“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”
This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.) #13: Reveal. There aren’t a lot of “classics” on this record, but it has a lovely feel. A … Continue reading The Day Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #13
This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.) #14: Monster. This comes with a caveat, which I’ll get into below. I don’t like the sound of … Continue reading The Night Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #14
It’s been a few months since I made an entry in my sporadic series on great public squares, so I wanted to go local for this one. Berczy Park is a small 0.4 hectare plaza and green space located behind … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Berczy Park
This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.) #15: Collapse Into Now. R.E.M.’s final album, and again: it’s not classically bad. It’s just not anything much … Continue reading The Night Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #15
September 7th is EJ’s birthday, so this Day Thread is for him! EJ (Euijoo) is an incredible singer, dancer, rapper, actor, and he’s &TEAM’s adorable, goofy, wonderful, beautiful, kind, sweet, thoughtful leader! With EJ leading &TEAM I never have to … Continue reading The 9/7 Happy Euijoo Day Thread
This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.) #16 and Worst: Around The Sun. Confession time: I have only heard this album 1.5 times or so. … Continue reading The Night Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #16
Hello! Today I wanted to talk about bridges…with restaurants on top! Now you’ve all heard about buildings with restaurants, but these are a whole other thing entirely. So they’re pretty self-explanatory, and there are more around the world than I … Continue reading The September 6 Bridges With Restaurants Day Thread
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I intended to make this a brief meditation on the glories of dark humor, citing as an example a joke I wrote decades ago but improved only last week. I thought I could walk through the process of elevating an … Continue reading The Day Thread of Forcing Oneself to Go Nowhere Slowly
“The Last Hard Men” is a song by the Last Hard Men from the album The Last Hard Men (2001) Have a Great Night Thread, Avocado! Continue reading The Last Hard Men by the Last Hard Men from the Last Hard Men Night Thread
I have gotten locked in a surprising number of bathrooms, not least my own bathroom, because the inside doorknob likes to fall off; for this reason, I never fully close my bathroom door, leading to fun surprises like one of … Continue reading The Day Thread of Bathrooms I Have Gotten Locked In (9/4/26)
In thinking about Olivia Rodrigo’s recent Daisy Chain Fields music festival, I thought it would be fun to find some live video from the original Lilith Fair. Anyway long story short, I wanted something with nighttime vibes and decided on … Continue reading Natalie Merchant 90s Live Night Thread (09/03)
Today is &TEAM’s fourth anniversary! This is my second time celebrating their anniversary in a Day Thread, which is wild to think about. It definitely doesn’t feel like a whole year has passed. But when I look at all of … Continue reading The 9/3 &TEAM 縁DAY Thread
One last bunch of mini-reviews of Paul McCartney’s live albums. I haven’t heard them all, so I’ll stick to the ones I know. In chronological order. Wings Over America. If you only own one live McCartney album, and you like … Continue reading The Night Thread Ranks Paul McCartney’s Albums: Live Albums
Well, here we go, we’re finally hitting the Alps. That means it’s time to meet the… …at 12,461 feet (3,798 metres) the highest elevation in Austria. The mountain in fact features dual peaks, the titular Grossglockner, and the slightly lower … Continue reading Day Thread of Highest Peaks: Grossglockner, Austria (09/02)
So as I may have mentioned a time or twelve, starting with my 30th birthday, my birthday tradition, on years when I can get together with my friend, has been to watch bad movies, get drunk, and go online to … Continue reading The Birthday Fallout Night Thread (9/1/26)
Happy September, to all of my friends and well-wishers! I hope you enjoy the last few weeks of summer! Here are two songs called “Dawn Chorus”. Both are good. Boards of Canada’s: Thom Yorke’s: And that is the northern fur … Continue reading The Dawn Chorus Day Thread
Darn you, online shopping! You ruined Christmas! Continue reading The JCPenney Night Thread Starts the Holiday Season
It’s finally here!!! Taemin’s new album is everything I hoped it would be and more. The album moves from one song to the next like a story, but it’s the kind of story that rips your heart out. You start … Continue reading The 8/31 Soft Violence Day Thread
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