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Cait Brennan

@caitbrennan.bsky.social

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🏳️‍⚧️ Singer, writer, goofball. My album Third out now via Omnivore Recordings. Books, vidyagames, old Hollywood, Star Trek, etc. oh, also super trans and whatnot. She/her. @planetcait elsewhere; music at caitbrennan.bandcamp.com

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 9h

I love it when the streaming freezes up at just the right moment

Ricardo Montalban looking baked as hell (and/or a Gleason-esque "how sweet it is!) on Fantasy Island; the streaming froze at this exact frame and stayed like this until I rebooted the TV. Smiles, everyone, smiles!

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Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social · 9h

“In his third full-length, Bird Streets’ John Brodeur works at power pop’s hard/soft problem, spinning out dizzying melodies amid crunching guitars,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7973939...

Bird Streets’ Escape Artist reviewed at Dusted

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 23h

"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."

- Miss Major, 2023 💔

One of the things I hear with some younger trans people I know is they feel, "I'm gonna get this surgery, and I'm gonna learn that way of speaking, and I'm gonna be done." You're never done. If you're a straight, cisgender person, you're never done. Things are always happening that have the potential to change you. So all I am today is not who I'm gonna be tomorrow, because of the things that happened to me today and later tonight. People forget that. "Oh, after I transition, I'm gonna be through." Well, good luck with that. 'Cause if you're through, then it's time to leave, you know, and I don't wanna go anywhere yet.
I'm in my seventies. Why didn't I stop? Number one is community. My gurls. I've had moments of thinking about stopping, but I didn't. I made sure I would step back, reju- venate myself, and then got back out there, and that's how you make a way. Our stories are not all the same, but the destination is: to get some place where we have some peace and harmony, and we can be at ease with ourselves and the people around us. You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you.

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kat @spirk-trek.bsky.social · 3d

"For all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been.'"

Nurse Chapel seeing her reflection as "Number One," the role Majel Barrett was initially cast for in the first #StarTrek pilot.

M. Streeter, Phaser #fanzine, 1975 #ZineAppreciation

Vintage fan art done in half tones of Nurse Chapel seeing her reflection as "Number One," the role Majel Barrett was initially cast for in the original Star Trek pilot.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 4d

Honoring Kirsty MacColl on her birthday with the reposting of the piece I wrote in her honor for the A.V. Club.

www.avclub.com/the-single-f...

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 4d

The death of Kirsty MacColl hit hard b/c she had recorded some of the most thrilling music of her life. She would've celebrated a birthday this morning. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/i...

I could leave you but I don’t know how: The best of Kirsty MacColl

When the world learned Kirsty MacColl had died in a boating accident more than twenty years ago, we mourned the snuffing of a singer of warmth and humor, a songwriting of increasingly varied appeti…

humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 4d

Podcast: A Life Lived Trans - Season 2 is out now!
Two 'trans elders', who transitioned in the 70s, discuss resilience, politics, health, hormones, romance, punk rock, show tunes and more... 🏳️‍⚧️ w/ Mardipants
patreon.com/ALifeLivedTrans

#transelders

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 5d

Look buddy, there are some graves I'm just gonna have to dance on, as soon as they're, uh, occupied. It's a moral imperative and I'll take my chances. :)

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 5d

Paul fucking Williams!!

Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 5d

(Also I should emphasize that I am at least half asleep and have thus forgotten to include favorites ranging from Sparks to Carly Rae Jepsen to Jimmy Webb to Julia Michaels to Willie Nelson and many, many dozens more.)

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 5d

How did I even miss her? Insane oversight.

Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 5d

Off the top of my head, Aimee Mann, Sam Phillips, Costello, Iris Dement, Neil Hannon, Ward White, and honestly there's no way you can ignore McCartney even if you only count "Eleanor Rigby" and nothing else.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 8d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 7d

No jury would convict, surely

Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 10d

Wonderful actress. Loved her in Dobie Gillis as well as Patty Duke.

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Rhys 📼 @flemishdog.bsky.social · 10d

Someone needs to start collecting cassette copies of In Got We Trust, Inc and see what people taped over the B Side.

I've said this for years but I've not got the means to do so

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 11d

This season, crime has a new conquistador! The latest gem from @rachellichtman.bsky.social who continues to shine on brightly...

Programme 4 @programme4.tv · 11d

Coming up on Programme 4: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) is BROOKER

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jgthirlwell @jgthirlwell.bsky.social · 11d

Today, October 3 2025, is BANDCAMP FRIDAY, where Bandcamp waives their fees to support artists. Please visit! jgthirlwell.bandcamp.com New Venture Bros and Xordox albums on vinyl & CD plus much much more. Thank you, we love you! Photo by Dora Blount jgthirlwell.bandcamp.com

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Country Fried Rock @countryfriedrock.bsky.social · 11d

Sharing this thread about the incredible compilations we released to benefit Nuçi's Space, removing barriers to mental health care for the music community of Athens, GA.

It's Bandcamp Friday. Enjoy!
#BandcampFriday

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 11d

Nuçi's Space celebrates 25 yrs of removing barriers to mental health care for music ppl of Athens, GA.

In 2013, I produced my first compilation for their benefit, starting with some true gems:

countryfriedrock.bandcamp.com/album/countr...

Country Fried Rock Compilation Vol. 1 To Benefit Nuci's Space, by Country Fried Rock

17 track album

countryfriedrock.bandcamp.com

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 11d

It is indeed. And he kicked my ass the last time I played. Why, Paul, why?!

Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 12d

Holding out for that jumbo can of Saints Flow, but yeah, these are perfect.

An anthropomorphic King Kong-sized can of toxic purple energy drink Saints Flow attempts to murder me in Saints Row IV. Why did Pierce endorse this shit?

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 13d

ALSO WE WILL TAKE RIGHTS AWAY FROM TRANS PEOPLE, KIDS ESPECIALLY, AND A LOT OF ALLEGED ALLIES WILL EITHER IGNORE IT OR YELL AT ANYONE WHO POINTS IT OUT BECAUSE THEY’RE PERFECTLY HAPPY TO TRADE TRANS RIGHTS AWAY IN EXCHANGE FOR DANK POLITICAL MEMES -GCN

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 13d

This is exciting music and it has more than a million views after less than a day but ya know, it's not from the U.S. so it's probably not on a lotta radars here. Def watching the rise of Simiran Kaur Dhadli www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wT...

Lala Lala (Official Video) | Simiran kaur Dhadli | New Punjabi Song 2025

YouTube video by Simiran Kaur Dhadli

www.youtube.com

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 14d

That episode is fantastic--so funny and very moving! Not a week goes by without at least one "What are you gonna do?" in our household. That whole series was so bizarre and wonderful and this may be the very best episode--happy 8th!

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 15d

Rooting for you always! Sending love and all best wishes your way ❤️

Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · 15d

If you see this, post a pic from your device with no explanation

TV host Johnny Carson eats Alpo out of a bowl on a floor of thick green shag carpet, at the feet of his longtime sidekick Ed McMahon. I described it, but I can't explain it.