Stephen LN
@riffsandmeaning.bsky.social
writer of nonfiction books and niche concerns. Create or Die, Riffs and Meaning, Screen Captures, Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper.
Next book, Post-Catastrophe Film coming in 2026 with Intellect.
https://authory.com/StephenLeeNaish
Next book, Post-Catastrophe Film coming in 2026 with Intellect.
https://authory.com/StephenLeeNaish
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Excited to see my book Post-Catastrophe Film
land on the publisher website.
Bill McKibben calls it “Deft and provocative
criticism that helps us see our moment!”
Coming in June 2026 (catastrophe allowing).
#Filmsky
#booksky
@intellectbooks.bsky.social
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land on the publisher website.
Bill McKibben calls it “Deft and provocative
criticism that helps us see our moment!”
Coming in June 2026 (catastrophe allowing).
#Filmsky
#booksky
@intellectbooks.bsky.social
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
Looking forward to watching Springsteen: Badlands this weekend. So timely.
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Looking forward to watching Springsteen: Badlands this weekend. So timely.
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
This time of the year always fills me with deep melancholy, and a yearning for the warmer months. But sometimes you run into a little beauty. Sun and a brief rain shower. This feels like a end credit.
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This time of the year always fills me with deep melancholy, and a yearning for the warmer months. But sometimes you run into a little beauty. Sun and a brief rain shower. This feels like a end credit.
Neil Young turned 80 yesterday. The whole concept of his song Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) was used by Dennis Hopper in his film Out of the Blue to tell a vital story of generational conflict and nuclear family destruction.
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
Out of the Blue (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [4K]
YouTube video by Unseen Trailers
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Neil Young turned 80 yesterday. The whole concept of his song Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) was used by Dennis Hopper in his film Out of the Blue to tell a vital story of generational conflict and nuclear family destruction.
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
Cinema.
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Cinema.
Rory Stewart on Newsnight failing to get people interested in Hyperobjects.
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Rory Stewart on Newsnight failing to get people interested in Hyperobjects.
I'm getting Slow Club vibes from the sign, which is accurate as Frank Booth is basically the president right now.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm getting Slow Club vibes from the sign, which is accurate as Frank Booth is basically the president right now.
COHERENCE, the mind bending 2013 film is trending and it is what im here for. I'm hoping people are discovering it.
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
COHERENCE, the mind bending 2013 film is trending and it is what im here for. I'm hoping people are discovering it.
Trump’s (Butter) Ballroom
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Trump’s (Butter) Ballroom
The Great Shatsby.
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Great Shatsby.
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
What a very ridiculous movie.
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What a very ridiculous movie.
Only Canadians have the right to destroy the White House.
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Only Canadians have the right to destroy the White House.
My essay Dennis Hopper's Cinema of Loneliness takes a look at Hopper's portrayal of the damaged male psyche through the lens of film critic Robert Kolker's 1980 book A Cinema of Loneliness. Over at @borrowingtape.bsky.social
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My essay Dennis Hopper's Cinema of Loneliness takes a look at Hopper's portrayal of the damaged male psyche through the lens of film critic Robert Kolker's 1980 book A Cinema of Loneliness. Over at @borrowingtape.bsky.social
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
Karoline, on the logistics of the President's recent flight over a gathering of No Kings protesters. Was the jettison just of the President's bowels or a collective GOP effort? Did he live dump, or was it an accumulation of his waste? How long had he been saving it, and where was it stored?
I think the 'King Trump defecates on America from his jet' video should be played and replayed at every opportunity, and in one Dem ad after another.
I know MAGAcore thinks it's funny, but I think most other people are still, even at this late date, shocked by its crudity. It cuts through the noise
I know MAGAcore thinks it's funny, but I think most other people are still, even at this late date, shocked by its crudity. It cuts through the noise
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Karoline, on the logistics of the President's recent flight over a gathering of No Kings protesters. Was the jettison just of the President's bowels or a collective GOP effort? Did he live dump, or was it an accumulation of his waste? How long had he been saving it, and where was it stored?
I agree with Bill. Trump has made a grave mistake here. The Vance/Johnson dismissal as "satire" won't wash. It should be played ad nauseam. He/they should be made to talk about it and explain.
