Ben

Director at Groundwērk Music 💿 Brooklyn Dad. Love Scorsese films, UConn hoops, great design, OutKast & physical media. Not a fan of this site.

[Ben @Brantlinger]

Wrapped the film shoot on my directorial debut. An exhilarating, exhausting, extremely challenging but immensely rewarding experience. Enormous gratitude to the whole crew… I learned so much and pushed myself to the limit with this project. Now we edit!

[Zito @_Zeets]

Hope he gets treated like this until the last day of his miserable life

[Ben @Brantlinger]

the worst guy in the world continues to ruin anything that is good

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

The Knicks have reportedly canceled all Game 3 watch parties outside MSG due to President Donald Trump's attendance.

A hard closure is expected around Madison Square Garden, with no watch parties, vehicle access or pedestrian traffic permitted in the secured area, according to CBS News.

[Ben @Brantlinger]

LET’S GO KNICKS!!! The city buzz is palpable.

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

i need all my new york homies to boo this motherfucker so thunderously when they show him on the jumbotron that my TV vibrates off the wall

[Ben @Brantlinger]

Baby Keem in Brooklyn (KNICKS IN 4 chant broke out naturally)

[Ben @Brantlinger]

the kids are alright

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘BACKROOMS’ director Kane Parsons says he would get “no enjoyment” out of using generative AI on any project — “It defeats the purpose entirely for me.”

“I think I'm in the same boat as most well-adjusted people. If I could snap my fingers and make generative Al disappear forever, I probably would.”

(Source: https://t.co/LA3K1o9KjK)

[Fitz @FitzGSN_]

Had to put The Beast from Sicario over this

[Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden]

The story of beloved media institutions in my lifetime is that they are taken over by people who don't love or understand them, and want to change them, and wind up destroying them.

[The Rewatchables @TheRewatchables]

'2001: A Space Odyssey' with the one, the only...

STEVEN SPIELBERG!!!

FULL EPISODE OUT NOW!

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

Half of the starters in the NBA Finals are out of the Big East:

Knicks:
Jalen Brunson (Villanova)
Mikal Bridges (Villanova)
Josh Hart (Villanova)

Spurs:
Stephon Castle (Connecticut)
Julian Champagnie (St. John’s)

[Ryan Hammer🔨 @ryanhammer09]

Don't know if people outside of the NYC area understand what the city is going to look during the Finals (let alone if the Knicks win lol)

The Knicks are without a doubt the most important sports team to New York sports culture & they have been waiting since 1999 for this

[Expo Hoops @ExpoHoops]

Stephon Castle been like that since UConn Huskies 😳

Averaged 11.1 PPG, 4.7 REB & 2.9 AST as a freshman

while being a major 2-way contributor to UConn’s national championship run 🏆

[I Am The Marketing Plan @JunaeBrown]

My issue is not that this conversation is being had, but that it’s being had mostly amongst people who don’t actually work in music on these campaigns. Being “aware” & being in it are two different things, respectfully.

[NEON @neonrated]

A glimpse of HOPE. A new film from Na Hong-Jin starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Taylor Russell, and Cameron Britton. Coming to theaters Fall 2026.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Seth Rogen calls out people who post AI slop:

“Every time I see a video that's like ‘Hollywood is cooked!’ What follows is like the most stupid dogshit I’ve ever seen in my life.”

(Source: BrutMedia)

[Dan Runcie @RuncieDan]

Has short-term thinking hurt the music industry?

Troy Carter makes the case.

[Ben @Brantlinger]

@Duke_Buzz @TheFieldOf68 @UConnMBB It’s wild how Duke fans haven’t learned to keep their mouth shut after UConn has humiliated them for decades straight

[Z @BrianZisook]

The music industry is basically a series of never-ending follow-up texts, emails, and reminders until work is actually done.

[Ben @Brantlinger]

@Lilsyn1234 @brhoops @JonRothstein Cool troll. UConn has humiliated Duke in every meaningful game they’ve played going back to 1999.

[Dan Meehan @DannyBigMeech]

This means something to me, man.