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7 months

So in case you didn’t know, Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson, a Republican from Williamsburg who also happened to be the winner of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, is sponsoring a bill that would let you have sex with your first cousin without it technically legally being incest.

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@toomuchistrue sometimes you gotta watch a bunch of people getting it wrong to truly appreciate when they get it right

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altman had that drip when he was filming nashville

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5 years

@arayyay So the reason I buy this is because the last thing on Hulu before the goodbyes was a Halsey song and that never happens.

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2 years

look at my lawyer, dawg. i’m going to jail.

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I’m in downtown Paducah at freight house, where Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is launching his campaign for re-election in Kentucky. Mayfield Mayor Kathy O’Nan is speaking before Rocky Adkins and Beshear take the stage.

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2 years

I was finally revisiting The Matrix Resurrections and just had to pause the movie to go find screenshots of this sequence that I didn’t really clock on first watch but I love this effect so much.

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7 months

House Bill 269 — nice — hasn’t been assign a committee yet.

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1 year

went back in time today. my childhood video store in rural west kentucky is still open and renting out vhs tapes.

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2 years

death race 2000 (1975) had no business being that fun. like if de palma took a swing at wacky races.

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6 years

Just saw Sorry To Bother You and that movie is a revolutionary act. An instantly important and indispensable piece of bizarre, subversive cinema. Seriously wow.

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2 years

@xenoindustrial @UsagiYohimbo10 would morty count since he’s practically always in this shirt? feels like a prime candidate.

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Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ reportedly has a runtime of 3 hours and 20 minutes. (Source: )

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2 years

if you’re enjoying the @VideoArchives pod and want a way to keep up with all the films they’re namedropping every ep, i’ve been keeping a running @letterboxd list:

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6 years

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2 years

i can’t wait for james cameron to make his own fabelmans but it’s about his actual loves — water and wearing a motocross jersey — and has nothing to do with movies.

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2 years

Deep diving into Ireland’s 1990s with a Triple Troubles night by watching Hidden Agenda, Belfast, and The Image You Missed for @jbouie and John Ganz’s Unclear and Present Danger podcast on post-Cold War thrillers and @jessehawken ’s @JunkFilterPod .

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3 years

some personal news: i'll be leaving the paducah sun next week and i'll be taking the news director position at @wkms in murray starting nov. 15.

WKMS Hires Derek Operle to Lead Award-Winning Newsroom

WKMS has hired Derek Operle to serve as the public radio station’s next News Director.

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7 months

cc: @RobHasApodcast

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6 years

Liev Schreiber is one of those hosts that’s just deft and weird and proves to be a more than capable straight man for the cast’s antics. I’ve been delightfully surprised by this ep. #SNL

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2 years

Former employees of the Mayfield candle factory that collapsed in last December's tornado are pursuing a federal charge with the NLRB against Mayfield Consumer Products, alleging the company retaliated against them for cooperating with an OSHA probe. @wkms

Mayfield candle factory destroyed by tornado facing retaliation charge from former employees

Former employees of the western Kentucky candle factory destroyed in last December’s deadly tornado outbreak are alleging Mayfield Consumer Products retaliated against them for cooperating with an...

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5 years

wow. some of these @GregRuth illustrations in his Twin Peaks series are mindbogglingly good.

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2 years

just truly unbelievable levels of baby behavior on display at the apartment tonight, folks

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1 year

I had the privilege of talking with former Kentucky Teacher of the Year @WillieETCarver recently about his new book Gay Poems for Red States, why he quit his job, and how teaching is like casting spells that give students power and knowledge. @wkms

Former Ky. Teacher of the Year on new book of poetry, quitting his job and how school is 'magic'

Willie Carver Jr. was named Kentucky Teacher of the Year in 2022, but a lot has happened since then. The openly gay educator quit his job teaching English and French in Montgomery County last summer,...

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3 years

Locking in an ambitious watchlist for #Noirvember . Knocking out a TON of stuff that I simply should have seen years ago at this point. LB:

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1 year

in LOVE with this phone that’s in park chanwook’s the moon is the sun’s dream (1992)

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2 years

The Kentucky Parole Board voted unanimously for Michael Carneal, who committed the 1997 Heath High School shooting, to serve out the remainder of his life sentence.

