Mark Goldstein
@beautifuloutlaw.bsky.social
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"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none."
—Jules Renard (Trans. Louise Bogan)
"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none."
—Jules Renard (Trans. Louise Bogan)
Diane Keaton (née Hall; January 5, 1946 - October 11, 2025)
October 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Diane Keaton (née Hall; January 5, 1946 - October 11, 2025)
Happy 90th birthday to poet and Beautiful Outlaw author Robert Kelly!
September 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happy 90th birthday to poet and Beautiful Outlaw author Robert Kelly!
Congratulations to 2025 Eisner Award winner Taiyō Matsumoto (translated by Michael Arias · VIZ Media) for his remarkable manga series "Tokyo These Days."
September 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Congratulations to 2025 Eisner Award winner Taiyō Matsumoto (translated by Michael Arias · VIZ Media) for his remarkable manga series "Tokyo These Days."
As reported in the New York Times, there is new music from Nick Drake, released today – perfect for these especially dark times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/a...
July 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As reported in the New York Times, there is new music from Nick Drake, released today – perfect for these especially dark times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/a...
It has been 18 years since bon vivant numero uno, Ron Elaschuk, left us for the great cellar in the sky. Captain, you are loved and missed.
[This comic is a direct quote from Captain in one of his whimsical moods. BTW, Ron's nickname for me was Billy.]
[This comic is a direct quote from Captain in one of his whimsical moods. BTW, Ron's nickname for me was Billy.]
July 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It has been 18 years since bon vivant numero uno, Ron Elaschuk, left us for the great cellar in the sky. Captain, you are loved and missed.
[This comic is a direct quote from Captain in one of his whimsical moods. BTW, Ron's nickname for me was Billy.]
[This comic is a direct quote from Captain in one of his whimsical moods. BTW, Ron's nickname for me was Billy.]
Erik Satie 100 (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925)
"We have plenty of time to be in a cemetery."
Three hours of Satie and more on BBC radio:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"We have plenty of time to be in a cemetery."
Three hours of Satie and more on BBC radio:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
July 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Erik Satie 100 (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925)
"We have plenty of time to be in a cemetery."
Three hours of Satie and more on BBC radio:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"We have plenty of time to be in a cemetery."
Three hours of Satie and more on BBC radio:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
New music from Erik Satie.
“I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horseback round my domain follows from 1.19pm to 2.53pm.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
“I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horseback round my domain follows from 1.19pm to 2.53pm.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New music from Erik Satie.
“I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horseback round my domain follows from 1.19pm to 2.53pm.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
“I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horseback round my domain follows from 1.19pm to 2.53pm.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
A shout-out to fellow June 6 Geminis: Chantal Akerman, Grant Green, Thomas Mann, Alexander Pushkin, and Isaiah Berlin.
Eat cake!
Eat cake!
June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A shout-out to fellow June 6 Geminis: Chantal Akerman, Grant Green, Thomas Mann, Alexander Pushkin, and Isaiah Berlin.
Eat cake!
Eat cake!
Alice Notley, may your memory be a blessing.
[From In the Pines:]
[...]
I see it everywhere, past the death visage.
If I find your soul do you want it? Do you even know? Do you
even know what part of you you are?
[From In the Pines:]
[...]
I see it everywhere, past the death visage.
If I find your soul do you want it? Do you even know? Do you
even know what part of you you are?
May 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Alice Notley, may your memory be a blessing.
[From In the Pines:]
[...]
I see it everywhere, past the death visage.
If I find your soul do you want it? Do you even know? Do you
even know what part of you you are?
[From In the Pines:]
[...]
I see it everywhere, past the death visage.
If I find your soul do you want it? Do you even know? Do you
even know what part of you you are?
“Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee makes a rare public appearance in a show at the Bode-Museum in Berlin, which opened on May 8.
May 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee makes a rare public appearance in a show at the Bode-Museum in Berlin, which opened on May 8.
Reposted by Mark Goldstein
Thanks, @robmclennan.bsky.social ! (And thanks Frank O’Hara, @mxkazhill.bsky.social, and many others)
newly posted: Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...
Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
robmclennan.medium.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks, @robmclennan.bsky.social ! (And thanks Frank O’Hara, @mxkazhill.bsky.social, and many others)
Please join me along with three fine poets this spring equinox for a reading at Type Books. This event is free and accessible to all.
February 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Please join me along with three fine poets this spring equinox for a reading at Type Books. This event is free and accessible to all.
“Doesn’t that silence say it all?” Kate Bush, who contributed to the album, said in a statement, adding, “If these changes go ahead, the life’s work of all the country’s musicians will be handed over to A.I. companies for free.”
February 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Doesn’t that silence say it all?” Kate Bush, who contributed to the album, said in a statement, adding, “If these changes go ahead, the life’s work of all the country’s musicians will be handed over to A.I. companies for free.”
