Eric Dawson
@edawson.bsky.social
Work: Southern Appalachian history and culture, film archives, writer
Life (that often bleeds into work): film, music, books, too many magazine subscriptions
I really should spend more time outdoors
Life (that often bleeds into work): film, music, books, too many magazine subscriptions
I really should spend more time outdoors
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
If you see this repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you see this repost with your model of positive masculinity
1970s home movies so often look like scenes from horror films
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
1970s home movies so often look like scenes from horror films
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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i think it's nice that so many flags will be at half-mast for donna.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i think it's nice that so many flags will be at half-mast for donna.
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super cool video
The Weird History of Archival Film Formats
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
super cool video
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These in game interviews have got to stop, no one wants this.
November 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
These in game interviews have got to stop, no one wants this.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
So much raw talent on those albums but you can tell how much work and effort and thought and imagination went into making them. There's also no denying, he had a presence and power like few others
A post on ILX a little earlier about D’Angelo and this strikes me as so very correct. - www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSe...
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So much raw talent on those albums but you can tell how much work and effort and thought and imagination went into making them. There's also no denying, he had a presence and power like few others
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Normally I would never suggest engaging with Klein at all, but what is apparent here is that he is spinning out because his imagined idea of America butts up against Coates' sober and historically grounded view of it. You're watching an avatar of the privileged pundit class fall apart in real time
it's a great interview, and what's striking is that at the end of the day both klein and coates believe in winning people over. the difference is that coates thinks you do this by telling them the truth, and klein thinks you do it by empathizing with them and recognizing their concerns as Real
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normally I would never suggest engaging with Klein at all, but what is apparent here is that he is spinning out because his imagined idea of America butts up against Coates' sober and historically grounded view of it. You're watching an avatar of the privileged pundit class fall apart in real time
Great piece on a great album. Obviously such a transitional record. Over time I've come to love Washing Machine/ Thousand Leaves/Murray Street as much as Evol/Sister/Daydream. What a singular, fantastic band who were never afraid to embrace change and challenge themselves
"That’s how Sonic Youth found themselves in Memphis, Tennessee during the first half of 1995, reeling, grieving and asking themselves where they could go next. Washing Machine is the answer, and it is one of their very greatest records."
Good Grief — Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine at 30:
Good Grief — Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine at 30:
Good Grief: Sonic Youth's Washing Machine at 30 | The Quietus
Stevie Chick celebrates what might be the best Sonic Youth album of them all plus the influence of Nirvana and Neil Young
thequietus.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Great piece on a great album. Obviously such a transitional record. Over time I've come to love Washing Machine/ Thousand Leaves/Murray Street as much as Evol/Sister/Daydream. What a singular, fantastic band who were never afraid to embrace change and challenge themselves
I been saying
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I been saying
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What if it did happen and literally no one made the cut?
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What if it did happen and literally no one made the cut?
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as far as obituaries go, you'd be hard pressed to do better than this.
September 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
as far as obituaries go, you'd be hard pressed to do better than this.
Just shut Hollywood down and show good older films and regional cinema where you know people who made the movies and their friends and family will show up and fill seats. Everything has its life cycle and the American studio system has clearly reached its end
Showing tomorrow at my local 18-screen Regal: Saving Private Ryan, Howl’s Moving Castle, Toy Story, Godzilla x Kong, Top Gun: Maverick, Hamilton, and Apollo 13, along with a dozen garbage new releases.
September 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just shut Hollywood down and show good older films and regional cinema where you know people who made the movies and their friends and family will show up and fill seats. Everything has its life cycle and the American studio system has clearly reached its end
I'd never heard this song, but it's pretty good, and their critique is spot on. The great thing is you can love this song and still love Springsteen's songs too. Pop music, like life, is rich and complex
Prefab Sprout on French TV in 1988 plugging their Springsteen diss track “Cars and Girls”
youtu.be/9i4DtOaPJUM
youtu.be/9i4DtOaPJUM
Prefab Sprout Cars and Girls - French Promo 1988
YouTube video by bisonrav
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September 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'd never heard this song, but it's pretty good, and their critique is spot on. The great thing is you can love this song and still love Springsteen's songs too. Pop music, like life, is rich and complex
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As Jesus said, it is easier for a Neo-Nazi fascist to get on TV than someone who opposes the rich.
August 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
As Jesus said, it is easier for a Neo-Nazi fascist to get on TV than someone who opposes the rich.
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We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
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Again, what other book is like Moby Dick? Shakespeare, of course, but that's a bunch of plays written over many years. McCarthy novels slop at its trough. Deadwood is fun to watch. But if you savor and favor well-crafted, imaginative prose, this is the book for you
August 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Again, what other book is like Moby Dick? Shakespeare, of course, but that's a bunch of plays written over many years. McCarthy novels slop at its trough. Deadwood is fun to watch. But if you savor and favor well-crafted, imaginative prose, this is the book for you
Michael Shannon in Jesus' Son. You just knew
Fun topic: what’s the first time you remember seeing now famous actors? Like, I remember seeing Michael Fassbender in JONAH HEX and thinking “shit, this dude’s good.”
I first saw Karl Urban in the movie Ghost Ship at a filthy $1 theater.
I could’ve never anticipated how many times I’d be saying to myself “Hey, it’s the guy from Ghost Ship!” for the rest of my life.
I could’ve never anticipated how many times I’d be saying to myself “Hey, it’s the guy from Ghost Ship!” for the rest of my life.
August 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Michael Shannon in Jesus' Son. You just knew
One Perfect Shot: Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
"Well I Should Smile"
Advertisement by Alec Ritchie for Triscuit. Great Britain, circa 1890-1910.
Ref E.1137-1919, V & A Museum.
Advertisement by Alec Ritchie for Triscuit. Great Britain, circa 1890-1910.
Ref E.1137-1919, V & A Museum.
August 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
One Perfect Shot: Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
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Want to feel old? This is Godspeed You! Black Emperor now.
July 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Want to feel old? This is Godspeed You! Black Emperor now.