Matt Melia
@docmelia.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in English Literature, Film and Media
Lover of Archives
Beckett, Burgess, Ballard, Ken Russell, Kubrick, Beatles, Bowie, Mogwai The Fall, Guided By Voices. Hip Priest, Evertonian, Jaws nut, 007 fan, Charlton Athletic.
Lover of Archives
Beckett, Burgess, Ballard, Ken Russell, Kubrick, Beatles, Bowie, Mogwai The Fall, Guided By Voices. Hip Priest, Evertonian, Jaws nut, 007 fan, Charlton Athletic.
#Hammer does #AgathaChristie (a.i.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#Hammer does #AgathaChristie (a.i.)
Rewatched Peril at End House again earlier. ITV's #Poirot Would definitely be my #ComfortBlanket choice @gralefrit.bsky.social !
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Rewatched Peril at End House again earlier. ITV's #Poirot Would definitely be my #ComfortBlanket choice @gralefrit.bsky.social !
Current reading..been on a real #Dylan kick at the moment and just finished Vol.1 of Chronicles. Richard Thomas' Why Dylan Matters follows it up nicely..often one book leads to another and I'm more and more fascinated by Dylan's appropriation of Greek myth so I'm cracking on with The Odyssey
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Current reading..been on a real #Dylan kick at the moment and just finished Vol.1 of Chronicles. Richard Thomas' Why Dylan Matters follows it up nicely..often one book leads to another and I'm more and more fascinated by Dylan's appropriation of Greek myth so I'm cracking on with The Odyssey
#guidedbyvoices #thickrichanddelicious #newalbum are we going to get any uk @gbvlyrics.bsky.social gigs this time? Come on Uncle Bob!
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#guidedbyvoices #thickrichanddelicious #newalbum are we going to get any uk @gbvlyrics.bsky.social gigs this time? Come on Uncle Bob!
Listening to the audiobook of #AdamBuxton 's new book. It's fantastic. Chapter 14 'The coming storm is quite emotional.' love also he goes over #MarkESmith on Vinyl Justice. 'You look like an egg'.
youtu.be/oMyHNmiLpWs?...
youtu.be/oMyHNmiLpWs?...
July 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Listening to the audiobook of #AdamBuxton 's new book. It's fantastic. Chapter 14 'The coming storm is quite emotional.' love also he goes over #MarkESmith on Vinyl Justice. 'You look like an egg'.
youtu.be/oMyHNmiLpWs?...
youtu.be/oMyHNmiLpWs?...
Going out on a bit of a limb here but I would say Psychomania is one of the blueprints for The Lost Boys
July 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Going out on a bit of a limb here but I would say Psychomania is one of the blueprints for The Lost Boys
Looking forward to this. #OsgoodPerkins is one of the few directors making actually interesting horror films these days
July 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Looking forward to this. #OsgoodPerkins is one of the few directors making actually interesting horror films these days
These are the etchings left on the wall at the old Breakwater Prison (now a hotel and part of the university) in Cape Town, left by prisoners well over 100 years go by the isolation blocks and dreaded treadmill #distancedrift
July 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
These are the etchings left on the wall at the old Breakwater Prison (now a hotel and part of the university) in Cape Town, left by prisoners well over 100 years go by the isolation blocks and dreaded treadmill #distancedrift
Two fantastic papers on African horror cinema and celebrity, media platforms and depression in the global South. - given by Gabi Zietsman and Viraj Suprasad. @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025
July 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Two fantastic papers on African horror cinema and celebrity, media platforms and depression in the global South. - given by Gabi Zietsman and Viraj Suprasad. @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025
@iamhist.bsky.social @llewellachapman.bsky.social gives a fascinating paper on the gendered game design of #LaraCroft #TombRaider #iamhist2025
July 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@iamhist.bsky.social @llewellachapman.bsky.social gives a fascinating paper on the gendered game design of #LaraCroft #TombRaider #iamhist2025
Great panel on British television and British television archives covering Early channel 4 short films, the Michael Palin Archive and Grandma television @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025
June 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great panel on British television and British television archives covering Early channel 4 short films, the Michael Palin Archive and Grandma television @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025
A really fascinating Approaches to Archives panel @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025 with papers on A.I and decolonising the Archive, the work of Student interns at the #UCT archives, AIDS research at UCT archives and wildlife docs, wedish, restoration death cleaning and the archive
June 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A really fascinating Approaches to Archives panel @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025 with papers on A.I and decolonising the Archive, the work of Student interns at the #UCT archives, AIDS research at UCT archives and wildlife docs, wedish, restoration death cleaning and the archive
Fascinating to paper from Julie Raviri on conflicting cultural and personal memories and perceptions of Cape Town's District 6. Good to have a couple of excellent conference book recommendations too #iamhist25 #iamhist2025 #capetown @iamhist.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Fascinating to paper from Julie Raviri on conflicting cultural and personal memories and perceptions of Cape Town's District 6. Good to have a couple of excellent conference book recommendations too #iamhist25 #iamhist2025 #capetown @iamhist.bsky.social
#iamhist25 @iamhist.bsky.social First keynote by Sekibakiba Lekgoathi on the role of radio in the liberation of Apartheid South Africa
June 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#iamhist25 @iamhist.bsky.social First keynote by Sekibakiba Lekgoathi on the role of radio in the liberation of Apartheid South Africa
June 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Our special edition journal 'Franchising Jurassic Park' from 2022
Lots of cool stuff in this
doi.org/10.6092/issn...
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld
Lots of cool stuff in this
doi.org/10.6092/issn...
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld
June 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Our special edition journal 'Franchising Jurassic Park' from 2022
Lots of cool stuff in this
doi.org/10.6092/issn...
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld
Lots of cool stuff in this
doi.org/10.6092/issn...
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld
Just in time for the new film, The Jurassic Park Book is out in paperback!
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld #spielberg
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld #spielberg
June 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Just in time for the new film, The Jurassic Park Book is out in paperback!
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld #spielberg
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld #spielberg
Calling any sitcom/ footy fans. Been rewatching Rising Damp. Could the blue and white bobble hat on the skeleton in Alan and Philips room be an #Everton @evertonfc.com one - Leonard Rossiter was famously a fan...?
June 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Calling any sitcom/ footy fans. Been rewatching Rising Damp. Could the blue and white bobble hat on the skeleton in Alan and Philips room be an #Everton @evertonfc.com one - Leonard Rossiter was famously a fan...?
It's a balmy evening, I've got a copy of this fantastic book, The Replacements on my headphones and I'm watching my kid play football. In this moment life is nice
June 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's a balmy evening, I've got a copy of this fantastic book, The Replacements on my headphones and I'm watching my kid play football. In this moment life is nice
@marghjenkin.bsky.social thanks to you and Adrian for the great Q and A at the Cornish Bank. I noted down the music you both cited and have found The Garden on YouTube. Been listening to the Enys Men soundtrack on the way home. It's remarkable!
June 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@marghjenkin.bsky.social thanks to you and Adrian for the great Q and A at the Cornish Bank. I noted down the music you both cited and have found The Garden on YouTube. Been listening to the Enys Men soundtrack on the way home. It's remarkable!
@gralefrit.bsky.social
I'm really really enjoying the audiobook version of your book on the mechanics of laughter and comedy. it's really fascinating! I wanted to ask (and I may not have got to it in the book yet) is where do you stand on The Aristocrats? Personally I think it's comedy jazz!
I'm really really enjoying the audiobook version of your book on the mechanics of laughter and comedy. it's really fascinating! I wanted to ask (and I may not have got to it in the book yet) is where do you stand on The Aristocrats? Personally I think it's comedy jazz!
May 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
@gralefrit.bsky.social
I'm really really enjoying the audiobook version of your book on the mechanics of laughter and comedy. it's really fascinating! I wanted to ask (and I may not have got to it in the book yet) is where do you stand on The Aristocrats? Personally I think it's comedy jazz!
I'm really really enjoying the audiobook version of your book on the mechanics of laughter and comedy. it's really fascinating! I wanted to ask (and I may not have got to it in the book yet) is where do you stand on The Aristocrats? Personally I think it's comedy jazz!
Things I love: Coach Travel, The Fall, Everton Football Club. So it's lucky I'm heading north on the Flixbus coach to see our last game at Goodison Park and listening to The Frenz Experiment
May 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Things I love: Coach Travel, The Fall, Everton Football Club. So it's lucky I'm heading north on the Flixbus coach to see our last game at Goodison Park and listening to The Frenz Experiment