David Torstenson

Ever thus to deadbeats, Lebowski.

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@thewrens @pitchfork Anytime I hear it, it brings me immediately back to 2004. Thank you, sir, for the gift that is this record.

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@CBSNews @bariweiss come get your boy

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Too obvious? Probably.

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@davidclowery I think this wins your “probably me” series. (And I say that with admiration)

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@redsteeze Turns out “democracy dies in darkness” was an aspirational slogan.

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@FromTheWoods79 Easily two of my favorites off OOT. The band was swapping instruments and mixing things up quite a bit during that era - maybe swapping lead/bg vocals was just a part of that ethos?

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@drantbradley God bless you in your work to help young men like these, Dr. Bradley.

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@EsotericCD Love to see New Adventures dominating this playlist (though shocked that How the West Was Won, E-Bow, and So Fast, So Numb didn’t make the cut).

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@TheLOSTworld_ Community at #97 is a travesty.

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(I admittedly say this as someone who's in the top 0.1% of the band's listeners on Spotify.)

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Maybe? The band broke up 15 years ago and have refused to ever do a reunion tour. Definitely has caused them to fall off the current pop culture radar.

But you can't be as prolific and influential as R.E.M. without new generations eventually re-discovering you.

[Rosie's Panican Victory @DarnelSugarfoo]

REM is a band who was one of the biggest acts on earth at one point, but now has zero cultural footprint.

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@EsotericCD In a more perfect world, You Are The Everything would’ve been released as a single and hit the Billboard Top 10.

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@AllanPeters If I may paraphrase from the movie Patton: Peters, you magnificent bastard. I (need to) read your book!

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This feels like a good challenge.

[Benji Taylor @benjitaylor]

A personal website should feel like you’ve briefly left the rest of the internet

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@seanonolennon Congrats and many blessings to you all!

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@cd4losangeles Congrats on completing your Eagle Scout project, Councilwoman!

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@RoKhanna @mcuban Spoken like a man who campaigned for Graham Platner.

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@jaketapper Shorter Tapper: “hey, look over there!”

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@jonathanchait Man, that bofa deez commie nutz guy really got to you

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@downdetector 🙋‍♂️