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231. The Master (torrent, 2012)

For the second time, I didn't really get on with this although I liked it a little more than the first time. Maybe Phoenix's performance is too much of a performance, maybe it makes me feel cold and tense. PTA is a genius but this one evades me a bit.
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Started in on The Lowdown and it's pretty great so far. New from Sterlin Harjo who was behind Reservation Dogs - there's some Res Dogs regulars in this too, in a strong ensemble cast including Killer Mike, Macon Blair, Kyle Machlachlan, DALE DICKEY (obvs)! ...

1/2
December 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Stagger Lee
In 2012, an Icelandic newspaper translated an interview where Jessica Biel said that Justin Timberlake excels at everything he does. The translation went a bit wrong though and the article said that Timberlake was constantly using Microsoft Excel (the headline read "Can't live without Excel files")
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Filling up nicely at Lazy Sunday. Games are being played, chats are being had, booze is being sunk.

Here till 9pm. Join us
December 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Haven't bought much older stuff lately but I'd been meaning to pick this up for years

youtu.be/goJhS37zTbg?...
December 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I also finished Plur1bus. Fantastic TV, maybe the best of the year (although Dying For Sex runs close). Complex, funny, hugely original (the concept but also the very personal way it's presented). Gilligan is an all-timer. Rhea Seehorn is the best - again -  and every shot is beautiful - again

1/2
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Hid away for Christmas. (Re) watched a lot of films. Mostly old favourites, except the Speilberg, which wasn't really very good

The Apartment *
The Fabelmans
The Holdovers *
Hobson's Choice
Parasite *
Elvis
Lone Star *
December 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Bought this second hand in Bournemouth. Was equal parts scared and intrigued. There was clearly something going on here that was more than just music somehow. Something forbidden. Something beyond... I liked it so much I got the ink...
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Christmas cabin fever? Want some comfort, conviviality and good beer?

Come join us in the cosy back room of the Cumberland Arms tomorrow for Lazy Sunday With Stagger Lee.

A five-hour session of laid-back, lovely tunes to warm your Merrineum

Join us for tunes like this

youtu.be/ojfMCYpDda8?...
Muddy Waters- Cold Weather Blues
YouTube video by Masonboro Loop
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
29. John Higgs - Lynchian (2025)

An enjoyable, brief, fairly simple read. No massive insights or revelations but it tackles Lynch from every angle - including his mental health and his creative processes. Left me wanting more, tbh
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Miles Davis Quintet - It Never Entered My Mind
YouTube video by 60otaku4
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Next...
December 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tavare and Fela Kuti
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Fuck this government
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.

When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.

Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
28. Jacqueline Harpman - I Who Have Never Known Men (1995)

Blimey.

I read most of this in one insomniac night - it's now 6am.

It's bleak and brutal and austere but what Harpman has done is incredible: by stripping life back to its barest essentials...

1/2
December 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Easy Ride
YouTube video by Relatively Clean Rivers - Topic
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A brilliant watch
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
D Boon. Forty years gone.

Imagine what he could still have done

youtu.be/UDr25zjd4yM?...
Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic
YouTube video by Samguitar27
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
223. L.A. Confidential (Amazon, 1997)

Perfectly watchable but there's something a bit stilted about it I hadn't picked up on before, a bit by numbers.
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Not sure if I've banged on about Marshland before but I've just noticed it's on Prime.

Really excellent Spanish movie, think season one True Detective with the shadows of Franco, that kinda thing.

youtu.be/mmZbl6VYDLQ?...
MARSHLAND Trailer
YouTube video by Outsider Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This coming Sunday - December 28th - Lazy Sunday With Stagger Lee will be back at the Cumberland Arms for another warm and lovely session.

Join us from 4pm for a soothing mélange of soul, jazz, folk, blues, reggae, country, electronics, ambient and such in the cosy back room.

Join us
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Damn
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Magic, fear and superstition
This is the curse of The Mekons

youtu.be/jVgAU5_cGVs?...

Gnight folks
Bonnie Prince Billy w/ The Roots of Music "The Curse" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Drag City
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
222. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Disney, 2014)

Just exactly what I needed.
December 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM