Check out myself and Vanessa Bayer solving puzzles and cracking jokes this week on “The Puzzler” podcast. Thanks so much to AJ Jacobs & @jodyavirgan for hosting us on this awesome pod!

This week on the podcast Vanessa Bayer and I are joined by fellow Clevelander @mrdavehill. We discuss his nineties band Sons Of Elvis, the Guns N’Roses show we both saw in 1991 and will Cleveland ever get its own NHL team?

This week on the podcast, Vanessa Bayer and I are joined by bestselling author, AJ Jacobs! We discuss getting participation trophies as kids, the importance of fully committing to creative projects & get a preview of A.J.’s new book, “The Year of Living Constitutionally” out now!

Check me out on this PROPAGANDHI podcast episode that I can only assume isn’t publicly subsidized nor privately profitable… yet.

I wrote about Glitterer Grandaddy & Hot Water Music for SPIN’s “Best Albums Of 2024 (So Far)” if that sounds interesting to you. spin.com/2024/06/the-be…

For our season 3 finale, Vanessa Bayer are joined this week by GAVIN ROSSDALE of BUSH! We discuss the early days of the band, playing MTV’s spring break in the rain and Bush’s punk rock connection.

I’m very thankful to Matt Shultz from Cage The Elephant for speaking so to me so candidly for about his medication-induced psychosis and how it informed the band’s latest album, “Neon Pill,” for FLOOD Magazine. floodmagazine.com/165350/cage-th…

I can’t believe it’s been ten years since we put this one out. Thanks to Temporary Residence Ltd. for releasing it and everyone who supported UN over the years.

I thought Linkin Park’s new singer was going to be a Prius, but I guess that was just a hybrid theory.

Thank you firstseveninchclub for making my Cleveland metalcore dream come true by doing a Patreon episode about Ascension!

I wrote a retrospective essay for the liner notes of this reissue, which is out now on Iodine Recordings!

HOW DID WE GET WEIRD? is back on All Things Comedy! This week Vanessa Bayer and I speak withCurb Your Enthusiasm Star Susie Essman! Also FYI, I probably won’t be using X as much (or ever?), so subscribe to the podcast or follow Vanessa on Instagram for more podcast news/updates.

Not for Benjamin! You broke the poor guy.

I was interviewed about election anxiety for today’s edition of Berkshire Eagle for those of you who still look at X. berkshireeagle.com/news/local/ele…

Thanks so much to Chris DeVille & 𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖌𝖚𝖒 for publishing this personal essay on Stereogum about becoming a therapist, my cancer diagnosis and Scott Hutchison’s legacy. stereogum.com/2286480/on-bec…

I wonder if touring with Papa Roach was Rise Against’s first choice or more of a last resort?

I wrote about Touché Amoré’s “Spiral in a Straight Line” for this list and don’t regret it for a second.

RIP Rich Hall. You will truly be missed. Please donate to his family if you are able to help support them during this difficult time. 1000 KNIVES forever. gofund.me/302e1cb2

Sending positive vibes to Matt Pinfield.