MichaelBurke
@michaelsreading.bsky.social
Enthusiastic book reader and reviewer, with a passion for music. L.A. native soaking in the world from Lakemore, OH nowadays.
What book(s) are you reading this week? "People Like Us" Jason Mott @duttonbooks.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What book(s) are you reading this week? "People Like Us" Jason Mott @duttonbooks.bsky.social
What book(s) are you reading this week?
"Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future" by Patty Krawec. Questioning "history" #Indigisky #books #booksky
"Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future" by Patty Krawec. Questioning "history" #Indigisky #books #booksky
June 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What book(s) are you reading this week?
"Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future" by Patty Krawec. Questioning "history" #Indigisky #books #booksky
"Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future" by Patty Krawec. Questioning "history" #Indigisky #books #booksky
June 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day labourers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country."
-- Senator Alex Padilla
-- Senator Alex Padilla
June 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day labourers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country."
-- Senator Alex Padilla
-- Senator Alex Padilla
These two, drive me crazy, keep me sane.
April 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
These two, drive me crazy, keep me sane.
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
1. Starting Over!
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#WickedAlbumCover
Santana III
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
1. Starting Over!
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#WickedAlbumCover
Santana III
April 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
1. Starting Over!
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#WickedAlbumCover
Santana III
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
1. Starting Over!
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#WickedAlbumCover
Santana III
On the Beach - Neil Young
#AlbumCovers
#AlbumCovers
February 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On the Beach - Neil Young
#AlbumCovers
#AlbumCovers
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Warren Zevon - Preludes
#RawPrimitiveCool
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Warren Zevon - Preludes
#RawPrimitiveCool
February 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Warren Zevon - Preludes
#RawPrimitiveCool
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Warren Zevon - Preludes
#RawPrimitiveCool
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.
#blueskyart #art #painting
2
Irish Famine - GF Watts c. 1850
#blueskyart #art #painting
2
Irish Famine - GF Watts c. 1850
February 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.
#blueskyart #art #painting
2
Irish Famine - GF Watts c. 1850
#blueskyart #art #painting
2
Irish Famine - GF Watts c. 1850
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.
#blueskyart #art #painting
The Alchemist. Cornelis Bega.
1
#blueskyart #art #painting
The Alchemist. Cornelis Bega.
1
February 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.
#blueskyart #art #painting
The Alchemist. Cornelis Bega.
1
#blueskyart #art #painting
The Alchemist. Cornelis Bega.
1
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).
21, because it just flew in
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#WingsOfDesire
21, because it just flew in
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#WingsOfDesire
January 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).
21, because it just flew in
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#WingsOfDesire
21, because it just flew in
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#WingsOfDesire
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Special thanks for transporting me into the morning today...
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Special thanks for transporting me into the morning today...
January 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Special thanks for transporting me into the morning today...
16
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
Special thanks for transporting me into the morning today...
We can be heroes...
Bishop asks for mercy; he calls that Nasty.
We can thank the ones who stand up.
Bishop asks for mercy; he calls that Nasty.
We can thank the ones who stand up.
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We can be heroes...
Bishop asks for mercy; he calls that Nasty.
We can thank the ones who stand up.
Bishop asks for mercy; he calls that Nasty.
We can thank the ones who stand up.
That he is being reinserted on MLK Day is blasphemy. The flag should be taken down, hidden from this travesty. #GodHelpUs
January 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
That he is being reinserted on MLK Day is blasphemy. The flag should be taken down, hidden from this travesty. #GodHelpUs
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).
20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#AfternoonTVMovies
#ChildhoodIndispensabilities
20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#AfternoonTVMovies
#ChildhoodIndispensabilities
January 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).
20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#AfternoonTVMovies
#ChildhoodIndispensabilities
20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#AfternoonTVMovies
#ChildhoodIndispensabilities
January 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Damn! Bad day! RIP David Lynch -- Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Elephant Man... always weird, always intriguing, always twisting the culture
January 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Damn! Bad day! RIP David Lynch -- Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Elephant Man... always weird, always intriguing, always twisting the culture
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).
19
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#HouseOfGames
#Mamet
#SquirtGun
19
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#HouseOfGames
#Mamet
#SquirtGun
January 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).
19
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#HouseOfGames
#Mamet
#SquirtGun
19
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films
#HouseOfGames
#Mamet
#SquirtGun
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
15
#Vinyl
#Albums
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#AlbumChallenge
#WhereLifeMarijuanaAreCheap
#OGReggae
15
#Vinyl
#Albums
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#AlbumChallenge
#WhereLifeMarijuanaAreCheap
#OGReggae
January 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
15
#Vinyl
#Albums
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#AlbumChallenge
#WhereLifeMarijuanaAreCheap
#OGReggae
15
#Vinyl
#Albums
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#AlbumChallenge
#WhereLifeMarijuanaAreCheap
#OGReggae
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#LucindaWilliams
#2Kool
14
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#LucindaWilliams
#2Kool
January 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#LucindaWilliams
#2Kool
14
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#LucindaWilliams
#2Kool
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
13
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#SteelyDanKatyLied
#ReadyWhenMyFeetTouchGround
#OtherSideOfNoTomorrow
13
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#SteelyDanKatyLied
#ReadyWhenMyFeetTouchGround
#OtherSideOfNoTomorrow
January 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
13
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#SteelyDanKatyLied
#ReadyWhenMyFeetTouchGround
#OtherSideOfNoTomorrow
13
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#SteelyDanKatyLied
#ReadyWhenMyFeetTouchGround
#OtherSideOfNoTomorrow
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#BeforeMyOnlyCandle
12
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#BeforeMyOnlyCandle
January 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#BeforeMyOnlyCandle
12
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#BeforeMyOnlyCandle
Woefully ignorant in this world, but the Dutch painters struck a chord when I visited the Getty years ago. Besides that Rembrandt fellow... The Alchemist by Corneilus Bega connected, hard
#01
#PaintingsAnchoredHere
#01
#PaintingsAnchoredHere
January 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Woefully ignorant in this world, but the Dutch painters struck a chord when I visited the Getty years ago. Besides that Rembrandt fellow... The Alchemist by Corneilus Bega connected, hard
#01
#PaintingsAnchoredHere
#01
#PaintingsAnchoredHere
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#TomVerlaine
#ScientistWritesALetter
#IHaveNoOtherLines
11
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#TomVerlaine
#ScientistWritesALetter
#IHaveNoOtherLines
January 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#TomVerlaine
#ScientistWritesALetter
#IHaveNoOtherLines
11
#Albums
#MusicSky
#AlbumChallenge
#TomVerlaine
#ScientistWritesALetter
#IHaveNoOtherLines