Benjamin Russell
@benrussell.bsky.social
Librarian. Putting New Hampshire back into aNHedonia. Podcasts at FarcedPerspective.com
If you see this, post a spider man.
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you see this, post a spider man.
Quote with your favorite film and album from the year you were born.
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Quote with your favorite film and album from the year you were born.
Alan Alda and Michael Caine should slap an injunction on Jane to make sure no one interviews her about any fond recollections of making California Suite. Or they could try it and see what happens to Bill Cosby.
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Alan Alda and Michael Caine should slap an injunction on Jane to make sure no one interviews her about any fond recollections of making California Suite. Or they could try it and see what happens to Bill Cosby.
This stayed with me, not because it’s a useful quote, but because it combined a pretty great comic escalation with the spirit of how my family played backyard badminton: steadfastly refusing to admit when the shuttlecock was way, way out of bounds.
October 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This stayed with me, not because it’s a useful quote, but because it combined a pretty great comic escalation with the spirit of how my family played backyard badminton: steadfastly refusing to admit when the shuttlecock was way, way out of bounds.
Ohmigoodness, only an hour left of Wallace Shawn Wednesday!
August 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ohmigoodness, only an hour left of Wallace Shawn Wednesday!
After having read an umpteenth article about how great Krypto is in Superman because he’s both a good boy AND a little stinker and that dogs aren’t portrayed enough in movies as precious little jerks, I was finally moved to remind everyone that Streaky the Supercat is already best at doing all that.
July 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
After having read an umpteenth article about how great Krypto is in Superman because he’s both a good boy AND a little stinker and that dogs aren’t portrayed enough in movies as precious little jerks, I was finally moved to remind everyone that Streaky the Supercat is already best at doing all that.
We definitely had this in the communal pile of family comics. I can’t swear it was purchased in April 1978, but it was certainly beaten up enough that it could have been when we filed it alongside Adventures of Superman #432 and 433 in a gifted comp box of all of DC’s output from Sept/Oct of 1987.
July 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We definitely had this in the communal pile of family comics. I can’t swear it was purchased in April 1978, but it was certainly beaten up enough that it could have been when we filed it alongside Adventures of Superman #432 and 433 in a gifted comp box of all of DC’s output from Sept/Oct of 1987.
Happy July 4th to the US drop of the final episode of s̶e̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ — ahem! — season 19 of Taskmaster featuring the first American contestant. A well-deserved 1776 likes to the “original colonizer”. Hashtag Blinkered Jingoism, baybeeee!
July 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Happy July 4th to the US drop of the final episode of s̶e̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ — ahem! — season 19 of Taskmaster featuring the first American contestant. A well-deserved 1776 likes to the “original colonizer”. Hashtag Blinkered Jingoism, baybeeee!
If you enjoyed this reinterpretation of Empire Strikes Back, please consider supporting MYNOCKS FROM SPACE, streaming live tonight from Dynasty Typewriter and available via swlivereads.com — I have nothing to do with the show, I just love it and think you would too.
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If you enjoyed this reinterpretation of Empire Strikes Back, please consider supporting MYNOCKS FROM SPACE, streaming live tonight from Dynasty Typewriter and available via swlivereads.com — I have nothing to do with the show, I just love it and think you would too.
pg6: “Luke Skywalker had a light-sabre fight with Darth Vader, and Luke killed Darth Vader.”
Another reprise of page two, but there’s progress in the depiction of Vader and the lightsabers. Practice! I also enjoy the nonchalant wrapping up of the story. No need for part three! G’night, everybody!
Another reprise of page two, but there’s progress in the depiction of Vader and the lightsabers. Practice! I also enjoy the nonchalant wrapping up of the story. No need for part three! G’night, everybody!
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pg6: “Luke Skywalker had a light-sabre fight with Darth Vader, and Luke killed Darth Vader.”
Another reprise of page two, but there’s progress in the depiction of Vader and the lightsabers. Practice! I also enjoy the nonchalant wrapping up of the story. No need for part three! G’night, everybody!
Another reprise of page two, but there’s progress in the depiction of Vader and the lightsabers. Practice! I also enjoy the nonchalant wrapping up of the story. No need for part three! G’night, everybody!
pg5: So I was DEVASTATED to realize in this re-read it’s not Luke’s hand at all, but just the page number! The big “5” on this page finally clued me in that the teal squiggles on the previous pages were ALSO page numbers to keep the book in order.
Anyway, this is basically page 2 again. Boring…
Anyway, this is basically page 2 again. Boring…
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pg5: So I was DEVASTATED to realize in this re-read it’s not Luke’s hand at all, but just the page number! The big “5” on this page finally clued me in that the teal squiggles on the previous pages were ALSO page numbers to keep the book in order.
Anyway, this is basically page 2 again. Boring…
Anyway, this is basically page 2 again. Boring…
pg4: “They made Luke a new hand and then he was ready to come back and fight Darth Vader.”
Few things have made me as happy as this drawing of Luke, with his hair teased out like a two-by-four, smiling from ear to ear at the sight of his new robot hand, which looks like an upside-down chair.
Few things have made me as happy as this drawing of Luke, with his hair teased out like a two-by-four, smiling from ear to ear at the sight of his new robot hand, which looks like an upside-down chair.
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pg4: “They made Luke a new hand and then he was ready to come back and fight Darth Vader.”
Few things have made me as happy as this drawing of Luke, with his hair teased out like a two-by-four, smiling from ear to ear at the sight of his new robot hand, which looks like an upside-down chair.
Few things have made me as happy as this drawing of Luke, with his hair teased out like a two-by-four, smiling from ear to ear at the sight of his new robot hand, which looks like an upside-down chair.
pg3: “The storm troopers were riding on the speeder bikes, and Luke was too.”
We’re back in Return of the Jedi territory, with some very enjoyable cross-pollination. However, what about the previous events? Is joy-riding Luke healed from his injury? Fighting one-handed? Turn the page to find out…
We’re back in Return of the Jedi territory, with some very enjoyable cross-pollination. However, what about the previous events? Is joy-riding Luke healed from his injury? Fighting one-handed? Turn the page to find out…
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pg3: “The storm troopers were riding on the speeder bikes, and Luke was too.”
We’re back in Return of the Jedi territory, with some very enjoyable cross-pollination. However, what about the previous events? Is joy-riding Luke healed from his injury? Fighting one-handed? Turn the page to find out…
We’re back in Return of the Jedi territory, with some very enjoyable cross-pollination. However, what about the previous events? Is joy-riding Luke healed from his injury? Fighting one-handed? Turn the page to find out…
pg2: “Luke Skywalker was having a light-sabre fight with Darth Vader. And then Darth Vader cut off Luke’s hand.”
I applaud both the decision to jump straight to the conflict and the floppy balloon quality of Cam’s depiction of the lightsabers. Pity about cutting Yoda from the narrative, though.
I applaud both the decision to jump straight to the conflict and the floppy balloon quality of Cam’s depiction of the lightsabers. Pity about cutting Yoda from the narrative, though.
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pg2: “Luke Skywalker was having a light-sabre fight with Darth Vader. And then Darth Vader cut off Luke’s hand.”
I applaud both the decision to jump straight to the conflict and the floppy balloon quality of Cam’s depiction of the lightsabers. Pity about cutting Yoda from the narrative, though.
I applaud both the decision to jump straight to the conflict and the floppy balloon quality of Cam’s depiction of the lightsabers. Pity about cutting Yoda from the narrative, though.
pg1: “When C3PO and R2D2 went for a walk, they saw something in the trees — it was the Ewoks.”
Already a radical reinterpretation of the text: yes, a Star Wars movie should start from the perspective of the droids, but bringing in Ewoks this early is quite a trick! No trees or Ewoks are depicted.
Already a radical reinterpretation of the text: yes, a Star Wars movie should start from the perspective of the droids, but bringing in Ewoks this early is quite a trick! No trees or Ewoks are depicted.
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pg1: “When C3PO and R2D2 went for a walk, they saw something in the trees — it was the Ewoks.”
Already a radical reinterpretation of the text: yes, a Star Wars movie should start from the perspective of the droids, but bringing in Ewoks this early is quite a trick! No trees or Ewoks are depicted.
Already a radical reinterpretation of the text: yes, a Star Wars movie should start from the perspective of the droids, but bringing in Ewoks this early is quite a trick! No trees or Ewoks are depicted.
In honor of tonight’s live read of Empire Strikes Back, the wonderful MYNOCKS FROM SPACE, I offer my favorite reinterpretation of Empire: a book created especially for me by the son of my first boss and who loved that I also liked Star Wars. Cam is now… 33? — older than I was when he drew it for me.
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In honor of tonight’s live read of Empire Strikes Back, the wonderful MYNOCKS FROM SPACE, I offer my favorite reinterpretation of Empire: a book created especially for me by the son of my first boss and who loved that I also liked Star Wars. Cam is now… 33? — older than I was when he drew it for me.
Happy 100th anniversary to Mrs Dalloway, which was published on this day in 1925. Of slightly less renown is the 1992 Penguin edition of the text, which contains the stupidest footnote I’ve even encountered: an explanatory note for something Woolf has the character figure out a mere sentence later.
May 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Happy 100th anniversary to Mrs Dalloway, which was published on this day in 1925. Of slightly less renown is the 1992 Penguin edition of the text, which contains the stupidest footnote I’ve even encountered: an explanatory note for something Woolf has the character figure out a mere sentence later.
Happy Star Wars Day from my college self, who hung this flier on the ride-share board at the end of his first year, with his actual dorm room extension on the flier.
He even changed the outgoing message on his answering machine. I don’t recall what it was, only that it wasn’t, “Hello there.”
He even changed the outgoing message on his answering machine. I don’t recall what it was, only that it wasn’t, “Hello there.”
May 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Star Wars Day from my college self, who hung this flier on the ride-share board at the end of his first year, with his actual dorm room extension on the flier.
He even changed the outgoing message on his answering machine. I don’t recall what it was, only that it wasn’t, “Hello there.”
He even changed the outgoing message on his answering machine. I don’t recall what it was, only that it wasn’t, “Hello there.”
Jill Sobule was a huge part of my journey into 90s indie-folk, in part because she was, by necessity, accessible, leading the way in crowdfunding — before it was a term — to keep her career alive through fan support. She was my first outing after pandemic shutdowns, because she was worth it. #MHMBAB
May 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Jill Sobule was a huge part of my journey into 90s indie-folk, in part because she was, by necessity, accessible, leading the way in crowdfunding — before it was a term — to keep her career alive through fan support. She was my first outing after pandemic shutdowns, because she was worth it. #MHMBAB
April 19th is Irwin Schwab’s birthday, so happy #AmbushBug Day to everyone!
April 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
April 19th is Irwin Schwab’s birthday, so happy #AmbushBug Day to everyone!
Hilariously, I had this film bookmarked to track down and watch because the daybill is — to my eye — very clearly designed to evoke a “try this if you liked Charade” response.
April 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hilariously, I had this film bookmarked to track down and watch because the daybill is — to my eye — very clearly designed to evoke a “try this if you liked Charade” response.
Holeeeee hannah, it finally happened. Thank you, @thebugle.bsky.social, I will [treasure it always/put it on a shelf and have it gather dust]!*
ǝʇɐᴉɹdoɹddɐ sɐ ǝʇǝlǝp *
ǝʇɐᴉɹdoɹddɐ sɐ ǝʇǝlǝp *
March 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Holeeeee hannah, it finally happened. Thank you, @thebugle.bsky.social, I will [treasure it always/put it on a shelf and have it gather dust]!*
ǝʇɐᴉɹdoɹddɐ sɐ ǝʇǝlǝp *
ǝʇɐᴉɹdoɹddɐ sɐ ǝʇǝlǝp *
While it’s not that I don’t appreciate these articles that list where to stream movies in memoriam, it’s just that I tend to be ready to mount my own little film festivals, often with films listed as “unavailable” to stream.
www.vulture.com/article/gene...
That said, search out The Package on MGM+
www.vulture.com/article/gene...
That said, search out The Package on MGM+
March 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
While it’s not that I don’t appreciate these articles that list where to stream movies in memoriam, it’s just that I tend to be ready to mount my own little film festivals, often with films listed as “unavailable” to stream.
www.vulture.com/article/gene...
That said, search out The Package on MGM+
www.vulture.com/article/gene...
That said, search out The Package on MGM+
So many jokes about a sequel to Conclave are built on the premise that such a thing is unwarranted. All of these social media wags are missing the fact that the movie poster prominently tells us this is “Conclave 1”.
February 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
So many jokes about a sequel to Conclave are built on the premise that such a thing is unwarranted. All of these social media wags are missing the fact that the movie poster prominently tells us this is “Conclave 1”.