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Tweeting about near-ancient pop culture. Opinions are mine alone. He/Him. This isn't Twitter. http://teepublic.com/user/scottythered
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my name is Scotty and I've spent 20 years in love with the Power Pop genre. I'm going to post a #dailyFavoritePowerPopSong just to see how long i can go without running out.

Day 1: seems appropriate to start with the Paley Bros, since we lost Andy Paley this week.
The Paley Brothers - Come Out And Play
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scottythered.bsky.social
One of my regular podcasts (QAA) had an episode about the TS Is Queer conspiracy community, and just did an update episode last month about how that community is handling her being in love with a man (spoiler alert: they don't handle it well)
Sept. 2, 2025 - QAA
The Great Gaylor Disappointment (Premium E303) Sample

Megastar Taylor Swift and three time Super Bowl champion NFL tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement in one of the most-liked Instagram posts of all time. Naturally, we wondered how the Gaylor community is handling the news. Back in premium episode 235, Liv introduced us to the Taylor Swift fans who believe that the megastar is secretly queer and closeted, and that she has hinted at this through lyrics, visuals, timing, and public friendships. On this episode Travis, Liv, Jake and Julian examine reactions from the community, ranging from acceptance, denial, bewilderment, and rage. Plus, Jake treats us to a story about secret occult practices and the magical year of 1989. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media and binge the entirety of our new show Science in Transition by Liv Agar and Spencer Barrows: https://cursedmedia.net Editing by Corey Klotz.
scottythered.bsky.social
And i don't 100 percent blame her for that, because being an artist in this century requires parasocial tendencies for survival... but it's also gross. And it never lasts.
scottythered.bsky.social
Yeah, but are you also decoding Lupe Fiasco's social posts because someone on Tiktok posts daily about "decoding" hidden clues in his songs about him secretly being gay? Because TS implicitly encouraged that kind of shit.
scottythered.bsky.social
No to the latter. My pet theory is that she encouraged her fans to do cult-like decoding of her work and social media presence, and with the latest album, there isn't a lot to decode, so people are getting bored.

Plus all the capitalism.
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God I’m either substance free or I’m too long or I swear too much, can’t fuckin’ win these days.
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ndrew.bsky.social
I really just once a reporter would reply “oh are you gonna cry about it”
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."
scottythered.bsky.social
i want to be the first person sued by a cat for stealing its chord progression
acexaman.bsky.social
Meowfeggio 528hz Healing Frequencies ✨️🌌
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scottythered.bsky.social
doc: that's right, it's a time machine, you can witness any historical event you choose

me: send me to the 1977 party where Chevy Chase was being an asshole, so John Candy put him in a headlock for 2 hours while mingling and drinking with friends

doc: well obviously that's our first stop
scottythered.bsky.social
Reminder: 3 days ago, he went to Walter Reed for an "annual checkup" that he already did six months ago
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
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genuinely trumps funniest bit ever for him to admit that he knows he’s a grifting piece of shit who’s going to hell lol
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
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librarian.bsky.social
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"The bathroom. It's... bad."
ryanpatrickrandall.com
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
scottythered.bsky.social
remember to take your meds or you'll end up on a Sunday afternoon singing "what's the point" to the tune of Madonna's "More"
scottythered.bsky.social
"Ratio me. Please."

that's not what you said when i said you were full of shit, sally
Sally Jenkins (@sallyjenx.bsky.social) blocking me, thereby proving herself a chickenshit coward
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
so, this weekend the great Dr. Demento did his final show. I could write a lot about the importance of his show to me & my friends when we were 12 and 13. there's more to it than "he played funny stuff" and "his show is where @alyankovic.bsky.social got his start." 1/3
scottythered.bsky.social
Report from the movie theater: ARMY OF DARKNESS is still better than any Marvel movie
scottythered.bsky.social
"Having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go!"
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) in the first NAKED GUN film
scottythered.bsky.social
I will not vote for any candidate that does not run on accountability for what's going on, full stop
clarajeffery.bsky.social
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Mr Beast is very emblematic of modern fame where he’s very successful, incredibly rich, gets 12 billion views on everything, and simultaneously, at the very same time, no one gives one single shit about him
scottythered.bsky.social
Reviewer Mark Kmetzko saw the show and called the band "an average (maybe below average) New York bar band" with "little apparent talent shown."
scottythered.bsky.social
Another quick AI remix, this time "Careful" from Television's 1975 Cleveland show. This is one of the handful of exquisitely taped Television shows, captured by Peter Laughner (who taped it because he was auditioning to join the band and wanted to learn their setlist)
scottythered.bsky.social
i'm extremely grateful my dad had a sizeable glam collection - Sweet, Mud, Rollers, etc.

I still remember "Get it On" being used in a Velveeta cheese commercial in high school, but not specifically allowing the lyrics "Get it on" to be heard in it
scottythered.bsky.social
As I understand it, his son Rolan was fucked by archaic British laws which didn’t allow him (born out of wedlock) to inherit his dad's estate. Tony Visconti sued & got him a "controlled" yearly allowance from the trust funds.

Bowie arranged for his education and other expenses as he was growing up.