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Brian Psiropoulos
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on a darkling plain
I'm not up on the music, but that charli xcx song w/ John Cale is fucking incredible.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
After a couple week break, I've returned to my nearly-complete Cronenberg super-watch. This week, it's sexual obsession wonderland (though to be fair that's most weeks with our Dave).
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Reading Update!

Previously: The Road (now timelier than ever!)
Currently: Hyperion (Canterbury Tales... in space!)
Next: (probably?) The Rose Field (or) King Sorrow

What're y'all working through?
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That's Lovecraft for ya, always with the good news.
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I never want to hear the phrase 'liberal media' ever again.
The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
www.thedissident.news
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Good thing we went for the 'no wars' president.
Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after cartels: report
Officials say the strikes aren’t meant to destabilize Mexico’s government
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Stoopid Sexy Simpsons, now I have to play Fortnite again.
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Hamlet video game adaptation is wild.
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So glad we voted for the 1970s-style stagflation administration.
is this good
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reading Update!

Previously: The Poor Clare (re-read)
Currently: The Road (my first go at McCarthy)
Next: (probably) The Book of Dust (or) King Sorrow

What're y'all working through?
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The mental health and self-help sections of the uni-store now completely overrun by AI and low effort slop.
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Pulled pork sandwiches are just Sloppy Joes for adults.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I hate "NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE". Go with "NOW A BULLSHIT MOVIE" instead.
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I didn't exactly have high hopes, but the first episode of Welcome to Derry was really good, and far scarier than I was prepared for. Stills have the chills.
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Well, it's drug addiction-fueled psychosis and kill your darling week, I guess?
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Happy 75th to Tom Petty. Wish you were still with us, man.
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I know sickos out there are regularly getting into scientific notation, but I just hit $56 million on CloverPit--I had never gotten more than about $800k previously--and the whole run felt magical. 3 drawers down, baby.
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
pour your misery down on me
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I read this for the first time somewhat recently--the recurring check-ins on the different families as their worlds fall apart are incredibly effective, akin to the 'No Great Loss' chapter of The Stand.
SALEM'S LOT turns 50 as of today. Didn't know until my pal (and co-writer) Rich Chizmar told me.
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My favorite sub- sub- sub- genre is 'director gets divorced or cucked so hard his only cope is to blame a cosmic horror'.

Examples include *The Brood* and *Possession*, others...?
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The book I've started reading is nautical nonfiction, which means I've gone full middle-aged dad.
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Reposted by Brian Psiropoulos
Rest in Peace to the great Drew Struzan, a man whose work sparked the imaginations of a whole generation of movie nerds. The master is gone.

I had the privilege of visiting him in his studio once and getting to talk shop. Here’s his words on one of his masterpieces:
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There are a lot of movies I'd be interested in if they didn't star Miles Teller.

I know it's petty, but there it is.
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM