James Jacoby
@moderntuba.bsky.social
Human who licenses music for film/TV, plays the tuba (capably) and the ukulele (less capably), enjoys soundtracks & speculative fiction, and votes. (he/they is a-okay)
@gailsimone.bsky.social The gift shop on the U.S. side of the border is clearly targeting Canadian tourists.
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@gailsimone.bsky.social The gift shop on the U.S. side of the border is clearly targeting Canadian tourists.
@gailsimone.bsky.social The border crossing from Canada back into the U.S. is just getting weirder and weirder.
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
@gailsimone.bsky.social The border crossing from Canada back into the U.S. is just getting weirder and weirder.
THE REASON I JUMP is a moving autobiographical book by author Naoki Higashida, who was 13y at the time. As a non-speaking child w/autism, he turned to writing to express his thoughts & imagination, explaining in part what the world looks like through his unique lens. Still sticks w/me years later.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
THE REASON I JUMP is a moving autobiographical book by author Naoki Higashida, who was 13y at the time. As a non-speaking child w/autism, he turned to writing to express his thoughts & imagination, explaining in part what the world looks like through his unique lens. Still sticks w/me years later.
I’m currently reading POSITIVE OBSESSION, the biography of author Octavia E. Butler (by Dr. Susana M. Morris), detailing the life & times of one of SciFi’s best and brightest writers. Butler’s work was ahead of its time, evocative, compelling, and moving.
Hard to choose one, but I’ll go with DAWN.
Hard to choose one, but I’ll go with DAWN.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m currently reading POSITIVE OBSESSION, the biography of author Octavia E. Butler (by Dr. Susana M. Morris), detailing the life & times of one of SciFi’s best and brightest writers. Butler’s work was ahead of its time, evocative, compelling, and moving.
Hard to choose one, but I’ll go with DAWN.
Hard to choose one, but I’ll go with DAWN.
So that carton ended up having about 6 double-yolked eggs. 🥚
I figured the was that, but this morning I opened a fresh new carton and yoked it up anew! 🪺
I figured the was that, but this morning I opened a fresh new carton and yoked it up anew! 🪺
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So that carton ended up having about 6 double-yolked eggs. 🥚
I figured the was that, but this morning I opened a fresh new carton and yoked it up anew! 🪺
I figured the was that, but this morning I opened a fresh new carton and yoked it up anew! 🪺
I’M SEEING DOUBLE!
Yesterday I had a fun-size pack of peanut M&Ms, and there were 2 stuck together. (No pics, sadly.)
Today I ordered fried pickles from Gus’s Fried Chicken, and there was a double in there too!
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Yesterday I had a fun-size pack of peanut M&Ms, and there were 2 stuck together. (No pics, sadly.)
Today I ordered fried pickles from Gus’s Fried Chicken, and there was a double in there too!
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I’M SEEING DOUBLE!
Yesterday I had a fun-size pack of peanut M&Ms, and there were 2 stuck together. (No pics, sadly.)
Today I ordered fried pickles from Gus’s Fried Chicken, and there was a double in there too!
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Yesterday I had a fun-size pack of peanut M&Ms, and there were 2 stuck together. (No pics, sadly.)
Today I ordered fried pickles from Gus’s Fried Chicken, and there was a double in there too!
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Or does it just mean there are younger hens being harvested for eggs to catch up for the scarcity earlier in the year? (Younger hens are more likely to yield double-yolks than mature hens.)
I’m going to go with both—a double conclusion!
I’m going to go with both—a double conclusion!
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Or does it just mean there are younger hens being harvested for eggs to catch up for the scarcity earlier in the year? (Younger hens are more likely to yield double-yolks than mature hens.)
I’m going to go with both—a double conclusion!
I’m going to go with both—a double conclusion!
It has been a double-yolk week, finding them three days in a row. Does this mean something good is about to happen?
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It has been a double-yolk week, finding them three days in a row. Does this mean something good is about to happen?
I drop this meme whenever it’s relevant, as it appears to be now.
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I drop this meme whenever it’s relevant, as it appears to be now.
Kudos to the #AlienEarth set dec team for including a Duffy on the shelf during this blink-and-you-miss-it scene in Wendy’s bedroom! #DuffyBear
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Kudos to the #AlienEarth set dec team for including a Duffy on the shelf during this blink-and-you-miss-it scene in Wendy’s bedroom! #DuffyBear
Someone had to do this first.
August 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Someone had to do this first.
THE TWO TOWERS by J.R.R. Tolkien, as performed by Andy Serkis.
My incredible audiobook journey back to Middle Earth continues w/the middle part of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
It’s arguably the least of the three but thrilling nonetheless despite some of the slower moving chapters. Still genius.
My incredible audiobook journey back to Middle Earth continues w/the middle part of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
It’s arguably the least of the three but thrilling nonetheless despite some of the slower moving chapters. Still genius.
August 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
THE TWO TOWERS by J.R.R. Tolkien, as performed by Andy Serkis.
My incredible audiobook journey back to Middle Earth continues w/the middle part of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
It’s arguably the least of the three but thrilling nonetheless despite some of the slower moving chapters. Still genius.
My incredible audiobook journey back to Middle Earth continues w/the middle part of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
It’s arguably the least of the three but thrilling nonetheless despite some of the slower moving chapters. Still genius.
Spotted in Burbank earlier this week by my spouse, who clearly knows me well.
#YouShallNotPass
#IdRatherBeInRivendell
#LOTR #TolkienSky
#YouShallNotPass
#IdRatherBeInRivendell
#LOTR #TolkienSky
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Spotted in Burbank earlier this week by my spouse, who clearly knows me well.
#YouShallNotPass
#IdRatherBeInRivendell
#LOTR #TolkienSky
#YouShallNotPass
#IdRatherBeInRivendell
#LOTR #TolkienSky
UPDATE:
I DID leave the coffee shop … and the first thing I saw a block away was this #BillyJoel billboard. 😑
Anyway, watch that fun video!
I DID leave the coffee shop … and the first thing I saw a block away was this #BillyJoel billboard. 😑
Anyway, watch that fun video!
July 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
UPDATE:
I DID leave the coffee shop … and the first thing I saw a block away was this #BillyJoel billboard. 😑
Anyway, watch that fun video!
I DID leave the coffee shop … and the first thing I saw a block away was this #BillyJoel billboard. 😑
Anyway, watch that fun video!
It's interesting to note the difference between this cover and the original
Spanish language version, CADÁVER EXQUISITO.
Spanish language version, CADÁVER EXQUISITO.
June 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It's interesting to note the difference between this cover and the original
Spanish language version, CADÁVER EXQUISITO.
Spanish language version, CADÁVER EXQUISITO.
TENDER IS THE FLESH by Agustina Bazterrica
Animals are infected so the world has embraced cannibalism as a meat alternative & the protagonist works in meat processing—which is described in gruesome detail.
This is just the sordid launching point of a horrific journey that will break your heart. 😳
Animals are infected so the world has embraced cannibalism as a meat alternative & the protagonist works in meat processing—which is described in gruesome detail.
This is just the sordid launching point of a horrific journey that will break your heart. 😳
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
TENDER IS THE FLESH by Agustina Bazterrica
Animals are infected so the world has embraced cannibalism as a meat alternative & the protagonist works in meat processing—which is described in gruesome detail.
This is just the sordid launching point of a horrific journey that will break your heart. 😳
Animals are infected so the world has embraced cannibalism as a meat alternative & the protagonist works in meat processing—which is described in gruesome detail.
This is just the sordid launching point of a horrific journey that will break your heart. 😳
Has anyone seen this person hanging about?
June 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Has anyone seen this person hanging about?
THE UNWORTHY by Agustina Bazterrica
The climate is devastated. Society no longer exists. One woman survives as part of an extreme religious sisterhood based on twisted hierarchies, torture, & extreme sacrifice. When a stranger arrives, memories of the life before come flooding back. 1/2
The climate is devastated. Society no longer exists. One woman survives as part of an extreme religious sisterhood based on twisted hierarchies, torture, & extreme sacrifice. When a stranger arrives, memories of the life before come flooding back. 1/2
June 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
THE UNWORTHY by Agustina Bazterrica
The climate is devastated. Society no longer exists. One woman survives as part of an extreme religious sisterhood based on twisted hierarchies, torture, & extreme sacrifice. When a stranger arrives, memories of the life before come flooding back. 1/2
The climate is devastated. Society no longer exists. One woman survives as part of an extreme religious sisterhood based on twisted hierarchies, torture, & extreme sacrifice. When a stranger arrives, memories of the life before come flooding back. 1/2
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING by J.R.R. Tolkien
Obviously the greatest book ever written, read by the greatest actor to ever audibly interpret the work in an audiobook, Andy Serkis.
I forgot how truly wonderful a storyteller Tolkien was.
