Howard A. Rodman
@rodman.bsky.social
• Novelist: The Great Eastern, Destiny Express.
• Screenwriter: Joe Gould's Secret, Savage Grace.
• VP, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
• Past President, WGAW
• Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Postpunk guitarist
• Home barista
• Screenwriter: Joe Gould's Secret, Savage Grace.
• VP, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
• Past President, WGAW
• Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Postpunk guitarist
• Home barista
Expressing large gratitude for this community, and wishing you all a wondrous 2026. Taking a break from posting to get some work done on the novel. See you on the flip side.
January 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Expressing large gratitude for this community, and wishing you all a wondrous 2026. Taking a break from posting to get some work done on the novel. See you on the flip side.
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He should give it a shot first bsky.app/profile/cnn....
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
He should give it a shot first bsky.app/profile/cnn....
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The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social
Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
It’s never precisely easy to be a writer — professional or otherwise. I mean, it’s easy in the sense of, hey, anybody can open a word processor and start (fiercely or methodically…
terribleminds.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
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ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
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So help me Heaven, and on my honor the story I have told ye, gentlemen, is in substance and its great items, true.
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
So help me Heaven, and on my honor the story I have told ye, gentlemen, is in substance and its great items, true.
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Auld Lang Syne - Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra at the Detroit Jazz Center 12/31/1980
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27w...
Auld Lang Syne - Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra at the Detroit Jazz Center 12/31/1980
YouTube video by Intergalaxtic Music: Rare Sun Ra
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Auld Lang Syne - Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra at the Detroit Jazz Center 12/31/1980
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27w...
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
Apparently South Park writer Toby Morrison presciently squatted on the TrumpKennedyCenter.org domain name earlier in the year. Bravo.
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Apparently South Park writer Toby Morrison presciently squatted on the TrumpKennedyCenter.org domain name earlier in the year. Bravo.
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The greatest and often unreported irony here is that the Alt-Right's WHOLE FUCKING PITCH to young men was "get your shit together, hit the gym, help us turn this country around, and you will be swimming in women" only for "Who did you vote for in '24?" to be the inflection point of their loneliness.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The greatest and often unreported irony here is that the Alt-Right's WHOLE FUCKING PITCH to young men was "get your shit together, hit the gym, help us turn this country around, and you will be swimming in women" only for "Who did you vote for in '24?" to be the inflection point of their loneliness.
In appreciation of Tim Hardin, for celebrating the fact that condition-contrary-to-fact requires the subjunctive.
If I Were A Carpenter
open.spotify.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In appreciation of Tim Hardin, for celebrating the fact that condition-contrary-to-fact requires the subjunctive.
Words to live by.
December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Words to live by.
100 years ago tonight:
The Writers. Which in 1933 became the Screen Writers Guild. Which in 1954 became the Writers Guild of America.
Headquartered at Musso & Frank.
"Dinner will be hot at eight. The band will be hot from then on. Reservations five dollars per person. 'There IS a Santa Claus.'"
The Writers. Which in 1933 became the Screen Writers Guild. Which in 1954 became the Writers Guild of America.
Headquartered at Musso & Frank.
"Dinner will be hot at eight. The band will be hot from then on. Reservations five dollars per person. 'There IS a Santa Claus.'"
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
100 years ago tonight:
The Writers. Which in 1933 became the Screen Writers Guild. Which in 1954 became the Writers Guild of America.
Headquartered at Musso & Frank.
"Dinner will be hot at eight. The band will be hot from then on. Reservations five dollars per person. 'There IS a Santa Claus.'"
The Writers. Which in 1933 became the Screen Writers Guild. Which in 1954 became the Writers Guild of America.
Headquartered at Musso & Frank.
"Dinner will be hot at eight. The band will be hot from then on. Reservations five dollars per person. 'There IS a Santa Claus.'"
