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Howie Cohen
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Wish you could be here tonight, @pkrugman.bsky.social
The outside of the Paramount Theater in Seattle with the brightly lit neon Paramount sign and the marquee with Deep Sea Diver on it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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This week's top streams. Special thanks to @ekkoastral.bsky.social drummer Miri Tyler for the Somebody's Daughter recommendation. A bunch of other old & newer favorites this week and a big Dining dead & Thank You I'm Sorry mood #5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
A 5X5 grid of my top 25 streams for the week: Friko-Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here; The Loud Family-Interbabe Concern; Pacing-Planet Fitness; Somebody's Daughter-Live @ the Pocket; Dumptruck-For The Country; Black Ends-Stay Evil EP; Florence + the Machine-Everybody Scream (Chamber Version); Rosie Tucker-UTOPIA NOW!; Thank You, I'm Sorry-Growing In Strange Places; The Linda Lindas-No Obligation; Zookraught-Vida Violet; Maita-Want; The Replacements-Pleased To Meet Me; Career Woman-Lighthouse; Let's Active-Every Dog Has His Day; Monsterwatch-The Head; Tunde Adebimpe-Thee Black Boltz; Big Star-#1 Record; Car Seat Headrest-The Scholars; Dining Dead-Medium Rare; Forty Feet Tall-Clean The Cage; Ratboys-The Window; Dining Dead-Stranger Wages-EP; Origami Angel-Somewhere City; Thank You I'm Sorry-Repeating Threes (EP)
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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"Thanks Xindi, for ruining Thanksgiving dessert." #GreatestTrek #GreatestGen
A two-image collage with the top showing the Xindi probe from Star Trek: Enterprise emitting its giant death ray, and the bottom image of Sharon Weiss' infamous charcoal-covered burned Pumpkin Pie she blamed on Marie Callendar on their Facebook page.
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Terok Nor Commander and Prefect of Bajoran people Gul Dukat
A meme using a still from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, of Gul Dukat shouting in an automated message, which is captioned "Attention Bajoran Workers, I've never believed in the term work-life balance."
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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This week's streams had more than a few trips to the past for Game Theory (1987), Trotsky Icepick (1988), The Walkabouts (1988), and Beat Happening (1989). And favs from the past few years, and some new releases. And LOTS from The Beths.
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
5x5 grid of my top 25 streams for the week: Game Theory-Lolita Nation; Origami Angel-Somewhere City; Trotsky Icepick-Carpetbomb the Riff; Emi Pop-No Te Voy a Extrañar; Chokecherry-Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls; The Beths-Straight Line Was A Lie; The Walkabouts-See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens; The Beths-Warm Blood (EP); Great Grandpa-Patience, Moonbeam; Cheekface-Emphatically No!; Raue-Raue; Cheekface-Middle Spoon; Dining Dead-Is This A House?; Hatchie-Liquorice; Jeff Rosenstock-Hellmode; Kill Lincoln-No Normal; The Beths-Future Me Hates Me; Beat Happening-Black Candy; Dazy-Bad Penny; The Jins-It's a Life; Car Seat Headrest-The Scholars; Daffo-Where the Earth Bends; Jay Som-Belong; Short Fictions-Every Moment of Every Day; Snocaps-Snocaps
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Finally listening to the new debut lp from Chokecherry and it's every bit as good as I expected. Can't wait to catch them live again. Pic from Freakout Fest '23
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Freakout Fest pic of Chokecherry, with Scarlett and Izzie leaning into each other, back-to-back, with a multi-color psychedelic light show backdrop projected on them and the wall behind them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Whelp. But I'm seeing them live again tonight, and it's such a great record, and I can always listen to that stack of new vinyl tomorrow and...
The new Beths record, Straight Line Was A Lie, on blue vinyl, still on my turntable.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Another eclectic mix of old and new. I'm falling back into a heavy Game Theory mode. Great new ones in here from Dazy, Florence + The Machine, Into It. Over It, Tomo Nakayama, Emi Pop, Bartees Strange, & King Youngblood all there this week.
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
A 5x5 grid of my top 25 streams for the past week: Game Theory-Two Steps From The Middle Ages; Good Luck-Into Lake Griffy; Dazy-Bad Penny; Belly-Star; Florence + the Machine-Everybody Scream (Chamber Version); Into It. Over It.-Hypernomalisation (Single); Black Ends-Psychotic Spew; Glass Beach-Plastic Death; Pixies-Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster); Catbite-Doom Garden (EP); Remember Sports-Like A Stone; Bad Moves-Wearing Out The Refrain; Tomo Nakayama-Ocean; Art Sorority-Older Boys; Emi Pop-No Te Voy a Extrañar; Fastbacks-Very, Very Powerful Motor; Jeff Rosenstock-Hellmode, Bartees Strange-Shy Bairns Get Nowt (EP); Chalk-Conditions III (EP); Flying Racoon Suit-Mothership (Single); King Youngblood-Black Hole Son (Single); Cut Copy-Live on KEXP; Built To Spill-THere's Nothing Wrong With Love; Chalk-Can't Feel It (Single)
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
A pair of Cedar Waxwings perched in the top branches of a spruce tree with blue sky and wispy, high, thin white clouds in the sky behind them. The distinctive crests of the birds is visible and their tan, brown, and grey plumage is lit in late-afternoon golden-hour sun.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Okay, now that you got in, clicky clicky on the tab that says "Track My Ballot" and you can see if it's back and counted! All green? All good! You're done! You voted and it counted! Good for you you little democracy lovin' freak!
The King County election website showing "My Vote Information" and the four tracking spots for a ballot: Ballot Sent, Ballot receive, Signature Verification, and Ballot Counted. All of these are highlighted in green. Below that it says, "Congratulations! Your ballot has been counted."
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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New releases and recent live shows reflected in this week's streams. All over the decades and genres, as usual
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
A 5x5 grid of my top 25 streams this week: Snocaps-Snocaps; Jay Som-Belong; Carmen Perry-Eyes Like a Mirror; Friko-Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here; Emi Pop-No Te Voy a Extrañar; Jeff Rosenstock-Hellmode; Quasi-Featuring "Birds"; Camp Trash-Two Hundred Thousand Dollars; The Dream Syndicate-The Days of Wine and Roses; Wimps-City Lights; Wimps-Suitcase; Bruce Lee Band-Rental!! Eviction!!; Really From-Really From; Tunde Adebimpe-Thee Black Boltz; Nirvana-Nevermind; Zookraught-Roy St. (Single); Spring Onion-Seated Figure; Welp Disney-MAY WELL; Car Seat Headres-The Scholars; Death Valley Girls-Season of Dreaming (Single); Dumptruck-Positively Dumptruck; Flesh Produce-Couch Slime IV; Palehound-Eye on the Bat; Perspective, A Lovely Hand to Hold-Phantasmagorialand; Quasi-Field Studies
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I'm a little bit embarrassed to both listen to a Star Trek podcast and to have bought this clearance game at Barnes & Noble. The sales did not go well, Enterprise! #FriendsOfDeSoto #GreatestTrek #GreatestGen @greatesttrek.com
The front packaging of the board game Star Trek Away Missions, Miniatures Board Game: Battle of Wolf 359 core set, Federation vs. Borg. It is marked down 50% and then further to "Cheap $15" (it's originally $60 on the side panel price tag) The back of the board game showing the game set up with a lot of text with detailed instructions, and a list of pieces included.
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Credit to J.R. Sears in the Facebook Star Trek 💩 Posting Gronp #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG
The bridge of the Enterprise D, with Doctor Beverly Crusher, a nurse (Ogawa? Hard to say from the angle on the face), and Commander Riker all huddled with concern around Captain Picard, collapsed unconscious on the floor of the bridge due to a Ressikan probe beam. Donald Trump, in a navy suit, white shirt, and red tie, is standing, looking visibly annoyed, behind the Navigator's chair to the left.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Cybertruck driving tech-bro spends quarter million to lose by more than 40 points.
Early election results from the City of Woodinville, with 20.39% of registered voters' ballots counted, showing Council Position Number 1 race results with Michelle Evans beating Jeff Lyon 1255 votes (70.03%) to 531 votes (29.63%) and 6 write-in votes.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Yes, and the Dream Syndicate sound as incredible as ever. Here's me and Steve on Sunday night.
A pic of me and Steve Wynn on Sunday night after the Dream Syndicate show. No, not THAT Steve Wynn. The cool one.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Cringe? Maybe. But I enjoyed adding to my collection of band selfies last night with Steve Wynn from the Dream Syndicate
A collection of selfies with bands/artists, top to bottom, left to right; Sprints, Frost Children, TeZATalks, Pom Pom Squad, The Beths, Emma Swift, TeZATalks again, King Youngblood, Two with Christine and Nicolette from Pool Kids, and Steve Wynn
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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The final Audioasis Live show of the year was fantastic, as usual. Chico Detour, The Wimps, & Quasi, live in the KEXP Gathering Space.
Chico Detour on stage at KEXP. Keyboardist on the left, drums in back, lead guitar and vocals, rhythm guitar, and bass player on the far right 3-piece band The Wimps on stage at KEXP. Rachel Ratner on guitar to the left, in a navy and white striped shirt. Dave Ramm in back on the drums, Matt Nyce on the far right on bass in a navy zip-neck shirt. Quasi at KEXP. Sam on keyboard to the left, Janet on drums to the right with a deocated drum pink bass drum head with art work of a black and white sheppard dog on it, and a tank top with puppies all over it. There are still Halloween cobweb and spider decorations on the back wall behind the stage. Sam's amplifier that says "Fuck ICE" on it written with pink tape on the front
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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This week's 5x5 is titled "The Al Gore Rhythm Don't Know What To Do With Me," or alternatively, "Let's Knife."
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
My 5x5 grid of my top 25 album stream artwork from the past 7 days: Operation Ivy-Operation Ivy (2007 Remaster); Ratboys-Printer's Devil; Ratboys-Singin' To An Empty Chair; Jeff Rosenstock-No Dream; Militarie Gun-God Save The Gun; Shonen Knife-Burning Farm; Dazy-Bad Penny; Hazel-Toreador of Love; Ratboys-The Window; Car Seat Headrest-The Scholars; Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin (Remastered); Bad Bad Hats-Psychic Reader; Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here; Various Artists-Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them; Ratboys-AOID; Bad Bad Hats-It Hurts (10th Anniversary Edition); Bad Bad Hats-Walkman; Shonen Knife-Our Best Place; Tunde Adebimoe-Thee Black Boltz; Bad Bad Hats-Bad Bad Hats; Juliana Hatfield-Popsicle (Single); Sasami & Soccer Mommy-Just Be Friends (Soccer Mommy Version-Single); Yo La Tengo-I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass; Shonen Knife-Pretty Little Baka Guy; 16 Horsepower-Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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don't need another 👕 but I need this @catbiteband.bsky.social 👕 - I am a big Carbite Ska Band fan - available for 48 hrs catbite.net/products/car...
A screenshot of the order page for the Carbite Ska Band tee for $18.95 Tim and Brittany from Catbite in front of the Lost Lane theater, Tim pointing up at the marquee as both make distressed faces, at the sign which reads, in mismatched red and black letters, "Today Carbite Ska Band"
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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New @ratboysband.bsky.social ordered!
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Screenshot of my Bandcamp purchase confirmation: Singin' to an Empty Chair Listen (button to stream early singles) by Ratboys Digital Album Your purchase is a pre-order. We'll notify you the moment the full album is released. Your pre-order ships on or around February 6, 2026 Ratboys Singin' to an Empty Chair [SIGNED New West Exclusive Color Vinyl] from Ratboys 2xVinyl LP Shipping to: Howie Cohen
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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#WaWX
Wundermap screenshot showing a storm cell moving through Snoqualmie & North Bend with a lightning cell centered over the Riverbend neighborhood and moving east with a cone showing the potential track of the storm to the east.
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Just a few pics from the incredible night with Shonen Knife last night at the Tractor. My only regret is that I didn't grab a ticket for the last-minute early 2nd show they added as Osaka Ramones!
Atsuko Yamano in blue/white/black pants and tank top on bass, and to the right, her sister Naoko Yamano in a similarly patterned orange/white/black pants and tank top outfit on the silvery-glitter guitar on stage at the Tractor tavern in Seattle (the red T on the black curtain backdrop partially visible above the drum kit between them in the backgorund). Risa Kawano, smiling widely, with her long hair flipping with her head as she pounds on her drum kit with the drumsticks in her hand both in mid-air above the kit. A closer pic of Atsuko playing bass, looking over her left shoulder towards the audience. Atsuko, Risa, and Naoko side-by-side with their arms in the air as they bow and thank the audience after their set.
October 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The new horseglue from @ekkoastral.bsky.social as my top stream for the week? I guess if it bleeds, it leads
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
A 5x5 grid of album covers of my top 25 streams of the past week: Ekko Astral-horseglue (single); Militarie Gun-God Save The Gun; Dazy-Bad Penny; Jeff Rosenstock-Hellmode; MAITA-You Sure Can Kill Sunday, Part 1 (EP); Mint Green-All Girls Go To Heaven; Bread Pilot-New To You; Deep Sea Diver-Impossible Weight; Ducks Ltd.-Head On (feat. Illuminati Hotties) (single); Eric's Trip-Love Tara-Hanna Mohan-Time is a Walnut; Into It. Over It.-Intersections; Origami Angel-Gami Gang; Remember Sports-Like a Stone; Rosie Tucker-UTOPIA NOW!; SASAMI & Soccer Mommy-Just Be Friends (single); Short Fictions-Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler); Sincere Engineer-Cheap Grills; Snow Ellet-Elevator (single); Worst Party Ever-Dartland; 2nd Grade-Easy Listening; Bad Moves-Wearing Out The Refrain; Black Ends-Psychotic Spew; Bully-Lucky For You; Byland-Heavy For A While
October 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Mariners with bases loaded and only one out. Again.
Disgruntled cricket fan meme with my disgruntled face pasted over his body
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Hitting a lot of different decades again this past week. Didn't quite reach back to the 60s. Lots of R.E.M. & bonus points for new music from Camp Trash, Sugar, Meadow Gallery, and (checks notes...) Kim Petras. I contain multitudes.
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
5x5 grid of my top 25 streams for the last week: R.E.M.-Life's Rich Pageant; Dining Dead-Is This A House?; Mustard Plug-Big Daddy Multitude (2010 re-issue); Camp Trash-Two Hundred Thousand Dollars; Coral Grief-Air Between Us; Hello Mary-Emita Ox; Karōshi-Spoils, Consequence + Charity; Pool Kids-Easier Said Than Done; R.E.M.-Document; R.E.M.-Fables Of The Reconstruction; Tad-8-Way Santa (Deluxe Edition); Cheap Trick-Cheap Trick; Cheekface-It's Sorted; Mt Fog-Ultraviolet Heart Machine-Weird Nightmare-Weird Nightmare; Forty Feet Tall-Clean The Cage; Talk Talk-The Colour of Spring; Softcult-When A Flower Doesn't Grow; Meadow Gallery-Meadow Gallery (EP); Sugar-House of Dead Memories (Single); Geese-Getting Killed; Kim Petras-I Like Ur Look (Single); Modest Mouse-The Moon & Antarctica; Softcult-Year Of The Snake (EP); Soursop-Let The Loving Begin
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM