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Andy Mascola
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husband, father, novelist, host of PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY (@peoplertheenemy.bsky.social), and senior writer for Surviving the Golden Age about.me/AndyMascola
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Hey friends,

My 2025 novel, How to Saw a Man in Half, is out!

Get it in paperback and ebook formats, worldwide, via Amazon here: mybook.to/L5tQ

Don’t use Amazon? Get it in ebook format at Google Play here: play.google.com/store/books/...

Thank you for your patronage,

-Andy
#newbook #pleaseshare
"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Cashbox Magazine thought that Kyuss might cause earthquakes, while I feel they can warm you up like a good bowl of soup. Listen to the new chart chat to find out more 🤘(and also 🤟)
Episode 412 is up! Andy talks about De La Soul's new album, Cabin in the Sky, Nouvelle Vague (2025), comedies of the 2020s, PrestonPlayz, & Marita Plieva. Also, Brian Eno talks about creativity. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moine (@therachel.bsky.social)
introduces you to the band Kyuss.
Episode 412
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/24/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Wow! Had no idea the prez was a Todd Solondz fan! 😮 #Happiness
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Episode 412 is up! Andy talks about De La Soul's new album, Cabin in the Sky, Nouvelle Vague (2025), comedies of the 2020s, PrestonPlayz, & Marita Plieva. Also, Brian Eno talks about creativity. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moine (@therachel.bsky.social)
introduces you to the band Kyuss.
Episode 412
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/24/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Think I just found a comedy “fart” record at a Goodwill. #vinyl
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Been reviewing albums (approx two a month) for Survivng the Golden Age for just over ten years. I’ve never given an album a perfect score. Just handed in my first 10/10. @stgablog.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Jette is good people. She’s also a good artist and a new friend. Please follow her main Bsky profile (below) and her art profile here: @ninjettenine.bsky.social Thank you!
Welp. I misread a situation on the internet, threw out some verbal fisticuffs, and

Then we talked it out and now we're friends.

(Not sorry)

((About the making a friend part))

@andymascola.bsky.social is a good.
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Has anyone cried at a horror movie?
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Oh no! Wait … what?
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Who would win in a fight, Fleet Foxes fans or Bon Iver fans?
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Happy Friday!
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy Friday!
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Pat Healy in the film is the only accurate representation of what Boing Boing (the zine, not the website) used to call Unhappy Mutants -- angry, sarcastic young men in alternative scenes who were "ironically" fascistic.

Turned out there were a lot of them and the web supercharged them.
Stephen Miller circa 2001
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Stephen Miller circa 2001
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I realized that I was so eager to tell @therachel.bsky.social about my being a concert know-it-all for last week’s show that I neglected to mention that the concert itself answered her call to action- it was Aimee Mann’s “Lost in Space” anniversary tour where she only sang songs from that album!
Ep 411 is up! Andy eats a cookie & talks about Pyjama Man’s latest antics & Tracy Morgan singing U2. On Rachel’s Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social) shares listener stories of full-album concerts, follows RATM across the pond & looks at a Christopher Cross singles collection.
Episode 411
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/17/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If a conservative family member starts talking shit on Thanksgiving day, you have my permission to say, “Quiet, piggy!”
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Thanks to everyone who contributed stories to this segment. Here’s some information on Sapphire Bullets, the only They Might Be Giants tribute that matters, via @drkayak.bsky.social tmbw.net/wiki/Sapphir...
Ep 411 is up! Andy eats a cookie & talks about Pyjama Man’s latest antics & Tracy Morgan singing U2. On Rachel’s Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social) shares listener stories of full-album concerts, follows RATM across the pond & looks at a Christopher Cross singles collection.
Episode 411
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/17/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Finished Unfit by Ariana Harwicz. A novella-size tale told from the perspective of a woman who’s only allowed to see her kids once a month during supervised visits. She sets her in-laws’ barn on fire & drives away with her twin boys. Great prose. The story moves like a wild bottle rocket. Liked it.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Ep 411 is up! Andy eats a cookie & talks about Pyjama Man’s latest antics & Tracy Morgan singing U2. On Rachel’s Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social) shares listener stories of full-album concerts, follows RATM across the pond & looks at a Christopher Cross singles collection.
Episode 411
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/17/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New De La drops 11.21 #CabinIntheSky #DeLaSoul #newmusic
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Some albums I’ve been listening to while writing:
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Finally catching up with my podcasts. This week’s #ChartChat made me feel a twinge of shameful recognition when @therachel.bsky.social correctly described the phenomenon of the bigger fan at a concert overexplaining each song to the lesser fan. That was me & my sister at Aimee Mann this year.
Episode 410 is available! Andy talks about helping his mom look for a car, his 25th wedding anniversary, and SweeTart Ropes. Also, we listen to a clip of the singer of Linus. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines (@therachel.bsky.social)
delivers her report on seeing Yes in Omaha on Nov 7.
Episode 410
Podcast Episode · PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY · 11/10/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Happy Friday!
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Friday!
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM