Mike Spry
@mikespry.bsky.social
Writer/Poet. Words in the Toronto Star, FLOOD, Indiewire, MTV CA, National Post, McSweeney’s IT, TSN, Washington Sq. Review, and elsewhere + a few books.
I write about TV/film/music/culture @ Narrative Electric Co.: https://mikespry.substack.com
I write about TV/film/music/culture @ Narrative Electric Co.: https://mikespry.substack.com
“We have to foster a culture that allows for experimentation and failure […] Slow, meditative progress towards understanding is something that metrics can’t map.“
Candice Spry in Canvas Rebel. Read it: canvasrebel.com/meet-candice...
#art #sculpture #sculptor #artcommunity #arttalk #sprys
Candice Spry in Canvas Rebel. Read it: canvasrebel.com/meet-candice...
#art #sculpture #sculptor #artcommunity #arttalk #sprys
June 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“We have to foster a culture that allows for experimentation and failure […] Slow, meditative progress towards understanding is something that metrics can’t map.“
Candice Spry in Canvas Rebel. Read it: canvasrebel.com/meet-candice...
#art #sculpture #sculptor #artcommunity #arttalk #sprys
Candice Spry in Canvas Rebel. Read it: canvasrebel.com/meet-candice...
#art #sculpture #sculptor #artcommunity #arttalk #sprys
Video addendum to essay, “TV Used to Be a Window to Conversation—Now It’s Just a Door to More Content” (tinyurl.com/2mnfrmym) I’m pitching streaming services and networks my new TV show. Not to CBS tho.
📺 💬
#tv #netflix #streaming #Conversations #Community #TVTrends #CommunityThroughArt #Binge
📺 💬
#tv #netflix #streaming #Conversations #Community #TVTrends #CommunityThroughArt #Binge
May 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Video addendum to essay, “TV Used to Be a Window to Conversation—Now It’s Just a Door to More Content” (tinyurl.com/2mnfrmym) I’m pitching streaming services and networks my new TV show. Not to CBS tho.
📺 💬
#tv #netflix #streaming #Conversations #Community #TVTrends #CommunityThroughArt #Binge
📺 💬
#tv #netflix #streaming #Conversations #Community #TVTrends #CommunityThroughArt #Binge
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! To coincide with my essay "Wilcohatchee: Four Friends, Two Americas, and the Road Between Them" (tinyurl.com/bdetj2ff), I got heavy into #Wilco, #NASCAR, and the South. Here's my #LastFourWatched.
May 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! To coincide with my essay "Wilcohatchee: Four Friends, Two Americas, and the Road Between Them" (tinyurl.com/bdetj2ff), I got heavy into #Wilco, #NASCAR, and the South. Here's my #LastFourWatched.
Video addendum my essay “Wilcohatchee: Four Friends, Two Americas, and the Road Between Them (tinyurl.com/bdetj2ff)%E2...: My top five dumbest sports.
#writing #musicwriting #music #livemusic #wilco #waxahatchee #livemusic #NASCAR #America #essay #friendship #sports #hockey #UFC #golf #quidditch
#writing #musicwriting #music #livemusic #wilco #waxahatchee #livemusic #NASCAR #America #essay #friendship #sports #hockey #UFC #golf #quidditch
May 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Video addendum my essay “Wilcohatchee: Four Friends, Two Americas, and the Road Between Them (tinyurl.com/bdetj2ff)%E2...: My top five dumbest sports.
#writing #musicwriting #music #livemusic #wilco #waxahatchee #livemusic #NASCAR #America #essay #friendship #sports #hockey #UFC #golf #quidditch
#writing #musicwriting #music #livemusic #wilco #waxahatchee #livemusic #NASCAR #America #essay #friendship #sports #hockey #UFC #golf #quidditch
Great art talk @ #EquityGallery tonight featuring Melanie Vote and the #Bread&RosesStudio. Very proud of Candice Spry & Madison Haws. Incredible work. Incredible artists. On until May 31st. 👩🎨
More info: www.nyartistsequity.org/all-events/b...
#scuplture #art #arttalk #artsky #NYC #LES #sculptors
More info: www.nyartistsequity.org/all-events/b...
