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Tall Rob
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Tesla Takedown Northbrook zines: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eDqHdqHSWMnS7dJLFTSIG-fIrgbq-C4U
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grandrobert.bsky.social
Playground chants and games have transcended geography since before the Internet, but I’ve still yet to meet anyone else who sang the song my classmates did after Kurt’s death. It was to the tune of the Notre Dame fight song…

"Cheer cheer for old Kurt Cobain / he shot himself while high on cocaine”
Reading through some of the smaller moments in the text also gave me the space to recall memories of my experience with NIRVANA before I'd actually started listening to them. A few months after Kurt died, a couple kids at my school had come up with a song about it to the tune of the Notre Dame fight song. The first line was "Cheer cheer for old Kurt Cobain / he shot himself while high on cocaine." It sucks that there's no such thing as an Internet search for my memories because I wish I could remember more of the song.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Still can’t get over Nardwuar mentioning The NEOS to Kurt Cobain in a January 1994 interview.
On a related note (i.e., complete tangent), the best thing about WOUND UP is that all their songs begin without stick clicks but with all instruments and vocals hitting at once. That is fucking cool. Props to Mike from The CATBURGLARS (I think it was him) for pointing that out on the Chicago Hardcore message board years ago. Another cool tangent this book led me down was the January 1994 interview Nardwuar did with Kurt. It's interesting to see a young Nardwuar for sure, but the fact that he mentions the fucking NEOS at one point is utterly mind-blowing. It's taken for granted at this point that Nardwuar is talented at asking these kinds of questions about band members' influences and past experiences, and of course, there's nothing of the sound of The NEOS in NIRVANA's music, but it's still incredible that he brings up that band in this interview.
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Dying
And yes that was me. I am a Ludlow or whatever they're called. Luddite There it is
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
grandrobert.bsky.social
The show is insane!
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
lol fair enough!

I forgot to add the full alt text, so here it is again:
As the plot unfolds and the mystery deepens, we meet even more characters who could possibly be responsible for Milo's abduction. One close associate of the family has a gambling addiction and may need the quick money that a ransom payment could provide. Another family member struggles with prescription pill abuse and could be chasing the money needed for another fix. Some of the parents are as awful and entitled as the most privileged people you could imagine, so maybe they resent Milo's parents for the pettiest of reasons. (One of these reasons is that as a mom of an only child, certain moms such as Marissa and Jenny must have more time to give through volunteering for school fundraisers and events.) Maybe the parents are just faking it for attention, or even a book deal. After all, they are wildly successful people who know movers and shakers in the publishing industry who could get them a lucrative contract. Thankfully, not all of these people are women or femme-presenting, so the her in the show's title does not seem as prescriptive and limiting as it might at first. Men and society blame women enou as it is.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Thanks for the unsolicited negative feedback!
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
*Filming #allherfault happened mostly in Australia, but the overhead shots of the Baháʼí Temple and Gillson Park are gorgeous!

There are also brief shots of cars on Isabella Ave, turning south into Evanston.

Chicago Police wouldn’t investigate this case, though. Kinda like Home Alone in that way.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
There are many ways that social class plays a role in #allherfault as well. From the invisible labor of canvassing remaining invisible (to the wealthy suburbanites) to the disparate outcomes of a drug charge for the affluent and the impoverished.
Screenshot of text from The Tall Rob Report’s review of #allherfault A missing white child from an affluent area is a surefire way to get attention from the media. Leading up to the hiccup at a press conference where reporters accuse the Irvines of faking their son's kidnapping, they take pains to present themselves as sympathetic. They know that their existing social media photos of drunken nights out or of lavish lifestyles will not endear them to the public. Their campaign to find Milo also involves a canvassing effort in the city. The level of organization needed for this undertaking seems huge, but all we see is a quick conversation between Marissa and her friend and colleague Colin Dobbs. He tells her he'll take care of it and then hundreds of people show up. The labor that makes that whole effort happen is completely invisible to the viewer in the same way it is to the characters. In a later episode the missing rungs of the social ladder are apparent through two wildly different outcomes of drug distribution charges. A character who has little and is desperate for money to support a family gets arrested and imprisoned, while a well-to-do son of a private school dean can make a deal with someone who needs something from the school in order to get this fortunate son's record expunged expediently. It's not just that the rich avoid a consequence; their second chance comes at the expense of the career and integrity of a person in a lower social class. There's a lot going on with this show!
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Plenty to consider with regard to gossip and mystery in #allherfault

Some discussion of lies of Omission as compare to lies of Commission in my review.
Screenshot of text from a review of #allherfault from The Tall Rob Report The mystery of Milo's disappearance and its eventual resolution involves parsing who knew or did what and when. There are many cases of lies of omission. Characters sometimes conceal what they know, even when questioned by a sympathetically cast lead detective who does not have the moral code he initially seems to possess. They aren't deliberately telling an untruth, which is lying by commission. They are simply leaving out key details in their responses while not saying anything factually inaccurate. Part of it is a little sneaky, but as with most understandings in human interaction, the import of a small detail might not seem as significant the first time we consider it. It's rewarding to see Detective Alcaras pursue these leads and details to learn information the audience might already know, or might be learning along with him. He provides helpful think-alouds with his detective buddy to keep us in the loop. As with any good mystery or gossip story, we enjoy trying to guess where these leads and clues will take us and deciding whom to trust.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Despite the title, it’s not just women who might be at fault in #allherfault
Screenshot of The Tall Rob Report review of All Her Fault #allherfault
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Friend of mine once imagined a non-binary Jason Statham starring in a movie where the character pursues villains through a gritty criminal underworld trying to get people to correctly use pronouns.

The movie’s title: Jason They/Them
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
The Quizics guy? His passive-aggressive stuff is so awful!
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Yeah that was excellent. We watched like 5 episodes in a row yesterday. Usually don’t do that but it just kept pulling us in.
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
It’s such a fun show! We’ve got like 20 minutes left in the final episode right now. There are so many looks she gives him throughout the season (and he deserves ALL of them). She’s great!
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Case in point: the guy who slowed down and rolled down his window to tell us to “get a job.” He was holding a TRUMP bumper sticker as he did. Bro, if you are so into that guy, then why isn’t that sticker on your car? Also, your soul is gross.
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
Here's a link to the PDF:
TTN_06.pdf
drive.google.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
grandrobert.bsky.social
The JOY DIVISION and POISON IDEA covers on that soundtrack are an excellent gateway!
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM