Mike Duquette
@mikeduquette.bsky.social
Music reissue news at @theseconddisc.bsky.social, assorted culture writing at Duques-Delight.ghost.io, freelance writing at Allmusic/Observer/UltimateClassicRock/various labels of varying repute
This is my new favorite IRL Tim Robinson character
US judge resigns after being disciplined for wearing Elvis wig in court - BBC News
In court, Judge Thornhill would play the singer's music from his phone and make "irrelevant" references to him.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is my new favorite IRL Tim Robinson character
“I wish I hadn’t been put in this position, that I didn’t have to write about any of this” -sex pest journalist charging dupes to read about his dork-ass ex two-timing him with a sun-baked rich dipshit
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“I wish I hadn’t been put in this position, that I didn’t have to write about any of this” -sex pest journalist charging dupes to read about his dork-ass ex two-timing him with a sun-baked rich dipshit
#CDFriday bait for the ages: I, a 38-year-old father obsessed with session players and white boy grooves, have nonetheless not really bothered to delve into this catalogue. But this price was impossible to pass up!
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#CDFriday bait for the ages: I, a 38-year-old father obsessed with session players and white boy grooves, have nonetheless not really bothered to delve into this catalogue. But this price was impossible to pass up!
Listen. I’ve tried this, and “if the Ninja Turtles were real, would they order pizza from a chain or locally” actually raised tension
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Listen. I’ve tried this, and “if the Ninja Turtles were real, would they order pizza from a chain or locally” actually raised tension
What do you think the people (if they are people) who recount mundane behind-the-scenes entertainment dealings like clockstopping epics for Facebook posts get paid
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What do you think the people (if they are people) who recount mundane behind-the-scenes entertainment dealings like clockstopping epics for Facebook posts get paid
Contributed to this @allmusic.com piece about albums we wish we’d discovered earlier, which, as a reissue/box set guy, is a rich topic for me
Late To the Party - Albums You Wish You'd Discovered Earlier
Kicking yourself. That's usually the feeling. When you finally sit down with an album that changes your life, you think "Why wasn't I listening to this the whole time?" So many…
www.allmusic.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Contributed to this @allmusic.com piece about albums we wish we’d discovered earlier, which, as a reissue/box set guy, is a rich topic for me
A little uncanny, but my favorite posthumous Beatles creation now no longer sounds like it was mixed inside of a can.
Real Love (2025 Mix)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A little uncanny, but my favorite posthumous Beatles creation now no longer sounds like it was mixed inside of a can.
Why are multiple brands utilizing ads with the live-action design of The Grinch, which I thought everyone universally agreed was ugly as sin in 2000
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Why are multiple brands utilizing ads with the live-action design of The Grinch, which I thought everyone universally agreed was ugly as sin in 2000
The Museum of the Moving Image has an aged but very neat production-used model of E.T. on loan in its collection and I have seen the same person screaming about how it’s not actually production used and everyone who believes this is an idiot etc. Every kinda discourse is sinking, huh
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Museum of the Moving Image has an aged but very neat production-used model of E.T. on loan in its collection and I have seen the same person screaming about how it’s not actually production used and everyone who believes this is an idiot etc. Every kinda discourse is sinking, huh
Killer story, killer name that I bet Tim Robinson wishes he thought of
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Killer story, killer name that I bet Tim Robinson wishes he thought of
Also, I’m going to go out on a limb and say there are very few parts of the country that don’t have a solid local pizza option instead? My hometown, north of 20,000 people, has at least four
Late-stage MAGA means accepting that things will never be great again
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Also, I’m going to go out on a limb and say there are very few parts of the country that don’t have a solid local pizza option instead? My hometown, north of 20,000 people, has at least four
Inspired by @missmollymary.bsky.social: if you have kids, what's the wildest song they've enjoyed? My girls go nuts for this unsanctioned 1983 12" of the song from Jabba's palace, sung by John Williams' son Joseph (later of Toto/The Lion King fame) and featuring bits of other Star Wars themes
Urth feat. Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band - Lapti Nek (with vocals by Joseph Williams)
YouTube video by Boushh Organa
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Inspired by @missmollymary.bsky.social: if you have kids, what's the wildest song they've enjoyed? My girls go nuts for this unsanctioned 1983 12" of the song from Jabba's palace, sung by John Williams' son Joseph (later of Toto/The Lion King fame) and featuring bits of other Star Wars themes
This piece makes some good points that are not at all backed up by the final film, in which none of Bruce’s bandmates have lines and his manager exists to do Wikipedia citations and documentary talking head outtakes
'Deliver Me From Nowhere' Is Wildly Misunderstood—By Both Critics and Audiences
The Bruce Springsteen biopic was meant to kickstart a long Oscar campaign for Jeremy Allen White. It hasn't, because everyone is missing what actually makes the film about 'Nebraska' great.
www.esquire.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This piece makes some good points that are not at all backed up by the final film, in which none of Bruce’s bandmates have lines and his manager exists to do Wikipedia citations and documentary talking head outtakes
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WhoSampled getting bought by Spotify sounds like extremely bad news. 🤦🏾♂️😩
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
WhoSampled getting bought by Spotify sounds like extremely bad news. 🤦🏾♂️😩
I would flick Matty in the Adam’s apple if I ever saw him
"I still think environmentalism is basically bad" is just his old "sweatshop workers should have the freedom to die making my clothes" shtick but applied to climate change. Casual indifference to human suffering is his M.O. and always has been, since he became famous for supporting the 2003 Iraq War
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I would flick Matty in the Adam’s apple if I ever saw him
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
That’s it, right there
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
That’s it, right there
Lord I HOPE someone someone is tracking down this man, who collaborated on baby N*zzi’s fledgling music career
Roy "Royalty" Hamilton is best-known as the co-writer and co-producer of Joe's "Stutter," which is what every last detail about this increasingly insane story is making me do
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Lord I HOPE someone someone is tracking down this man, who collaborated on baby N*zzi’s fledgling music career
Split Enz and The Replacements on the same bill is making my head SPIN
November 1980 music calendar at Duffy’s.
From “Duffy’s Rock & Roll Alternative - 26th & 26th” FB page.
From “Duffy’s Rock & Roll Alternative - 26th & 26th” FB page.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Split Enz and The Replacements on the same bill is making my head SPIN
Well, I guess all we can hope is that "things happen" to you, you fuck
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Well, I guess all we can hope is that "things happen" to you, you fuck
Remembering that this thumb did daily Trump takedowns for GQ under the title “The Resistance,” which he ended in 2017 believing Trump’s presidency would “end prematurely—and end soon.” IRL Leonard Nimoy in The Simpsons
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Remembering that this thumb did daily Trump takedowns for GQ under the title “The Resistance,” which he ended in 2017 believing Trump’s presidency would “end prematurely—and end soon.” IRL Leonard Nimoy in The Simpsons
So Red the Rose, reissued with bonus remixes and a DVD in 2010, goes for high prices on the secondary market. With The Power Station (the OTHER Duran side quest of ‘85) getting reissued in December, let’s hope this one gets another look; it’s worth the rediscovery!
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So Red the Rose, reissued with bonus remixes and a DVD in 2010, goes for high prices on the secondary market. With The Power Station (the OTHER Duran side quest of ‘85) getting reissued in December, let’s hope this one gets another look; it’s worth the rediscovery!
Reposted by Mike Duquette
Whaddaya know, hell IS real
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Whaddaya know, hell IS real