Dave Gillette
@davegillette.bsky.social
Professional herder of cats on roller skates and writing Sherpa. Former journalist and radio DJ. I write, I teach, I build guitars. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Herbert Hancock
Wilco
Rush
The Ramones
Fiona Apple
Herbert Hancock
Wilco
Rush
The Ramones
Fiona Apple
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Herbert Hancock & Wayne Shorter
Wynton Marsalis
Santana
Bob Dylan
The Mingus Big Band
Herbert Hancock & Wayne Shorter
Wynton Marsalis
Santana
Bob Dylan
The Mingus Big Band
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Hoyt Axton
McCoy Tyner (pianist for the John Coltrane Quartet)
Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert ('98 & '99)
Stephen Lynch/Mitch Hedberg
The Linda Lindas
Hoyt Axton
McCoy Tyner (pianist for the John Coltrane Quartet)
Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert ('98 & '99)
Stephen Lynch/Mitch Hedberg
The Linda Lindas
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Herbert Hancock
Wilco
Rush
The Ramones
Fiona Apple
Herbert Hancock
Wilco
Rush
The Ramones
Fiona Apple
Turn the volume up. Share his story. There are many who don't have a voice because they have been disappeared.
US citizen George Retes speaks out about his unlawful detainment by ICE.
Institute for Justice website: ij.org
Institute for Justice website: ij.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Turn the volume up. Share his story. There are many who don't have a voice because they have been disappeared.
Hey @joshuadysart.bsky.social. I'm teaching 8th grade this year, and my students just got homework this week to read Living Level 3 as a companion piece to the novel A Long Walk to Water. We're going to be doing some compare/contrast writing pieces with them.
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hey @joshuadysart.bsky.social. I'm teaching 8th grade this year, and my students just got homework this week to read Living Level 3 as a companion piece to the novel A Long Walk to Water. We're going to be doing some compare/contrast writing pieces with them.
Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:
1) bacon breakfast burritos
2) An Isaiah Whitlock Jr. "Sheeeeit!" Bobblehead
3) grocery shopping
4) Criterion Channel
5) Friends who will read your writing
1) bacon breakfast burritos
2) An Isaiah Whitlock Jr. "Sheeeeit!" Bobblehead
3) grocery shopping
4) Criterion Channel
5) Friends who will read your writing
Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:
1) gin
2) libraries
3) Arby’s mozzarella sticks
4) laughing with friends
5) A Jellycat bunny.
1) gin
2) libraries
3) Arby’s mozzarella sticks
4) laughing with friends
5) A Jellycat bunny.
battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:
1. entenmann's crumb cake and a cup of tea
2. flipping a record
3. cats
4. opening day
5. a box of tropical flavored popsicles in the freezer
1. entenmann's crumb cake and a cup of tea
2. flipping a record
3. cats
4. opening day
5. a box of tropical flavored popsicles in the freezer
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:
1) bacon breakfast burritos
2) An Isaiah Whitlock Jr. "Sheeeeit!" Bobblehead
3) grocery shopping
4) Criterion Channel
5) Friends who will read your writing
1) bacon breakfast burritos
2) An Isaiah Whitlock Jr. "Sheeeeit!" Bobblehead
3) grocery shopping
4) Criterion Channel
5) Friends who will read your writing
I had to steel myself to watch the Jeff Buckley documentary. A period of my life revolved around his music, my radio show, and his mother, who was a friend I made through his music. It hit me with an emotional wallop. But that was his music in a nutshell. His life and his music were inseparable.
September 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I had to steel myself to watch the Jeff Buckley documentary. A period of my life revolved around his music, my radio show, and his mother, who was a friend I made through his music. It hit me with an emotional wallop. But that was his music in a nutshell. His life and his music were inseparable.
I had a chance to read this when Liam finished it. I was hooked right off the bat. Make sure to get a copy. Or buy it for someone who is a reader in your life.
Here’s a little secret - anybody can order the incredibly rare advance Rose City Comic Con variant preview edition of my new novel TODAY ONLY on Amazon. After that it is gone forever.
Don’t tell!!! (Link below… shhhh!)
a.co/d/0fGrC4Z
Don’t tell!!! (Link below… shhhh!)
a.co/d/0fGrC4Z
September 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I had a chance to read this when Liam finished it. I was hooked right off the bat. Make sure to get a copy. Or buy it for someone who is a reader in your life.
Reposted by Dave Gillette
Last day to support this today!!! 🙏❤️😎
September 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Last day to support this today!!! 🙏❤️😎
Two people to take the Ring to Mordor?
August 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Two people to take the Ring to Mordor?
As a teacher, I suspected this would happen based on my observations of student engagement and attention spans over the last few years, but it's worse than I thought.
August 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
As a teacher, I suspected this would happen based on my observations of student engagement and attention spans over the last few years, but it's worse than I thought.
I have a new constant companion at my side. This is all I wanted for my birthday, and the family delivered.
August 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I have a new constant companion at my side. This is all I wanted for my birthday, and the family delivered.
Lorcan is wonderfully talented and has a unique storytelling point-of-view. Definitely consider backing this.
I am SO proud of my son, Lorcan! He wrote, produced & directed this sci-fi short himself. I think it's wonderful. Please consider backing! I'll be producing an original print for it too, that will ONLY be available if you back this campaign. Any and all support is HUGELY appreciated! kck.st/3HPAKvl
Locked In - Discipline is No Longer Optional
A Short Film Exploring the Dangers of Over-Reliance on AI and the Shadows of Self-Help.
kck.st
August 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Lorcan is wonderfully talented and has a unique storytelling point-of-view. Definitely consider backing this.
