Dominic Umile
@dominicumile.com
Writer (Not recently: LA Times, Hyperallergic, WCP, Chicago Reader, The Comics Journal). Editor. SEO person. Brooklyn, NY.
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· Aug 5
Happy 60th anniversary to the earliest Velvet Underground demos (May, 1965!). Lucky for you, here are more than 2,000 words on their "Boston era" (📸: Gerard Malanga) www.dominicumile.com/blog/velvet-...
I'm no expert on what templated messaging should look like from helpless establishment Dem senators to their constituents but you are absolutely not "like me"/we don't agree if your answer is "accountability and reform"—it's simply "abolish ICE period" and you have no idea what is going on
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I'm no expert on what templated messaging should look like from helpless establishment Dem senators to their constituents but you are absolutely not "like me"/we don't agree if your answer is "accountability and reform"—it's simply "abolish ICE period" and you have no idea what is going on
Via @motherjones.com, 2024: "When a handful of players dominate a marketplace, that’s an oligopoly. When a handful of players dominate political power, that’s oligarchy. In the media industry both are converging" www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #washingtonpost
Welcome to the Media Plutocracy
From hedge fund-owned newspaper chains to tech billionaires, news has become its own oligarchy
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Via @motherjones.com, 2024: "When a handful of players dominate a marketplace, that’s an oligopoly. When a handful of players dominate political power, that’s oligarchy. In the media industry both are converging" www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #washingtonpost
Shouts to Michael White's Spirit Dance and East Broadway Run Down herein! The Pete Rock-sampled "Today" on Tom Scott's Honeysuckle Breeze is a must-mention, but in headphones I've totally dug into/blissed out on the heavenly Joan Baez cover more than I care to admit www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/a...
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Impulse! Records
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Shouts to Michael White's Spirit Dance and East Broadway Run Down herein! The Pete Rock-sampled "Today" on Tom Scott's Honeysuckle Breeze is a must-mention, but in headphones I've totally dug into/blissed out on the heavenly Joan Baez cover more than I care to admit www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/a...
This Walter Schreifels interview is great even if you know his story—he played in FOUR of the seven bands on that '87 NYHC comp. seven inch on Rev (GB, Youth of Today, Warzone, but also Supertouch). Wrote all lyrics and music for the Start Today LP. Go off king podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Walter Schreifels: Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today & Producing Title Fight
Podcast Episode · HardLore · 01/29/2026 · 1h 37m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This Walter Schreifels interview is great even if you know his story—he played in FOUR of the seven bands on that '87 NYHC comp. seven inch on Rev (GB, Youth of Today, Warzone, but also Supertouch). Wrote all lyrics and music for the Start Today LP. Go off king podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
"As the mogul-heavy history of modern journalism shows in stomach-churning detail, news organizations that live by oligarchic support often die by it as well" | @thenation.com on Jeff Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post www.thenation.com/article/soci... @chrislehmann.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of “The Washington Post” Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime
It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the monied power elite.
www.thenation.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"As the mogul-heavy history of modern journalism shows in stomach-churning detail, news organizations that live by oligarchic support often die by it as well" | @thenation.com on Jeff Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post www.thenation.com/article/soci... @chrislehmann.bsky.social
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Tomasky wrote a book about them! I haven't written much because, well, what else is there to say? But did do this for my friend's substack a couple weeks ago lindseyadler.substack.com/p/more-paul
More Paul
By Alex Shephard
lindseyadler.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Tomasky wrote a book about them! I haven't written much because, well, what else is there to say? But did do this for my friend's substack a couple weeks ago lindseyadler.substack.com/p/more-paul
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
It has franchise written all over it!
does anyone know when MELANIA 2 comes out
January 30, 2026 at 12:13 AM
It has franchise written all over it!
Love seeing an engagement-starved "resume wizard" grifter blanket-responding to popular "I just got laid off" posts with a templated sympathetic comment and link to his "friend's" AI-powered recruiting firm, harvesting boatloads of impressions on LinkedIn, an internet sewer in a class all its own
January 29, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Love seeing an engagement-starved "resume wizard" grifter blanket-responding to popular "I just got laid off" posts with a templated sympathetic comment and link to his "friend's" AI-powered recruiting firm, harvesting boatloads of impressions on LinkedIn, an internet sewer in a class all its own
Brand new 10/10 full-length from Rome Streetz and smoldering, dusty sample-heavy production from South Florida crew Imported Goodz. Deadly (CC: Rome’s other unofficial hype man @nitishpahwa.com obvs) importedgoodz.bandcamp.com/album/smuggl...
SMUGGLED NARRATIVES, by IMPORTED GOODZ X ROME STREETZ
10 track album
importedgoodz.bandcamp.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Brand new 10/10 full-length from Rome Streetz and smoldering, dusty sample-heavy production from South Florida crew Imported Goodz. Deadly (CC: Rome’s other unofficial hype man @nitishpahwa.com obvs) importedgoodz.bandcamp.com/album/smuggl...
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there are people going out in the freezing cold and literally putting their lives on the line in defense of their communities and the multicultural secular society they believe in. not interested in what some online wannabe dnc consultant type wants to tell me what is and isn't possible now
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 AM
there are people going out in the freezing cold and literally putting their lives on the line in defense of their communities and the multicultural secular society they believe in. not interested in what some online wannabe dnc consultant type wants to tell me what is and isn't possible now
A great 1965 instrumental by the Byrds, "Stranger in a Strange Land," pops up in Ford vs. Ferrari. Based on the Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, David Crosby wrote it but the band rejected it for release—Blackburn & Snow rec'd a vocal version later. It rips www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMp...
The Byrds - Stranger In A Strange Land (Audio)
YouTube video by TheByrdsVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
A great 1965 instrumental by the Byrds, "Stranger in a Strange Land," pops up in Ford vs. Ferrari. Based on the Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, David Crosby wrote it but the band rejected it for release—Blackburn & Snow rec'd a vocal version later. It rips www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMp...
Utter bullshit. "Agents carry ID"? What does that even mean when they're standing on top of a nurse they killed, counting bullet holes like a hunting trophy? Abolish now. There is no reforming a terrorist agency
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Utter bullshit. "Agents carry ID"? What does that even mean when they're standing on top of a nurse they killed, counting bullet holes like a hunting trophy? Abolish now. There is no reforming a terrorist agency
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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WATCH: Chris Hayes joins Minneapolis ICE Watch volunteers on patrol to hear what they’ve witnessed over the past three months.
'Caring is political right now': Hayes rides along with Minneapolis ICE Watch
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
WATCH: Chris Hayes joins Minneapolis ICE Watch volunteers on patrol to hear what they’ve witnessed over the past three months.
this place is rough today yikes
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
this place is rough today yikes
Trump "has replaced Bovino with Tom Homan on the ground in Minnesota, showing he’s desperate to change the narrative—but not his draconian policies"
"All we’re getting is a different corrupt person in charge, just one they hope is less murderous" newrepublic.com/article/2057... @newrepublic.com
"All we’re getting is a different corrupt person in charge, just one they hope is less murderous" newrepublic.com/article/2057... @newrepublic.com
Trump Has No Way Out in Minneapolis
The president has replaced Greg Bovino with Tom Homan on the ground in Minnesota, showing he’s desperate to change the narrative—but not his draconian policies.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Trump "has replaced Bovino with Tom Homan on the ground in Minnesota, showing he’s desperate to change the narrative—but not his draconian policies"
"All we’re getting is a different corrupt person in charge, just one they hope is less murderous" newrepublic.com/article/2057... @newrepublic.com
"All we’re getting is a different corrupt person in charge, just one they hope is less murderous" newrepublic.com/article/2057... @newrepublic.com
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had the great privilege of joining @bmluse.bsky.social and @wailinwong.bsky.social on today's episode of It's Been a Minute, talking through why the job market really does still suck despite topline (emphasis on topline) economic numbers looking sanguine as ever www.npr.org/2026/01/26/n...
You're not broken - the job market is. : It's Been a Minute
Job seekers are sending out hundreds of applications. Here’s why they’re not hearing back.The unemployment rate has been climbing over the past few years, but historically, it isn’t that high… Even so...
www.npr.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
had the great privilege of joining @bmluse.bsky.social and @wailinwong.bsky.social on today's episode of It's Been a Minute, talking through why the job market really does still suck despite topline (emphasis on topline) economic numbers looking sanguine as ever www.npr.org/2026/01/26/n...
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I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
His dying words were asking about the safety of someone next to him
Hero
Hero
By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com …
January 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
"I don't want to hear *shit* about 'reforming ICE.' I don't want to hear *shit* about 'training these ICE agents.' We need to ABOLISH ICE"—thank you @chiosse.bsky.social for every single word out there yesterday www.instagram.com/chiosse/reel... #ICEOUTNOW
Nara Garber on Instagram: "I distinctly remember the first time I heard Council Member @chiosse speak. It was on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library early in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests ...
3,728 likes, 65 comments - naratg on January 24, 2026: "I distinctly remember the first time I heard Council Member @chiosse speak. It was on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library early in the 2020...
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January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"I don't want to hear *shit* about 'reforming ICE.' I don't want to hear *shit* about 'training these ICE agents.' We need to ABOLISH ICE"—thank you @chiosse.bsky.social for every single word out there yesterday www.instagram.com/chiosse/reel... #ICEOUTNOW
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There were more than 200 neighbors holding candles out on our street corner tonight - The same corner where twice yesterday vehicles attempted to hit protestors.
They don't get to take our safety and our community away from us.
They don't get to take our safety and our community away from us.
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 AM
There were more than 200 neighbors holding candles out on our street corner tonight - The same corner where twice yesterday vehicles attempted to hit protestors.
They don't get to take our safety and our community away from us.
They don't get to take our safety and our community away from us.
“All of the people strapping on their respirator masks and grabbing the leaf blower and hitting the streets to dodge tear gas grenades? Regular people. Alex Pretti and Renee Good, shot and killed by federal agents? Regular people” open.substack.com/pub/howthing... @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Intolerable Things
We'll all be Minneapolis soon.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“All of the people strapping on their respirator masks and grabbing the leaf blower and hitting the streets to dodge tear gas grenades? Regular people. Alex Pretti and Renee Good, shot and killed by federal agents? Regular people” open.substack.com/pub/howthing... @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Not lucky enough to have an OG—we have a nice ‘90s reish pressed on heavyweight wax but man we play this one a lot!
Wednesday #vinyl find. Check another John Coltrane LP off my want list. Nice to finally have a copy of this classic Impulse! title. Original, first, Mono pressing from 1962. #JohnColtrane
January 25, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Not lucky enough to have an OG—we have a nice ‘90s reish pressed on heavyweight wax but man we play this one a lot!