Dan Fiden

Game Industry Grouch // Former Cloud9, FunPlus, VC // Coffee Farmer, Apocalypsist.

[Backtracking @backtrackingrox]

We’re dumping our final load of alt-country goodness today when we finish-up our trilogy on Dumptruck’s “For the Country.” Side B is out now!

https://t.co/W2GWvDT7JL

[Backtracking @backtrackingrox]

Over an hour with Dumptruck mastermind Seth Tiven, you say? The definitive Dumptruck interview in the history of Dumptruck interviews? Part 2 of our Dumptruck "For the Country" trilogy, JW interviews Seth -- out now! Links in comments, nerds.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

I wish I could buy stock in the amount of slop and obvious falsity posted on Nextdoor. It’s like the movie theater floor of the internet.

[Backtracking @backtrackingrox]

Is Dumptruck the missing link between the Flying Burrito Brothers and Uncle Tupelo? Is their 1987 LP "For the Country" a forgotten classic? We begin a 3-episode set, including a full hour with mastermind Seth Tiven. Check it out! Links in comments.

[Backtracking @backtrackingrox]

We're all cried-out as we reach the end of Gang of Youth's "angel in realtime." The surprisingly proggy Side B is out now!

[Backtracking @backtrackingrox]

It's a Very Special Episode of Backtracking: 2 Gen Xers grapple with aging, death, earnestness, and Gang of Youth's "angel in realtime." Tissues and Side A out now!

Apple: https://t.co/ppoDHNimTR

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

@FrankLuntz This is where our political energy should be spent right now.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

78% of Democrats support both age caps and term limits for members of Congress.

83% of Republicans back maximum age limits, and nearly 9 in 10 support term limits.

https://t.co/aYQ3Sfipun

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

As time has passed, my Maglight seems less like the ultimate survival tool.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

Losses during the Beanie Babies era and the Bored Ape era were just downpayments on coming Pokémon card gains. #tothemoon #diamondhands

[Backtracking @backtrackingrox]

We've gone deep into Felt's "Forever Breathes the Lonely Word." Now we're talking to the world's foremost expert on Lawrence, @Willjhodgkinson author of "Street Level Superstar: A Year with Lawrence." Episode out now!

Spotify: https://t.co/7HwgZgCpPS

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

This guy. Late-stage MBAitalism.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

Listening to the OpenAI trial. It's bizarre how much Greg Brockman's voice sounds like Sam Altman's. They both have a clipped cadence with an odd male vocal fry. Is this how we'll all sound post-AGI?

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

I’m old enough to remember when the Jim Rose Circus was transgressive.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

@mikeouye Dining advice.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

Allowing SNAP recipients to get rotisserie chicken is a strong buy signal for Costco.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

This guy private equities.

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

Taylor Lorenz + Balaji are not voices I want to listen to for an extended period. By extended, I mean more than 3 seconds. They have voices made for Substack.

[Claire Lehmann @clairlemon]

Phil Collins is just one of only three artists to sell over 100 million records both as a soloist and as a band member - but it took until this year for him to be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
https://t.co/gcaESeN8Zf

[Dan Fiden @dfiden]

@clairlemon This is the injustice we need to discuss. Drummer in Genesis, made amazing records, stepped in for Peter Effing Gabriel, and then wrote the soundtrack to a lot of Gen X middle school love affairs. An absolute legend.