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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 2h

It's thorny to be sure. I think this article is worth reading on the subject

Sinners in the Hands of a Complete Unknown

Can the blues set you free? It’s hard to say, because, as you have probably heard from a reliable source whose play lists favor classic rock, “writing about music is like singing about architecture.” ...

libertiesjournal.com

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 2h

To be clear, I'm sure Coogler knows this. The time-sliding nature of music is a whole thing in the film after all.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 2h

The Irish ballad the 1930s vampires sing in Sinners was written in 1957 (though it is based on a 19th century melody)

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 3h

Yep. They sent my restraining order in the form of a chair.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 3h

If it is that can only mean one thing.... you can't copyright a font

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 3h

Watch, as they say, this space

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 3h

guys.

Director’s chair (not quite named but still) with my name on it

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 5h

The other fellow was like stfu

In brief: Connery backs blond Bond

Plus: Diva to play diva, Charlotte Rampling picked for Berlin jury top job, action star's world to be rocked in Disney comedy, and Fantastic Four 2 gets green light.

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 5h

I remember there was a mini controversy in the press about whether he was too blonde for the role

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 5h

Daniel Craig was announced as the new James Bond 20 years ago today 👴🏼

Daniel Craig at age 37 standing on the Thames or wherever

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 6h

Ooh, I also never heard of it and that's totally something I would have thought about watching and then never gotten around to

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 11h

Oh fuck man. One of the best things that came out of listening to the Rolling Stone best 500 albums list last year was belatedly getting to love D’Angelo.

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · Sep 27

#RS500 28 As we reach the top of the list I've been wondering what would be the last album I'd never heard and my guess is this. It's very good but I'd have to relisten to Black Messiah to see which I actually like better. Def an artist who's not what I thought he was previously. Fave song: The Root

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 14h

Yes it's annoying that conservatives are lying about and trying to suppress this weekend's rallies, but as far as I can remember there was virtually no mainstream or conservative media coverage in advance of the first one and now they're talking about it constantly. That's a good sign.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 23h

Yep

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

One of the greatest. Although interestingly it was one of the songs he didn't write for Music and Lyrics, Pop Goes My Heart, that was that movie's most plausible fictional hit

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people answering yes we memorized like 10 numbers of family and close friends but what's being noted less is that we didn't *try* it just happened naturally because we dialed them so often and no longer needed to look in our lil books

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

This is the analysis I was looking for!

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

My guess is the reason airports and airlines don't bother with security at the bag carousel is that it's not their stuff, it's ours, so they don't care if it gets stolen. I wonder if they ever get big mad that it almost never does. (Except by people who work for them, which is a whole 'nother story)

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

Wait this thread explained it. I actually didn’t realize the bases were loaded, which is a big part of the fun

Noel Murder-y @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the play in question. Bases loaded, one out, CF doesn't make the catch but hits the cutoff man, who relays home for a force out, after which the C runs to 3rd and gets the third out. The umpires made the correct calls the whole way. It was the Dodger baserunners who messed it all up.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for trying but I think I just don't have enough knowledge to process this! Happy for everyone who's excited though!

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone was freaking out so much that I actually went and watched the baseball clip and I genuinely don't understand why it's interesting? Looks like someone caught the ball and then threw out a runner? Isn't that normal?

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

I watched the first ep of Reacher months ago and then went back and finished season 1 even though when I watched ep 2 I was like, this story is totally unfamiliar, I guess I don't remember ep 1 at all. Just started s2e1 and... oh THIS is the ep I watched first.

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 12d

So Reacher is just The A-Team except all the guys are one guy?

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

When you just have to listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda you're in

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone could just park on the curb, walk in, and steal 3-5 suitcases without anyone so much as looking twice. As far as I know it never happens

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

One of the greatest. Although interestingly it was one of the songs he didn't write for Music and Lyrics, Pop Goes My Heart, that was that movie's most plausible fictional hit

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 1d

The most plausible fake hit song in cinema up until maybe the arrival of Kpop Demon Hunters

🎃Kristen “Crypt Keeper” Lopez🎃 @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 1d

THAT THING YOU DO! is on @tcmtv.bsky.social. Please respect my privacy at this time while I sing the song at the top of my lungs. #tcmparty

a man in a red suit and tie adjusts his sunglasses in front of a blue curtain

ALT: a man in a red suit and tie adjusts his sunglasses in front of a blue curtain

media.tenor.com

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