Mark Chappelle
@markchappelle.bsky.social
Writer. Ethnomusicologist. Professional introvert. Recovering overthinker. Defector from the petty wars that shell-shock love away. ✍🏾 linktr.ee/markchappelle
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This makes so much sense.
The Weeknd just be making Fall Out Boy songs with a Michael Jackson glove on em, and y’all eat that shit up.
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This makes so much sense.
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Musiq - Halfcrazy
Everybody wanna be “platonic” but really platoxic
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Musiq - Halfcrazy
Alexander O'Neal and wife hospitalized after apartment fire
rollingout.com/2025/12/06/a...
rollingout.com/2025/12/06/a...
R&B legend Alexander O'Neal rushed to hospital
R&B legend Alexander O'Neal and his wife Cynthia were hospitalized after a fire at their Minnesota apartment. No updates on their condition have been released.
rollingout.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alexander O'Neal and wife hospitalized after apartment fire
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rollingout.com/2025/12/06/a...
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Ginger and Fred. The Dancing Building.
You know I'm a Classics Girlie, but Frankie G.'s mind was so malleable and boundless. Mutable Hive 🩷
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ginger and Fred. The Dancing Building.
It was Green Light on release day.
It's Green Light now.
I'm not even gon hold [up traffic].
It's Green Light now.
I'm not even gon hold [up traffic].
If you could keep only ONE song from B-Day, which one you choosing? (deluxe songs included)
ONE. UNO. SINGULAR.
👀
ONE. UNO. SINGULAR.
👀
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It was Green Light on release day.
It's Green Light now.
I'm not even gon hold [up traffic].
It's Green Light now.
I'm not even gon hold [up traffic].
The way everybody felt about "New Attitude," I feel about "Stir It Up." It's still my happy place. 🌞
The whole "Beverly Hills Cop" soundtrack was 🔥.. but "Stir It Up" by Patti LaBelle motivates me 🙌🏾
🗣️I won't stay here locked behind the door.. got to stir it up🔥🔥🔥
🗣️I won't stay here locked behind the door.. got to stir it up🔥🔥🔥
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The way everybody felt about "New Attitude," I feel about "Stir It Up." It's still my happy place. 🌞
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A.I. is your opp, pray for it's downfall.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A.I. is your opp, pray for it's downfall.
when i saw anita baker in 2018, she took suggestions from the crowd. this guy suggested love you to the letter
bc she was so surprised & hadn't sung it in forever, she told him to stand there so she could sing it to him
my best concert experience despite the rain
bc she was so surprised & hadn't sung it in forever, she told him to stand there so she could sing it to him
my best concert experience despite the rain
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It was literally the first piece of sheet music I bought after I started piano lessons in the 80s.
If you didn't play "Axel F" on a Casio keyboard, you shouldn't be following me (j/k) 😂 #GenX
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It was literally the first piece of sheet music I bought after I started piano lessons in the 80s.
Can we move "people who say mature weird" to the downfall list?
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Can we move "people who say mature weird" to the downfall list?
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Genuinely terrifying news. Still needs approval from the FTC but the fact that a merger of this magnitude is feasible doesn't speak well on the longevity of antitrust laws in entertainment
Netflix confirms it will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO, for about $82.7 billion, after separation of Discovery Global (which is expected to be completed in Q3 2026).
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Genuinely terrifying news. Still needs approval from the FTC but the fact that a merger of this magnitude is feasible doesn't speak well on the longevity of antitrust laws in entertainment
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AOL Time Warner was only 25 years ago!!!
The ol' Internet Buys Hollywood story, how did that work out y'all
The ol' Internet Buys Hollywood story, how did that work out y'all
as you dig through coverage of the Netflix Warner Bros merger, play a little game with me:
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
AOL Time Warner was only 25 years ago!!!
The ol' Internet Buys Hollywood story, how did that work out y'all
The ol' Internet Buys Hollywood story, how did that work out y'all
I'm listening to Luther Vandross on purpose. I am still confused by this. I have been Luther agnostic my entire life. This level of unc-ness has settled upon me before I was ready. 😭😭😭
The Rush
YouTube video by Luther Vandross - Topic
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December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I'm listening to Luther Vandross on purpose. I am still confused by this. I have been Luther agnostic my entire life. This level of unc-ness has settled upon me before I was ready. 😭😭😭
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Stealing packages is so dumb because you don’t even know what you stealing. Now you in jail over someone’s Swiffer duster refills smh
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Stealing packages is so dumb because you don’t even know what you stealing. Now you in jail over someone’s Swiffer duster refills smh
I HAVE questions. Don't wanna ask not NONE of 'em tho.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I HAVE questions. Don't wanna ask not NONE of 'em tho.
"I'm not aware of too many things
I know what I know if you know what I mean"
I know what I know if you know what I mean"
What I Am
YouTube video by Sy Smith - Topic
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December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"I'm not aware of too many things
I know what I know if you know what I mean"
I know what I know if you know what I mean"
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Jermaine getting cooked in the quotes. I just hope he Don't Take it Personal. But don't let me stop you...Do What You Do.
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Jermaine getting cooked in the quotes. I just hope he Don't Take it Personal. But don't let me stop you...Do What You Do.
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Spotify IS DEAD.
We not coming back.
We not coming back.
Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Spotify IS DEAD.
We not coming back.
We not coming back.
The Gorilla Glue girl back at it again?
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Gorilla Glue girl back at it again?
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i kept forgetting to grab a copy of this but now i have!!
The ebook version of Why We Fear AI is currently on sale for just $5 directly at the publisher! @commonnotions.bsky.social
Why We Fear AI — Common Notions Press
Fears about AI tell us more about capitalism today than the technology of the future.
www.commonnotions.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
i kept forgetting to grab a copy of this but now i have!!
I could tell Martin was setting Pam up for a spinoff, but I didn't know they filmed an intro for "Goin' For Mine"! I wish we could've gotten a season of this!
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Goin For Mine Opening (Martin Spinoff TV Show)
YouTube video by Th3rd 3ar Plan3t Radio
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December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I could tell Martin was setting Pam up for a spinoff, but I didn't know they filmed an intro for "Goin' For Mine"! I wish we could've gotten a season of this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbSc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbSc...
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Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’s Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 84.
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’s Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 84.
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#RIP 🎸
Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84
Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84
Among the classic records Upchurch played on were Hathaway's 'This Christmas' and Chaka Khan's 'I'm Every Woman.'
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
#RIP 🎸
Whenever something has a "Remind Me Later" button, what I really want is to click "Don't Ask Me About This Ever Again."
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Whenever something has a "Remind Me Later" button, what I really want is to click "Don't Ask Me About This Ever Again."
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"Where Is Nona!?" has me chuckling😂
So October London really just gonna steal Marvin Gayes whole steez???
Where is Nona!?
Where is Nona!?
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Where Is Nona!?" has me chuckling😂