euphoric runner’s high after an exhausting fast food shift
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Getting a euphoric runner’s high after an exhausting fast food shift
Dick Van Dyke is 100 years old
December 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dick Van Dyke is 100 years old
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"Hey, you're really horrible at communicating your ideas on paper — but have you considered communicating those same ideas out loud?"
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Hey, you're really horrible at communicating your ideas on paper — but have you considered communicating those same ideas out loud?"
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It's honestly kind of funny that the premise here is that students are going to gather to watch the woman known exclusively for writing a bad essay do some public speaking.
another chosen grifter has gone through the riley gaines industrial complex
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's honestly kind of funny that the premise here is that students are going to gather to watch the woman known exclusively for writing a bad essay do some public speaking.
It’s wild how the public views Queen as an extremely liberal band when that extends only to Freddie Mercury’s sexuality, and are otherwise one of the toriest bands in rock history, they’re literally named after their fully unironic love of monarchy!
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s wild how the public views Queen as an extremely liberal band when that extends only to Freddie Mercury’s sexuality, and are otherwise one of the toriest bands in rock history, they’re literally named after their fully unironic love of monarchy!
Whoever runs Noisey’s Facebook page should win an Olympic medal for musical ragebait
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Whoever runs Noisey’s Facebook page should win an Olympic medal for musical ragebait
The backlash to The X Factor should have happened to The Voice instead
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The backlash to The X Factor should have happened to The Voice instead
CBGB CD collection update
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
CBGB CD collection update
The hard part of playing Ramones songs on guitar isn’t the fast downpicking, but holding those barre chords in shape without your thumbs aching
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The hard part of playing Ramones songs on guitar isn’t the fast downpicking, but holding those barre chords in shape without your thumbs aching
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Season 2 Episode 28 - Frame 189 out of 2785
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Season 2 Episode 28 - Frame 189 out of 2785
It’s weird that “performative” gets used more often in memes about positive behaviours and interests when in my exp acting negatively is often a thousand times more actually performative
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It’s weird that “performative” gets used more often in memes about positive behaviours and interests when in my exp acting negatively is often a thousand times more actually performative
Happy 60th birthday Björk
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Happy 60th birthday Björk
National are at the “promoting copaganda with AI footage of brown people in gangs on Facebook” level of extreme racism today
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
National are at the “promoting copaganda with AI footage of brown people in gangs on Facebook” level of extreme racism today
I hope this government becomes so anti-woke they all end up permanently asleep
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I hope this government becomes so anti-woke they all end up permanently asleep
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I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Robert Christgau: Preaching Agnosticism (with Laugh Lines)
www.robertchristgau.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Too many great musicians gone this, RIP Todd Snider
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Too many great musicians gone this, RIP Todd Snider
If the sellout didn‘t exist, the punk would invent them
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If the sellout didn‘t exist, the punk would invent them
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Frankenstein (2025)
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Frankenstein (2025)
Rated PG for Peter Gabriel
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Rated PG for Peter Gabriel
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
Classic rock AI slop on Facebook is really hitting a new low these days
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Classic rock AI slop on Facebook is really hitting a new low these days