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11 years

Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Seriously, We Can't Find Our Dog. We're Terrible Detectives. #sadtvshows @midnight

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6 years

@punished_picnic The Crying of Lot 49

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2 years

My new birthday-to-birthday watch project has begun. This year I’ll be exploring the cinema of 1972. I’ll be doing so in the most haphazard way possible, hewing to things I feel will be interesting or oddly prescient at the 50-year mark.

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2 years

West Kentucky residents rallied in favor of abortion rights late this afternoon in Paducah’s Noble Park. Dozens came to chant, share stories and stand in support of reproductive rights after the announcement of the Dobb’s decision today, effectively banning abortion in Kentucky.

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2 years

sir, a barbie teaser trailer is imminent

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2 years

The first teaser trailer for Greta Gerwig’s ‘BARBIE’ is imminent.

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6 years

@1followernodad “You’re right, no human being would stack books like this.” from Ghostbusters

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2 years

Are you a reporter looking for a new gig? @wkms is looking for an assistant news director/reporter to help run the newsroom. We’re a scrappy team, but we do good, valuable work covering regional news and working with student journalists. Come work with me!

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2 years

here’s my @npratc feature on the year in recovery from the deadly ef-4 tornado that hit mayfield last december. @wkms

One year after a tornado ripped through Mayfield, Ky., residents are healing

A tornado leveled the town of Mayfield, Ky., and killed dozens of people one year ago. Since then, residents have banded together to recover and are working to make this holiday season brighter.

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2 years

So I'm usually very bad at promoting @wkms work stuff, but I'm actually very proud of this series we put together with the fine folks of @wkupublicradio and @RylandKY on western Kentucky's tornado recovery.

'Never knocked out': Kentucky's recovery slow, but progressing six months after tornado outbreak

It’s been six months since a devastating and deadly storm ripped through western and southern Kentucky, producing 20 tornadoes, killing 81 people, injuring hundreds more and roiling an entire region....

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1 year

The Kentucky State Fraternal Order of Police announced today that its membership voted to endorse Daniel Cameron, the state’s Republican AG, in this year’s race for governor. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear won the union’s endorsement in 2019. @wkms

Ky. State Fraternal Order of Police endorses GOP candidate for governor Daniel Cameron

The Kentucky State Fraternal Order of Police announced Tuesday that its membership voted to endorse Daniel Cameron, the state’s Republican attorney general, in this year’s race for governor.

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7 months

@neatsaux The Fleishman Is In Trouble hive will come for you in time. We are patient.

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1 year

I don't mean to be all "we're losing our heritage" ... but only one of the 25 finalists for kids division of the U.S. Mullet Champ competition is from Kentucky.

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2 years

paul bartel is a king if for no other reason than orchestrating a scene in cannonball (1976) where him and sylvester stallone have kfc with scorsese, who’s credited only as playing “mafioso.”

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2 years

I interviewed @adalimon , a Kentucky writer and the next U.S. Poet Laureate, today for @wkms and Kentucky Public Radio. We talked about her life, her goals as she prepares to take her duties, and the fact that some times poets really are just "jamming."

Getting to know Ky. writer Ada Limón, the next U.S. Poet Laureate

Kentucky writer Ada Limón will become the next Poet Laureate of the United States this fall. The 46-year-old Lexington resident spoke with WKMS News Director Derek Operle about her influences, her...

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2 years

Mayfield's fire chief is taking a team to help flood victims in eastern Kentucky nearly eight months after a tornado devastated his own town. @wkms

Mayfield sending team to help eastern Ky. flood victims just months after tornado

As rescue and recovery efforts continue in eastern Kentucky in the aftermath of historic flooding, western Kentucky communities that went through their own natural disaster less than a year ago are...

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6 years

@scumbelievable I can very clearly hear Mads/Fishburne in this exchange. This is high art.

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3 years

probably biting off more than i can chew here, but here is my tentative october horror watchlist. i tried to mix in suggestions with a variety of stuff i've been meaning to watch.

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2 years

Here’s my piece on a Pearl Harbor sailor from western Kentucky who was finally laid to rest in his family plot in Paducah Friday after DNA testing helped identify his remains in October.

Coming home: Pearl Harbor sailor buried in Paducah family plot 81 years later

Over 200 people including family members, veterans and officials came to Maplelawn Park Cemetery to see Navy Fireman 2nd Class Hal Jake Allison buried in his family plot alongside his parents – Henry...

