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Michaelangelo Matos
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
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Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
I really enjoyed that one, btw.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I really enjoyed that one, btw.
I think Ex Libris: The New York Public Library will be next.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I think Ex Libris: The New York Public Library will be next.
I've only seen five Wisemans in full: Primate (1974), Central Park (1990), Crazy Horse (2011), City Hall (2020), Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros (2023). For anyone else, that'd be a good chunk of the available work: 17 hours total. But it's only the surface.
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I've only seen five Wisemans in full: Primate (1974), Central Park (1990), Crazy Horse (2011), City Hall (2020), Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros (2023). For anyone else, that'd be a good chunk of the available work: 17 hours total. But it's only the surface.
"deathless" ftmfw
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"deathless" ftmfw
I read this great interview with Wiseman that calls him "Like Robert Caro, but far more prolific" and of course thought of you.
www.screenslate.com/articles/luc...
www.screenslate.com/articles/luc...
Lucky Enough to Be Around: Frederick Wiseman on Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros
When embarking on the editing phase of one of his films, Frederick Wiseman has said, he rewatches all his raw footage—often hundreds of hours—and rates each sequence according to the grading system of...
www.screenslate.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I read this great interview with Wiseman that calls him "Like Robert Caro, but far more prolific" and of course thought of you.
www.screenslate.com/articles/luc...
www.screenslate.com/articles/luc...
It's very powerfully put together, and really resonates at the end--this isn't merely a family dynasty, it's a family dynasty that took a major risk to enable its own continuance. It throws everything before it into new light.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's very powerfully put together, and really resonates at the end--this isn't merely a family dynasty, it's a family dynasty that took a major risk to enable its own continuance. It throws everything before it into new light.
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It's truly sad how delusional he is.
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's truly sad how delusional he is.
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
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Republicans have killed over 300,000 people in Africa by taking away food and medicine, and now they've showed they're willing to do the same here. How do you deal with a cult of sadistic fascists?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Republicans have killed over 300,000 people in Africa by taking away food and medicine, and now they've showed they're willing to do the same here. How do you deal with a cult of sadistic fascists?