James Strayer
@jamesstrayer.bsky.social
Horror, publishing, Producer, Twin Peaks, cooking, menswear, ThisMayHurtaBit co-host, Caretaker Press.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Vimeo's Short of the Week picked up our short horror film, "Dark Mommy" (dir. Courtney Eck) for our online premier! We played at 50some festivals over the last year or so but you can watch in full below and read the review!
www.shortoftheweek.com/2025/10/30/d...
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Dark Mommy - a Horror Short Film by Courtney Eck
Watch Dark Mommy by Courtney Eck - a Horror Short Film about a 911 night-shift operator whose shift is disturbed by calls reporting the return of a monster
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October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Vimeo's Short of the Week picked up our short horror film, "Dark Mommy" (dir. Courtney Eck) for our online premier! We played at 50some festivals over the last year or so but you can watch in full below and read the review!
www.shortoftheweek.com/2025/10/30/d...
www.shortoftheweek.com/2025/10/30/d...
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
We had the director of the new "Deathstalker" remake on our show! We mainly talk about "Warlock 2" but dive into all sorts of things primarily surrounding practical effects, monsters, rubber suits, etc. Nice guy, that Steve Kostanski!
Steven Kostanski (director of Psycho Goreman) joined us to chat about the propulsive nuttiness of Warlock: The Armageddon and his upcoming Deathstalker remake. Check it out and watch Warlock: The Armageddon! shorturl.fm/QdVLz
September 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We had the director of the new "Deathstalker" remake on our show! We mainly talk about "Warlock 2" but dive into all sorts of things primarily surrounding practical effects, monsters, rubber suits, etc. Nice guy, that Steve Kostanski!
The stinger to my favorite MST3K- "Riding with Death." I want to be this excited all the time.
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MST3K S08E14 Riding with Death Stinger
YouTube video by SilentFanatic
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September 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The stinger to my favorite MST3K- "Riding with Death." I want to be this excited all the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zm...
There's a clip in the trailer for "Magnolia" that never made the final film where William H Macy as Quiz Kid Donny Smith says, "I used to be smart, now I'm just stupid." I think about that and self apply about once a week.
September 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
There's a clip in the trailer for "Magnolia" that never made the final film where William H Macy as Quiz Kid Donny Smith says, "I used to be smart, now I'm just stupid." I think about that and self apply about once a week.
I work in marketing. And I (kinda sorta) work in horror. This is the kind of work I'd like to be involved with.
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I work in marketing. And I (kinda sorta) work in horror. This is the kind of work I'd like to be involved with.
"Verrrry Erratic" Whenever I hear someone use the word, "erratic" from "Riding with Death."
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
August 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Verrrry Erratic" Whenever I hear someone use the word, "erratic" from "Riding with Death."
"It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor."
August 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor."
"Get hot!"
August 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"Get hot!"
98 degrees in Portland today which means double feature time- "Weapons" followed by "Naked Gun". Both, top tier.
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
98 degrees in Portland today which means double feature time- "Weapons" followed by "Naked Gun". Both, top tier.
I'm bad at promoting things and I guess social media in general, but hey- my friend Erick Mertz and I edited a book of horror stories by 13 authors! All set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. You can pre-order the digital copy below- physical release in the works!
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Back Into The Ground : An Anthology Of Pacific Northwest Inspired Horror
Back Into The Ground : An Anthology Of Pacific Northwest Inspired Horror - Kindle edition by Carson, Nathan , Lu-Pai Ippolito, Frances , Simpson, John, Dorie, Sarina, Page, CF, Wagner, KT, Rose, Camden , Golaski, Adam , Stranger, Bec , Masztal, Mark . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Back Into The Ground : An Anthology Of Pacific Northwest Inspired Horror.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm bad at promoting things and I guess social media in general, but hey- my friend Erick Mertz and I edited a book of horror stories by 13 authors! All set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. You can pre-order the digital copy below- physical release in the works!
www.amazon.com/Back-Into-Gr...
www.amazon.com/Back-Into-Gr...
Some friends and I were talking recently about actually being able to name your top 5 pieces of music. I did it pretty easily.
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Some friends and I were talking recently about actually being able to name your top 5 pieces of music. I did it pretty easily.
Dang, Ozzy and David Lynch in one year. Teen Weirdos in the 80s/90s having a rough year.
July 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Dang, Ozzy and David Lynch in one year. Teen Weirdos in the 80s/90s having a rough year.
I was a producer and 1st AD on a shoot at a hotel in Portland. We were running out of time and I was running around trying to lock everything down in a ballroom. I looked over and there was Richard Kind, just kept poking his head in- I had to shoo him out and away so we could roll.
July 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I was a producer and 1st AD on a shoot at a hotel in Portland. We were running out of time and I was running around trying to lock everything down in a ballroom. I looked over and there was Richard Kind, just kept poking his head in- I had to shoo him out and away so we could roll.
I could have used a little more, but they got the charm right. I'm a sucker for Clark and Pa Kent's relationship and also wanted a little more, but it still worked for me. I'm glad it got sci fi wacky at times, but mainly, was so glad to see a heart in Superman again.
July 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I could have used a little more, but they got the charm right. I'm a sucker for Clark and Pa Kent's relationship and also wanted a little more, but it still worked for me. I'm glad it got sci fi wacky at times, but mainly, was so glad to see a heart in Superman again.
My girl and I.
July 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
My girl and I.
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This is a really fun stand up special from @joshgondelman.bsky.social and you should watch it! I liked it a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
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Josh Gondelman - Positive Reinforcement [2025] | FULL SPECIAL
YouTube video by Blonde Medicine
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July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is a really fun stand up special from @joshgondelman.bsky.social and you should watch it! I liked it a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
I'm not sure how to shovel our way out of the shit other than to look out for each other as best we can.
July 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm not sure how to shovel our way out of the shit other than to look out for each other as best we can.
Allow yourself to be soothed by Blixa singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow, by Blixa Bargeld
from the album Commissioned Music
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June 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Allow yourself to be soothed by Blixa singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
blixabargeld.bandcamp.com/track/somewh...
blixabargeld.bandcamp.com/track/somewh...
Just got tickets to travel to Vegas to see the Cavalera brothers do the entirety of "Chaos AD" with Fear Factory opening with two of my high school buddies and their dad. This is height of Early 90s Me- just before the Skinny Puppy took hold....
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just got tickets to travel to Vegas to see the Cavalera brothers do the entirety of "Chaos AD" with Fear Factory opening with two of my high school buddies and their dad. This is height of Early 90s Me- just before the Skinny Puppy took hold....
A very early scene in the Me Origin Story would be my dad making me Dr. Demento tapes. And listening live in the family van.
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Dr. Demento Announces Retirement After 55-Year Radio Career
Radio personality Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen announced his retirement this week, ending a 55-year career devoted to comedy and novelty music when his show
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June 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A very early scene in the Me Origin Story would be my dad making me Dr. Demento tapes. And listening live in the family van.
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