Brian Flota
@brianflota.bsky.social
Humanities Librarian at JMU; co-editor of COMIC BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY; co-author of "Sustainable Futures for Comics Collections"; #FirstGen; Opinions mine, vinyl records, etc.
Record #1212: Joy Division, Substance 1977-1980 (2013 reissue, 2x12”, bootleg, US)
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Record #1212: Joy Division, Substance 1977-1980 (2013 reissue, 2x12”, bootleg, US)
Record #1211: Lewis, L’Amour (2014 reissue, 12”, US, @lightintheattic.bsky.social)
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Record #1211: Lewis, L’Amour (2014 reissue, 12”, US, @lightintheattic.bsky.social)
Record #1210: Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers, Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers (1971, 12”, US, Alligator Records)
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Record #1210: Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers, Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers (1971, 12”, US, Alligator Records)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944; dir. Edward Dmytryk)
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944; dir. Edward Dmytryk)
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944; dir. Edward Dmytryk)
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944; dir. Edward Dmytryk)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
MILDRED PIERCE (1945; dir. Michael Curtiz)
MILDRED PIERCE (1945; dir. Michael Curtiz)
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
MILDRED PIERCE (1945; dir. Michael Curtiz)
MILDRED PIERCE (1945; dir. Michael Curtiz)
Record #1209: Sex Pistols, Silly Thing b/w Who Killed Bambi (1979, 7”, UK, Virgin Records)
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Record #1209: Sex Pistols, Silly Thing b/w Who Killed Bambi (1979, 7”, UK, Virgin Records)
Record #1208: Charlie Parker, New Sounds in Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1953, 7”, US, Savoy Records)
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Record #1208: Charlie Parker, New Sounds in Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1953, 7”, US, Savoy Records)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941; dir. John Huston)
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941; dir. John Huston)
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941; dir. John Huston)
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941; dir. John Huston)
Record #1207: Wendy Carlos, Beauty In the Beast (1986, 12”, US, Audion Recording Co.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Record #1207: Wendy Carlos, Beauty In the Beast (1986, 12”, US, Audion Recording Co.)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
LAURA (1944, dir. Otto Preminger)
LAURA (1944, dir. Otto Preminger)
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
LAURA (1944, dir. Otto Preminger)
LAURA (1944, dir. Otto Preminger)
Can’t believe none of this made it into
The Lowdown!
Record #1206: Sammi Smith, Help Me It through the Night (1971, 12”, US, Mega Records)
The Lowdown!
Record #1206: Sammi Smith, Help Me It through the Night (1971, 12”, US, Mega Records)
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Can’t believe none of this made it into
The Lowdown!
Record #1206: Sammi Smith, Help Me It through the Night (1971, 12”, US, Mega Records)
The Lowdown!
Record #1206: Sammi Smith, Help Me It through the Night (1971, 12”, US, Mega Records)
Record #1205: Sonic Youth, Sister (1990s reissue, 12”, UK, Blast First Records)
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Record #1205: Sonic Youth, Sister (1990s reissue, 12”, UK, Blast First Records)
Record #1204: Jon Hassell, Dream Theory in Malaya—Fourth World Volume Two (1981, 12”, US, Editions EG)
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Record #1204: Jon Hassell, Dream Theory in Malaya—Fourth World Volume Two (1981, 12”, US, Editions EG)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
KISS ME DEADLY (1955, dir. Robert Aldrich)
KISS ME DEADLY (1955, dir. Robert Aldrich)
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
KISS ME DEADLY (1955, dir. Robert Aldrich)
KISS ME DEADLY (1955, dir. Robert Aldrich)
Record #1203: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall (2017 reissue, 2x12”, US, Blue Note Records)
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Record #1203: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall (2017 reissue, 2x12”, US, Blue Note Records)
Record #1202 Funky 4 Plus 1, That’s the Joint (1981, 12”, US, Sugar Hill Records)
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Record #1202 Funky 4 Plus 1, That’s the Joint (1981, 12”, US, Sugar Hill Records)
Record #1201: Ringo Starr, Crooked Boy (2024 reissue, 12”, US, UMe)
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Record #1201: Ringo Starr, Crooked Boy (2024 reissue, 12”, US, UMe)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
THE KILLING (1956, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
THE KILLING (1956, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
THE KILLING (1956, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
THE KILLING (1956, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Record #1200: Wu-Tang Clan, Triumph (1997, 12”, US, Loud Records)
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Record #1200: Wu-Tang Clan, Triumph (1997, 12”, US, Loud Records)
Record #1199: Bob Dylan, Shadow Kingdom (2023, 2x12”, US, Columbia Records)
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Record #1199: Bob Dylan, Shadow Kingdom (2023, 2x12”, US, Columbia Records)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950, dir. Nicholas Ray)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950, dir. Nicholas Ray)
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950, dir. Nicholas Ray)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950, dir. Nicholas Ray)
Record #1198: David Bowie, Station to Station (1976, 12”, US, RCA Victor)
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Record #1198: David Bowie, Station to Station (1976, 12”, US, RCA Victor)
Record #1197: Paul McCartney & Carl Davis, Liverpool Oratorio (1991, 2x12” box set, UK, EMI Classics)
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Record #1197: Paul McCartney & Carl Davis, Liverpool Oratorio (1991, 2x12” box set, UK, EMI Classics)
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953, dir. Ida Lupino)
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953, dir. Ida Lupino)
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953, dir. Ida Lupino)
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953, dir. Ida Lupino)
Record #1196: Black Flag, My War (1984, 12”, US, SST Records)
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Record #1196: Black Flag, My War (1984, 12”, US, SST Records)