Why would you play a song live exactly like the record? Joan Wasser doesn't see the point, and Mark has a Bob Dylan story about where that leads.

Nakedly Examined Music · NEM#261: Joan as Policewoman’s Living Growth
https://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem261-joan-as-policewoman/

New from Nakedly Examined Music — NEM#261: Joan as Policewoman’s Living Growth

Joan Wasser has played these songs for 20 years, and they've kept changing. So she re-recorded her whole debut album, not to fix it but to document what the…

https://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem261-joan-as-policewoman/

Al on the difference between complicated characters and a complicated show.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Should Furious have ended after one season? Two hosts say yes. Sarahlyn disagrees with both of them.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

What changes when a woman runs a show about sexual violence? Sarahlyn on what Furious never puts on screen.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Why is a revenge show about old rich men the hit of the season? Mark has a theory about what the audience isn't getting elsewhere.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Do you trust the showrunner with a second season? Sarahlyn does. Lawrence needs to see more evidence.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Mark reads Emmy Rossum's Wikipedia page. Lawrence has a theory about the author.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

New from Pretty Much Pop — Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious

Pretty Much Pop takes on Furious — a female serial killer, three men, and one woman looking forward to being mansplained to.

https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Thanks to @joshjoplin.bsky.social for joining me on #NakedlyExaminedMusic to talk about his tunes: nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem257-josh-...

New activity update: open.substack.com/pub/marklins...

Thanks to @nickarmstrong61.bsky.social for joining me on Philosophy vs. Improv to talk about the notion of community and act out some improv scenes: philosophyimprov.com/pvi91-commun...

OK, here I am. Will be checking out Facebook or whatnot to add the same friends over here. Facebook has just been a bunch of ads for a long time, and Twitter is of course worse, so we'll see how this works as a thing to muse and read musings on...