The last thing anyone needs is more indie rock discourse, but hey, I had some thoughts on rectifying Skin Graft and Homestead erasure, giving Throwing Muses their due, selecting the correct Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. albums, and other dumb hills to die on

Senate is reconvening at noon on Veterans Day to fast-track data centers next to military battlefields, ICE gulags, the bulldozing of Hains Point, the death of the Endangered Species Act, and boy, so, so, so many fossil-fueled hyperscalers.

2016 Birth of a Nation 2017 Downsizing 2018 Vox Lux 2019 Ad Astra 2020 I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2021 Spencer 2022 Babylon 2023 Saltburn 2024 Emilia Pérez 2025 The Smashing Machine 2026 TBD. Your picks?

What is the purpose of this commentary? We just had an election. Nine seats flipped. Only one of the seat-flippers embraced this idea in the campaign. Why the determination to make people mad at the people who just won?

Because of this completely insane Ole Miss story, I was just forced to have a long talk with my 14 year old daughter, who is going to look a lot like these girls (the way they looked is THE reason the video went viral) and has a BIG personality. I explained that the left has lost their damn minds and they are out for blood, especially that of good-looking white people with a perceived conservative background. I told her she would be a perfect target, especially given me as her dad and her public fandom of Charlie Kirk, and that with cameras everywhere now, she can NOT publicly joke about ANYTHING. Literally ANYTHING. This is very relevant because she does a great “Cartman” impression and, as one of the funniest people I know, loves telling politically incorrect jokes in that voice. I made it clear that she can no longer do that in public. We are officially living in a “1984” thought police state. This is no longer America, especially here in California. So, a bit of legitimate humor just left this world because of this incredibly stupid story. Nice job, everyone!! 😡🤦‍♂️🤮🥲

Tough call. Doolittle onward co-released by a major. Surfer Rosa was one of the ones where we were like “this is chiefly alternative rock.” Albini we put to use in different strokes elsewhere on the list. Would maybe be on there if we had more Rough Trade or Touch and Go bands

Maybe it's because of my age (GenX, born 1969), but the whole idea of "Indie" even being a definable genre of music doesn't make much sense to me. It began as "alternative rock," which just meant "rock music that doesn't sell much." That still seems about all it means.

🚨What happened last Tuesday was shocking and historic. It calls for a historic response. Christians need to gather and seek the Lord. I’m going to host a time of fasting and prayer for the nation on Tuesday, December 15 from 12 to 1 at the Capitol. Meet me there!

Random take: I feel like dudes don’t go out and watch Monday Night Football anymore. When I was in my 20s. There was nothing better than finding a good wing spot. A place with a great beer special. Maybe a waitress/bartender you had the hots for. What happened to that?

Have spoken with many people on the Right in the past week. A recurring theme: must reconstitute the party behind someone who can combine free-market economics, effective culture war, foreign policy realism, and hyper-competent administration. DeSantis frequently mentioned.

If you have been here for 20 years and haven’t even bothered trying to file paperwork to stay here legally I don’t think you should be allowed to be here at all. You should be immediately removed. You have shown no interest in assimilating.