Jason Cohen
@cohenesque.bsky.social
Philadelphia. Texas Monthly writer-at-large. Ex of Austin, Portland, Cincinnati, Missoula. Music, food, sports (no necessarily in that order).
So convenient that I also get the Texas A&M score when I select "all FCS" to check on Lehigh-Lafayette.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So convenient that I also get the Texas A&M score when I select "all FCS" to check on Lehigh-Lafayette.
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This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Donate a Holiday Spice Set • Give the Gift of Flavor | Burlap & Barrel
Help make someone's holiday meal special. When you purchase a single jar, 3-pack, or 6-pack of our equitably sourced spices, we’ll donate that exact set to a New York food pantry supporting families i...
www.burlapandbarrel.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
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ESPN is carrying some SEC college Club hockey. The broadcast is exactly what I was expecting.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ESPN is carrying some SEC college Club hockey. The broadcast is exactly what I was expecting.
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this is great
"I don’t know why, but there is something about that instrument that makes you want to play slow, melancholic music on it."
The Guitar-Bass Hybrid That Gives Tortoise Its Lonesome Sound
Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Douglas McCombs has made the cult-favorite Bass VI a staple of the post-rock legends’ palette.
www.hearingthings.co
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is great
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See, it's still news www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
KHL players bitten by attack dog during ceremonial puck drop
An attack dog from the local Minsk police force got a little too chompy with players from CSKA Moscow and Dinamo Minsk on Thursday.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
See, it's still news www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
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I'm writing a book!
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited.
Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited.
Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm writing a book!
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited.
Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited.
Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!
They might need to move that Pierre Robert concert to the Linc
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They might need to move that Pierre Robert concert to the Linc
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If you and I were friends on twitter back before it sucked you might recall my nearly decade long search for the episode of Scottish fishing show Trout N' About featuring Mani along with Throb from Primal Scream. I eventually found it. Enjoy that shit here:
youtu.be/2uDtS7ktCAI?...
youtu.be/2uDtS7ktCAI?...
Trout N' About with Mani & Throb from Primal Scream, STV, 15.7.04
YouTube video by IAmUter
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November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you and I were friends on twitter back before it sucked you might recall my nearly decade long search for the episode of Scottish fishing show Trout N' About featuring Mani along with Throb from Primal Scream. I eventually found it. Enjoy that shit here:
youtu.be/2uDtS7ktCAI?...
youtu.be/2uDtS7ktCAI?...
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I learned from this excellent piece that Olivia Nuzzi is now being represented by Risa Heller, the crisis-communications expert who was hired by Win Butler in 2022 and by Ivanka Trump during Trump's first term.
Olivia Nuzzi's Nine Lives
How many sins can one career survive?
www.discourseblog.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I learned from this excellent piece that Olivia Nuzzi is now being represented by Risa Heller, the crisis-communications expert who was hired by Win Butler in 2022 and by Ivanka Trump during Trump's first term.
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Nearly everything you think you know about Riley Gaines is a lie or an exaggeration or both. Incredible work from @msjpauly.bsky.social and PTFO crew.
PTFO collaborated with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @motherjones.com on an investigation into Riley Gaines.
Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.”
But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.”
But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
Riley Gaines Investigated: The Lia Thomas Race, the Coach & Why She "Doesn't Even Like" Trump | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nearly everything you think you know about Riley Gaines is a lie or an exaggeration or both. Incredible work from @msjpauly.bsky.social and PTFO crew.
How YOU doin'?
The infamous flop has released its long-unseen final eight episodes for free, allowing U.S. Friends diehards to watch the spinoff's full run for the first time.
Friends Spinoff Joey Releases 8 'New' Episodes Online — Nearly 20 Years Later - TVLine
www.tvline.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
How YOU doin'?
I'd say this is a bonkers read but is it?
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves.” Stories at four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, were removed after an investigation by The Local. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I'd say this is a bonkers read but is it?
Sounds like this book is bad and the portions are too small (213 pages! Even as he sucks he has more story than that) defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sounds like this book is bad and the portions are too small (213 pages! Even as he sucks he has more story than that) defector.com/john-fetterm...
