Fully Automated Matt Jordan
@mattjordan.bsky.social
Social Democrat. Kinda literary.
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Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
The (submerged) key to the difference between New Historicism and Cultural Materialism is Marcuse.
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The (submerged) key to the difference between New Historicism and Cultural Materialism is Marcuse.
One of the more important yet little used words in the understanding of modern culture is 'velleity."
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of the more important yet little used words in the understanding of modern culture is 'velleity."
Trying to decide which is more horrifying, Lars von Trier or Sally Rooney.
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trying to decide which is more horrifying, Lars von Trier or Sally Rooney.
Blown away more than ever by La Notte this time round.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Blown away more than ever by La Notte this time round.
On the other hand, I'm impressed by Lynn Barber's choice of music for Desert Island Discs.
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On the other hand, I'm impressed by Lynn Barber's choice of music for Desert Island Discs.
I'm rather appalled to discover that quite a lot of people think Lars von Trier's films are good. For the avoidance of doubt, they are contrived meretricious nonsense.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm rather appalled to discover that quite a lot of people think Lars von Trier's films are good. For the avoidance of doubt, they are contrived meretricious nonsense.
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incredibly grateful to Tim MacGabhann for this essay on my novel GLANTZ (coming soon from Equus Press)
now up 3:AM Magazine
(with thanks to @andrewgallix.bsky.social too)
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/glantz-a...
now up 3:AM Magazine
(with thanks to @andrewgallix.bsky.social too)
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/glantz-a...
Glantz: An Appreciation – 3:AM Magazine
This is an expressionism-adjacent headzone that a lot of Anglophone writers can't bear to stay in, or else can't manage to put words on without reducing to an ahistorical kitsch. Ryan is a far more ad...
www.3ammagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
incredibly grateful to Tim MacGabhann for this essay on my novel GLANTZ (coming soon from Equus Press)
now up 3:AM Magazine
(with thanks to @andrewgallix.bsky.social too)
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/glantz-a...
now up 3:AM Magazine
(with thanks to @andrewgallix.bsky.social too)
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/glantz-a...
Considerably impressed by Joachim Radkau's biography of Weber.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Considerably impressed by Joachim Radkau's biography of Weber.
Somewhat ironically I am mysteriously unable to find my copy of L'Avventura.
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Somewhat ironically I am mysteriously unable to find my copy of L'Avventura.
I was, you will understand, entering the kingdom of death,
though why this landscape was so conventional
I could not say
- Louise Glück.
though why this landscape was so conventional
I could not say
- Louise Glück.
August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I was, you will understand, entering the kingdom of death,
though why this landscape was so conventional
I could not say
- Louise Glück.
though why this landscape was so conventional
I could not say
- Louise Glück.
You may be interested to learn that once you have avoided it for a quarter of a century, Moby's "Play" becomes quite enjoyable again.
August 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You may be interested to learn that once you have avoided it for a quarter of a century, Moby's "Play" becomes quite enjoyable again.
“Society, which is called the world, is nothing but the contention of a thousand petty interests, an eternal conflict of all the vanities that cross each other, strike against each other, are wounded and humiliated by each other in turn, and expiate on the morrow, in the bitterness of defeat, the..
August 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“Society, which is called the world, is nothing but the contention of a thousand petty interests, an eternal conflict of all the vanities that cross each other, strike against each other, are wounded and humiliated by each other in turn, and expiate on the morrow, in the bitterness of defeat, the..
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These always look like a track listing on an album from The Fall.
August 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
These always look like a track listing on an album from The Fall.
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One for the Mancs, from 1978. And a masterclass in withering at the end
July 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One for the Mancs, from 1978. And a masterclass in withering at the end
Apparently there are people who believe that regarding astrology and tarot as nonsense is misogynistic and queerphobic. This is the news.
July 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Apparently there are people who believe that regarding astrology and tarot as nonsense is misogynistic and queerphobic. This is the news.
"The phrase "Puff the Magic Bastard" is a misinterpretation of the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon". The song is about a dragon named Puff and his friend Jackie Paper, and their adventures together. The song explores themes of childhood, imagination, and the passage of time as Jackie grows up and...
July 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The phrase "Puff the Magic Bastard" is a misinterpretation of the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon". The song is about a dragon named Puff and his friend Jackie Paper, and their adventures together. The song explores themes of childhood, imagination, and the passage of time as Jackie grows up and...
“Lucidity is the only vice which makes us free—free in a desert” - Emil Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born.
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Lucidity is the only vice which makes us free—free in a desert” - Emil Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born.
Just literally bought a book from the literal Vatican bookshop.
July 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just literally bought a book from the literal Vatican bookshop.
Because I read on my phone, I always look as though I'm just on my phone rather than reading deeply impressive stuff, as I generally am. So I'm going to buy myself a hard copy of Cioran's Ecartèlement.
July 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Because I read on my phone, I always look as though I'm just on my phone rather than reading deeply impressive stuff, as I generally am. So I'm going to buy myself a hard copy of Cioran's Ecartèlement.
Reflecting on how exorable I am.
June 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Reflecting on how exorable I am.
"...is a career memoirist..."
June 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"...is a career memoirist..."
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this is where Ninotchka came from. They were brilliant throughout the adoption process. They’re a no-kill shelter but are currently bursting at the seams. If you’re in London and have ever considered adopting a cat, now would be a good time: www.celiahammond.org/adopt-a-cat/ (and do share!)
Adopt a Cat – Celia Hammond Animal Trust
www.celiahammond.org
May 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
this is where Ninotchka came from. They were brilliant throughout the adoption process. They’re a no-kill shelter but are currently bursting at the seams. If you’re in London and have ever considered adopting a cat, now would be a good time: www.celiahammond.org/adopt-a-cat/ (and do share!)
Just finished Proust.
May 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just finished Proust.