#scuplture #art #arttalk #artsky #NYC #LES #sculptors
May 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Great art talk @ #EquityGallery tonight featuring Melanie Vote and the #Bread&RosesStudio. Very proud of Candice Spry & Madison Haws. Incredible work. Incredible artists. On until May 31st. 👩🎨
More info: www.nyartistsequity.org/all-events/b...
#scuplture #art #arttalk #artsky #NYC #LES #sculptors
More info: www.nyartistsequity.org/all-events/b...
#scuplture #art #arttalk #artsky #NYC #LES #sculptors
Excited and sad to say goodbye to #StarWars' #Andor tonight. Probably my favorite TV series since The Leftovers. I wish it could go on, but I've seen #RogueOne, so I know where it ends. Here's my essay on the series from last week.
mikespry.substack.com/p/oh-star-wa...
mikespry.substack.com/p/oh-star-wa...
May 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Excited and sad to say goodbye to #StarWars' #Andor tonight. Probably my favorite TV series since The Leftovers. I wish it could go on, but I've seen #RogueOne, so I know where it ends. Here's my essay on the series from last week.
mikespry.substack.com/p/oh-star-wa...
mikespry.substack.com/p/oh-star-wa...
Midday thru S2 of NECo. Let's review the #essays so far:
Is This #TheLastofUs?
tinyurl.com/48zwfwna
No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On #Horror
tinyurl.com/yyer7kac
All the Young Dudes: #Masculinity and #Music
tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j
Oh, Star Wars! On #Andor and #Authoritarianism
tinyurl.com/bddyr2s3
Is This #TheLastofUs?
tinyurl.com/48zwfwna
No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On #Horror
tinyurl.com/yyer7kac
All the Young Dudes: #Masculinity and #Music
tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j
Oh, Star Wars! On #Andor and #Authoritarianism
tinyurl.com/bddyr2s3
May 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Midday thru S2 of NECo. Let's review the #essays so far:
Is This #TheLastofUs?
tinyurl.com/48zwfwna
No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On #Horror
tinyurl.com/yyer7kac
All the Young Dudes: #Masculinity and #Music
tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j
Oh, Star Wars! On #Andor and #Authoritarianism
tinyurl.com/bddyr2s3
Is This #TheLastofUs?
tinyurl.com/48zwfwna
No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On #Horror
tinyurl.com/yyer7kac
All the Young Dudes: #Masculinity and #Music
tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j
Oh, Star Wars! On #Andor and #Authoritarianism
tinyurl.com/bddyr2s3
Video addendum to essay on #Andor and how it’s relevant in the current battle against fascism and bad Star Wars productions: “BUTIF” starring @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov & others. Guess who Vader is?
READ ESSAY: open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
#starwars #writing #tv #disneyplus #disney+
READ ESSAY: open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
#starwars #writing #tv #disneyplus #disney+
May 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Video addendum to essay on #Andor and how it’s relevant in the current battle against fascism and bad Star Wars productions: “BUTIF” starring @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov & others. Guess who Vader is?
READ ESSAY: open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
#starwars #writing #tv #disneyplus #disney+
READ ESSAY: open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
#starwars #writing #tv #disneyplus #disney+
ICYMI: "Oh, Star Wars! Tony Gilroy’s #Andor is the masterpiece post-original trilogy Star Wars we deserve."
#amwriting ##MayThe4thBeWithYou #starwarsday #starwars #RogueOne #lucasfilm #mandalorian #disney #darthvader #TV #watching #monmothma #starwarsandor #MayThe4th
#amwriting ##MayThe4thBeWithYou #starwarsday #starwars #RogueOne #lucasfilm #mandalorian #disney #darthvader #TV #watching #monmothma #starwarsandor #MayThe4th
May 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ICYMI: "Oh, Star Wars! Tony Gilroy’s #Andor is the masterpiece post-original trilogy Star Wars we deserve."
