It’s just a dumb comedy show and doesn’t really matter that much, but in terms of how to be a cis white male comedian hosting @nbcsnl, trying to find a voice in this very strange, specific, difficult moment in time, @mulaney remains a master class.
It’s worth noting that @mulaney made one of the most perfect and defining moments of comedy in the Trump era with his “horse in the hospital” bit. A masterpiece, and he doesn’t even mention Trump’s name.
SNL is really leaning hard into NYC love tonight, and it makes me miss the city (at least as I knew it, back in the heyday of The Strokes, conveniently). Many Americans don’t understand the self-fetishization of NYC, but if you’ve lived there, you get it. There’s nowhere like it.
I love NYC because every single corny song and tagline and t-shirt slogan about it is actually legit. Every dumb NYC romcom that romanticizes the city as if the city itself is a character in the story is right. It’s a rare city that is also its own iconic pop culture character.

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More from @rob_sheridan

1 Nov
It’s SO HARD to get teens to understand the best practices for covid when their Dad’s regime never had a national strategy about the pandemic when he knew how serious it was! Ugh it’s like kids just do NOT understand what it’s like to let 220,000 people die! Right?? Lollrsk8z!
We’ve been really bad about this - the image rehabilitation of GWB has been particularly sickening to watch - but this time around we need to aggressively make sure none of the motherfuckers can ever show their murdering faces in public ever again.
It boils my blood to see the US Surgeon General being so cutesy online about how it’s hard to communicate covid rules to kids. MF it is LITERALLY YOUR JOB to communicate best health practices, and you stood around smelling your farts while your boss was like “masks r gay lol”
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29 Oct
You could say that a lot of what people do here, sharing news & political opinions to an audience of like-minded folks, is “preaching to the choir.” But in a country where 100 million people generally don’t vote, I see it as giving half the choir motivation to sing. #VoteThemOut
Someone asked me recently, when I praised @iamjohnoliver, “does it really matter, when everyone watching agrees?” And it really does. There is absolutely no reason to invest a second in trying to change a Trumper’s mind. There’s every reason to get the good people angry + engaged
This goes back to why the centrist Dems frustrate people so much: Stop trying to change the minds of swing voters! Start getting your own base excited! You have a majority waiting in the wings who just want to know that you’re there for THEM, not some racist in an Ohio diner.
Read 7 tweets
20 Oct
If your RTS seem broken, it's bc Twitter broke them. They've disabled RTs through the election, forcing you to quote-tweet instead. Look at the charming behavior Twitter THINKS this will encourage, instead of just a million idiots quote-tweeting lies but adding "THIS!👇 #MAGA 🇺🇸" Image
It seems like some people can still do regular RTs, but I can't, so expect yours to change soon. Source: blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/c…
Twitter claims that changing the way retweets work ahead of the election is to help prevent the spread of misinformation (read: cover their ass). But guess who the biggest source of misinformation is, and guess who his favorite platform is where he's free to spread it unfiltered? Image
Read 4 tweets
12 Aug
Trump's sabotage of the USPS is very real. There are reports everywhere of increasing mail problems over the past couple months. This affects most artists & small biz like me who rely on USPS rates to sell things online. Please be patient with us. Everyone's doing their best.
Setting aside the very worrying vote-by-mail issue, the other side affect of the USPS sabotage is destroying small businesses, because frustrated customers will go to large corporate retailers like Amazon who can afford to eat the cost of shipping via UPS or FedEx.
Republicans have been slobbering over killing the post office for decades, and the toadie Trump inserted to run USPS is especially invested in its destruction. They want shipping to move to private for-profit industry they can invest in. They don't care if that kills small biz.
Read 9 tweets
3 May
Nine Inch Nails' #WithTeeth, the first album I art directed end-to-end and the beginning of my work in glitch art, was released 15 years ago today. Happy birthday, old friend.

Here are some of the web teaser videos I created ahead of the album's 2005 release:
If you haven't picked it up yet, the @nineinchnails "Definitive Edition" vinyl re-issue of #WithTeeth is available direct from NIN, and is the most complete representation of my artwork for the album: store.nin.com/collections/mu… - an absolute steal at $35!
Some notes on the NIN #WithTeeth art:

During the recording process, the album was known as "Bleedthrough" before it became "With Teeth." I created early concept art for Bleedthrough using a broken printer, and it formed a mysterious early teaser website that I still love.
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2 Jan
IT’S HAPPENING. I have movie tickets, a lot of mushrooms, and a very patient wife.
T-minus 30 minutes. Things are getting weird. Not really sure how strong these mushrooms are so I just guessed. My Mom took me to see the touring production of cats when I was a kid and all I remember is I HATED it. How long into the film will I last before I have a panic attack?
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