Ryan McNutt
@mcnutt.bsky.social
University comms person. Sporadic freelance music writer. Musicology grad. Dog dad from Dartmouth. Jays / Habs / Raptors. Eternal poptimist.
1999:
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
1999:
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
The Toronto Blue Jays offseason:
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Toronto Blue Jays offseason:
Holy crap. Gigantic move. A forerunner of more?
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Holy crap. Gigantic move. A forerunner of more?
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As part of the Raptors' 8-game win streak, the team posts a locker room victory photo after each game, and my favourite ongoing bit is how Gradey Dick hits the exact same tough-guy pose in the same spot in all of them
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As part of the Raptors' 8-game win streak, the team posts a locker room victory photo after each game, and my favourite ongoing bit is how Gradey Dick hits the exact same tough-guy pose in the same spot in all of them
IT HAS ONLY BEEN ONE YEAR OF THIS what
📈📉 One year ago this week, Trump threatened Canada with 25% tariffs. Since then, the country has changed dramatically.
Here, in text and charts, we look at 29 ways that Canada has changed in this very turbulent year.
Here, in text and charts, we look at 29 ways that Canada has changed in this very turbulent year.
Twenty-nine ways that Trump has changed Canada
A year ago, the U.S. President first unleashed his threats of tariffs and territorial expansion. Now, our country is different politically, culturally and economically
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
IT HAS ONLY BEEN ONE YEAR OF THIS what
Another concert thought: Ticketmaster's concealing ticket prices until the point of purchase sucks in many ways, but an underrated one is that it makes it hard to coordinate ticket purchases with other people. What's "too rich for my blood" for one person might be "go for it" for another!
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another concert thought: Ticketmaster's concealing ticket prices until the point of purchase sucks in many ways, but an underrated one is that it makes it hard to coordinate ticket purchases with other people. What's "too rich for my blood" for one person might be "go for it" for another!
So there were Halifax concert announcements today for shows on the long weekends in August (Kathleen Edwards) and September (Australian Pink Floyd) and, like... expecting people to set plans NOW for those dates is just a bit wild to me. WHAT IF YOU'RE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON BY THEN!?!
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So there were Halifax concert announcements today for shows on the long weekends in August (Kathleen Edwards) and September (Australian Pink Floyd) and, like... expecting people to set plans NOW for those dates is just a bit wild to me. WHAT IF YOU'RE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON BY THEN!?!
I'm not saying the Goo Goo Dolls are the GREATEST band to succeed with the formula: "What if The Replacements, but not fame-averse dysfunctional fuck-ups?" But for a good chunk of their career, they were a pretty good one. I'll probably be at this Halifax show, won't lie.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm not saying the Goo Goo Dolls are the GREATEST band to succeed with the formula: "What if The Replacements, but not fame-averse dysfunctional fuck-ups?" But for a good chunk of their career, they were a pretty good one. I'll probably be at this Halifax show, won't lie.
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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Trump is a creature of media before anything else and I suspect one thing we're seeing in this (wild!) Mamdani meeting is that nothing impresses/intimidates him like someone capable of generating a competing media phenomenon
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump is a creature of media before anything else and I suspect one thing we're seeing in this (wild!) Mamdani meeting is that nothing impresses/intimidates him like someone capable of generating a competing media phenomenon
Walked in on an office conversation about ALF. Proceeded to immediately launch into each and every one of my ALF stories that I had no idea were so close to the top of my brain.
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Walked in on an office conversation about ALF. Proceeded to immediately launch into each and every one of my ALF stories that I had no idea were so close to the top of my brain.
Honestly kind of admire the doubling-down of the second Project Hail Mary trailer. "Oh, y'all were upset the first trailer spoiled the way the book hides what it's REALLY about? How about we do that in the FIRST TEN SECONDS this time?!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYs...
Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Honestly kind of admire the doubling-down of the second Project Hail Mary trailer. "Oh, y'all were upset the first trailer spoiled the way the book hides what it's REALLY about? How about we do that in the FIRST TEN SECONDS this time?!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYs...
Jay-Z, by process of elimination, you now — against all odds — have the best verse on “Monster.”
Nicki Minaj is set to speak at the United Nations on behalf of the Trump administration.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Jay-Z, by process of elimination, you now — against all odds — have the best verse on “Monster.”
Given we've had minority parliaments in 6 of the 9 federal elections this century, you think our political culture would have already adjusted to this new normal but (as Wherry's thread makes clear) hahaha nope.
It's foolish to try to predict future political trends or assume that the recent past will be repeated forever.
But, at some point, the Canadian political system and culture probably needs to adjust to a) accepting minority parliaments and b) figuring out how to make them work.
But, at some point, the Canadian political system and culture probably needs to adjust to a) accepting minority parliaments and b) figuring out how to make them work.
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Given we've had minority parliaments in 6 of the 9 federal elections this century, you think our political culture would have already adjusted to this new normal but (as Wherry's thread makes clear) hahaha nope.
It's perhaps not surprising that Disney would push the Beatles Anthology in a manner akin to a new series — even releasing the episodes in batches! — but it's still a bit strange to me given that, minus one new episode, it's all 30 years old!
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's perhaps not surprising that Disney would push the Beatles Anthology in a manner akin to a new series — even releasing the episodes in batches! — but it's still a bit strange to me given that, minus one new episode, it's all 30 years old!
Link'd in.
First photos of Link and Zelda in The Legend of Zelda live-action movie released www.vooks.net/first-photos...
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Link'd in.
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‘Stop emailing each other all the time you fucking idiots!’
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
‘Stop emailing each other all the time you fucking idiots!’
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Me telling the youths about the good ol' days* when the MacKay Bridge inbound wasn't backed to the mall every day regardless of conditions.
*Six months ago
*Six months ago
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Me telling the youths about the good ol' days* when the MacKay Bridge inbound wasn't backed to the mall every day regardless of conditions.
*Six months ago
*Six months ago
What a treat to read
The great Neil Young turns 80 tomorrow.
To celebrate, we asked 80 artists including Jeff Tweedy, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Michael Stipe, Open Mike Eagle, Jewel, Tom Morello, Kurt Vile, Allison Russell, Matt Berninger, Perfume Genius, A-Trak, and many more about their favorite Neil song:
To celebrate, we asked 80 artists including Jeff Tweedy, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Michael Stipe, Open Mike Eagle, Jewel, Tom Morello, Kurt Vile, Allison Russell, Matt Berninger, Perfume Genius, A-Trak, and many more about their favorite Neil song:
80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Neil Young Song
Happy 80th birthday, Neil Young!
stereogum.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What a treat to read
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Posted for no reason
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Posted for no reason
Now this is a holiday ornament.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Now this is a holiday ornament.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
The difference, of course, is that violence (and depictions/expressions of it) is something the general fascist project needs to control for its own means, whereas GenAI's extremities support the general fascist project just fine on their own.
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The difference, of course, is that violence (and depictions/expressions of it) is something the general fascist project needs to control for its own means, whereas GenAI's extremities support the general fascist project just fine on their own.
Me telling the youths about the good ol' days* when the MacKay Bridge inbound wasn't backed to the mall every day regardless of conditions.
*Six months ago
*Six months ago
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Me telling the youths about the good ol' days* when the MacKay Bridge inbound wasn't backed to the mall every day regardless of conditions.
*Six months ago
*Six months ago