Ian Curtin
@iancurtin.bsky.social
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Conrad Veidt appreciation post
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Conrad Veidt appreciation post
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The fate of all things after all after all.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The fate of all things after all after all.
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Office at Night - 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103839
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103839
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Office at Night - 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103839
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103839
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For we are all killers, on land and on sea; Bonapartes and Sharks included.
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
For we are all killers, on land and on sea; Bonapartes and Sharks included.
post someone who looks good in a hat
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
post someone who looks good in a hat
Bosch foretells Temple Bar.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Bosch foretells Temple Bar.
Parent [irate]: Where have you been all day?
Me [surly]: travelling the city on public transport and in coffee shops, parks and other welcoming public spaces.
Parent [snorts]: With *that*??
[Points at double-volume hardback slipcased edition of War & Peace]
Me [defiant]: YES
Parent: I give up!
Me [surly]: travelling the city on public transport and in coffee shops, parks and other welcoming public spaces.
Parent [snorts]: With *that*??
[Points at double-volume hardback slipcased edition of War & Peace]
Me [defiant]: YES
Parent: I give up!
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Parent [irate]: Where have you been all day?
Me [surly]: travelling the city on public transport and in coffee shops, parks and other welcoming public spaces.
Parent [snorts]: With *that*??
[Points at double-volume hardback slipcased edition of War & Peace]
Me [defiant]: YES
Parent: I give up!
Me [surly]: travelling the city on public transport and in coffee shops, parks and other welcoming public spaces.
Parent [snorts]: With *that*??
[Points at double-volume hardback slipcased edition of War & Peace]
Me [defiant]: YES
Parent: I give up!
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“Only one woman author—not as famous as Capote—equaled the power of his 1947 photograph: Jane Bowles in Karl Bissinger‘s portrait, taken in 1946 to accompany a story of hers that appeared in Harper‘s Bazaar.” — Hilton Als, The Women, WHITE GIRLS (p109) *Loving this book.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Only one woman author—not as famous as Capote—equaled the power of his 1947 photograph: Jane Bowles in Karl Bissinger‘s portrait, taken in 1946 to accompany a story of hers that appeared in Harper‘s Bazaar.” — Hilton Als, The Women, WHITE GIRLS (p109) *Loving this book.
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Joyce logging back on to say
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Joyce logging back on to say
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Album cover... vehicle... do it
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Album cover... vehicle... do it
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An outstanding portrait:
Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer, 1960s
Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer, 1960s
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
An outstanding portrait:
Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer, 1960s
Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer, 1960s
"[A]t this stage in his career Thomas Pynchon’s reputation largely immunises him against critical assault. His greatness is taken universally, and monotonously, for granted."
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Shadow Ticket: Maybe Thomas Pynchon isn’t actually all that great
Pynchon has a remarkable grasp of the American vernacular and no ear for prose rhythm whatsoever
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"[A]t this stage in his career Thomas Pynchon’s reputation largely immunises him against critical assault. His greatness is taken universally, and monotonously, for granted."
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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1994 listen party in full effect
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
1994 listen party in full effect
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Listening to a history audio book in which the narrator refers to “the beer hall pooch”
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Listening to a history audio book in which the narrator refers to “the beer hall pooch”
"You gonna bark all day, little doggy? Or are you gonna bite?"
Come cambiano in fretta situazioni e atteggiamenti eh? Buongiorno
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"You gonna bark all day, little doggy? Or are you gonna bite?"
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"Dictatorships encourage cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they encourage idiocy . . . To fight against these sad monoties is one of the writer's many duties."
Jorge Luis Borges.
Jorge Luis Borges.
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Dictatorships encourage cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they encourage idiocy . . . To fight against these sad monoties is one of the writer's many duties."
Jorge Luis Borges.
Jorge Luis Borges.