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Writer/journalist/editor/filmmaker. @NYTimes, @Rollingstone, @texasmonthly, @texashighways etc. Everything interests me. Venmo @Joe-Gross-65. Big tsundoku.
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“A Language for Loneliness”

- Laura Evers on Conrad Veidt and the 1919 German film, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS, which was banned by German censorship laws in 1920
Different from the Others (1919): A Language for Loneliness
By developing subtle material techniques to depict loneliness, Different from the Others moves beyond sentimentality.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
YOU GUYS THERE'S A LONGER VERSION bsky.app/profile/gigi...
February 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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BBC College Concert #13 - The Jam - Newcastle City Hall, Oct. 28. 1980 https://voodoowagon.blogspot.com/2026/02/bbc-college-concert-13-jam-newcastle.html
BBC College Concert #13 - The Jam - Newcastle City Hall, Oct. 28. 1980
The Jam BBC College Concert #13 LW's Scheduled Broadcast week of December 5, 1982 Recorded at: Newcastle City Hall October 28, 1980 01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 13 Intro 02 The Jam - Thick As Thieves 03 The Jam - Boy About Town 04 The Jam - Monday 05 The Jam - Going Underground 06 The Jam - Pretty Green 07 The Jam - Man In The Corner Shop 08 The Jam - Set The House Ablaze 09 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 13 Break 10 The Jam - Dreams of Children 11 The Jam - Start! 12 The Jam - Scrape Away 13 The Jam - Strange Town 14 The Jam - When You're Young 15 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 16 The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight 17 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 13 Outro Runout grooves: BBC College Concert 12/5/82 - A BBC College Concert 12/5/82 - B You get: 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and disc labels. Brought to you by the crazy crew at the Collective For Live Music. There's a review from the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England · Tuesday, October 28, 1980). The newspaper reviews the concert from the prior day (October 27th). I threw in some contemporaneous reviews of their Sound Effects album. In 2015, a 6 CD boxed set "Fire and Skill" was issued, featuring six concerts, one from each year of the band's history. The fourth disc included the entire Newcastle 1980-10-28 concert. It promptly went out of print, with current prices on Discogs asking $185.00 to $400.00. There was also a vinyl release in 2015 with the full concert, in a limited edition of 1,500 copies. _**Of course you should go buy it!**_ It will sound much better than this digitization, there's lots more songs, and you won't have to listen to Pete Larkin. On the other hand, if you're collecting all of the BBC College Concert shows, this will fill in a gap in your collection. https://mega.nz/file/LZ5y0LiB#seYEqhMJ0J_4zFJKn_RX88mvJEbmZA-cafpr44jMz1U Here's a handy checklist for you! _**Collect 'em all!**_ **LIST OF BBC College Concert shows:** ** **BBC College Concert 01 Duran Duran Sept. 12, 1982 BBC College Concert 02 Sparks Sept. 19, 1982 BBC College Concert 03 Spandau Ballet / A Flock of Seagulls September 26, 1982 BBC College Concert 04 Boomtown Rats Oct. 3, 1982 BBC College Concert 05 Third World Oct. 10, 1982 BBC College Concert 06 Steel Pulse Oct. 17, 1982 BBC College Concert 07 Missing Persons Oct. 24, 1982 BBC College Concert 08 Lords of the New Church Oct 31, 1982 BBC College Concert 09 XTC November 7, 1982 BBC College Concert 10 Translator Nov. 14, 1982 BBC College Concert 11 The Teardrop Explodes Nov. 21, 1982 BBC College Concert 12 UB40 Nov. 28, 1982 BBC College Concert 13 The Jam December 5, 1982 BBC College Concert 14 Psychedelic Furs Dec. 12, 1982 BBC College Concert 15 Blotto Dec. 19, 1982 BBC College Concert 16 Gary Numan Interview Jan. 9, 1983 BBC College Concert 17 Marshall Crenshaw Jan. 16, 1983 BBC College Concert 18 English Beat Jan. 23, 1983 BBC College Concert 19 Joe Jackson Jan. 30, 1983 BBC College Concert 20 Wall of Voodoo February 6, 1983 BBC College Concert 21 Polyrock Feb 13, 1983 BBC College Concert 22 Duran Duran Feb. 20, 1982 BBC College Concert 23 Yaz Feb. 27, 1983 BBC College Concert 24 Roxy Music March 6, 1983 BBC College Concert 25 Patti Smyth & Scandal March 13, 1983 BBC College Concert 26 Robert Fripp/King Crimson March 20, 1983 BBC College Concert 27 U-2 March 27, 1983 BBC College Concert 28 Bob Marley April 3, 1983 BBC College Concert 29 Simple Minds / the Specials April 10, 1983 BBC College Concert 30 Dexy's Midnight Runners / Culture Club April 17, 1983 BBC College Concert 31 Thomas Dolby/David Grisman Radio Special (studio tracks) BBC College Concert 32 Lene Lovich May 1, 1983 BBC College Concert 33 Undertones May 8, 1983 BBC College Concert 34 Best of Semester #1 Various Artists May 15, 1983 BBC College Concert 35 Best of Semester #2 Various Artists May 22, 1983
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February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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I am watching a series in which the protagonist addresses his daughter as "babygirl" and his son as "little man" and his partner as "partner." The insistence that TV needs to be for people who can't bother to look at the screen is killing writing, show by show, episode by episode, line by line.
February 14, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Goodness, this goes hard
i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Second really fun episode in a row for STARFLEET ACADEMY . Paul Giamatti is devouring the scenery, there are weird af storytelling choices, Holly Hunter still abhors sitting in a chair the “right” way, a cool kid died, we got off-brand Reavers and someone pulled a Jean Grey.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Hey, Starfleet Academy has its own Reavers. Hell yeah.
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”

“OK.”

Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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I somehow think the loneliness epidemic is gonna skip this king
When I say I stand on business this what I mean.
February 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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"you're gonna get in trouble for that"

*stone-faced*

"okay"

goddamn son
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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If you are in a band, this kid is permanent guest list. Are we agreed on this? We'd best be.
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I have not been much of a jeopardy viewer in the Ken Jennings era, but this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in Something like 40 years of watching that show on and off
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Holy shit
I was trying to figure out who Pam Bondi reminded me of during her congressional testimony and then it hit me
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This goes so hard and I made this mistake of watching it at night and now I am not longer sleepy
Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I’m not going to buy this, but the “complete score to co-op” just shifted this into the must buy for a bunch of people I know
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Industry, HBO’s answer to the TV question: How awful can we make all of the characters before the show breaks?
February 13, 2026 at 4:36 AM
I have at least two friends who have died from adult-onset schizophrenia.

It is one of the most complicated, awful things in the world.

THE PITT corrects/supplements a famous performance in ER the depicted a violent schizophrenic who commits murder. This depiction looks far wiser.
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
This show is such a comical combination of very subtle performances welded onto some old school tv tricks.
Biker guy on The Pitt: “Four wheels moves the body but two wheels moves the *soul.* You’re gonna be in *heaven.* The trip sounds to *die* for.”

Dr. Robby: “Yes I think I will live a long time.”
February 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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the pitt: hm i wonder what will happen to beloved Dr Robby

the pitt: motorcycle 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 ᴍᴏᴛᴏʀᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ᵐᵒᵗᵒʳᶜʸᶜˡᵉ MOTORCYCLE 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Ok, we are laying it on a tad thick for Louie but oh Wtle directed this one hah ok that makes sense.
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM