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this is not a disentanglement from,
but a progressive knotting into...
"Rosalía revealed she had been reading Le Guin as research, as well as a slew of hagiographies of female saints."
observer.co.uk/music/pop/ar...
The passion of Rosalía | The Observer
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November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Inside the TV version of Nick Cave’s book The Death of Bunny Munro about a sex addict on the run with his son, starring Matt Smith
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‘Matt Smith is so hot it’s problematic’: inside the TV version of Nick Cave’s disturbing, sex-filled novel
After 16 years, Cave’s scandalous book The Death of Bunny Munro about a sex addict on the run with his son finally lands on our screens. He and star Smith talk Kylie regrets, bad dads … and how to do ...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Stripped down - almost like something from the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album - John singing Girl with just his acoustic guitar accompaniment highlights one of his best vocal performances

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The Beatles - Girl (Stripped Down Mix, Only John's Vocals & Guitar)
YouTube video by Deirdre
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November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Two reviews of Izumi Suzuki's "Terminal Boredom" (1984, trans. by Daniel Joseph 2021) (with @rachelcordasco.bsky.social ). sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/11/15/s...
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour continues!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The invention of David Bowie: “I’m in this up to my neck!”
The invention of David Bowie: "I'm in this up to my neck!"
A Starman is born! The inside story of how David Jones invented his majestic, mythologised alter ego, David Bowie
www.uncut.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Gary Oldman talks about finding his Dracula voice.
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Bambai Ka Maharaja ~ Asha Bhosle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cV...
Bombai Ka Maharaja
YouTube video by Asha Bhosle - Topic
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November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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What is it with Epstein and lower case? It’s like he thinks if he never presses the shift key, he’s whispering and can’t be caught.
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What a wonderful surprise to see Eric Sykes pop up in Alejandro Amenábar's "The Others"
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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“Beckett pared language down and reconfigured it into a strange new register to produce effects of absurdity and alienation: too intensely sincere to be ironic or parodic, but too bizarre and blasé to be tragic.” — @fucktheory.bsky.social
Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me | FT
In Samuel Beckett’s work, everything is on the surface. Nothing is hidden, encoded, or allegorized. No truth lies inside or behind; there is no secret to
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November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
High Cockalorum

Set in Yorkshire 1978 Mark Gatiss does a remarkable job playing both James Mason and Marty, a record promoter, who is tasked with driving the Hollywood star to promotional interviews

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Drama on 4 - High Cockalorum - BBC Sounds
Jeremy Dyson's original comedy drama about a humble man and a Hollywood star.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Interesting blog post about the British artist John Holmes who in the 1970s created some striking book cover illustrations for publishers such as Ballantine, Paladin and Picador, for authors such as Pynchon, Beckett, Greer and Lovecraft.

paperbackpalette.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-f...
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Director David Moreau on how he shot the thrilling, blood-soaked single-take horror movie, MadS

www.polygon.com/horror/46721...
MadS’ director says shooting a blood-gushing single-take horror movie is easy, kinda
How he did it, and why he thinks it’s the best way to make a movie
www.polygon.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Media: it's really bad how young men don't read anymore

Also media: Lol look at these dickheads READING in PUBLIC
Oh fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Honoring the life and work of the legendary composer Ennio Morricone, who was born on this day in 1928.

#Filmsky
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Watarase ~ Kyoto Jazz Sextet feat. Takeo Moriyama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVYQ...
Watarase
YouTube video by Kyoto Jazz Sextet - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Me IRL
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley | Smersh Pod
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November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Beautiful version with the late Linda Allan’s soaring backing vocals shifting it into the sublime youtu.be/uYAErFChPm4?...
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (The Prince's Trust: Produced by Trevor Horn, 2004)
YouTube video by Trevor Horn
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November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
ADAM BUXTON Podcast:
EP.263 - ZADIE SMITH
www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/82d...
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM