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Andy Mascola
@andymascola.bsky.social
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husband, father, novelist, host of PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY (@peoplertheenemy.bsky.social), and senior writer for Surviving the Golden Age about.me/AndyMascola
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Andy Mascola @andymascola.bsky.social · Jun 30
Hey friends,

My 2025 novel, How to Saw a Man in Half, is out!

Get it in paperback and ebook formats, worldwide, via Amazon here: mybook.to/L5tQ

Don’t use Amazon? Get it in ebook format at Google Play here: play.google.com/store/books/...

Thank you for your patronage,

-Andy
#newbook #pleaseshare
Front and back cover of How to Saw a Man in Half by Andy Mascola paperback edition: Content Warning: This book contains discussions of suicide, mental health struggles, and other potentially distressing topics. It was eight in the morning on a Friday. I'd just arrived for work. I'd been employed by this particular company for about a month. I was asked to follow the woman past a glass office wherein I saw my supervisor sitting behind a laptop with an employee across from him. This was highly abnormal for that early hour. Something was up. I began to sweat. I was brought into a room where it was just the female superior and myself. She shut the door. I stood against a wall as if in front of a firing squad, my hands hanging loosely by my sides. She stood at the opposite side of the room, one foot on the lowest rung of a chair, and proceeded to tell me how a colleague had complained about me. This was it. I was about to get fired for the third time in the same year. I began to shake. I shook so much that the woman noticed. "What's going on?" she asked. I didn't want to speak for fear my voice would sound shaky. I didn't want to tell this woman I'd been canned twice in the last ten months under circumstances very similar to what was happening in that moment. I didn t want to tell this woman that la only recently got my confidence back and was beginning to fear I was about to lose it again. I didn't want this woman to know that my wife of over twenty years didn't love me anymore and wanted a divorce. I didn't want this woman to know my wife had told me she no longer wanted me to express tender sentiments toward her because she didn t reciprocate them. I didn't want to tell this woman, whom Id known in a professional capacity for barely a handful of weeks, and who was not my friend, or at all friendly to me, that my wife did not want me to touch her anymore. "I've had a bad couple years," was all I could get out.
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therachel.bsky.social
Good news: part two of the chart chat on Kyuss is available! When someone asks “What’s your sign?” you can reply “Welcome to Sky Valley, Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce.”
Crop of Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley album cover. A lonely highway at night with a road sign saying “Welcome to Sky Valley” and in much smaller letters “Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce”
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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halfwayokay.bsky.social
Listen to @peoplertheenemy.bsky.social’s own @andymascola.bsky.social, folks!
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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peoplertheenemy.bsky.social
Ep 413 is up! Andy eulogizes Jimmy Cliff and suggests a song from the 6ths inspired Fifty Shades of Grey. Also, we listen to a clip of David Byrne talking about Lou Reed's love of ice cream. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social) delivers part 2 of her look at Kyuss.
Episode 413
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 12/01/2025 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
andymascola.bsky.social
How fucked up would it be if Morrissey grew a mustache?
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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jamesgreenejr.bsky.social
Folks, we are so close to reaching our goal here, please keep spreading the word! We are so grateful for all your support!
Donate to Help Us Take Care of Jason, organized by James Greene Jr
Hi, my name is Jim and I'm raising funds for my stepson Jason. Jason is a sweet and funny 2… James Greene Jr needs your support for Help Us Take Care of Jason
www.gofundme.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
@arringtond.bsky.social Just laid down and read the beautiful book included with my Bandcamp order. Wonderfully poetic. Gorgeous art and lush wording. Thank you, Arrington.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
Finished To Smithereens by Rosalyn Drexler. In 1970s NYC, Rosa meets Paul, an art critic, in a movie theater. Paul loves to be wrestled & Rosa obliges. The two fall in love. Paul encourages Rosa to become a professional wrestler. I loved this book & will read everything Rosalyn Drexler has written.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
andymascola.bsky.social
Happy Friday!
Embroidered Xmas sweater that reads BLACK FRIDAY IS CANCELED
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
OMG this Kim Deal shirt #officialmerch
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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angerbunny.bsky.social
Just got a copy of @andymascola.bsky.social 's latest book!
A photo of me holding Andy Mascola's book 'How to Saw a Man in Half'
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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tavie.bsky.social
I learned so much about Kyuss, a band I didn’t know existed until this very episode!!!
peoplertheenemy.bsky.social PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY @peoplertheenemy.bsky.social · 7d
Episode 412 is up! Andy talks about De La Soul's new album, Cabin in the Sky, Nouvelle Vague (2025), comedies of the 2020s, PrestonPlayz, & Marita Plieva. Also, Brian Eno talks about creativity. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moine (@therachel.bsky.social)
introduces you to the band Kyuss.
Episode 412
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/24/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
andymascola.bsky.social
Bari Weiss is gonna lose her job.
News headline from 11/25/25 that reads “Bari Weiss mocked for suggesting charismatic' voices like Alan Dershowitz are what CBS News needs”
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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@mynameisblueskye.blacksky.app Hi Skye, I did a Google search for a review of the latest SARN album, and your review popped up. I was like, “Hey, I know this writer!” Great job: everydejavu.com/blog/sarn-is...
SARN is in 'dark places,' and honestly, same - EveryDejaVu
i’m am in dark places is for when everything in life gets too much and you need some refuge from the ever-compounding madness.
everydejavu.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
potato chips for dinner
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
I apologize for saying Pete Hegseth is dumb for getting his hand stuck in a pickle jar.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
Nick Cave, Mark E. Smith, Shane MacGowan
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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therachel.bsky.social
Cashbox Magazine thought that Kyuss might cause earthquakes, while I feel they can warm you up like a good bowl of soup. Listen to the new chart chat to find out more 🤘(and also 🤟)
peoplertheenemy.bsky.social PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY @peoplertheenemy.bsky.social · 7d
Episode 412 is up! Andy talks about De La Soul's new album, Cabin in the Sky, Nouvelle Vague (2025), comedies of the 2020s, PrestonPlayz, & Marita Plieva. Also, Brian Eno talks about creativity. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moine (@therachel.bsky.social)
introduces you to the band Kyuss.
Episode 412
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/24/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
Wow! Had no idea the prez was a Todd Solondz fan! 😮 #Happiness
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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peoplertheenemy.bsky.social
Episode 412 is up! Andy talks about De La Soul's new album, Cabin in the Sky, Nouvelle Vague (2025), comedies of the 2020s, PrestonPlayz, & Marita Plieva. Also, Brian Eno talks about creativity. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moine (@therachel.bsky.social)
introduces you to the band Kyuss.
Episode 412
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/24/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
andymascola.bsky.social
Think I just found a comedy “fart” record at a Goodwill. #vinyl
The Return of the Crepitation Contest record album cover
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Been reviewing albums (approx two a month) for Survivng the Golden Age for just over ten years. I’ve never given an album a perfect score. Just handed in my first 10/10. @stgablog.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
Jette is good people. She’s also a good artist and a new friend. Please follow her main Bsky profile (below) and her art profile here: @ninjettenine.bsky.social Thank you!
angerbunny.bsky.social angerbunny @angerbunny.bsky.social · 9d
Welp. I misread a situation on the internet, threw out some verbal fisticuffs, and

Then we talked it out and now we're friends.

(Not sorry)

((About the making a friend part))

@andymascola.bsky.social is a good.
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
Has anyone cried at a horror movie?
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
Oh no! Wait … what?
Mirror.UK article screenshot that features a photo of a smiling woman and the words, “Caitlin Nelson died after a pancake-eating contest on her university campus (a Facebook) Student's horror death at pancake eating contest after dad killed in 9/11 terror attack Caitlin Nelson, 20, died after a charity pancake-eating contest, leaving her family struck by a second devastating loss”
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
andymascola.bsky.social
Who would win in a fight, Fleet Foxes fans or Bon Iver fans?
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM