Ryan McNutt
@mcnutt.bsky.social
University comms person. Sporadic freelance music writer. Musicology grad. Dog dad from Dartmouth. Jays / Habs / Raptors. Eternal poptimist.
1999:
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
1999:
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
Should’ve gone with this meme in the first place
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Should’ve gone with this meme in the first place
The Toronto Blue Jays offseason:
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Toronto Blue Jays offseason:
I'm not saying the Goo Goo Dolls are the GREATEST band to succeed with the formula: "What if The Replacements, but not fame-averse dysfunctional fuck-ups?" But for a good chunk of their career, they were a pretty good one. I'll probably be at this Halifax show, won't lie.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm not saying the Goo Goo Dolls are the GREATEST band to succeed with the formula: "What if The Replacements, but not fame-averse dysfunctional fuck-ups?" But for a good chunk of their career, they were a pretty good one. I'll probably be at this Halifax show, won't lie.
It's perhaps not surprising that Disney would push the Beatles Anthology in a manner akin to a new series — even releasing the episodes in batches! — but it's still a bit strange to me given that, minus one new episode, it's all 30 years old!
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's perhaps not surprising that Disney would push the Beatles Anthology in a manner akin to a new series — even releasing the episodes in batches! — but it's still a bit strange to me given that, minus one new episode, it's all 30 years old!
Now this is a holiday ornament.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Now this is a holiday ornament.
Me telling the youths about the good ol' days* when the MacKay Bridge inbound wasn't backed to the mall every day regardless of conditions.
*Six months ago
*Six months ago
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Me telling the youths about the good ol' days* when the MacKay Bridge inbound wasn't backed to the mall every day regardless of conditions.
*Six months ago
*Six months ago
Got a tea reading at afternoon tea today.
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Got a tea reading at afternoon tea today.
Got these photos taken on opening day, when the photo studio at work was amazingly colour aligned for the occasion. Never in a million years thought that, seven months later, the team would be a win away from a World Series title.
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Got these photos taken on opening day, when the photo studio at work was amazingly colour aligned for the occasion. Never in a million years thought that, seven months later, the team would be a win away from a World Series title.
Back to back pitches, nearly identical spots, and the worse pitch gets the strike call — with the ump show delay of the call just to mess everyone up.
Watching some umps this postseason make one last gasp of showboating before ABS challenges come in is truly frustrating.
Watching some umps this postseason make one last gasp of showboating before ABS challenges come in is truly frustrating.
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Back to back pitches, nearly identical spots, and the worse pitch gets the strike call — with the ump show delay of the call just to mess everyone up.
Watching some umps this postseason make one last gasp of showboating before ABS challenges come in is truly frustrating.
Watching some umps this postseason make one last gasp of showboating before ABS challenges come in is truly frustrating.
30 years of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness today. A little bloated? Sure. Less cool than the early records? Sure. But when I was a teenager this is the sort of ambitious excess that excited me most. Dare I say it’s almost underrated now? 👀
October 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
30 years of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness today. A little bloated? Sure. Less cool than the early records? Sure. But when I was a teenager this is the sort of ambitious excess that excited me most. Dare I say it’s almost underrated now? 👀
A lot of obvious songs to get to. A few turns that are a bit more personal. Three live takes I consider essential (even if their long run times meant fewer songs). And structured roughly like a Springsteen show would be in dynamics (just half the length).
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A lot of obvious songs to get to. A few turns that are a bit more personal. Three live takes I consider essential (even if their long run times meant fewer songs). And structured roughly like a Springsteen show would be in dynamics (just half the length).
So in '92 the Jays were feted at both the White House (under GHW Bush) and Rideau Hall. I can't seem to recall or find any evidence that Clinton's White House extended an invite to the '93 team, however. ('92 may have just been a reflection of how much Bush loved ball.)
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So in '92 the Jays were feted at both the White House (under GHW Bush) and Rideau Hall. I can't seem to recall or find any evidence that Clinton's White House extended an invite to the '93 team, however. ('92 may have just been a reflection of how much Bush loved ball.)
Walking around campus in my baseball business casual outfit getting “Go Jays!” cries from young people who weren’t even born in ‘92 and ‘93. Feels good.
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Walking around campus in my baseball business casual outfit getting “Go Jays!” cries from young people who weren’t even born in ‘92 and ‘93. Feels good.
A system in which THIS MANY people who bought tickets an hour and a half ago can immediately flip them for profit is a system whose only justification is capitalist excess. (This is game six at the moment.)
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A system in which THIS MANY people who bought tickets an hour and a half ago can immediately flip them for profit is a system whose only justification is capitalist excess. (This is game six at the moment.)
If you’re near the ol’ radio box (or any digital radio box), I’m going to be on CBC Information Morning at around 8:15 or so to talk about Bruce Springsteen. Tune in!
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you’re near the ol’ radio box (or any digital radio box), I’m going to be on CBC Information Morning at around 8:15 or so to talk about Bruce Springsteen. Tune in!
Are the pre-requisites to get home plate seats for the Jays now just a) be Geddy Lee, or b) have giant bulging muscles?!
October 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Are the pre-requisites to get home plate seats for the Jays now just a) be Geddy Lee, or b) have giant bulging muscles?!
Posted without comment.
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Posted without comment.
Me, the last time the Jays played in game 1 of the ALDS. Hoping for a similarly great result this afternoon!
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Me, the last time the Jays played in game 1 of the ALDS. Hoping for a similarly great result this afternoon!
Those game 3 and game 5 start times are Atlantic Time Rude
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Those game 3 and game 5 start times are Atlantic Time Rude
Spent the weekend reading two very different books about music, work, and living by two very different people and found them both equally inspiring in very different ways.
September 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Spent the weekend reading two very different books about music, work, and living by two very different people and found them both equally inspiring in very different ways.
Never count them out
September 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Never count them out