NYT Bestselling #Author. Copywriter. Adjunct Prof. @LIUPost. Derek Jeter said I had a great swing (He was serious.) IG: @itsbrianshields
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John Coltrane finished recording 'My Favorite Things' 66 years ago on October 26, 1960 | Listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/JColtranePoll
Last week. Start-to-finish. This is an all-time favorite for me. Second album from the Mobb is an instant classic. Those Loud collabs during this period took things next level. No sophomore jinx here. Just press play.
When was the last time you listened to Mobb Deep’s ‘The Infamous’ (1995)? | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/MobbDeepTI
Summer of '92... watching footage from the Guns N Roses-Metallica tour... watching the Dream Team dominate, eating these value meals and collecting the cups, and listening to Pete Rock & CL Smooth's Mecca and the Soul Brother album while rocking the USA Basketball replica jerseys
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Happy 30th Anniversary to Chuck D’s debut solo album ‘Autobiography Of Mistachuck’ originally released October 22, 1996 | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/ChuckDAutobio @MrChuckD
Norm was in a class by himself.
Norm Macdonald was fired from Weekend Update in 1997 after NBC executives decided he wasn’t funny. A year and a half later they asked him to host the show.
He didn’t open with gratitude or a comeback story. He opened with a logical problem:
How does someone go from “not funny enough to be allowed in the building” to “funny enough to host” in eighteen months?
The monologue that follows treats the invitation itself as the setup.
Brian Shields retweeted
Norm Macdonald was fired from Weekend Update in 1997 after NBC executives decided he wasn’t funny. A year and a half later they asked him to host the show.
He didn’t open with gratitude or a comeback story. He opened with a logical problem:
How does someone go from “not funny enough to be allowed in the building” to “funny enough to host” in eighteen months?
The monologue that follows treats the invitation itself as the setup.
Brian Shields retweeted
The New York Knicks raise their first championship banner in 53 years 🏆
What a moment for the city 👏
(📺: NBC)
Instant classic off an amazing album. The third jewel from A Tribe Called Quest.
A Tribe Called Quest released "Award Tour" as the first single from 'Midnight Marauders' 33 years ago on October 19, 1993
album.ink/atcqMM
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MSG installed a new display in the concourse celebrating the Knicks 2026 NBA Championship
It features game-used Finals jerseys from the starting 5, the game-used basketball from OG Anunoby’s game-winning tip-in, and more
(📸 MSG Sports/NYPost)
Brian Shields retweeted
Sharks Football Standout Makes NFL Debut
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Former LIU football standout Eric O’Neill has earned a spot on the Detroit Lions’ 53-man roster, becoming the latest Shark to reach the NFL. O’Neill played 25 games across three seasons at LIU and was named NEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 before making his NFL debut with Detroit on September 13.