I went to see Weapons with my special lady friend on Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. Great cast. Amy Madigan and Austin Abrams stole every scene they were in. I loved the camera work, pacing, and the way the story structure unfolds.
August 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I went to see Weapons with my special lady friend on Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. Great cast. Amy Madigan and Austin Abrams stole every scene they were in. I loved the camera work, pacing, and the way the story structure unfolds.
Not yet, but I will definitely check that out.
August 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Not yet, but I will definitely check that out.
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
July 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
Reposted by Dave Gillette
At last! We are GO!!!!!
SPAWN: the DARK AGES
October release!
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
At last! We are GO!!!!!
JB Pritzker understands something that most people in positions of leadership don't. Give this a listen.
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
July 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
JB Pritzker understands something that most people in positions of leadership don't. Give this a listen.
Reposted by Dave Gillette
My free Newsletter for anybody interested! liamsharp.substack.com
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD | Liam Sharp | Substack
Art, musings and stories by Eisner-nominated writer, artist, musician and publisher, Dr Liam Sharp. Click to read THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, by Liam Sharp, a Substack publication with thousands of subscr...
liamsharp.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My free Newsletter for anybody interested! liamsharp.substack.com
Movie you've watched more than 6x gif, hard mode, no LoTR, Star Wars, Marvel.
June 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Movie you've watched more than 6x gif, hard mode, no LoTR, Star Wars, Marvel.
Duh.
my @newyorker.com column this week goes in depth on how using AI makes us less original, unique, and creative as writers, thinkers, and communicators. Various new studies are proving that AI is a rampant force of homogenization: www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
A.I. Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts
Recent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original.
www.newyorker.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Duh.
Sad to hear Butch Guice has left the planet. I first remember his work on Death of Superman as a kid, but I really dug his work on Winter Soldier. His linework had clarity and oomph. There's a ton to admire about his work.
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Sad to hear Butch Guice has left the planet. I first remember his work on Death of Superman as a kid, but I really dug his work on Winter Soldier. His linework had clarity and oomph. There's a ton to admire about his work.
Tough times right now, but if you're looking for the occasional escape, I recommend @criterion.bsky.social. It's my favorite streaming service. Use the code MOVIEFRIENDS to get a month free.
April 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tough times right now, but if you're looking for the occasional escape, I recommend @criterion.bsky.social. It's my favorite streaming service. Use the code MOVIEFRIENDS to get a month free.
I've been a fan of his work since seeing Real Genius as a kid, but my favorite movie with him is The Salton Sea. It's natural and vulnerable. One thing for sure is that he was a one-of-a-kind. Sail on.
oh man this is a bummer. RIP Ice Man. (and if you haven’t seen Real Genius, it’s a terrific bit of 80s goodness)
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65 (Gift Article)
A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I've been a fan of his work since seeing Real Genius as a kid, but my favorite movie with him is The Salton Sea. It's natural and vulnerable. One thing for sure is that he was a one-of-a-kind. Sail on.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
An abandoned auto court in the San Berdoo foothills; Mrs. Dalloway checked in with 94000 dollars, 18 pounds of high-grade heroin, a 10-gauge pump, a .38 special, a .45 automatic, and a switchblade he’d bought off a pachuco at the border...
An abandoned auto court in the San Berdoo foothills; Mrs. Dalloway checked in with 94000 dollars, 18 pounds of high-grade heroin, a 10-gauge pump, a .38 special, a .45 automatic, and a switchblade he’d bought off a pachuco at the border...
Mrs. Dalloway stood like a bronze image in the sand, apparently impervious to the murderous sun, though her only garment was a silk loin-cloth, girdled by a wide gold-buckled belt from which hung a saber and a broad-bladed poniard.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in Mrs. Dalloway."
"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in Mrs. Dalloway."
March 31, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
An abandoned auto court in the San Berdoo foothills; Mrs. Dalloway checked in with 94000 dollars, 18 pounds of high-grade heroin, a 10-gauge pump, a .38 special, a .45 automatic, and a switchblade he’d bought off a pachuco at the border...
An abandoned auto court in the San Berdoo foothills; Mrs. Dalloway checked in with 94000 dollars, 18 pounds of high-grade heroin, a 10-gauge pump, a .38 special, a .45 automatic, and a switchblade he’d bought off a pachuco at the border...
I'm also going with Ursula K. LeGuin along with Toni Morrison and Joan Didion.
Post your queen
I'm going with my three queens of fantasy fiction:
Tanith Lee
Ursula K. LeGuin
and
Patricia McKillip
I'm going with my three queens of fantasy fiction:
Tanith Lee
Ursula K. LeGuin
and
Patricia McKillip
December 27, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I'm also going with Ursula K. LeGuin along with Toni Morrison and Joan Didion.
Reposted by Dave Gillette
We still have copies of Encore: the Art of Liam Sharp, Gold and Silver editions. (Gold is general stuff, Silver all black and white.) Email us at info@sharpy.net if you interested in a copy of either...
October 26, 2024 at 9:59 AM
We still have copies of Encore: the Art of Liam Sharp, Gold and Silver editions. (Gold is general stuff, Silver all black and white.) Email us at info@sharpy.net if you interested in a copy of either...