JPB
@jpb.bsky.social
Novelist (RELENTLESS MELT out now from Melville House) // collagist // inveterate notetaker // gracefully aging zinester // to be found in the Greater Boston/Chicago metro region
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“I’ve often said this and I don’t think I’m exaggerating too much: America may be the only country that hates art. Money is the only thing that’s considered a healthy habit. Art is considered neurotic, or it just shows that you have problems, whereas having money is somehow seen as totally healthy.”
In Dreams: An Interview With Jonathan Rosenbaum
Frank Falisi talks with film writer Jonathan Rosenbaum about putting our selves in criticism and reclaiming art and pleasure for all people.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“I’ve often said this and I don’t think I’m exaggerating too much: America may be the only country that hates art. Money is the only thing that’s considered a healthy habit. Art is considered neurotic, or it just shows that you have problems, whereas having money is somehow seen as totally healthy.”
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RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
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The Black Zine Fair needs funds to happen. We pay workshop facilitators, it costs us thousands to rent tables and chairs, we feed exhibitors & volunteers & more. Please help us to raise the funds needed: gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Black Zine Fair needs funds to happen. We pay workshop facilitators, it costs us thousands to rent tables and chairs, we feed exhibitors & volunteers & more. Please help us to raise the funds needed: gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
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True words from VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (@vipeopleshow.bsky.social) season one
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
True words from VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (@vipeopleshow.bsky.social) season one
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True words from VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (@vipeopleshow.bsky.social) season one
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
True words from VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (@vipeopleshow.bsky.social) season one
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Clarification https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483174
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Clarification https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483174
I forgot I'M STILL HERE and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
movies I saw in the theater in 2025: NOSFERATU; THE BRUTALIST; MICKEY 17; THE SHROUDS; SINNERS (2x); THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, BALLERINA; THE LIFE OF CHUCK; DAGUERREOTYPES; WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?; LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR; ARCHITECTON; WEAPONS; RELAY; SANATORIUM (the new Quay Bros.); THE MASTERMIND
movies I saw in the theater in 2024: THE BOY AND THE HERON, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, POOR THINGS, AMERICAN FICTION, GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, I SAW THE TV GLOW, ABIDING NOWHERE, PETITE MAMAN, SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXILASM, KINDS OF KINDNESS, CUCKOO, THE SUBSTANCE, RUMOURS, HERETIC, & NOSFERATU
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I forgot I'M STILL HERE and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
worst movie I watched at home in 2025: Ari Aster's BEAU IS AFRAID (2023)
five best "new to me" films I watched at home in 2025: Alan J. Pakula's THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974), Jessica Beshir's FAYA DAYI (2021), Charlotte Wells' AFTERSUN (2022), Wim Wenders' PERFECT DAYS (2023), and Jesse Eisenberg's A REAL PAIN (2024)
movies I saw in the theater in 2025: NOSFERATU; THE BRUTALIST; MICKEY 17; THE SHROUDS; SINNERS (2x); THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, BALLERINA; THE LIFE OF CHUCK; DAGUERREOTYPES; WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?; LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR; ARCHITECTON; WEAPONS; RELAY; SANATORIUM (the new Quay Bros.); THE MASTERMIND
December 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
worst movie I watched at home in 2025: Ari Aster's BEAU IS AFRAID (2023)
five best "new to me" films I watched at home in 2025: Alan J. Pakula's THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974), Jessica Beshir's FAYA DAYI (2021), Charlotte Wells' AFTERSUN (2022), Wim Wenders' PERFECT DAYS (2023), and Jesse Eisenberg's A REAL PAIN (2024)
movies I saw in the theater in 2025: NOSFERATU; THE BRUTALIST; MICKEY 17; THE SHROUDS; SINNERS (2x); THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, BALLERINA; THE LIFE OF CHUCK; DAGUERREOTYPES; WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?; LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR; ARCHITECTON; WEAPONS; RELAY; SANATORIUM (the new Quay Bros.); THE MASTERMIND
movies I saw in the theater in 2024: THE BOY AND THE HERON, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, POOR THINGS, AMERICAN FICTION, GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, I SAW THE TV GLOW, ABIDING NOWHERE, PETITE MAMAN, SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXILASM, KINDS OF KINDNESS, CUCKOO, THE SUBSTANCE, RUMOURS, HERETIC, & NOSFERATU
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
five best "new to me" films I watched at home in 2025: Alan J. Pakula's THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974), Jessica Beshir's FAYA DAYI (2021), Charlotte Wells' AFTERSUN (2022), Wim Wenders' PERFECT DAYS (2023), and Jesse Eisenberg's A REAL PAIN (2024)
movies I saw in the theater in 2025: NOSFERATU; THE BRUTALIST; MICKEY 17; THE SHROUDS; SINNERS (2x); THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, BALLERINA; THE LIFE OF CHUCK; DAGUERREOTYPES; WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?; LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR; ARCHITECTON; WEAPONS; RELAY; SANATORIUM (the new Quay Bros.); THE MASTERMIND
movies I saw in the theater in 2024: THE BOY AND THE HERON, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, POOR THINGS, AMERICAN FICTION, GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, I SAW THE TV GLOW, ABIDING NOWHERE, PETITE MAMAN, SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXILASM, KINDS OF KINDNESS, CUCKOO, THE SUBSTANCE, RUMOURS, HERETIC, & NOSFERATU
movies I saw in the theater in 2023, roughly in order: SKINAMARINK, SHIN ULTRAMAN, INFINITY POOL, Kurosawa double feature (STRAY DOG + DRUNKEN ANGEL), FAST X, ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, ASTEROID CITY, BARBIE (2x), OPPENHEIMER, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, PASSAGES, DICKS, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
December 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
movies I saw in the theater in 2025: NOSFERATU; THE BRUTALIST; MICKEY 17; THE SHROUDS; SINNERS (2x); THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, BALLERINA; THE LIFE OF CHUCK; DAGUERREOTYPES; WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?; LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR; ARCHITECTON; WEAPONS; RELAY; SANATORIUM (the new Quay Bros.); THE MASTERMIND
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A little longer now and you'll get to go to the rave celebrating his death. Just a little bit longer
trans people if you did nothing else this year you made it through 12 months of the federal government having your extermination not low on its list of priorities and you can feel really good about that it’s a big deal
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A little longer now and you'll get to go to the rave celebrating his death. Just a little bit longer
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I'd like to think of "dark academia" as "I, a brooding professor who wears all black, have [these clothes] on while I send many emails and update Canvas assignment due dates"
January 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I'd like to think of "dark academia" as "I, a brooding professor who wears all black, have [these clothes] on while I send many emails and update Canvas assignment due dates"
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Some stock room motivation for you
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Some stock room motivation for you
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new to bluesky? confused? if it helps, just think of it as a framework for understanding texts against an organized background of the circulation of other texts, all interwoven not by citational references but by the incorporation of a reflexive circulatory field in the mode of address & consumption
August 28, 2023 at 12:28 PM
new to bluesky? confused? if it helps, just think of it as a framework for understanding texts against an organized background of the circulation of other texts, all interwoven not by citational references but by the incorporation of a reflexive circulatory field in the mode of address & consumption
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Weiss's lack of professionalism is an important asset in her role, because professional norms are a kind of collective action by the staff. "This is how one runs a newsroom" or "this is how we've always done tings" are sources of authority independent of ownership. Her job is to knock all that down.
December 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Weiss's lack of professionalism is an important asset in her role, because professional norms are a kind of collective action by the staff. "This is how one runs a newsroom" or "this is how we've always done tings" are sources of authority independent of ownership. Her job is to knock all that down.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I still haven't made my year-end list, but this is undoubtedly on it
Today's newsletter is about The Bottle Tapes, an incredible new 6CD set of live avant-jazz recordings, and about the difference between the New York and Chicago music scenes:
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
The Bottle Tapes
An essential storehouse of Chicago music history
burningambulance.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I still haven't made my year-end list, but this is undoubtedly on it
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One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
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You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.