#amwriting ##MayThe4thBeWithYou #starwarsday #starwars #RogueOne #lucasfilm #mandalorian #disney #darthvader #TV #watching #monmothma #starwarsandor #MayThe4th
#amwriting ##MayThe4thBeWithYou #starwarsday #starwars #RogueOne #lucasfilm #mandalorian #disney #darthvader #TV #watching #monmothma #starwarsandor #MayThe4th
ICYMI: I wrote this thing about music this week, and I like it, so maybe you'll like it too? mikespry.substack.com/p/all-the-yo...
May 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ICYMI: I wrote this thing about music this week, and I like it, so maybe you'll like it too? mikespry.substack.com/p/all-the-yo...
In anticipation of writing about the power of music, the absence of substance in current musicians, and Gord Downie (read: tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j), I watched some Hip and some music docs for my ##letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched.
The Last Waltz
Secret Path
Dig!
No Dress Rehearsal
The Last Waltz
Secret Path
Dig!
No Dress Rehearsal
May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In anticipation of writing about the power of music, the absence of substance in current musicians, and Gord Downie (read: tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j), I watched some Hip and some music docs for my ##letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched.
The Last Waltz
Secret Path
Dig!
No Dress Rehearsal
The Last Waltz
Secret Path
Dig!
No Dress Rehearsal
As a #video addendum to this week's essay "All the Young Dudes: What the world needs now is another #GordDownie" (read: tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j), I read one of my favorites, “At the Hundredth Meridian” by #TheTragicallyHip as a #poem
#musicwriting #writing #poetsky #poetsofbluesky #poetry #blueskypoet
#musicwriting #writing #poetsky #poetsofbluesky #poetry #blueskypoet
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As a #video addendum to this week's essay "All the Young Dudes: What the world needs now is another #GordDownie" (read: tinyurl.com/bd8k2c8j), I read one of my favorites, “At the Hundredth Meridian” by #TheTragicallyHip as a #poem
#musicwriting #writing #poetsky #poetsofbluesky #poetry #blueskypoet
#musicwriting #writing #poetsky #poetsofbluesky #poetry #blueskypoet
Addendum to my essay on discovering horror at 48, and the lessons I’ll take into my own writing. Thought I’d share an old fear.
READ ESSAY: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#A24 #blumhouse #jordanpeele #genre #TheLastofUs #film #writing #horrormovies #ariaster #midsommar #amwriting #whyiwrite
READ ESSAY: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#A24 #blumhouse #jordanpeele #genre #TheLastofUs #film #writing #horrormovies #ariaster #midsommar #amwriting #whyiwrite
April 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Addendum to my essay on discovering horror at 48, and the lessons I’ll take into my own writing. Thought I’d share an old fear.
READ ESSAY: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#A24 #blumhouse #jordanpeele #genre #TheLastofUs #film #writing #horrormovies #ariaster #midsommar #amwriting #whyiwrite
READ ESSAY: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#A24 #blumhouse #jordanpeele #genre #TheLastofUs #film #writing #horrormovies #ariaster #midsommar #amwriting #whyiwrite
While in Toronto, will you visit Little Italy? #neverforget
April 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
While in Toronto, will you visit Little Italy? #neverforget
Sinners had the 2nd-best Monday ever for R horror. I love Coogler and MBJ, but can I handle it? And in a theater? IN IMAX!???! Never done horror with a crowd b4.
On me being a scaredy cat: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#HorrorAuthor 🖊️📚💻 #horror #sinners #vampire #movies #writing #whywrite
On me being a scaredy cat: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#HorrorAuthor 🖊️📚💻 #horror #sinners #vampire #movies #writing #whywrite
April 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sinners had the 2nd-best Monday ever for R horror. I love Coogler and MBJ, but can I handle it? And in a theater? IN IMAX!???! Never done horror with a crowd b4.
On me being a scaredy cat: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#HorrorAuthor 🖊️📚💻 #horror #sinners #vampire #movies #writing #whywrite
On me being a scaredy cat: mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#HorrorAuthor 🖊️📚💻 #horror #sinners #vampire #movies #writing #whywrite
SUNDAY FEELD NOTES 20.05.2025
- Essay on #TheLastofUs
- Catherine O'Hara's "Post-Apocalypse Therapy"
- My #Easter #poem from my 2008 collection, JACK, "Calculated Distractions in the Absence of Someone Named Jane"
#amwriting #poetry #booksky #poemsky #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-fee...
