Doug Dillaman
@dillamonster.bsky.social
American in Aotearoa New Zealand. Filmmaker (Gut Instinct [2024], Jake [2014], etc), musician (The Sea Plus), helpful guy.
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We have made it to the year 2026, the setting for the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis.
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
We have made it to the year 2026, the setting for the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis.
Any fans of the Dronarivm label out there? They are having a pay what you want sale, and apart from a few familiar names (Machinefabriek, Aaron Martin, Chihei Hatakeyama) I'm not sure where to start with their voluminous catalog.
January 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Any fans of the Dronarivm label out there? They are having a pay what you want sale, and apart from a few familiar names (Machinefabriek, Aaron Martin, Chihei Hatakeyama) I'm not sure where to start with their voluminous catalog.
Music and sound 2025, here's ten:
Joshua Bonnetta - THE PINES
Componium Ensemble - 8 AUTOMATED WORKS
Floating Points - LAZARUS OST
Europe In Flames - ONE
Antibalas - HOURGLASS
Meitei - SEN'NYŪ
Eli Keszler - s/t
clipping. - DEAD CHANNEL SKY
Beastwars - THE SHIP // THE SEA
Tortoise - TOUCH
Joshua Bonnetta - THE PINES
Componium Ensemble - 8 AUTOMATED WORKS
Floating Points - LAZARUS OST
Europe In Flames - ONE
Antibalas - HOURGLASS
Meitei - SEN'NYŪ
Eli Keszler - s/t
clipping. - DEAD CHANNEL SKY
Beastwars - THE SHIP // THE SEA
Tortoise - TOUCH
January 1, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Music and sound 2025, here's ten:
Joshua Bonnetta - THE PINES
Componium Ensemble - 8 AUTOMATED WORKS
Floating Points - LAZARUS OST
Europe In Flames - ONE
Antibalas - HOURGLASS
Meitei - SEN'NYŪ
Eli Keszler - s/t
clipping. - DEAD CHANNEL SKY
Beastwars - THE SHIP // THE SEA
Tortoise - TOUCH
Joshua Bonnetta - THE PINES
Componium Ensemble - 8 AUTOMATED WORKS
Floating Points - LAZARUS OST
Europe In Flames - ONE
Antibalas - HOURGLASS
Meitei - SEN'NYŪ
Eli Keszler - s/t
clipping. - DEAD CHANNEL SKY
Beastwars - THE SHIP // THE SEA
Tortoise - TOUCH
What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?
Hello from 2026, where to my knowledge nothing has gone wrong yet, maybe if we stay still and don't move things will just keep working fine
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Hello from 2026, where to my knowledge nothing has gone wrong yet, maybe if we stay still and don't move things will just keep working fine
Serving chicken strips to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, his wife and his lawyer
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Serving chicken strips to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, his wife and his lawyer
New films I gave 4.5 stars to in 2025 (in no order)
SINNERS
THE MASTERMIND
POP
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE
FRANKENSTEIN
PSYCHO THERAPY
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
THE SECRET AGENT
I rarely give 5 stars on a first viewing, but REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND earned it.
That's nine. Make SKETCH #10.
SINNERS
THE MASTERMIND
POP
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE
FRANKENSTEIN
PSYCHO THERAPY
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
THE SECRET AGENT
I rarely give 5 stars on a first viewing, but REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND earned it.
That's nine. Make SKETCH #10.
December 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New films I gave 4.5 stars to in 2025 (in no order)
SINNERS
THE MASTERMIND
POP
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE
FRANKENSTEIN
PSYCHO THERAPY
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
THE SECRET AGENT
I rarely give 5 stars on a first viewing, but REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND earned it.
That's nine. Make SKETCH #10.
SINNERS
THE MASTERMIND
POP
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE
FRANKENSTEIN
PSYCHO THERAPY
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
THE SECRET AGENT
I rarely give 5 stars on a first viewing, but REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND earned it.
That's nine. Make SKETCH #10.
Mostly an end of year link roundup from my wildly sporadic Substack.
dougdillaman.substack.com/p/other-peop...
dougdillaman.substack.com/p/other-peop...
Other People's Words
not exactly an update
dougdillaman.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Mostly an end of year link roundup from my wildly sporadic Substack.
dougdillaman.substack.com/p/other-peop...
dougdillaman.substack.com/p/other-peop...
Already wondering what asshole made a Betty Boop slasher movie for 75 dollars to drop in January
👀 WATCH THIS SPACE! 🚨
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here!
At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here!
At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Already wondering what asshole made a Betty Boop slasher movie for 75 dollars to drop in January
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Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats
This might be the last LP I listen to in 2025, and I'm going out on a high. It's my first play of this gossamer-delicate strings and electronics and things textured landscape, and it's inspirational. Strange and comforting.
marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...
marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...
Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth, by Marja Ahti
2 track album
marjaahti.bandcamp.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This might be the last LP I listen to in 2025, and I'm going out on a high. It's my first play of this gossamer-delicate strings and electronics and things textured landscape, and it's inspirational. Strange and comforting.
marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...
marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...
Way more useful than that Thurston Moore list I posted yesterday, particularly if (like me) you're drawn to free jazz and metal. Great to see Aotearoa's Beastwars given notice, one of my fave gigs of the year.
