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Congrats to my friend @johnlingan.bsky.social on the publication of "Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers!" John is one of the best people writing about music today. His passion and expertise bleeds through on every page of his work. Order your copy today!
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congrats to my friend @johnlingan.bsky.social on the publication of "Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers!" John is one of the best people writing about music today. His passion and expertise bleeds through on every page of his work. Order your copy today!
Enjoying my time over here but allowing QTs disabled is shameful cowardice
October 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Enjoying my time over here but allowing QTs disabled is shameful cowardice
Watched an amazing documentary last night: Sherman's March (1985) is a rom-com documentary set in the backdrop of Civil War history. The filmmaker sets out to retrace Sherman's march to the sea but gets sidetrack by various failed love affairs.
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Watched an amazing documentary last night: Sherman's March (1985) is a rom-com documentary set in the backdrop of Civil War history. The filmmaker sets out to retrace Sherman's march to the sea but gets sidetrack by various failed love affairs.
Tonight, Claire and I watched Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, a musical that dares to ask "What if twins were hot and one was blonde and one was brunette and men constantly implied they wanted to do group sex with them?"
February 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Tonight, Claire and I watched Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, a musical that dares to ask "What if twins were hot and one was blonde and one was brunette and men constantly implied they wanted to do group sex with them?"
My thoughts on "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" by Milan Kundera, a novel that prioritizes theme above form and as such falls a little short.
February 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My thoughts on "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" by Milan Kundera, a novel that prioritizes theme above form and as such falls a little short.
My review of Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer by Paul Schrader: a good book about movies I generally hate.
February 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My review of Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer by Paul Schrader: a good book about movies I generally hate.
My thoughts on "The Joke" by Milan Kundera, a novel that reminds us that actually getting canceled means being sent by the communists to a mining camp in the provinces where the only art is folk music.
February 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My thoughts on "The Joke" by Milan Kundera, a novel that reminds us that actually getting canceled means being sent by the communists to a mining camp in the provinces where the only art is folk music.
I'm reading (listening) to Kubrick: An Odyssey by Nathan Abrams and Robert P. Kolker. It's a 25 hour audiobook. I'll drop some interesting takeaways below.
January 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'm reading (listening) to Kubrick: An Odyssey by Nathan Abrams and Robert P. Kolker. It's a 25 hour audiobook. I'll drop some interesting takeaways below.
Tonight we watched "The Earrings of Madame de..." Great film. Max Ophüls was a real lover.
January 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Tonight we watched "The Earrings of Madame de..." Great film. Max Ophüls was a real lover.
Beginning of 2025 film project for Claire and I is watching a bunch of international stuff we've never seen. Here's our list!
January 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Beginning of 2025 film project for Claire and I is watching a bunch of international stuff we've never seen. Here's our list!
Claims that Count Orlock is "queer" kind of feel like
December 29, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Claims that Count Orlock is "queer" kind of feel like
They lit a fire under my ass.
December 29, 2024 at 3:36 PM
They lit a fire under my ass.
2024 movies I still want to see. I've probably seen the most contenders I've ever seen this year thanks to fully digital screeners and Claire's pregnancy.
December 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
2024 movies I still want to see. I've probably seen the most contenders I've ever seen this year thanks to fully digital screeners and Claire's pregnancy.
Not my favorite film of the year, but Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World is such an important work to center an overworked Romanian PA in a year when Hollywood productions are fleeing to Central Europe and people are celebrating the "remarkable" low budgets.
December 27, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Not my favorite film of the year, but Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World is such an important work to center an overworked Romanian PA in a year when Hollywood productions are fleeing to Central Europe and people are celebrating the "remarkable" low budgets.
My nominees for the WGA Award for original screenplay.
December 16, 2024 at 6:23 PM
My nominees for the WGA Award for original screenplay.
This one's a keeper.
December 13, 2024 at 12:07 AM
This one's a keeper.
Man who is going to see The Brutalist at the Vista in two weeks.
December 10, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Man who is going to see The Brutalist at the Vista in two weeks.
He got shots at the vet today.
December 10, 2024 at 5:17 AM
He got shots at the vet today.
My neighbor said "Merry Christmas"
December 6, 2024 at 4:07 AM
My neighbor said "Merry Christmas"
When a writers assistant is asked to pick up lunch
December 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM
When a writers assistant is asked to pick up lunch
happened upon this on a union website. Love it.
December 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM
happened upon this on a union website. Love it.
when you definitely did nothing wrong
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM
when you definitely did nothing wrong
What Maestro scenes are we connecting with as we prepare for Thanksgiving Dinner? Share them with #PostYourMaestro !!
November 28, 2024 at 8:19 PM
What Maestro scenes are we connecting with as we prepare for Thanksgiving Dinner? Share them with #PostYourMaestro !!
One of my favorite things is libs who spend all of their energy trying to mitigate the problems their relatives may cause at Thanksgiving when in fact they are the problem
November 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
One of my favorite things is libs who spend all of their energy trying to mitigate the problems their relatives may cause at Thanksgiving when in fact they are the problem
Yes, she is definitely one of us
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Yes, she is definitely one of us