Mike Barthel
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Mike Barthel
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Writer/critic/researcher/musician in DC. Fiction lotsa places. Writing a speculative novel and a book for DUP “Singles” about “Party in the USA.” mikebarthelauthor.com
Making music as APOPHRA https://apophra.bandcamp.com/
Pumpkin pie done, tart shell blind baked for cranberry curd, apple pie filling precooked (new technique this year, see how it goes)
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’m taking boy twin to the Marjorie Post house, he’s loving it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I thought about this post too long and my brain composed an EDM song where a pinched voice repeats “milk, milk, lemonade, milk, milk, lemonade” over the build and then just before the drop it goes “turn the corner [down an octave, robotic] fudge is made”
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Yeah, she’s too determined for confessional to work as a mode for her—even her inspirational songs have this undertone of implied vengeance against her foes.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I was definitely shown how to do it by my dirtbag friend in middle school at our local supermarket and then never again.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Part of it of course is that fact that I, specifically, was targeted for this ad.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Big glass ball full of greyhounds, you put a quarter in the slot and turn it and one comes down the chute all excited.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Oh man, what a dream. I’ve never seen them do that one!
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
John Candy, Maya the Bee, the namesake of Arby’s, etc.
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Not entirely sure where “Yippie Ki Yay” is gonna place in my year end yet, but you have to respect Kesha for making a sequel to “Timber,” one of the most debased songs of the 2010s (which I also love). youtu.be/hqf9cajQKtE?...
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yeah, the whole album rips.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I swear to god I hear it on this track youtu.be/A-yesmjgt1g?...
Your New Babe
YouTube video by Tera Tera - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM