George Grella
@gtra1n.bsky.social
Write/edit about music & stuff all over the place, amazing taste, hard core values. Prolly only person to play CBGB and write about opera for the FT. Edit Brooklyn Rail music section, kickass newsletter: killyridols.substack.com
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George Grella
@gtra1n.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Coming out April 2, 2026: preorder now! Links and more at the link! open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
oh my god, this is so good that even though my mom has passed this is still oh my god
Coming home for the holidays means your mom wants to stream some period drama no one has ever heard of titled some shit like “The Pealing Bells of Melloncollie” and you better believe she’s gonna let you know Olivia Colman is in it
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
oh my god, this is so good that even though my mom has passed this is still oh my god
There's some profound differences (so far) between the SA and ICE. The SA had a lot of soldiers and drilled, etc because they fought street battles against leftist paramilitaries and guarded Nazi Party officials. They were organized and dangerous enough to later be eliminated by Hitler
not to belabor the point but any idea that the DHS goons make up a force as casually violent and numerous as the SA/Brownshirts really does have to contend with the fact that they are routinely stymied by a bunch of unarmed community members, even operating in force
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
There's some profound differences (so far) between the SA and ICE. The SA had a lot of soldiers and drilled, etc because they fought street battles against leftist paramilitaries and guarded Nazi Party officials. They were organized and dangerous enough to later be eliminated by Hitler
*Things to Come* is a Christmas movie motherfuckers
Kind of depressing the recency bias in the responses youtu.be/wemRBFFbhKI?...
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
*Things to Come* is a Christmas movie motherfuckers
I found some globalism
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I found some globalism
Our rulers have sham culture
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our rulers have sham culture
Kind of depressing the recency bias in the responses youtu.be/wemRBFFbhKI?...
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Kind of depressing the recency bias in the responses youtu.be/wemRBFFbhKI?...
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Thank you Jesus
Iggy Azalea Swears Off Returning to Music: 'I Don't Want to Come Back'
Read more: www.complex.com/music/a/jael...
Read more: www.complex.com/music/a/jael...
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thank you Jesus
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here, Tom, take all the money that I have.
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
here, Tom, take all the money that I have.
The culture editors at New York magazine really need to get out more and see what their fellow citizens have to offer
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The culture editors at New York magazine really need to get out more and see what their fellow citizens have to offer
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"I want to live forever" you wish aloud... and as the monkey's paw slowly closes, the top headline in your news feed reads: "Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast"
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"I want to live forever" you wish aloud... and as the monkey's paw slowly closes, the top headline in your news feed reads: "Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast"
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Eyes on the table
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19146
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19146
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Eyes on the table
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19146
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19146
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November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
This is the second largest payout from a private university to the Trump admin yet, second only to Columbia’s $200m
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
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Setting a compass to earth: The Ancient of Days, 1794, by William Blake. Today was his day.
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Setting a compass to earth: The Ancient of Days, 1794, by William Blake. Today was his day.
And the intellectual content too!
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
And the intellectual content too!
In a way, though, they're explicitly pointing out that the cost of business includes extortion, they're just not even implying there's anything wrong with that
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In a way, though, they're explicitly pointing out that the cost of business includes extortion, they're just not even implying there's anything wrong with that
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Moon and Ferris Wheel
Parc de la Villette
Paris
Parc de la Villette
Paris
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Moon and Ferris Wheel
Parc de la Villette
Paris
Parc de la Villette
Paris
"...jazz...delivers the same political message—and more—with exponentially greater appeal, force, effect, and TRUTH."
Good, good jazz in a bad, bad year—Best Recorded Jazz 2025 now at Kill Yr Idols. New releases! Archives! Vocals! Latin Jazz! Debuts! open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"...jazz...delivers the same political message—and more—with exponentially greater appeal, force, effect, and TRUTH."
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Damn the jazz was good
Good, good jazz in a bad, bad year—Best Recorded Jazz 2025 now at Kill Yr Idols. New releases! Archives! Vocals! Latin Jazz! Debuts! open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Damn the jazz was good
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Figure
Fernand Fonssagrives, ca. 1951
Fernand Fonssagrives, ca. 1951
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Figure
Fernand Fonssagrives, ca. 1951
Fernand Fonssagrives, ca. 1951
The Man
Tyger, tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night. What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Who else remembers reading this aloud in school and marveling at asymmetry? Ah, William Blake. Happy birthday.
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Man