- Essay on #TheLastofUs
- Catherine O'Hara's "Post-Apocalypse Therapy"
- My #Easter #poem from my 2008 collection, JACK, "Calculated Distractions in the Absence of Someone Named Jane"
#amwriting #poetry #booksky #poemsky #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-fee...
April 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
SUNDAY FEELD NOTES 20.05.2025
- Essay on #TheLastofUs
- Catherine O'Hara's "Post-Apocalypse Therapy"
- My #Easter #poem from my 2008 collection, JACK, "Calculated Distractions in the Absence of Someone Named Jane"
#amwriting #poetry #booksky #poemsky #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-fee...
- Essay on #TheLastofUs
- Catherine O'Hara's "Post-Apocalypse Therapy"
- My #Easter #poem from my 2008 collection, JACK, "Calculated Distractions in the Absence of Someone Named Jane"
#amwriting #poetry #booksky #poemsky #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-fee...
Dear Media,
Stop profiling these half-wits and their regressive ideology as if it’s a thing. They do not matter. Try covering the apocalypse better.
Thx,
M
Stop profiling these half-wits and their regressive ideology as if it’s a thing. They do not matter. Try covering the apocalypse better.
Thx,
M
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Dear Media,
Stop profiling these half-wits and their regressive ideology as if it’s a thing. They do not matter. Try covering the apocalypse better.
Thx,
M
Stop profiling these half-wits and their regressive ideology as if it’s a thing. They do not matter. Try covering the apocalypse better.
Thx,
M
ICYMI: In which I explore #TheLastofUs and post-apocalyptic narratives as an examination of the now.
#HBO #TLOU #horror #postapocalyptic #substack #essays #amwriting #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
#HBO #TLOU #horror #postapocalyptic #substack #essays #amwriting #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
April 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ICYMI: In which I explore #TheLastofUs and post-apocalyptic narratives as an examination of the now.
#HBO #TLOU #horror #postapocalyptic #substack #essays #amwriting #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
#HBO #TLOU #horror #postapocalyptic #substack #essays #amwriting #writing
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
This week’s video addendum to #TheLastofUs essay, “Is This The Last of Us? Speculative fiction and reality intersect“: My therapy session with Catherine O’Hara, #TLOU resident shrink.
Link: mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
#HBO #TheLastofUs #catherineohara #gaming #TV #apocalypse #zombies
Link: mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
#HBO #TheLastofUs #catherineohara #gaming #TV #apocalypse #zombies
April 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This week’s video addendum to #TheLastofUs essay, “Is This The Last of Us? Speculative fiction and reality intersect“: My therapy session with Catherine O’Hara, #TLOU resident shrink.
Link: mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
#HBO #TheLastofUs #catherineohara #gaming #TV #apocalypse #zombies
Link: mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
#HBO #TheLastofUs #catherineohara #gaming #TV #apocalypse #zombies
On The Last of Us, authoritarianism, and whether or not I could survive the zombie apocalypse.
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th... #TheLastofUs #TLOU #TVsky
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th... #TheLastofUs #TLOU #TVsky
April 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On The Last of Us, authoritarianism, and whether or not I could survive the zombie apocalypse.
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th... #TheLastofUs #TLOU #TVsky
mikespry.substack.com/p/is-this-th... #TheLastofUs #TLOU #TVsky
Hiatus over. NECo. is back today. Essay posts at noon. In the meantime, here's Dave, who has also been waiting patiently.
April 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hiatus over. NECo. is back today. Essay posts at noon. In the meantime, here's Dave, who has also been waiting patiently.
RIP, Nicky Katt. The ultimate high school villain in the ultimate high school film, Dazed & Confused.
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
RIP, Nicky Katt. The ultimate high school villain in the ultimate high school film, Dazed & Confused.
So, in summary: The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson's Indiana Jones. My nana loved Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was the original Kardashian. Cranston + Hanks = Love. Where's Bill?
🧵9/9
🧵9/9
April 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So, in summary: The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson's Indiana Jones. My nana loved Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was the original Kardashian. Cranston + Hanks = Love. Where's Bill?
🧵9/9
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