OPE! by Brady Gerber
bradywgerber.bsky.social
OPE! by Brady Gerber
@bradywgerber.bsky.social
Defending Bob Dylan’s Christmas album. Words at New York Magazine, Pitchfork, The Hollywood Reporter, elsewhere. Weekly essays, mixtapes, and podcasts: https://bradygerber.com/
Post-punk sucks, except when it comes from New Orleans.

This week's review on the OPE! Music podcast: Lawn (@lawnband.bsky.social‬)

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Happy Memorial Day.
May 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
FRIENDSHIP is my comedy of the 2020s so far, and it's not even close. The hardest I've cried laughing in a movie theater since seeing SUPERBAD in high school. Tim Robinson non-ironically deserves an acting nod.
May 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hey now, my newsletter is now a podcast 👀
Welcome to OPE! Music
This week: Soft Play
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2cFa...
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=EU58...
Artist photo by Jenn Five
May 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here are 20 good songs
August 30, 2023 at 6:21 PM
Vampire Weekend: “Guys That Cut the Lawn”
August 25, 2023 at 3:17 PM
The bluesky era of OPE! has begun! This week, I wrote about (slowly) moving away from Twitter. l also wrote about LOST IN TRANSLATION, which turns 20 this year. bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...
August 23, 2023 at 5:27 PM
August 17, 2023 at 6:26 PM