One Book to rule them all.
4/
Obviously the greatest book ever written, read by the greatest actor to ever audibly interpret the work in an audiobook, Andy Serkis.
I forgot how truly wonderful a storyteller Tolkien was.
One Book to rule them all.
4/
May 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING by J.R.R. Tolkien
Obviously the greatest book ever written, read by the greatest actor to ever audibly interpret the work in an audiobook, Andy Serkis.
I forgot how truly wonderful a storyteller Tolkien was.
One Book to rule them all.
4/
Obviously the greatest book ever written, read by the greatest actor to ever audibly interpret the work in an audiobook, Andy Serkis.
I forgot how truly wonderful a storyteller Tolkien was.
One Book to rule them all.
4/
I just have to say that of all the amazing theaters we have here in L.A., I think the theater at Paramount Studios may look and sound the best. Always impressed with screenings here!
May 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I just have to say that of all the amazing theaters we have here in L.A., I think the theater at Paramount Studios may look and sound the best. Always impressed with screenings here!
Just got back from screening the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING movie over at Paramount. It was silly, overdramatic, cheesy, & buried under a ton of exposition. Perfect summer blockbuster. No notes.
It's a super fun thrill ride w/incredible action sequences, filmed by a true auteur. Enjoy!
It's a super fun thrill ride w/incredible action sequences, filmed by a true auteur. Enjoy!
May 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Just got back from screening the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING movie over at Paramount. It was silly, overdramatic, cheesy, & buried under a ton of exposition. Perfect summer blockbuster. No notes.
It's a super fun thrill ride w/incredible action sequences, filmed by a true auteur. Enjoy!
It's a super fun thrill ride w/incredible action sequences, filmed by a true auteur. Enjoy!
ONE WAY WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor
2nd in a trio of novellas from her WHO FEARS DEATH Africanfuturist universe, this is a fresh, original, & exciting re-invention of the hero journey as its compelling protagonist Najeeba learns to be a sorcerer from a place of internal strength, wisdom, & maturity.
3/
2nd in a trio of novellas from her WHO FEARS DEATH Africanfuturist universe, this is a fresh, original, & exciting re-invention of the hero journey as its compelling protagonist Najeeba learns to be a sorcerer from a place of internal strength, wisdom, & maturity.
3/
May 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
ONE WAY WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor
2nd in a trio of novellas from her WHO FEARS DEATH Africanfuturist universe, this is a fresh, original, & exciting re-invention of the hero journey as its compelling protagonist Najeeba learns to be a sorcerer from a place of internal strength, wisdom, & maturity.
3/
2nd in a trio of novellas from her WHO FEARS DEATH Africanfuturist universe, this is a fresh, original, & exciting re-invention of the hero journey as its compelling protagonist Najeeba learns to be a sorcerer from a place of internal strength, wisdom, & maturity.
3/
I have no illusions that Nnedi Okorafor somehow saw my snap review and responded to it (I never tag authors), but it really has me thinking about my experience with this book and its main character.
![A Bluesky post from author Nnedi Okorafor:
An observation:
It's been interesting seeing the reaction of readers who absolutely hate the main character in DEATH OF THE AUTHOR (Zelu). They call her whiny, entitled, hateful, and "a bitch". So far,
such readers [that l've seen] have all been white men.
Interesting coincidence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlpkw5pq3bixkks2pjzxcjhb/bafkreiclfafrr6j6iwdjn4pe2mzl6yhbo324qsxdkruuehygxlqv4cxlvi@jpeg)
May 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I have no illusions that Nnedi Okorafor somehow saw my snap review and responded to it (I never tag authors), but it really has me thinking about my experience with this book and its main character.
A lot of people are excited about the new #SUPERMAN trailer, comparing it to the feels from the original Donner film.
Thus kicks off another round of Christopher “Reeve” vs. “Reeves.” Most of you get it wrong. Don’t be that person.
(It’s the first one.)
Thus kicks off another round of Christopher “Reeve” vs. “Reeves.” Most of you get it wrong. Don’t be that person.
(It’s the first one.)
May 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A lot of people are excited about the new #SUPERMAN trailer, comparing it to the feels from the original Donner film.
Thus kicks off another round of Christopher “Reeve” vs. “Reeves.” Most of you get it wrong. Don’t be that person.
(It’s the first one.)
Thus kicks off another round of Christopher “Reeve” vs. “Reeves.” Most of you get it wrong. Don’t be that person.
(It’s the first one.)