John Schumacher
@shoehoo.bsky.social
Just another wiseass. Connoisseur of the ridiculous. My life's labor is words. Music is my jam. Find my music writing at The Amp https://turnuptheamp.com/?author=641916379ff8112841963d84
Man, that song really moved me. An electric, moving moment of 2025 was hearing the crowd at the Blue Ox festival singing along to that. (Along with the roaring cheers at the "there's a war on the people, what don't you understand" from Snake Plant)
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Man, that song really moved me. An electric, moving moment of 2025 was hearing the crowd at the Blue Ox festival singing along to that. (Along with the roaring cheers at the "there's a war on the people, what don't you understand" from Snake Plant)
Like labeling yourself cool. Nobody actually cool would call themselves cool
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Like labeling yourself cool. Nobody actually cool would call themselves cool
Happened to me once. The employees were verrrrry disappointed to have me show up at the last minute
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happened to me once. The employees were verrrrry disappointed to have me show up at the last minute
Oops! you're right. More coffee for me please
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oops! you're right. More coffee for me please
34 mph? That can't be right. Usain Bolt set a record at 27 mph. I think the decimal point is supposed to be one digit to the left, because it's an average speed per game, which includes a certain amount of standing around
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
34 mph? That can't be right. Usain Bolt set a record at 27 mph. I think the decimal point is supposed to be one digit to the left, because it's an average speed per game, which includes a certain amount of standing around
There should be a disclaimer that this is a 45 minute video, which I'm definitely not going to watch, rather than a story with the same info that I could read in 5 minutes
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There should be a disclaimer that this is a 45 minute video, which I'm definitely not going to watch, rather than a story with the same info that I could read in 5 minutes
Oof. Well, the choice of whether to buy a ticket to see her or India Ramey got a lot easier
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Oof. Well, the choice of whether to buy a ticket to see her or India Ramey got a lot easier
Psst! There's a typo in the story headline www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Miz, Glasser make NLDS roster, as it's all hands on deck for Crew
MILWAUKEE – Rookie pitchers Jacob Misiorowski and Robert Gasser are in. Rhys Hoskins is out. And the Brewers’ roster for their supercharged National League Division Series against the rival Cubs is se...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Psst! There's a typo in the story headline www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Is he supposed to be related to Kenny Powers? This is confusing www.imdb.com/title/tt0866...
Eastbound & Down (TV Series 2009–2013) ⭐ 8.2 | Comedy, Drama, Sport
30m | TV-MA
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September 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Is he supposed to be related to Kenny Powers? This is confusing www.imdb.com/title/tt0866...
That's a great book - feels like just hanging out with them and hearing them tell tales of their lives. And Bobbi's last album with Amanda Shires is great too - very soul-healing
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
That's a great book - feels like just hanging out with them and hearing them tell tales of their lives. And Bobbi's last album with Amanda Shires is great too - very soul-healing
I'm just back from Toronto and thought the same thing. It's like Chicago, if public works were adequately funded
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm just back from Toronto and thought the same thing. It's like Chicago, if public works were adequately funded
Waffle Sticks is a pretty good band name
August 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Waffle Sticks is a pretty good band name
Agreed. Seems somehow like a cousin to Glenfern from Total Freedom (my fav on that album)
August 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Agreed. Seems somehow like a cousin to Glenfern from Total Freedom (my fav on that album)
Listening to that album over the weekend, here's a line that made me stop and listen closer: "Here's the truth wrapped up in a lie / I never cared, I never tried" Damn. And the whole song is great (Say Goodbye, Tell No One)
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Listening to that album over the weekend, here's a line that made me stop and listen closer: "Here's the truth wrapped up in a lie / I never cared, I never tried" Damn. And the whole song is great (Say Goodbye, Tell No One)
hmm. Mimi's name is misspelled in at least three ways in the photo gallery below the story...
August 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
hmm. Mimi's name is misspelled in at least three ways in the photo gallery below the story...
Goes hand in hand, I think, with the framing of every issue through the lens of whether it helps or hurts one political party or the other
August 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Goes hand in hand, I think, with the framing of every issue through the lens of whether it helps or hurts one political party or the other
It reminds me of last year's kick-ass honky tonk album from the great @indiaramey.bsky.social, one of my fav albums of last year turnuptheamp.com/home/2024/8/...
Review- India Ramey: Baptized by the Blaze — The Amp
Baptized by the Blaze , the new album by outlaw country firebrand India Ramey, hits the ground at a full gallop and barely stops for a breath over 30-plus blazing, twanging minutes. It’s a rousing ble...
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June 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It reminds me of last year's kick-ass honky tonk album from the great @indiaramey.bsky.social, one of my fav albums of last year turnuptheamp.com/home/2024/8/...