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Andrew Jackson Lynch

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Composer, lyricist, and bookwright for musical theatre. Reviewer of board games for Meeple Mountain. The Sore Loser. Blog: https://www.andrewjacksonlynch.com/the-cost-of-a-basket-of-fish he/him

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 27m

I get it, though. I could never objectively evaluate M2M's Shades of Purple, a perfectly solid but unremarkable early 2000's pop album that also happens to be the best album ever recorded because I discovered it when I was 12 and wore out the groove.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 28m

It is. I'm completely unfamiliar with Belly as an outfit.

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 47m

What a fun album! It's not quite to my taste, but that's true of most American guitar rock from the mid-90's. It might be the production, I don't know, but I've never loved it. The chords in "Puberty" went some places I didn't expect, and "L'il Ennio" is a hoot.

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1h

I believe in you, so to speak.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1h

My eyes combined the first two lines, I thought you'd become a religion, and I was *intrigued*.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1h

Boy. That is a 1990's cover, for sure.

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is why they have even the tenuous consent to govern that they have. His death doesn't make all of this horrific actors go away, but I do think it turns an unbreakable bundle into a whole bunch of twigs.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 4h

It works better for everybody, it's a perfect solution.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

There is simply no world in which my partner abides this taking up space in our apartment, but.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

This is impossible. That voice, hitting that note? Everything wrong in that character's life has now been fixed. Whatever emotions they couldn't experience before have come bursting out. They're complete. They've finished their arc.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

That show had many, many faults, but none so egregious, none so absurd, so fundamentally counter to the project of musical theatre, as the moment when Brian d'Arcy James let out a glorious high (I'm guessing) A, and the show expected the audience to not buy his transformation in that moment.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

Two years ago, I saw Brian d'Arcy James in Adam Guettel's musical adaptation of Days of Wine and Roses. Yes, I should include the bookwriter's name. No, I don't remember who it was. No, it doesn't matter, the book was abysmal.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

Wait has anyone made a "What would Barthes think of AI" joke yet

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

"Hurdy Gurdy guy" is great work in the alt text.

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

Okay, so. I assumed this was a sequel to a movie that came out, like, two or three years ago that had missed me. It's a sequel to a Sundance Best Picture winner from 30 years ago???

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 17h

Brian D'Arcy James getting that "And"!

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 19h

Yup. Extremely good stuff all around.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 19h

It's really touching!

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 20h

Joe Cocker singing "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" is in the running for my favorite cover of all time. I'm ready.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, I didn't realize this when I saw you talking about it yesterday! *Please* put me on the list for a second run of metal cards. I'd also be happy to talk about possibly selling them in The Brooklyn Strategist, the game store I run in Brooklyn, depending on cost and price.

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1d

A reasonable conclusion to draw!

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1d

I spent a week feeling angry after reading Babel, so. I hear ya.

Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1d

This is an interesting interpretation of "life-affirming."

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re like me, you sat up on your chair when S-tier character actor Kevin Tighe turned up in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. I had a wonderful conversation with him about it for The Reveal: thereveal.film/interview-ke...

Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen

The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.

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Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social · 1d

This is really beautiful. The way he talks about his difficulty with remembering his lines and how the crew made it work rather than going with someone else is a rare beam of sunlight.