Chalecos Salvavidas
@chalecos.bsky.social
Promiscuous Reader | Shade Grown | Tonsure Enthusiast | Haikus Made From Whatever I’m Reading
LIBRARY DEPT:
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LIBRARY DEPT:
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
It’s Constance Cummings
(CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.), for those asking.
(CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.), for those asking.
May 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s Constance Cummings
(CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.), for those asking.
(CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.), for those asking.
READING DEPT: Elias Canetti
In bed with some light reading.
In bed with some light reading.
March 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
READING DEPT: Elias Canetti
In bed with some light reading.
In bed with some light reading.
Nice to see Leonard Cohen remaining culturally relevant.
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
March 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Nice to see Leonard Cohen remaining culturally relevant.
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
EPIGRAPH DEPT:
From W. H. Auden’s 'The Dyer’s Hand'
From W. H. Auden’s 'The Dyer’s Hand'
March 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
EPIGRAPH DEPT:
From W. H. Auden’s 'The Dyer’s Hand'
From W. H. Auden’s 'The Dyer’s Hand'
EPIGRAPH DEPT:
From Diane Williams’s 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙀𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧
First published in 2001 by Dalkey Archive Press
From Diane Williams’s 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙀𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧
First published in 2001 by Dalkey Archive Press
March 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
EPIGRAPH DEPT:
From Diane Williams’s 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙀𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧
First published in 2001 by Dalkey Archive Press
From Diane Williams’s 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙀𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧
First published in 2001 by Dalkey Archive Press
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Bad Luck • 1960
(Polish: Zezowate szczęście) Dir: Andrzej Munk.
The opportunism of a social and political chameleon propels him repeatedly into ludicrous and pathetic failures in Poland, from fascist anti-Semitism in the 1920s to the postwar Stalinist period.
Bad Luck • 1960
(Polish: Zezowate szczęście) Dir: Andrzej Munk.
The opportunism of a social and political chameleon propels him repeatedly into ludicrous and pathetic failures in Poland, from fascist anti-Semitism in the 1920s to the postwar Stalinist period.
March 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Bad Luck • 1960
(Polish: Zezowate szczęście) Dir: Andrzej Munk.
The opportunism of a social and political chameleon propels him repeatedly into ludicrous and pathetic failures in Poland, from fascist anti-Semitism in the 1920s to the postwar Stalinist period.
Bad Luck • 1960
(Polish: Zezowate szczęście) Dir: Andrzej Munk.
The opportunism of a social and political chameleon propels him repeatedly into ludicrous and pathetic failures in Poland, from fascist anti-Semitism in the 1920s to the postwar Stalinist period.
MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN EMOJIS DEPT:
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
February 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN EMOJIS DEPT:
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
READING DEPT: PROUST
It’s here, and it’s good. The translator’s introduction anyway.
It’s here, and it’s good. The translator’s introduction anyway.
February 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
READING DEPT: PROUST
It’s here, and it’s good. The translator’s introduction anyway.
It’s here, and it’s good. The translator’s introduction anyway.
They’re already here, but they’re uglier, have shitty pitch, and are really cranky.
This is not going to end well.
This is not going to end well.
February 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
They’re already here, but they’re uglier, have shitty pitch, and are really cranky.
This is not going to end well.
This is not going to end well.
READING DEPT: PROUST
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
READING DEPT: PROUST
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
January 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
January 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
January 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
FAVORITE ARTISTS:
Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)
'Eleanor, Chicago'
1948
Gelatin silver print
© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)
'Eleanor, Chicago'
1948
Gelatin silver print
© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
January 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
FAVORITE ARTISTS:
Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)
'Eleanor, Chicago'
1948
Gelatin silver print
© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)
'Eleanor, Chicago'
1948
Gelatin silver print
© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT:
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT:
T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT:
It’s cold out, and people are wearing coats, so I can’t do much t-shirt reading in public, but thank god for social media.
bsky.app/profile/slee...
It’s cold out, and people are wearing coats, so I can’t do much t-shirt reading in public, but thank god for social media.
bsky.app/profile/slee...
December 2, 2024 at 7:40 PM
T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT:
It’s cold out, and people are wearing coats, so I can’t do much t-shirt reading in public, but thank god for social media.
bsky.app/profile/slee...
It’s cold out, and people are wearing coats, so I can’t do much t-shirt reading in public, but thank god for social media.
bsky.app/profile/slee...
I still miss the Moondance Diner, on a slow day. Opened in 1933 and closed in 2012 at 88 Sixth Avenue, between Grand Street and Canal Street. It will live on in mainly mediocre movies.
November 30, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I still miss the Moondance Diner, on a slow day. Opened in 1933 and closed in 2012 at 88 Sixth Avenue, between Grand Street and Canal Street. It will live on in mainly mediocre movies.
The humble star ship C-57D, landing on the distant planet, Altair IV, in search of the lost Bellerophon mission.
There, they find its only surviving member, the philologist Dr. Edwin Morbius, and his daughter.
Tempestuous, Freudian shenanigans ensue.
From the 1956 film 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩.
There, they find its only surviving member, the philologist Dr. Edwin Morbius, and his daughter.
Tempestuous, Freudian shenanigans ensue.
From the 1956 film 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩.
November 29, 2024 at 1:08 PM
The humble star ship C-57D, landing on the distant planet, Altair IV, in search of the lost Bellerophon mission.
There, they find its only surviving member, the philologist Dr. Edwin Morbius, and his daughter.
Tempestuous, Freudian shenanigans ensue.
From the 1956 film 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩.
There, they find its only surviving member, the philologist Dr. Edwin Morbius, and his daughter.
Tempestuous, Freudian shenanigans ensue.
From the 1956 film 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩.
Thanksgiving day mood.
November 28, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Thanksgiving day mood.
READING & BOOKS DEPT: Sometimes you just have to buy a book because it has this in it: J. G. Ballard and Bob Dylan traveling together to a Richard prince exhibit.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
September 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
READING & BOOKS DEPT: Sometimes you just have to buy a book because it has this in it: J. G. Ballard and Bob Dylan traveling together to a Richard prince exhibit.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Institute Benjamenta • 1995
Dir: the brothers Quay
Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, it has a dream-nightmare quality that makes for riveting watching.
Institute Benjamenta • 1995
Dir: the brothers Quay
Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, it has a dream-nightmare quality that makes for riveting watching.
September 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Institute Benjamenta • 1995
Dir: the brothers Quay
Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, it has a dream-nightmare quality that makes for riveting watching.
Institute Benjamenta • 1995
Dir: the brothers Quay
Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, it has a dream-nightmare quality that makes for riveting watching.
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
September 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.