I think the 'King Trump defecates on America from his jet' video should be played and replayed at every opportunity, and in one Dem ad after another.
I know MAGAcore thinks it's funny, but I think most other people are still, even at this late date, shocked by its crudity. It cuts through the noise
I know MAGAcore thinks it's funny, but I think most other people are still, even at this late date, shocked by its crudity. It cuts through the noise
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I agree with Bill. Trump has made a grave mistake here. The Vance/Johnson dismissal as "satire" won't wash. It should be played ad nauseam. He/they should be made to talk about it and explain.
My 14 year old son accompanied me to the screening of Easy Rider this afternoon. His initial response: "I liked it, but I'm never doing drugs."
Double parenting win.
Double parenting win.
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My 14 year old son accompanied me to the screening of Easy Rider this afternoon. His initial response: "I liked it, but I'm never doing drugs."
Double parenting win.
Double parenting win.
This Sunday (19th) at 4pm, I'm hosting a screening of Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider (1969) at Kingston's Screening Room to celebrate the release of the paperback edition of Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper.
#ygk
#Cinemasky
#Filmsky
#ygk
#Cinemasky
#Filmsky
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This Sunday (19th) at 4pm, I'm hosting a screening of Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider (1969) at Kingston's Screening Room to celebrate the release of the paperback edition of Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper.
#ygk
#Cinemasky
#Filmsky
#ygk
#Cinemasky
#Filmsky
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Beautiful. The problem is that has a man with no hair on my head when I get goose bumps that run up the back of my neck to my my scalp it just burns.
October 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Beautiful. The problem is that has a man with no hair on my head when I get goose bumps that run up the back of my neck to my my scalp it just burns.
I clicked the link and immediately thought it was my dad.
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I clicked the link and immediately thought it was my dad.
The weight of history took him down.
Senator Mitch McConnell just suffered a fall in Washington.
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The weight of history took him down.
It's got to be Bobcat Goldthwait.
Jon M. Chu teases that a “celebrated actor” voices the Lion in ‘WICKED: FOR GOOD’
“Man, wait until the red carpet when the actor who gave us the Cowardly Lion’s voice steps foot on it. It’ll be wild.”
(Source:
“Man, wait until the red carpet when the actor who gave us the Cowardly Lion’s voice steps foot on it. It’ll be wild.”
(Source:
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's got to be Bobcat Goldthwait.
I had a dream last night in which TV star Michael Barrymore released a 600 page (he was offended when I called it a 400 page) self-published autobiography riddled with typos. His answer was to individually pencil corrections in every copy.
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I had a dream last night in which TV star Michael Barrymore released a 600 page (he was offended when I called it a 400 page) self-published autobiography riddled with typos. His answer was to individually pencil corrections in every copy.
As Manic Street Preachers place a quotation on each setlist, I place one on my weekly shopping list.
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” –Jon Kabat-Zinn
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” –Jon Kabat-Zinn
October 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
As Manic Street Preachers place a quotation on each setlist, I place one on my weekly shopping list.
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” –Jon Kabat-Zinn
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” –Jon Kabat-Zinn
I'll welcome it if it's done right. The lads are middle-aged, married, have kids and boring careers. An asteroid is due to impact Earth. The boys are selected to fly up, drill a massive hole (loads of innuendo) and drop a nuke into it.
The Inbetweeners Are Back: share.google/G2xW6CdmeLMF...
The Inbetweeners Are Back: share.google/G2xW6CdmeLMF...
‘The Inbetweeners’ Are Back: Original Creators Strike Deal With Banijay U.K. to ‘Pave the Way’ for Return of Brit Comedy
Hit Brit teen comedy The Inbetweeners is set to return as original creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley strike deal with Banijay
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October 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'll welcome it if it's done right. The lads are middle-aged, married, have kids and boring careers. An asteroid is due to impact Earth. The boys are selected to fly up, drill a massive hole (loads of innuendo) and drop a nuke into it.
The Inbetweeners Are Back: share.google/G2xW6CdmeLMF...
The Inbetweeners Are Back: share.google/G2xW6CdmeLMF...