HeyJaredLawrence’s Substack
What was I thinking when I wrote this stuff? What am I thinking now as I write this stuff? You're about to find out.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 8
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 18, 2026
Latest issues
SPITTING UP NICKELS (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Towards the end of the 1980s, I was in a car with a friend on a Saturday night. We had just come out of a 7-11, ready to travel into Manhattan, and the radio was on WBLS-FM. I’m not sure if the DJ was Marley Marl or Chuck Chillout, but at one point a skit from a comedy album was played, and out of the speakers came this line:“She’s so ugly she be spitting up nickels!”It’s difficult to explain how that line hit us, but basically, we pulled the car over and laughed uncontrollably for the next five
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Well, it went exactly as the Buffalo Bills, the NFL, Kathy Hochul, and whatever the heck Highmark is supposed to be (it is Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, and health insurance provider) would have wanted. Heck, the hype video and documentary on the stadium’s construction used “Finest Worksong” by R.E.M., and R.E.M. hyped it themselves!The Bills sprinted out to a 21 point lead and held on to win 41-31. The offense is playing at a level where, well, they cannot be stopped by mortal man. There was
SAME AS IT EVER WAS (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Second verse, same as the first.Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.I think we’ve seen that movie too.To sum up the Buffalo Bills season opener, any of those verses for hard rock standards would suffice.It was Day 1 of the Joe Brady Regime, a supposed reset for the entire organization, as the Bills opened up their season against the Houston Texans, a game so massive that I actually ventured outside to the house to my local Buffalo Wild Wings to watch! That, and it was not on local televisio
FOOTBALL. (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Tomorrow night, the 107th season of the National Football League will start in Seattle, WA. This is my attempt at a season preview.The last we heard from my favorite football franchise, the Buffalo Bills, they suffered the 60th straight heart-breaking season-ending loss. It’s been sixty seasons since the Bills won their last league championship, the 1965 AFL title. I am going by the concept that every season afterwards, which did not end with a league championship, is a heartbreaking finish even
A FEW WORDS ON DOLLY PARTON (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I had several topics in mind for what I was going to write about next.The time I passed up a chance to see ZZ Top in Savannah, GA, and now both Dusty Hill and Frank Beard and no longer with us.The fact that up until a few days ago, I had no idea that Robert Plant and Phil Lynott, two of the greatest hard rock singers or all time, were born one day apart.The fact that this week marks fifty years since Boston’s first album was released. For a long while, I’m pretty sure I heard “More Than a Feelin
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.