Samuel Cox
@desolationbro.bsky.social
Host of Viridian Vault on Noods Radio. Writing in the Quietus, the Line of Best Fit, Bleet, and Reverb. South East Londoner. Keep cool, but care.
Watching some Abel Ferrara
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Watching some Abel Ferrara
Against all the odds, it arrived
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Against all the odds, it arrived
It would appear that the Tristero cartel have sabotaged my Shadow Ticket pre-order. My paranoia is off the charts right now
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It would appear that the Tristero cartel have sabotaged my Shadow Ticket pre-order. My paranoia is off the charts right now
There’s also a table full of old Sight & Sound mags and it took a lot of willpower to stop myself at 3
September 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There’s also a table full of old Sight & Sound mags and it took a lot of willpower to stop myself at 3
London folk! Glue book fair at the ICA is on til 7pm tomorrow and well worth popping along to get, among other things, Bleet’s latest zine which features a short story by me
September 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
London folk! Glue book fair at the ICA is on til 7pm tomorrow and well worth popping along to get, among other things, Bleet’s latest zine which features a short story by me
Consuming every last morsel of Eze content today
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Consuming every last morsel of Eze content today
The final sentence in the Letterboxd description for 2001 Wings biopic Wingspan is more Partridge than Partridge himself
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The final sentence in the Letterboxd description for 2001 Wings biopic Wingspan is more Partridge than Partridge himself
No musician has extracted the beauty from their pain in quite as magnificent a way as Brian did. The most human artist of his lifetime, and I’m very grateful he let us in. RIP Brian.
June 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No musician has extracted the beauty from their pain in quite as magnificent a way as Brian did. The most human artist of his lifetime, and I’m very grateful he let us in. RIP Brian.
There’s not much I won’t do if given a free ticket
May 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There’s not much I won’t do if given a free ticket
Finally caught the new John and Yoko film. More documentaries should be this entertaining/original/nuanced!
May 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Finally caught the new John and Yoko film. More documentaries should be this entertaining/original/nuanced!
Spent the last two days stuck indoors with a cold binging 80s Woody Allen (his best decade??) - the helium scene in Broadway Danny Rose is unmatched
April 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Spent the last two days stuck indoors with a cold binging 80s Woody Allen (his best decade??) - the helium scene in Broadway Danny Rose is unmatched
Lovely soundtrack to the final few hours of February and a tiny bit of sun in London
February 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Lovely soundtrack to the final few hours of February and a tiny bit of sun in London
A five-star Mike Leigh film and a five-star Richard Dawson album in the same year, there has never been a better time to revel in the poetic mundanity of English life
February 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A five-star Mike Leigh film and a five-star Richard Dawson album in the same year, there has never been a better time to revel in the poetic mundanity of English life
Might well have freaked out some customers by playing this in the shop I work in today
February 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Might well have freaked out some customers by playing this in the shop I work in today
Only certain man know what I’m talking about when it comes to securing the Boyne
February 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Only certain man know what I’m talking about when it comes to securing the Boyne
Only certain man know what I’m talking about when it comes to securing the groyne
February 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Only certain man know what I’m talking about when it comes to securing the groyne
‘It’s the pictures that got small’
January 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
‘It’s the pictures that got small’
My favourite scene in any film ever
January 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My favourite scene in any film ever
Genuinely and without doubt the greatest - I could watch only David Lynch films for the rest of my life and be content
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Genuinely and without doubt the greatest - I could watch only David Lynch films for the rest of my life and be content
A supreme ‘wee small hours’ listen
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A supreme ‘wee small hours’ listen