Tim Truxell, Author at FlannelEnigma

1 July 20251 July 2025Featured, Music

Apple Music replay all time

Following on their yearly replay feature, Apple Music just launched a replay all time feature, which I’m am currently enjoying.

Student protest at Washington and Lee demanding to change the university's name.

21 June 202521 June 2025Anti-Racism, Culture, Featured, News, Politics

Not Unmindful has returned

After six months of silence Not Unmindful has returned to address the current moment.

19 June 202523 June 2025Featured, Me

So, I have tongue cancer

I’m not sure exactly how to proceed to be honest. First, the prognosis is good. But how it all went down still pisses me off.

1 May 20251 May 2025Featured, Music, Politics

Billy Bragg and Me

Horse ebooks (@Horse_ebooks) tweet: Everything happens so much, dated, June 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM, from Earth.

31 January 202531 January 2025Culture, Featured, Internet, News, Politics

Horse ebooks was right

Horse eBooks was right. mean, how else can we begin to begin to make sense of the last ten or eleven. Blow after blow. Outrage after outrage.

27 January 202527 January 2025Featured, Film, Live, Music

50 years of music on SNL

This is all kinds of amazing. A Questlove DJ supercut for the trailer for the SNL music documentary. It’s kind of perfect (though seeing The Clash included would have been a nice to have).

Picture of an upside down America flag painted on the side of a barn or other structure.

21 January 202521 January 2025Culture, Featured, News, Politics

Thoughts on today, 20 January 2025

So, today was Inauguration Day. Donald Trump took the reins as president of the United States on again. I’m am full of emotions: disbelief that we came to this points, disgust at our perceptions throughout the world, disdain for the current office holders (in every brand of the government, and fear for those who don’t look like me).