This is also technically a factual error though it would take another full paragraph to explain the exact relationship between Penn, WXPN, World Cafe, World Cafe Live, and Free At Noon. And then another 8,000 words to write about what's been going on there (big news today, apparently).
What's that account that posts journalists trying to rephrase things to avoid repetition? Because the otherwise very good profile on the Mountain Goats in GQ has this absolutely excellent one
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is also technically a factual error though it would take another full paragraph to explain the exact relationship between Penn, WXPN, World Cafe, World Cafe Live, and Free At Noon. And then another 8,000 words to write about what's been going on there (big news today, apparently).
Looks like the fate of the 12 seed in the College Football Playoff is at least partially in hands of Temple University and K.C. Keeler. The Owls host Tulane on Saturday, then visit North Texas on Black Friday.
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Looks like the fate of the 12 seed in the College Football Playoff is at least partially in hands of Temple University and K.C. Keeler. The Owls host Tulane on Saturday, then visit North Texas on Black Friday.
Does it even count as a Michelin Star for Philly if it's Jean-Georges? Also, could this city get a Bib Gourmand at a place I generally avoid due to a certain sports & pizza personality? www.inquirer.com/food/live/mi...
Jean-Georges Vongerichten hopes to add to his Michelin star collection
For the first time, Philly restaurants are eligible to receive prestigious Michelin stars.
www.inquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Does it even count as a Michelin Star for Philly if it's Jean-Georges? Also, could this city get a Bib Gourmand at a place I generally avoid due to a certain sports & pizza personality? www.inquirer.com/food/live/mi...
When you were a Timbers fan and then moved home to Philadelphia www.theguardian.com/football/202...
MLS executive who built a powerhouse faced allegations of sexist, racist and homophobic behavior
Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner denies the allegations, which prompted a recently-concluded MLS investigation that could not corroborate them
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
When you were a Timbers fan and then moved home to Philadelphia www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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not relevant here but the major league baseball team that is located in arlington, texas is also notable for being the only major league baseball team that does not have a pride night
Arlington City Council might delay it, but I'm pretty sure that tonight the city might become one of the first in the country to repeal an LGBTQ+ non-discrimination ordinance. I will be watching and have a story if so.
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
Arlington mayor calls to delay vote for LGBTQ protections
The North Texas city would be one of the first in the U.S. to repeal its protections for LGBTQ residents.
www.dallasnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
not relevant here but the major league baseball team that is located in arlington, texas is also notable for being the only major league baseball team that does not have a pride night
“I cannot tell you how many focus groups I have sat in and someone says, ‘I just vote how The Stranger tells me,’” said Heather Weiner, a political consultant who works on progressive campaigns." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
How a Seattle Alt-Weekly Newspaper Became a Progressive Kingmaker
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“I cannot tell you how many focus groups I have sat in and someone says, ‘I just vote how The Stranger tells me,’” said Heather Weiner, a political consultant who works on progressive campaigns." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
Way more obscure than I was expecting
Obscure ’90s music is all over the algorithm these days, and yet countless bands fall through the cracks. Here's a list of artists in serious need of reissues.
Bands Left Behind By Streaming
Reissue these bands, please.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Way more obscure than I was expecting
If the detective was also a cat, I'd read it for sure
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If the detective was also a cat, I'd read it for sure
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EXCLUSIVE: Indie band the New Pornographers were blindsided when their now-former drummer was arrested on child pornography charges.
In his first interview since the arrest, bandleader A.C. Newman tells us about the shock he felt, re-recording the drum parts and keeping the band name.
In his first interview since the arrest, bandleader A.C. Newman tells us about the shock he felt, re-recording the drum parts and keeping the band name.
'Like A Horror Movie': The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman Talks Ex-Drummer's Child Porn Arrest
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Indie band the New Pornographers were blindsided when their now-former drummer was arrested on child pornography charges.
In his first interview since the arrest, bandleader A.C. Newman tells us about the shock he felt, re-recording the drum parts and keeping the band name.
In his first interview since the arrest, bandleader A.C. Newman tells us about the shock he felt, re-recording the drum parts and keeping the band name.
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literally the most I ain’t reading all that since literally yesterday
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
literally the most I ain’t reading all that since literally yesterday