Lee Gardner
@leegee.bsky.social
Reporter at @chronicle.com, music nerd, lotsa other kinds of nerd too. Half of @essentialpod.bsky.social and all of @vgplusrecs.bsky.social. He/him
An excellent book about living under fascism, among other things.
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An excellent book about living under fascism, among other things.
Not shoddy at all though.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Not shoddy at all though.
Baffling conference-hotel carpet du jour.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Baffling conference-hotel carpet du jour.
RIP Peter Watkins. Not a super well-known filmmaker in this country, but watch the 53-year-old Punishment Park today and tell me he wasn’t a visionary filmmaker. Culloden and The War Game too.
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
RIP Peter Watkins. Not a super well-known filmmaker in this country, but watch the 53-year-old Punishment Park today and tell me he wasn’t a visionary filmmaker. Culloden and The War Game too.
Yet another moment when I find myself thinking, Are you dead? Cause you look dead. (He is not dead, thankfully.)
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yet another moment when I find myself thinking, Are you dead? Cause you look dead. (He is not dead, thankfully.)
From Tough Breaks, @alshipley.bsky.social’s revelatory new book about Baltimore club music.
August 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
From Tough Breaks, @alshipley.bsky.social’s revelatory new book about Baltimore club music.
August 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Anas Al-Sharif with his daughter, who will now grow up without her dad.
August 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Anas Al-Sharif with his daughter, who will now grow up without her dad.
I’m at NACUBO. That’s the skeet.
July 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’m at NACUBO. That’s the skeet.
Not a big Bible guy, but I think about this bit from Matthew 25 a lot.
July 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Not a big Bible guy, but I think about this bit from Matthew 25 a lot.
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life
June 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life
Percy’s trying to help me not think about anything.
June 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Percy’s trying to help me not think about anything.
RIP William Langewiesche. One of the best to ever do it.
June 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
RIP William Langewiesche. One of the best to ever do it.
I’m reading Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust and ran across this passage about white Southerners, spoken as dialogue by the uncle character, who’s a lawyer. This was written in the late ‘40s.
June 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m reading Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust and ran across this passage about white Southerners, spoken as dialogue by the uncle character, who’s a lawyer. This was written in the late ‘40s.
Lede graf, ninth graf.
May 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Lede graf, ninth graf.
It’s National Rescue Dog Day. They’re the reason I get up in the morning, cause if I didn’t, they’d pee everywhere.
May 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s National Rescue Dog Day. They’re the reason I get up in the morning, cause if I didn’t, they’d pee everywhere.
This piece has very strong “just asking questions” vibes.
May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This piece has very strong “just asking questions” vibes.
Ted Chiang on AI, from @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ted Chiang on AI, from @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
At least there are cat pics.
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
At least there are cat pics.
I’m watching Town Bloody Hall and am compelled to note that Germaine Greer has possibly the best haircut ever (this image can’t do it justice).
March 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’m watching Town Bloody Hall and am compelled to note that Germaine Greer has possibly the best haircut ever (this image can’t do it justice).