Count Aleck
@mrsqueaky.bsky.social
Ancient Sea Witch. Rock Star Werewolf. Chaote. Minister. Pope. Doktor. Eldritch Queer. Puppetmaster. Ephemeral spectre floating at the edge of comprehension. Any/all pronouns. Fan of the Mys./Mystery combo, tho. (Thx to Utada Hiraku)
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Count Aleck
@mrsqueaky.bsky.social
· Mar 22
For some reason, a lot of new folks’ve showed up, so here’s a bit about me: I’m odd.
500 people just followed me. Not on here, mind you. They’re just behind me. I don’t kn
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
500 people just followed me. Not on here, mind you. They’re just behind me. I don’t kn
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50 years ago this week, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made the first pilot for their TV show. In honor of this huge anniversary, I created my definitive “Best of Siskel & Ebert” article - 50 of their best reviews from across their entire career. 👍🏻👍🏻
The 50 Best Siskel & Ebert Reviews
screencrush.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
50 years ago this week, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made the first pilot for their TV show. In honor of this huge anniversary, I created my definitive “Best of Siskel & Ebert” article - 50 of their best reviews from across their entire career. 👍🏻👍🏻
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-somebody done opened the gates of hell. AGAIN.
-W.C. Fields is browbeaten by the women in his life
-giant monster destroys a metropolis
-“hey, I’m trying to make a movie over here!”
-ancient pagan cult ain’t that ancient after all
-somebody done opened the gates of hell. AGAIN.
-W.C. Fields is browbeaten by the women in his life
-giant monster destroys a metropolis
-“hey, I’m trying to make a movie over here!”
-ancient pagan cult ain’t that ancient after all
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-somebody done opened the gates of hell. AGAIN.
-W.C. Fields is browbeaten by the women in his life
-giant monster destroys a metropolis
-“hey, I’m trying to make a movie over here!”
-ancient pagan cult ain’t that ancient after all
-somebody done opened the gates of hell. AGAIN.
-W.C. Fields is browbeaten by the women in his life
-giant monster destroys a metropolis
-“hey, I’m trying to make a movie over here!”
-ancient pagan cult ain’t that ancient after all
Right on!
Scanning the crowd at that Pope Leo film thing at the Vatican. Spike Lee and Cate Blanchett sure, but front row seat for Dario Argento 💥...
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Right on!
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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On behalf of all film music aficionados I hereby declare November 10th a national holiday.
It marks the birth anniversary of four legendary film music artists:
𝄇 Carl Stalling (1891-1972)
𝄇 Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
𝄇 Marilyn Bergman (1929-2022)
𝄇 Billy May (1916-2004)
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
It marks the birth anniversary of four legendary film music artists:
𝄇 Carl Stalling (1891-1972)
𝄇 Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
𝄇 Marilyn Bergman (1929-2022)
𝄇 Billy May (1916-2004)
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Orson Welles: big fan of John Landis
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Orson Welles: big fan of John Landis
Good mornin’
#FirstPlayOfDay
#FirstPlayOfDay
Everything's Explodin'
YouTube video by The Flaming Lips - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Good mornin’
#FirstPlayOfDay
#FirstPlayOfDay
Explain a film plot badly:
Recently hired nanny makes herself a busybody, seduces a chimney sweep, leaves without giving notice.
Recently hired nanny makes herself a busybody, seduces a chimney sweep, leaves without giving notice.
Explain a film plot badly:
Somebody quits office job to make soap
Somebody quits office job to make soap
Explain a film plot badly:
Guy makes offers people can't refuse and then he dies eating an orange while scaring the shit out of a little kid.
Guy makes offers people can't refuse and then he dies eating an orange while scaring the shit out of a little kid.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Explain a film plot badly:
Recently hired nanny makes herself a busybody, seduces a chimney sweep, leaves without giving notice.
Recently hired nanny makes herself a busybody, seduces a chimney sweep, leaves without giving notice.
Explain a film plot badly:
Gangsters like to eat and talk about hamburgers while a boxer shops at a pawn shop.
Gangsters like to eat and talk about hamburgers while a boxer shops at a pawn shop.
