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Nate Patrin

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music + popcult + whatnot post like cringe never existed StP, MN | 48 y/o | he/him | beat weirdo https://www.upress.umn.edu/author/nate-patrin/

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · Oct 17

now that I've found out you can pin posts here, here's a link to my favorite recent body of work: a whole bunch of reviews for The Shfl spanning all kinds of genres and eras and regions and levels of popular renown

you'll probably have some faves in here (for me they're all faves)

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 37m

This is still cracking me up. I was in the theater like, “Damn that guy looks and sounds like Paul Grimstad.”

Frownland to Vineland: Paul Grimstad on playing Howard “Billy Goat” Sommerville in One Battle After Another

I caught up with Paul Grimstad, polymath, Yale professor, musician, writer, actor, over the phone during his train journey from New Haven to NYC, the place he’s called home for his adult life. The occ...

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1h

around 2:15: me when I inadvertently rope someone else into a viral post

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1h

The Clash - Police on My Back [Remastered] (Official Audio)

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1h

The Clash - Police on My Back [Remastered] (Official Audio)

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

(as in middle of the decade, not mediocre; I will bear no Urszula Dudziak slander)

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

contending with the prospect of what to do in the event a viral post nets me a larger following and queuing up a bunch of posts about mid '70s Polish jazz fusion

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

I had a pretty interesting experience revisiting 'Breakfast of Champions' in 2025 I'll say that much

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

I think we won the $10,000 Pyramid

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

alternate joke: "you should see the weird shit that goes through RFK Jr."

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

if an insulting quote-post is a dunk does that make a setup-punchline quote-post an alley-oop

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

hey listen you'd understand if you had to watch 'Executive Action'

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 2h

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

*the comic shop also sells sports memorabilia and video games; the record store also has a DVD section and a head shop

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

OUT: geek vs. hipster fights
IN: comic shop people + record store people unity

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

a whole shelf full of ferret noises

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

yeah yeah I've seen that animated PSA narrated by Anthony Hopkins too, but please chill

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Faroe Islands 1989 UK

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2h

Desus Garfunkel

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

something for Indigenous Peoples Day, a piece I wrote a while back about the connections between art and heritage when you're trying to parse some things about your identity

Native Son – Mn Artists

When once-hidden details of Native heritage eventually come to light for later generations, people so assimilated they have come of age mostly oblivious to those roots, is there way to reconnect with ...

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

oh hey here's some Halloween viewing for everybody

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

not to mention the same track

Aesop Rock - Coffee (Official Video)

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

not to mention the same track

Aesop Rock - Coffee (Official Video)

YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder if we can spearhead a wider adoption of a library music revival if we rebrand it as secretbasecore

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

some Pretty Good stuff here

Bruton Music Discography | Discogs

Explore music from the Bruton Music label. Discover what's missing in your collection and shop for Bruton Music releases.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

the fact that he's got a record with a cover that references the Bruton Music house style is enough to convince me I'm on my way along for the ride

David James 🍩 @funkentechno.bsky.social · 3h

time for an OPN deep dive. starting at the beginning 🌩️

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

if you would have told me in 1993 that I would be sad over Joe Carter being ruined by association I'd ask what for and then you'd have to explain Drake to me

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

imagine him singing lyrics about slipping into different guises while we try to navigate relationships only the arrangement sounds a bit closer to this

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

this will be the greatest elevation of a kinda-corny-but-still-fun classic rock song to its ultimate form until someone discovers a previously unheard cover of Billy Joel's "The Stranger" in the Prince vaults