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Brett Martin

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GQ Correspondent; Contributor to NYT Mag, NatGeo, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, This American Life, et. al. Three James Beard awards. Author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. https://linktr.ee/brettsy http://www.brettmartin.org

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 31m

How painful it is to pick through the Fox News garbage heap in order to stream these American League playoff games.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5h

Man, Amy Wallace could (can) really do it. www.gq.com/story/dangel...

Amen! (D'Angelo's Back)

He was once hailed as the next Marvin Gaye—then he vanished into addiction. Amy Wallace witnessed D'Angelo's ecstatic return to the stage, and hung out as he finished his first album in a dozen years.

www.gq.com

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 6h

Say “sleep hygiene” one more time, motherfucker.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I could say I wrote this joke, or that I knew who did.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Best not to ask.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Beat Treinen

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Partial to this one.

Manhole cover bearing the imprint BRETT MARTIN

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

This Halloween, I’m going as Former Gifted Kid: When someone asks, “What are you supposed to be?” I’ll say, “I was supposed to be a lot of things….”

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Counting the number of books you’ve read is antithetical to pleasure.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 4d

It is super sketchy that Clerk of Court Lombard gave folks from his office working polling places lanyards with his name on them and badges with his name and face.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Surprised to see all the election workers at my polling place wearing their badges on Darren Lombard lanyards. (Unwittingly, in many cases, it seems)

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 4d

I never heard this before and love it more than anything.

Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social · May 4

Happy #StarWarsDay! My own favorite personal anecdote: I saw Star Wars with poet Allen Ginsberg when it first opened in Boulder in 1977. When the crawl went up the screen ("A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..."), Allen sighed, "Thank God - I don't have to worry about it!"

Young Steve Silberman with glasses with Allen Ginsberg in a blue jacket and tie at the Booksmith in San Francisco.

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Boyce Upholt @boyceupholt.bsky.social · 5d

With Southlands Issue No. 01 getting set to ship next week -- it's time to start thinking about the next issue! See pitch guidelines here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Southlands - Issue No. 2 - Contributor Guidelines.docx

Issue No. 2 Pitch Guide Theme: PUBLIC / PRIVATE Updated: October 10, 2025 What is Southlands? Southlands is a new print journal that explores the diverse ways Southerners connect with the natural wo...

docs.google.com

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Correct.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Hot muffuletta or cold?

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

I immediately thought of six questions about sandwiches. :(

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

Won’t find out this year.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 5d

The Cubs are the Yankees in Mets drag.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 6d

"It’s fair to wonder if the Riyadh Comedy Festival will result in American values being exported or vice versa."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/a...

Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.

www.nytimes.com

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Jake Clapp @jakeclapp.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a New Orleans mayoral forum tonight focused on the city’s music economy. Hosted by Louisiana Music Partners, MaCCNO and The Recording Academy. It’s streaming on YouTube at 7 pm: m.youtube.com/live/Llvrdp0...

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 7d

What?

Margaret Eby @margareteby.bsky.social · 7d

Hell yeah www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...

Harrison Bader brings rhythm to the Phillies. His cousin, Chris Baio, does the same as the bassist for Vampire Weekend.

Harrison Bader brought his rock star looks to the Phillies. His cousin, Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio, is a real rock star. And the two are fans of one another.

www.inquirer.com

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Wayne Curtis @wcurtis.bsky.social · 8d

Well if I ain't a snail's turd! It's an email from old uncle Foghorn Leghorn, and he's gone all cattywampus and set down my voter info somewhere and it's gone and walked off! No amount of shaking the overalls upside down and looking in the sock drawer will turn it up!

Oh, wait, here it is: 🖕

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 8d

There are worse ways to be remembered.

Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 8d

Smoked Fish Czar www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 9d

Time-Outers assemble!

Email subject line: How Old School Listings Are Making A Comeback