Explain a film plot badly:
Somebody quits office job to make soap
Somebody quits office job to make soap
Explain a film plot badly:
Guy makes offers people can't refuse and then he dies eating an orange while scaring the shit out of a little kid.
Guy makes offers people can't refuse and then he dies eating an orange while scaring the shit out of a little kid.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Explain a film plot badly:
Gangsters like to eat and talk about hamburgers while a boxer shops at a pawn shop.
Gangsters like to eat and talk about hamburgers while a boxer shops at a pawn shop.
Explain a film plot badly:
Fancy lad refuses to buy monkey. Things go badly.
Fancy lad refuses to buy monkey. Things go badly.
Explain a film plot badly:
Somebody quits office job to make soap
Somebody quits office job to make soap
Explain a film plot badly:
Guy makes offers people can't refuse and then he dies eating an orange while scaring the shit out of a little kid.
Guy makes offers people can't refuse and then he dies eating an orange while scaring the shit out of a little kid.
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Explain a film plot badly:
Fancy lad refuses to buy monkey. Things go badly.
Fancy lad refuses to buy monkey. Things go badly.
Such a great album. I immediately snagged the full discography on Bandcamp. It’s like someone tailor-made a musical world just for me.
I have a couple of things on the channel today
First - Asenath Blake, with an album of black metal rooted in Welsh witchcraft, folk horror and medieval beliefs, following the folk horror, magic and melody of her dungeon synth project Gwenwyn.
Another, and a new poll, later!
youtu.be/TL7ltNsn4DM
First - Asenath Blake, with an album of black metal rooted in Welsh witchcraft, folk horror and medieval beliefs, following the folk horror, magic and melody of her dungeon synth project Gwenwyn.
Another, and a new poll, later!
youtu.be/TL7ltNsn4DM
Asenath Blake - Low Materialism (album, 2025) [wiccan black metal]
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Such a great album. I immediately snagged the full discography on Bandcamp. It’s like someone tailor-made a musical world just for me.
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dr teal’s foaming bath with restorative minerals, reblog if you agree
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
dr teal’s foaming bath with restorative minerals, reblog if you agree
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just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
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Remember to live your life such that people don't talk about the abject evils you did when you die.
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Remember to live your life such that people don't talk about the abject evils you did when you die.
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i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
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RIP @ 73 Lo Borges, the Brazilian songwriting collaborator of Milton Nasciemento on much of the 1971 recorded, 1972 released Clube da Esquina, and part of the collective w/ that name who melded Brazilian sounds w/ Beatles, baroque pop, psych & jazz pop. He also recorded solo albums.
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
RIP @ 73 Lo Borges, the Brazilian songwriting collaborator of Milton Nasciemento on much of the 1971 recorded, 1972 released Clube da Esquina, and part of the collective w/ that name who melded Brazilian sounds w/ Beatles, baroque pop, psych & jazz pop. He also recorded solo albums.
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Toho forgot it’s his 70th birthday 😔😔😔
Show the boy some love 😔😔😔
Show the boy some love 😔😔😔
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Toho forgot it’s his 70th birthday 😔😔😔
Show the boy some love 😔😔😔
Show the boy some love 😔😔😔
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Happy bday to the GOAT!
November 3, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Happy bday to the GOAT!
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“Gallows humor and a keen bullshit detector are necessary for survival, but reflexive nihilism and blind obedience are deeply uncool. The ultimate rebellion is optimism.” An excellent piece by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social.
James Gunn’s American Project
He is few critics’ idea of a respectable auteur, but his work is more consistently progressive than any other comic-book material today.
www.vulture.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Gallows humor and a keen bullshit detector are necessary for survival, but reflexive nihilism and blind obedience are deeply uncool. The ultimate rebellion is optimism.” An excellent piece by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social.
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Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini - Italian filmmaker, poet, journalist, novelist, playwright, painter, actor, and one of the most original and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century - 50 years on from his tragic death.
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini - Italian filmmaker, poet, journalist, novelist, playwright, painter, actor, and one of the most original and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century - 50 years on from his tragic death.