CJ Simonson

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[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

At some point the tinkering and listening has to end so, here sits my top 100 albums and EPs of the year!

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Didn’t even make it the focus track. Baffling decision! Great Modest Mouse song!

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There is a song called "Speak and Spell" on this new album that's like, the best Modest Mouse song in years, an obvious radio cut, and yet it has yet to be a single. Baffling.

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@Driftwould2 Will be at Newport Jazz Fest so was like... maybe that's when I try lol

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Some of us will be stuck in rural Maine when THE ODYSSEY is released, where the nearest IMAX 70mm screening is probably millions of miles away. Some of us will have to wait. Some of us are making peace with that fact.

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@Driftwould2 Yeah frankly I'll probably just see it twice and catch a 70mm screening when the buzz dies down in LA when I'm back anyway (it'll have been out like two weeks when I return). I THINK there's a 70mm IMAX theater in Rhode Island, is that right?

[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

Watching a great Landry Shamet game... as a Suns fan, that part hurts, won't lie.

[Antinomy 🚩📚 @Gattungswesen25]

I'm not really surprised that Tom Steyer isn't winning in California. I remember when California voted against rent control, living wage, and banning prison labor back in 2024.

[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

@Driftwould2 Not bad!

[Arthouse Shawn Levy @firagawalkwthme]

I sometimes hate my country of California and am reminded that Reagan, Nixon, and Stephen Miller all come from this place. We really produce some of the most evil reactionary politics that get solid to people in a nice suit

[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

This got me to watch the show. Better marketing than any trailer.

[annie @emmyloser]

Matthew Rhys in Widow’s Bay falling off a seat like he’s Charlie Chaplin (.) gif

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@KevinCookman Man at 12, “Make Em Laugh” had me hook line and sinker

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If you don’t know this guy is probably saving that for someone getting drinks you don’t go to enough shows lol

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

I’m really not sure that’s true

[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

Genuinely can't believe we have a profile of 'ol Scotty Aux up on the site but here we are! Massive!

[Merry-Go-Round Magazine @mgrmagazine]

Monday marked the start of @ComedyBangBang's 2026 tour. We chatted with Scott Aukerman about what 17 years of the show looks like when you're on the road, his persona on CBB World, the podcast medium's importance to comedy and his career, and more! https://t.co/uNXW4BJJxn

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Curry Barker's feature OBSESSION is the epitome of Gen Z filmmaking in both style and execution. At times it reaches surprising highs, with every department working in beautiful harmony, but the film's broader story and focus feels flawed from the jump. https://t.co/Q459SmGgR6

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This upcoming June will mark the 20th anniversary of the release of Jared Hess’s NACHO LIBRE, which has grown to be a modern classic for young millennials. Join us on June 20th as we celebrate the film at @TheFridaCinema!

[lana schwartz @_lanabelle]

in honor of bob dylan's 85th birthday i will reveal that the other night i looked up how far he and don draper would have lived from each other in 1965

[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

It’s frankly less I think it’s a bad take, its more I wonder how much people who say these things have watched other Late Night performances

[roxy demento @falseroxy]

i still feel like this is a prank everyone is playing on me because it sucks so fucking bad

[Merry-Go-Round Magazine @mgrmagazine]

It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Loose Fit's art pop angled post-punk EP BITTERSWEET EXCESS, out now via Dinosaur City, and SUSS's career best ambient country LP COUNTING SUNSETS, out now via @northernspyrecs! Read about both and listen now! https://t.co/1t6pMV3ssC

[CJ Simonson @CJsimonson]

True banger of an album, y’all not ready for “Nothing Happens Twice,” SOTY contender

[Gurriers @gurriersband]

Our new album, Nobody’s Coming To Save You, is out on September 25th via Play It Again Sam.

Produced by Mark Bowen and Loren Humphrey at Attica Studios, Donegal and Holy Mountain Studios, London. Engineered by Chris Fullard. Mixed by John Congleton. Mastered by Heba Kadry.

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Philly based alt-country troubadours Labrador have a new album entitled THE ROSY RED WORLD, out June 5th! We have the bands first ever music video premiering on the site today, a bouncy classic rock'ish ditty entitled "Slow Down, King." Watch it today! https://t.co/ic03wXex26