Anthony Dean-Harris
@anthonydeanharris.com
Writer; artist; radio host of A Smooth Ride (weekdays 2-4pm PST) & content coordinator at Portland's Jazz Radio @kmhd.org; archivist emeritus & co-conspirator at San Antonio's FL!GHT Gallery; he/him; hopefully witty, certainly verbose
I really like my workplace and many of my coworkers but whenever someone rears their head with some misbegotten optimism, I want to spray their face with a water bottle like a cat I'm shooing off a kitchen counter. Knock all that "giving them the benefit of the doubt" off!
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I really like my workplace and many of my coworkers but whenever someone rears their head with some misbegotten optimism, I want to spray their face with a water bottle like a cat I'm shooing off a kitchen counter. Knock all that "giving them the benefit of the doubt" off!
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Disappointed to learn that Delaware Punch was only ever sold in Texas and the deep south, eventually becoming hyperlocal to San Antonio
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Disappointed to learn that Delaware Punch was only ever sold in Texas and the deep south, eventually becoming hyperlocal to San Antonio
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Allison shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"In my time at OPB, my small, annual "merit" increases have rarely even covered the rate of inflation or other increases in cost of living. How they relate to the "merit" of my work is a mystery." -Allison Frost OPB producer
"In my time at OPB, my small, annual "merit" increases have rarely even covered the rate of inflation or other increases in cost of living. How they relate to the "merit" of my work is a mystery." -Allison Frost OPB producer
December 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Allison shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"In my time at OPB, my small, annual "merit" increases have rarely even covered the rate of inflation or other increases in cost of living. How they relate to the "merit" of my work is a mystery." -Allison Frost OPB producer
"In my time at OPB, my small, annual "merit" increases have rarely even covered the rate of inflation or other increases in cost of living. How they relate to the "merit" of my work is a mystery." -Allison Frost OPB producer
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
I'm rather bummed HBO has probably fixed all the Mad Men episodes they've uploaded. We all should have kept quiet for a while to see how they made it look like a guy lost his foot with a John Deere riding lawnmower.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm rather bummed HBO has probably fixed all the Mad Men episodes they've uploaded. We all should have kept quiet for a while to see how they made it look like a guy lost his foot with a John Deere riding lawnmower.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
My great aunt calling me suddenly while I'm out at a brewery is a stark reminder of why I implemented appointment calling for my mother some twenty years ago.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
My great aunt calling me suddenly while I'm out at a brewery is a stark reminder of why I implemented appointment calling for my mother some twenty years ago.
Amongst the numerous crazy things about the Tarantino/Dano/Anderson-by-extension beef is that P.T. Anderson has now made ten films, shows no signs of slowing & keeps getting better, whereas Tarantino put an arbitrary cap on his output, is close to a self-imposed deadline & feels almost out of steam.
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Amongst the numerous crazy things about the Tarantino/Dano/Anderson-by-extension beef is that P.T. Anderson has now made ten films, shows no signs of slowing & keeps getting better, whereas Tarantino put an arbitrary cap on his output, is close to a self-imposed deadline & feels almost out of steam.
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This might be the cinematic equivalent of seeing a production of the entire Ring cycle, but I am ready for the challenge.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This might be the cinematic equivalent of seeing a production of the entire Ring cycle, but I am ready for the challenge.
@bigbrojacks.com It was very cool meeting you last night! Hope to run into you again!
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@bigbrojacks.com It was very cool meeting you last night! Hope to run into you again!
Hobo Johnson is still performing live, for some reason, and I know this because I just saw his name on a marquee here in Portland, because of course there's an audience for Hobo Johnson in Portland, Oregon.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hobo Johnson is still performing live, for some reason, and I know this because I just saw his name on a marquee here in Portland, because of course there's an audience for Hobo Johnson in Portland, Oregon.
I feel I carried myself well at the black tie holiday party last night, but I also felt I drunkenly told the senior management of my parent company a *bunch* of frank truths that I'll have to see how they shake out on Monday.
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I feel I carried myself well at the black tie holiday party last night, but I also felt I drunkenly told the senior management of my parent company a *bunch* of frank truths that I'll have to see how they shake out on Monday.
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The two questions I always want to ask people complaining about sex scenes being inessential to the plot:
1. Was the last sex you had essential to *your* plot?
2. If not, would you prefer to have skipped it?
1. Was the last sex you had essential to *your* plot?
2. If not, would you prefer to have skipped it?
June 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
The two questions I always want to ask people complaining about sex scenes being inessential to the plot:
1. Was the last sex you had essential to *your* plot?
2. If not, would you prefer to have skipped it?
1. Was the last sex you had essential to *your* plot?
2. If not, would you prefer to have skipped it?
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Right now, Oregonians should listen very hard to @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social union. The voices you hear on the radio at OPB are generally poorly-compensated, some working two jobs, and the wage gap between the CEO and the actual journalists is a gap of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Right now, Oregonians should listen very hard to @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social union. The voices you hear on the radio at OPB are generally poorly-compensated, some working two jobs, and the wage gap between the CEO and the actual journalists is a gap of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
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lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
I wish more people didn't get mad because "why can't I have $1000 a month for nothing!"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
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Posted on the corner of SE 7th Ave & Hawthorne Blvd, Tomorrow Records is the charming little catchall neighborhood record store that fits folks’ needs (and our latest Record Store Rundown).
Record Store Rundown: Tomorrow Records
Posted up at the corner of SE 7th Ave & Hawthorne, Tomorrow Records is the charming little catchall neighborhood record store that fits folks' needs.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Posted on the corner of SE 7th Ave & Hawthorne Blvd, Tomorrow Records is the charming little catchall neighborhood record store that fits folks’ needs (and our latest Record Store Rundown).
I made two pound cakes -- one for yesterday's gay Thanksgiving (which was *awesome*) and the other for my co-workers -- and the disappointment I felt and spread to others at forgetting to bring the cake to work this morning was palpable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I made two pound cakes -- one for yesterday's gay Thanksgiving (which was *awesome*) and the other for my co-workers -- and the disappointment I felt and spread to others at forgetting to bring the cake to work this morning was palpable.
Now begins my Pacific Northwest challenge of getting butter to room temperature while turning off the heat in my house as I leave for work.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Now begins my Pacific Northwest challenge of getting butter to room temperature while turning off the heat in my house as I leave for work.
My station's parent company made a PNW version of the holiday yule log and it's kinda one of the most brilliant ideas I've heard from them since I started working there.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My station's parent company made a PNW version of the holiday yule log and it's kinda one of the most brilliant ideas I've heard from them since I started working there.
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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pig stand, san antonio, texas, 1982
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
pig stand, san antonio, texas, 1982
My annual tradition of posting my favorite jazz albums of the year in my hard to decipher handwriting continues, though I miss doing this on an oversized mailing envelope
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My annual tradition of posting my favorite jazz albums of the year in my hard to decipher handwriting continues, though I miss doing this on an oversized mailing envelope
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I'm worried about getting and giving the stink-eye. I'm uncertain my food isn't messed with. I'll still feel obligated to tip.
Just a bad dining experience all around.
Just a bad dining experience all around.
Personally I would prefer that my haters NOT be my waiters at the table of success. I just want to enjoy my meal
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'm worried about getting and giving the stink-eye. I'm uncertain my food isn't messed with. I'll still feel obligated to tip.
Just a bad dining experience all around.
Just a bad dining experience all around.