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4 years

@Brian_Tallerico i actually made a Letterboxd list that includes all of the "Great Movies" of his with the reviews linked individually in the notes.

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5 years

Me studying the Golden Globe nominations only to find that Parasite isn’t nominated for Best Picture

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4 years

Rod Steiger is very good as the white police chief but it sucks big time that he won Best Actor when Poitier carried this film. Quincy Jones’ score OWNS. The shot compositions throughout are just so great, lots of wides and a palpable heat to the whole thing.

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4 years

@SuperYakiStuff I would throw money at a “You wouldn’t download a car.” edition.

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2 years

@thamosdeaf Noirvember erasure!

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2 years

wow obsessed with ron fair now. this interview about the making of vanessa carlton’s “a thousand miles” feels like a comedy sketch but it’s perfect. this is the exact wavelength i want all pop producers operating on.

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2 years

we're gonna miss this guy

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Some personal news: Friday was my last day at @wkms + @OVReSRC . I'm so, so incredibly proud of the stories we've told in rural places throughout Kentucky and Appalachia, and I'm grateful to have worked with so many talented folks in Kentucky Public Radio, Ohio Valley ReSource.

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A feature I’ve been working on: A Paducah native whose life was shaped by mass incarceration is working to amplify the voices of formerly incarcerated Kentuckians with newly launched nonprofit ABLE (Advocacy Based on Lived Experience). @wkms

Paducah native launches nonprofit aimed at amplifying voices of formerly incarcerated people

A Paducah native whose life was shaped by mass incarceration is working to amplify the voices of formerly incarcerated Kentuckians through civic participation and community organizing.

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7 months

UPDATE: Just spoke with Rep. Wilson. He plans to withdraw and refile the bill without the "inadvertent change" that struck first cousins from the state's incest statute. He believes it can help protect young Kentuckians. He posted this on Facebook page. Full story to come soon.

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So in case you didn’t know, Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson, a Republican from Williamsburg who also happened to be the winner of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, is sponsoring a bill that would let you have sex with your first cousin without it technically legally being incest.

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2 years

@davidehrlich Know he’s on the show? Yes. Understand what’s going on with his character at this point?? Nahhh.

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3 years

Alphabet City (1984) has given me a favorite cinematic couch.

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1 year

Paducah is cutting the ribbon on its new terminal at Barkley Regional Airport this morning. Airport board chairman Jay Matheny said the new terminal could a new “front door for our region.”

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2 years

I’m here at Graves County High School, where the far western Kentucky community of Mayfield will mark one year since a historic and deadly tornado outbreak hit their town. Gov. Andy Beshear, local officials and community members will be speaking at the event.

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@capybaroness not enough love for my dude the Flatwoods monster

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1 year

Beshear has taken the mic. This campaign is officially launched:

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3 years

I started my day on a sailboat and wound up in beekeeping equipment. A good day outside of the office.

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2 years

today was @lily_burris ’s last day at @wkms and, while that’s a sad thing, i’m so happy and proud that i got to work with her here and i know to expect big things from her down the pike. that’s a sure thing.

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2 years

When not at Fancy Farm this weekend, I was working on a historical piece on the Eighth of August celebrations in Kentucky and Tennessee for @wkms . This regional observance marks when the first slaves were emancipated in Tennessee, though the tradition spread north to Kentucky.

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Paducah chef/restaurateur Sara Bradley is returning for a new all-star season of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” which premieres tonight(!). The west Ky. native will compete against contestants from around the world in the London-set competition! @ByHannahSaad @wkms

Paducah chef returns to ‘Top Chef’ competition

Paducah chef and restaurateur Sara Bradley is returning for the new season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” television show, which premieres Thursday, to compete against some of the show’s most notable contes...

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1 year

pretty dang happy with the insanely eclectic vinyl haul i picked up today in a backroad antique shop in central ky. most of these were $2.50 somehow!

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5 years

I wish I knew how to quit you #NBAAllstar2019

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5 months

about to schedule a delivery of nails for breakfast tomorrow

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4 years

yeah, I hereby demand that @NatQuiltMuseum get a Sabrina Gschwandtner exhibit. these quilts made out of 35 and 16 mm film are wild cool.

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4 years

Taking a few minutes outside in the Sun’s parking lot listening to good music before results start rolling in. Here’s hoping for a better tomorrow.

