Jonathan Burdick
@jonathanburdick.bsky.social
History teacher. Writer. #EriePA.
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Finishing off #Halloween with the GOAT. I used to say it was the original Halloween, but I think I’m ready to admit that it’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Finishing off #Halloween with the GOAT. I used to say it was the original Halloween, but I think I’m ready to admit that it’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.
LMAO. Can’t believe how bad this one is. I remember renting this one on VHS in maybe 1998 or ‘99. #Halloween #SpookySeason
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
LMAO. Can’t believe how bad this one is. I remember renting this one on VHS in maybe 1998 or ‘99. #Halloween #SpookySeason
I really enjoyed Weapons (but I also equally enjoyed his divisive Barbarians). #Halloween #FilmSky
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I really enjoyed Weapons (but I also equally enjoyed his divisive Barbarians). #Halloween #FilmSky
Did anybody point out yet that the actor who played Chunk, Jeff Cohen, is now a successful entertainment lawyer… who also represents Ke Huy Quan? #HATM
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Did anybody point out yet that the actor who played Chunk, Jeff Cohen, is now a successful entertainment lawyer… who also represents Ke Huy Quan? #HATM
Went to my childhood roller rink today in the parental capacity. Haven’t been there in 25 years. It looks and even smells exactly the same. Unfortunately there was no Spice Girls, Goo Goo Dolls, or Backstreet Boys playing.
October 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Went to my childhood roller rink today in the parental capacity. Haven’t been there in 25 years. It looks and even smells exactly the same. Unfortunately there was no Spice Girls, Goo Goo Dolls, or Backstreet Boys playing.
Having not watched these in about 25 years, I can confirm that three is absolutely awful, but four really holds up. #Halloween #SpookySky
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Having not watched these in about 25 years, I can confirm that three is absolutely awful, but four really holds up. #Halloween #SpookySky
Tonight’s #Halloween horror classic:
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Tonight’s #Halloween horror classic:
Ending this night with this absolute 80s classic. So bad it’s good. #Halloween
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Ending this night with this absolute 80s classic. So bad it’s good. #Halloween
Tonight’s #Halloween season double feature. I’ve actually never watched A Quiet Place *and* I’ve managed to avoid any spoilers about it.
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Tonight’s #Halloween season double feature. I’ve actually never watched A Quiet Place *and* I’ve managed to avoid any spoilers about it.
I missed this one when it came out somehow. While watching it tonight, I thought to myself that it sure seemed like a zombie movie as if directed by Jim Jarmusch. It turns out… it was a zombie movie literally directed by Jim Jarmusch. 🤦🏻♂️ #halloween #spookysky
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I missed this one when it came out somehow. While watching it tonight, I thought to myself that it sure seemed like a zombie movie as if directed by Jim Jarmusch. It turns out… it was a zombie movie literally directed by Jim Jarmusch. 🤦🏻♂️ #halloween #spookysky
A newer one tonight for #Halloween season. I know nothing about besides it being described to me as a mashup of a cheesy Lifetime movie and a classic slasher.
October 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A newer one tonight for #Halloween season. I know nothing about besides it being described to me as a mashup of a cheesy Lifetime movie and a classic slasher.
Black Christmas (1974) for tonight’s #Halloween movie.
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Black Christmas (1974) for tonight’s #Halloween movie.
Here’s tonight’s Halloween season watch, another one I haven’t watched since I was 13 or 14. It makes one wonder why Spielberg hasn’t dabbled more in the horror genre.
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Here’s tonight’s Halloween season watch, another one I haven’t watched since I was 13 or 14. It makes one wonder why Spielberg hasn’t dabbled more in the horror genre.
First horror movie of the #Halloween season: Fright Night (1985). I haven’t watched this since I was 13 or 14 when I rented a beat up old VHS copy of it, but I remember loving it and its darkly comedic vibe. #HalloweenSky
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
First horror movie of the #Halloween season: Fright Night (1985). I haven’t watched this since I was 13 or 14 when I rented a beat up old VHS copy of it, but I remember loving it and its darkly comedic vibe. #HalloweenSky
Due to Lee’s increasing civil rights activism & connection to progressive causes, he soon found himself the target of anti-communist hysteria & with the FBI's investigation of him, he was blacklisted. When asked to identify a friend as a communist to drop the blacklisting, Lee refused. #history
September 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Due to Lee’s increasing civil rights activism & connection to progressive causes, he soon found himself the target of anti-communist hysteria & with the FBI's investigation of him, he was blacklisted. When asked to identify a friend as a communist to drop the blacklisting, Lee refused. #history
When he took on the lead role in Welles' Native Son in 1941, he was experiencing fame well beyond that from his boxing days. The New York Times outright called him one of the best actors in the country. "I'm completely bewildered," Lee said. #skystorians #Broadway #history
September 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
When he took on the lead role in Welles' Native Son in 1941, he was experiencing fame well beyond that from his boxing days. The New York Times outright called him one of the best actors in the country. "I'm completely bewildered," Lee said. #skystorians #Broadway #history
After nearly 100 professional matches, Canada Lee hung up his gloves. He dabbled as a bandleader, traveling from club to club, before in 1934, stumbling upon something new: the stage. In 1936, he was cast by Orson Welles as Banquo in an extremely successful production of Macbeth. #acting #history
September 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Got my copy of the second volume of The Triangle. I’m in good company. And everybody else involved — editors, photographers, the absolutely indispensable archivists and researchers — sure did make this magazine look SLICK. #history #skystorians #EriePA
September 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Got my copy of the second volume of The Triangle. I’m in good company. And everybody else involved — editors, photographers, the absolutely indispensable archivists and researchers — sure did make this magazine look SLICK. #history #skystorians #EriePA
New magazine dropped with my story “Ink & Imagination Built Erie” covering many of Erie’s notable past architects. Unfortunately though, the magazine is sent to Erie County Historical Society members and only available to buy at the museum, so no link of it to share (yet?). #history #skystorians
August 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New magazine dropped with my story “Ink & Imagination Built Erie” covering many of Erie’s notable past architects. Unfortunately though, the magazine is sent to Erie County Historical Society members and only available to buy at the museum, so no link of it to share (yet?). #history #skystorians
Got to see Morgan Freeman talk about Mississippi, blues music, and his Ground Zero Blues Club. Then watched Keith Johnson (great-nephew of Muddy Waters) and others with the Symphonic Blues Experience perform “I Lied to You” from Sinners. So, that was a pretty solid Tuesday. #filmsky #musicsky
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
These 1990s READ posters for the American Library Association were amazing. #litsky #readsky #writersky
August 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
These 1990s READ posters for the American Library Association were amazing. #litsky #readsky #writersky
I don’t know who can relate, but I think my kids think Spirit Halloween’s opening day is a national holiday and that it’s our patriotic duty to go.
August 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I don’t know who can relate, but I think my kids think Spirit Halloween’s opening day is a national holiday and that it’s our patriotic duty to go.
This John Brown children’s book I snagged has some major Touchdown for Tommy vibes. But I’m here for it. #history #skystorians #ushistory
August 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This John Brown children’s book I snagged has some major Touchdown for Tommy vibes. But I’m here for it. #history #skystorians #ushistory
Dreams really do come true.
August 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Dreams really do come true.