Josh Bloom

Hi. It's Josh. Today, I have more than 30 new minutes of TikTok Rants for you, edited together oh so nicely and posted on various platforms. It’s like I am a social media app matchmaker. For your pleasure (or not, let’s see), here are three posts (plus two bonus viewer comment replies!) with additional commentary only available on the podcast. They include tales of a family text message, cases for...

Hi. It's Josh. Now that A COMPLETE UNKNOWN , the Timothée Chalamet -starring biopic of Bob Dylan , has been released, it’s the perfect time to revisit my deep-dive from October about my initial impressions of the first official teaser and trailer for the film. Of course, at 2700+ words, I have much to say about what amounts to a few minutes of movie marketing! With initial reviews in, I am actuall...

Hi. It's Josh. It is Christmas Day, and what better way to say, “Happy Holidays!” than for me to be in your ear with a Josh Bloom version of cheer. I have been posting extended rants on my TikTok , which until recently, has rarely contained a video over 60 seconds long. TikTok is its own universe, unlike any other social media app, but it is not for everyone. So, I am ripping the audio from some o...

Hi. It's Josh. The shortcomings of Vicious Creature are not Lauren Mayberry ’s fault. The frontwoman for the Glasgow-based electro-pop trio CHVRCHES , formed in 2011, has seen much success with her band since then, so her curiosity about what a solo effort could be was sure to develop. Mayberry ’s Vicious Creature is out now via Island Records . She affirms, “There’s things I’ve never been comfort...

Hi. It's Josh. I have been posting longer rants on my TikTok account , which until recently, has rarely contained a video over 60 seconds long. I have been building that account for a couple of years now, and it has been an absolute pleasure to post daily (or several times a day) and learn things about myself and the world that I did not ever imagine learning. This is to say, TikTok is its own uni...

Hi. It's Josh. Since the election, I have been posting longer rants on my TikTok account , which until recently, has rarely contained a video over 60 seconds long. I have been building that account for a couple of years now, and it has been an absolute pleasure to post daily (or several times a day) and learn things about myself and the world that I did not ever imagine learning. This is to say, T...

Hi. It's Josh. “Screamland” is the savory emotional center arriving at the halfway mark of Mahashmashana , the sixth album from Father John Misty (the stage name of musician Josh Tillman ), out now via Sub Pop Records and Bella Union . Loosely conceptual, as are most of Misty ’s records, the album’s title is the Sanskrit word for a Hindu cremation ground. The record represents the vulnerability be...

Hi. It's Josh. You can learn a lot about a person of my age by mentioning Howard Stern . Surprisingly, he is still a polarizing figure, even after moving to the less overtly public space of satellite radio. Even though his audience is smaller, his cache has blown up because he has become recognized as a master interviewer who can get the most ungettable A-list public figures on his couch. Anyone w...

Hi. It's Josh. I grew up watching the television show “Little House on the Prairie,” the characters of Harriet Oleson and her daughter Nellie Oleson , the defacto heels of the town of Walnut Grove, were my favorites. The show was not comedic; it was a full of tragedy, one-hour drama, but when it was funny, the comic relief tended to come from these two characters, either directly or because of com...

Hi. It's Josh. I love that there are no definable singles on Songs of a Lost World , the new album by The Cure that is so accomplished at being The Cure, Robert Smith could listen to it and learn a few things about himself. He is likely doing just that, as he recently mentioned that the album’s follow-up is already nearing completion. Visit me everywhere: https://linktr.ee/superjews Subscribe: htt...

Hi. It's Josh. I can’t remember what made me remember that George Harrison lifted the opening phrase of his iconic song “Something” from fellow songwriter James Taylor , but something did, and when it did, I was inspired. This was information that I knew I knew, as this information is not in any way revelatory for nerded-out fans of The Beatles who subscribe to multiple podcasts dedicated to the b...

Hi. It's Josh. If Kamala Harris wins, that makes Joe Biden an American hero. This statement is not about patriotism. This is about people in general and what they do and do not do for the benefit of their fellow man. I really didn’t want to talk about politics today. But I do anyway. In this episode, I also discuss: Getting banned from going live on TikTok, and what it taught me about myself, the...