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2 years

can we talk about how this official Illinois voters guide somehow has actual up-to-date information but looks like a CD-ROM game from 1998??

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10 months

Greyhound buses no longer pick up passengers or stop in Paducah. That change came unannounced after more than 90 years of service in the far western Kentucky city.

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“I don't know what our options are gonna be. You can’t really send an Uber [from here] to eastern Kentucky.” @doperle reports for @wkms .

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3 years

@scottEmovienerd Jennifer’s Body

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5 years

My watch project for 2020 is to tackle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners. Out of the 91 (soon to be 92), I've seen maybe a third so I'm just going to go through one-by-one and watch the kings and queens of Hollywood's Biggest Night™️.

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3 years

beginning a journey.

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2 years

now seated for Paris, Texas at the Kentucky Theater for the close out of Harry Dean Stanton Fest

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7 months

MORE: Wilson plans to refile and strike the "inadvertent change" and restore the first cousins language in hopes of saving the bill, which he believes will protect young Kentuckians against sexual touching or groping by family members.

Ky. lawmaker blames filing error on bill that would have legalized sex between first cousins

A Republican lawmaker is withdrawing and refiling a bill that would have added “sexual contact” to Kentucky’s incest statute because of a filing error that struck first cousins from the list of...

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8 years

Chance just keeps on proving he's one of the most important, vital voices in music. Keep preaching, Chance. Music is all we got. #grammys

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11 years

If you have a 4-H tattoo because of camp, it is hereby officially referred to as a camp stamp. #campstamp @KY4H @4HProblems

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6 years

@333333333433333 For me, the most Pitchfork thing has always been the closing paragraph of their Kid A review. Some of the most hyperbolic piece of music writing i've ever read.

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... meanwhile in Murray, Kentucky @wkms

Kentucky Fish & Wildlife removes alligator found in Calloway County

State Fish and Wildlife officers removed and euthanized an alligator found Monday in far western Kentucky.

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Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at Freemont Baptist Mission in McCracken County today, which he called "the hardest hit area" when it came to the deadly storm system that impacted Kentucky Friday. He confirmed 5 storm-related deaths and more than 207,000 still without power. @wkms

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Kentucky’s Nuclear Development Workgroup met for the first time yesterday, bringing together lawmakers, utility representatives and environmental and energy experts to consider how the state can add nuclear to its energy mix. @wkms

Lawmakers, experts, utilities participate in first Ky. Nuclear Development Workgroup meeting

Lawmakers, energy and environmental experts and utility representatives came together for the first meeting of Kentucky’s Nuclear Development Workgroup Wednesday.

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2 years

@ladd_sarah Graves native/Paducah resident opinion here...I feel like I just add a "far" to the western once you get past BG. Everything else here holds up tho.

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6 years

Chris Paul in the NBA Hall of Shade after that shimmy.

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2 years

what does it mean?

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naturally, i bought their copy of the color of money

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2 years

always loved this shot of travolta with the drive-in intermission snack ad dancing behind him

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1 year

Why do the studios always learn the wrong lesson from hits?

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Mattel wants to create a ton of ‘BARBIE’ sequels. “It’s a very rich universe… It’s a very broad and very elastic brand, in terms of opportunities.” (Source: )

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If people dig the @SklarBrothers end of the year music ep, here's a playlist that has all the Tunes From The Cheap Seats since the pod started.

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@Srirachachau It should be a Lincoln Na’vigator

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3 years

yeah….i’m never watching this many movies in a year again unless it somehow becomes a part of my job

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2 years

@thejoshl Watched this for my first time last year at the annual Harry Dean Stanton Fest in a Lexington, KY art house with a crowd. Immaculate vibes.

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2 years

sometimes i think about how i’ve been 10 cloverfield lane-ing my cat for his entire life. just absolutely gaslighting him about how it’s too dangerous for him to leave my apartment.

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you think big jim would ever do a collab with richard attenborough on a blue planet/planet earth-style faux doc on the plants and animals of pandora? i would eat that up.

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i was stoked to get my @VideoArchives customer card today ❤️📼 proud to be #1237 and thankful for the snacks. i had an RC machine in my west KY elementary school and i’m glad QT is keeping his TN roots alive.

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@DolbyCinema @BlacKkKlansman @JordanPeele ....infiltrate is spelled wrong

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“𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨.” “𝙎𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨.” #Noirvember

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