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It's stuff like this that makes it so amazing whenever somebody yells at Pete Hegseth or whoever in a restaurant and the entire news media superstructure spends 10 days fretting over civility and comity.
Oh. my. god. This is the Asst. US Atty General calling people -- in print -- "hoes."
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's stuff like this that makes it so amazing whenever somebody yells at Pete Hegseth or whoever in a restaurant and the entire news media superstructure spends 10 days fretting over civility and comity.
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I’ll say it, in his honor: sheeeeeeeeiiiiiit.
An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’ll say it, in his honor: sheeeeeeeeiiiiiit.
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Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
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David Godlis
Patti Smith in The Bowery, 1976
Patti Smith in The Bowery, 1976
December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
David Godlis
Patti Smith in The Bowery, 1976
Patti Smith in The Bowery, 1976
"The lost glove is happy," wrote Nabokov in Pale Fire. But the possessor of the lost glove is not.
Here's the left-hand glove, roughly ten years old, from Dents. They don't make or stock them anymore.
Anyone finding its mate — or knowing where I can get a replacement — will be wildly rewarded.
Here's the left-hand glove, roughly ten years old, from Dents. They don't make or stock them anymore.
Anyone finding its mate — or knowing where I can get a replacement — will be wildly rewarded.
December 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"The lost glove is happy," wrote Nabokov in Pale Fire. But the possessor of the lost glove is not.
Here's the left-hand glove, roughly ten years old, from Dents. They don't make or stock them anymore.
Anyone finding its mate — or knowing where I can get a replacement — will be wildly rewarded.
Here's the left-hand glove, roughly ten years old, from Dents. They don't make or stock them anymore.
Anyone finding its mate — or knowing where I can get a replacement — will be wildly rewarded.
Also commemorating the birthday of Robert Quine, guitarist extraordinaire.
You know him from his work with the Voidoids and with Lou Reed; but also with Jody Harris, Matthew Sweet, Eno, Zorn, Ribot, yesterday's birthday girl Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Tom Waits, et. al.
No one like him.
You know him from his work with the Voidoids and with Lou Reed; but also with Jody Harris, Matthew Sweet, Eno, Zorn, Ribot, yesterday's birthday girl Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Tom Waits, et. al.
No one like him.
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also commemorating the birthday of Robert Quine, guitarist extraordinaire.
You know him from his work with the Voidoids and with Lou Reed; but also with Jody Harris, Matthew Sweet, Eno, Zorn, Ribot, yesterday's birthday girl Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Tom Waits, et. al.
No one like him.
You know him from his work with the Voidoids and with Lou Reed; but also with Jody Harris, Matthew Sweet, Eno, Zorn, Ribot, yesterday's birthday girl Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Tom Waits, et. al.
No one like him.
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Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
And yes, it’s the Department of Defense, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Kind of telling that ABC News/Disney is using the "Trump-Kennedy Center" language to refer to the Kennedy Center despite the fact that it is legally still the Kennedy Center.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
And yes, it’s the Department of Defense, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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I remember thinking “why would they open Jurassic Park again? All those people died!” Or “why would they have another summer camp at Crystal Lake after Jason killed all those people for seven consecutive movies?” but it’s gotten to the point with things where it’s like yeah they’d do that for money
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I remember thinking “why would they open Jurassic Park again? All those people died!” Or “why would they have another summer camp at Crystal Lake after Jason killed all those people for seven consecutive movies?” but it’s gotten to the point with things where it’s like yeah they’d do that for money
Exactly.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Exactly.
Now that we know that McCarthy and Roy Cohn were the good guys, shouldn't every performance of The Crucible require a disclaimer?
At this point, I don't think there's any excuse for artists concerned about the fate of American democracy to accept or honor Kennedy Center bookings. But I do find it funny that one of the only interesting things on the spring schedule is Robert Ward's operatic adaptation of Miller's The Crucible.>
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Now that we know that McCarthy and Roy Cohn were the good guys, shouldn't every performance of The Crucible require a disclaimer?