Steve Erickson
@callinamagician.bsky.social
Film and music critic, music producer, New Yorker. steeveecom.wordpress.com
A prime hallucination from Google's AI search results: "while he was not publicly known to be gay, he was an openly gay actor."
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A prime hallucination from Google's AI search results: "while he was not publicly known to be gay, he was an openly gay actor."
I covered the @docnycfest.bsky.social for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/doc-nyc-fest...
DOC NYC festival offers real-life stories about female filmmakers, a trans lawyer, and Latinx advocates
As American media bends the knee to the far right, documentaries have turned into a vital alternative to corporate news. A vast expanse of nonfiction
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I covered the @docnycfest.bsky.social for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/doc-nyc-fest...
Follow the crocodile to my latest "Radio Not Radio" show, featuring sets devoted to the guitar and punk, followed by an hour of hard-to-classify music. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
11/16/2025 "Radio Not Radio"
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November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Follow the crocodile to my latest "Radio Not Radio" show, featuring sets devoted to the guitar and punk, followed by an hour of hard-to-classify music. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
Sen. Schumer's Washington, DC. office number is (202)224-6542. If you're angry about his Republican-lite behavior, leave a message asking him to resign. Who knows if it'll do any good, but he needs to get the hell out of politics.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sen. Schumer's Washington, DC. office number is (202)224-6542. If you're angry about his Republican-lite behavior, leave a message asking him to resign. Who knows if it'll do any good, but he needs to get the hell out of politics.
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Radu Jude's DRACULA: artsfuse.org/319698/film-...
Film Review: Radu Jude's "Dracula" - Suck it to Us - The Arts Fuse
Like other Eastern European artists, Radu Jude is at his best channeling his anger through dark comedy.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Radu Jude's DRACULA: artsfuse.org/319698/film-...
For Gay City News, I wrote about Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY: gaycitynews.com/peter-hujars...
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ takes a trip back to New York’s gay arts scene in 1974
Gay director Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day” lands closer to a theatrical monologue than the feature-length film it is. Made with just two actors on one set,
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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For Gay City News, I wrote about Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY: gaycitynews.com/peter-hujars...
In @slantmagazine.com , I wrote about Rosalia's ambitious new album LUX: www.slantmagazine.com/music/rosali...
Rosalia 'Lux' Review: A Challenging, Transcendent Pop Symphony
The album rewards patience as you luxuriate in the breadth of the singer’s world.
www.slantmagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In @slantmagazine.com , I wrote about Rosalia's ambitious new album LUX: www.slantmagazine.com/music/rosali...
For my November music roundup in Gay City News, I reviewed the Hüsker Dü box set 1985: THE MIRACLE YEAR and the compilation ALL THINGS GO: 10 YEARS: gaycitynews.com/november-lgb...
November LGBTQ music: ‘All Things Go’ festival & Hüsker Dü
This month, Gay City News reviews a compilation from the LGBTQ-friendly All Things Go festival and a box set by the punk band Hüsker Dü. Guitarist Bob Mould
gaycitynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For my November music roundup in Gay City News, I reviewed the Hüsker Dü box set 1985: THE MIRACLE YEAR and the compilation ALL THINGS GO: 10 YEARS: gaycitynews.com/november-lgb...
Reposted by Steve Erickson
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a sad Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
11/2/2025 "Radio Not Radio"
Take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more!
www.mixcloud.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a sad Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's November "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed CRRDR's LATINCORE LEGEND and Holy Sons' PURITAN THEMES. (Scroll down to "Popular Music.") Link here: artsfuse.org/319292/novem...
November Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's November "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed CRRDR's LATINCORE LEGEND and Holy Sons' PURITAN THEMES. (Scroll down to "Popular Music.") Link here: artsfuse.org/319292/novem...
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (pt. 2):
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (pt. 2):
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (part 1):
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (part 1):
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
Thank you to the high school teacher who showed our class THE WAR GAME: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thank you to the high school teacher who showed our class THE WAR GAME: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
August Fanon and billy woods dropped a remixed version of woods' album GOLLIWOG today. Woods has also made a visual album to accompany it, integrating music videos, animation and heavily re-edited films: vimeo.com/1132256781
August Fanon & billy woods - gowillog
Get gowillog on VHS, VINYL or CD @ bwdz.net/gowillog It’s glaring, gnashing teeth before the bite. It’s furtive glances and heart palpitations. It’s…
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October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
August Fanon and billy woods dropped a remixed version of woods' album GOLLIWOG today. Woods has also made a visual album to accompany it, integrating music videos, animation and heavily re-edited films: vimeo.com/1132256781
For Gay City News, I reviewed LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS: gaycitynews.com/lesbian-spac...
‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy
While we’re thankfully past the trend of period pieces about lesbians suffering tragically, humor’s played a limited role in current queer cinema, despite
gaycitynews.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For Gay City News, I reviewed LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS: gaycitynews.com/lesbian-spac...
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND: artsfuse.org/318881/film-...
Film Review: Kelly Reichardt’s "The Mastermind" Turns Art Theft into Existential Drift - The Arts Fuse
"The Mastermind" points to the impossibility of trying to live as though the outside world and its politics don’t exist.
artsfuse.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND: artsfuse.org/318881/film-...
For Crooked Marquee, I took a look back at the 2018 Swedish sci-fi/horror film ANIARA: crookedmarquee.com/aniara-the-h...
Aniara: The Horror of Being Trapped In Space — Inside A Shopping Mall
This 2018 Swedish science fiction film finds a spaceship's passengers drifting off course into depression and existential dread.
crookedmarquee.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
For Crooked Marquee, I took a look back at the 2018 Swedish sci-fi/horror film ANIARA: crookedmarquee.com/aniara-the-h...
Reposted by Steve Erickson
A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
Shake the cockroaches off with log xylophones, good songs from bad movies and recording studio chatter on my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio." Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
10/19/2025 "Radio Not Radio"
Shake the cockroaches off your hands with the latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," aided by recording studio chatter, log xylophones, good songs from bad movies, and the Welsh triple harp!
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October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Shake the cockroaches off with log xylophones, good songs from bad movies and recording studio chatter on my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio." Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