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Way more useful than that Thurston Moore list I posted yesterday, particularly if (like me) you're drawn to free jazz and metal. Great to see Aotearoa's Beastwars given notice, one of my fave gigs of the year.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
My favourite self-made Godzilla artworks this year. A less prolific year than normal, but excited by my late breaking discovery I can transform inherited lieder records that even op shops don't want into Godzilla clocks.
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My favourite self-made Godzilla artworks this year. A less prolific year than normal, but excited by my late breaking discovery I can transform inherited lieder records that even op shops don't want into Godzilla clocks.
My top 5 favourite movie pinball games:
5. BATMAN DARK KNIGHT
4. IRON MAN
3. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
2. TRON
1. APOLLO 13 (13-ball multiball!)
5. BATMAN DARK KNIGHT
4. IRON MAN
3. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
2. TRON
1. APOLLO 13 (13-ball multiball!)
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My top 5 favourite movie pinball games:
5. BATMAN DARK KNIGHT
4. IRON MAN
3. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
2. TRON
1. APOLLO 13 (13-ball multiball!)
5. BATMAN DARK KNIGHT
4. IRON MAN
3. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
2. TRON
1. APOLLO 13 (13-ball multiball!)
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Cinephiles at a party: “Claire Denis did her best work when Agnes Godard was her DP, no relation to Jean Luc, whose films were shot guerrilla style by Raoul Coutard, but clearly influenced by Hollywood DP’s Gregg Toland and James Wong Howe…Wait, what’s your name again? Sorry, I’m so bad with names!”
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Cinephiles at a party: “Claire Denis did her best work when Agnes Godard was her DP, no relation to Jean Luc, whose films were shot guerrilla style by Raoul Coutard, but clearly influenced by Hollywood DP’s Gregg Toland and James Wong Howe…Wait, what’s your name again? Sorry, I’m so bad with names!”
20 minutes to go in THE MASTERMIND. I think his master plan is about to be revealed.
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
20 minutes to go in THE MASTERMIND. I think his master plan is about to be revealed.
Anyone know if this is in the wild anywhere in NZ?
At the risk of overhyping it, DUNE might just be the most extraordinary pinball machine I've ever played. When the worm caught the ball magnetically in its maw and then slowly rose out of the cabinet floor while lights flashed and the whole thing vibrated, it was an out of body experience.
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Anyone know if this is in the wild anywhere in NZ?
I keep forgetting that a record came out this year with my name on it. Maybe because I feel like my contributions are minor relative to my colleagues, but still, it's the first album that's actually credited to me (as opposed to a band name).
kylebruckmann.bandcamp.com/album/gut-in...
kylebruckmann.bandcamp.com/album/gut-in...
GUT INSTINCT: An Aural Purification Enhancement, by Kyle Bruckmann | Doug Dillaman | Jason Wach
12 track album
kylebruckmann.bandcamp.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I keep forgetting that a record came out this year with my name on it. Maybe because I feel like my contributions are minor relative to my colleagues, but still, it's the first album that's actually credited to me (as opposed to a band name).
kylebruckmann.bandcamp.com/album/gut-in...
kylebruckmann.bandcamp.com/album/gut-in...
The more I think about it, the more I think "a movie comes out and people enjoy it, but don't make it their entire identity and start fake religions about it and demand 23 spinoffs and then complain about them and get into flame wars, but simply go to the next one" is precisely what I want more of
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The more I think about it, the more I think "a movie comes out and people enjoy it, but don't make it their entire identity and start fake religions about it and demand 23 spinoffs and then complain about them and get into flame wars, but simply go to the next one" is precisely what I want more of
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
Followup to previous post about a fictitious top ten book recommendations list, which Dylan's been diligently digging into.
Tl;dr: Everything online is broken. Everything. And also on fire and irreparably polluted.
Merry Christmas!
Tl;dr: Everything online is broken. Everything. And also on fire and irreparably polluted.
Merry Christmas!
Overworked journalists, trying to do basic fact-checking on the press release they thought would make nice content will also find themselves attacked by AI, as their quick searches appear to confirm the listed books are real... Thanks to AI using the press release itself as a source of "knowledge"
I was curious how AI would react to these book titles and so Googling them, the Gemini search result insists they are real books. Opting to engage and then ask for a citation... It now cites this press release 🤦♂. Only when challenged for any other source, it admits it's not listed anywhere else
December 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Followup to previous post about a fictitious top ten book recommendations list, which Dylan's been diligently digging into.
Tl;dr: Everything online is broken. Everything. And also on fire and irreparably polluted.
Merry Christmas!
Tl;dr: Everything online is broken. Everything. And also on fire and irreparably polluted.
Merry Christmas!
Attn @thebmovievault.bsky.social and anyone else doing prep for @themountaingoats.bsky.social concerts in April in NZ (or anywhere else anywhen, not trying to gatekeep)
If you’re not an Apple Music subscriber, I think there are services that can convert Apple Music playlist links into something that works with whatever music-streamer you use. Here’s also the playlist in print, should you wish to make it yourself, manually. Enjoy!
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Attn @thebmovievault.bsky.social and anyone else doing prep for @themountaingoats.bsky.social concerts in April in NZ (or anywhere else anywhen, not trying to gatekeep)
Just waiting for the 50th anniversary version of TAXI DRIVER where Schrader replaces DeNiro with his pet albino Michelin Man via AI.
December 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just waiting for the 50th anniversary version of TAXI DRIVER where Schrader replaces DeNiro with his pet albino Michelin Man via AI.