to be clear before it’s RIP to my mentions: I don’t work for the National Enquirer. I don’t work for David Pecker. I’m not a lawyer. That Jon Fine is not me.

This kind of post re this clip comes around pretty regularly and it always pisses me off. So let me state this very clearly: I will take Yoko Ono’s music and vocals over Chuck Berry’s any day of the week.

legit did not know this. big thanks for remembering, @fruitandgrooves!

RT @uniform_nyc: When did the punks started liking Oasis? I know it’s been a few years but to be clear: whatever the hell is going on now w…

One of my best friends died, and I wrote about him. newwinereview.com/culture/ju…

I performed many times at @saintvitusbar but one memorable show was when @nickzinner asked me to do stand up before his Black Sabbath cover band. Right before I went on I overheard two guys. Guy 1: Who’s opening? Guy 2: I think it’s a comedian. Guy 1: Fuck that sucks

I was gonna say "see? America is already great" but then I saw that this is British. eggytapes.bandcamp.com/album…

strongly endorse. I have heard New Order's "Temptation" twice this summer at the local supermarket.

A very important point, and one often overlooked. As is the extent of his charitable work with Letters to Santa, as well as millions of smaller kindnesses. Thanks, @cstbtweet—and, of course, #ThankYouSteveAlbini.

You can think of WeWork as a flexible-work startup. Or you can think of WeWork as a kind of (accidental) pandemic-era office bailout, where VC dollars locked in high annual payments to landlords who will eventually have to figure out how to use space not leased by SoftBank

The brilliant @katembranch writes about the tragedy of losing her sister @jaimiebranch and the joy of giving birth to a son all in the same year. Go read it. vogue.com/article/miscarriag…

Begging everyone to donate their money to races that matter

Supply continues to do its thing: For the first time in many decades, apartment rents are rapidly flattening (and could soon go negative) at the same time demand remains healthy. Why? Apartment construction is at 40 year highs-- shifting the balance of power to renters. YoY, effective asking rents for new leases (same-store) inched up just 0.28% and could turn negative by September. Compare 2023 to the last two times (excluding 2020 pandemic year): early 2000s and 2009. In those prior two periods, rents fell as recessions hit, jobs were lost, demand evaporated and vacancy hit 7-8%. By comparison, in 2023, vacancy has been fairly stable since January in the mid 5% range. Demand is solid, but operators are giving on price in order to compete and to protect occupancy / cashflow. That'll likely continue through 2024 as supply peaks, before 2025-26 as supply by then will be significantly less. The rent slowdown won't show up in CPI until early-ish 2024. But it'll happen. CPI rents won't go negative by then, but they'll look pedestrian at that point.

If we can’t ban TikTok we should at least ban trend pieces whose only evidence for the existence of a trend is TikTok.

thought Tom Wambsgans had best worst corporate slogan ever with “we hear for you” but Linda’s grabbed the damn belt

i know someone looking for an opportunity at a struggling media empire

He’s totally making Milo head of Twitter….

Lol: Asked by Rep. Tom Emmer if FTX had a compliance department, Ray responds "There were people with titles"