Nick Luciano
@nick-luciano.bsky.social
Recovering music theorist. Former staff writer/editor for 25yl and co-host of the 25 Yards Later fantasy football podcast. He/him
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Trance Film and David Lynch, or: Is David Lynch a Surrealist?
Nick Luciano takes a different look at the films of David Lynch through the lens of the midcentury avant-garde tradition of the trance film.
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May as well start my time here on Bluesky by linking the thing I'm most proud of writing!
Definitely be careful to not misspell "assign."
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Definitely be careful to not misspell "assign."
Happy first day of classes to all UNC students! It's heartwarming to think that Bill Belichick's next girlfriend is somewhere among them 🥹
August 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy first day of classes to all UNC students! It's heartwarming to think that Bill Belichick's next girlfriend is somewhere among them 🥹
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Acclaimed Experimental theatre director and playwright Robert Wilson has died at 83. Two of his most known works were collaborations with Philip Glass (Einstein on the Beach) and William S. Burroughs and Tom Waits (The Black Rider). #RIPRobertWilson m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8kg...
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach: Knee play 1, Train
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July 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Acclaimed Experimental theatre director and playwright Robert Wilson has died at 83. Two of his most known works were collaborations with Philip Glass (Einstein on the Beach) and William S. Burroughs and Tom Waits (The Black Rider). #RIPRobertWilson m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8kg...
Late to this post, but is Fetterman too proud to resign and thinks he can just be so unbelievably incompetent and terrible that he'll be recalled?
(And doesn't know that Senators can't be recalled.)
(And doesn't know that Senators can't be recalled.)
July 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Late to this post, but is Fetterman too proud to resign and thinks he can just be so unbelievably incompetent and terrible that he'll be recalled?
(And doesn't know that Senators can't be recalled.)
(And doesn't know that Senators can't be recalled.)
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A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
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It really is incredible how despite a half-century of expanding executive power, ballooning the debt, bloating the government, and policing private behavior, the GOP is still discussed as the party of small government libertarianism and fiscal responsibility. Just no relation to reality at all.
July 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It really is incredible how despite a half-century of expanding executive power, ballooning the debt, bloating the government, and policing private behavior, the GOP is still discussed as the party of small government libertarianism and fiscal responsibility. Just no relation to reality at all.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Imagine watching Blue Velvet on Tubi and it cuts from Frank Booth doing some of the most depraved things you've ever seen to a fucking Charmin Bears ad.
July 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Imagine watching Blue Velvet on Tubi and it cuts from Frank Booth doing some of the most depraved things you've ever seen to a fucking Charmin Bears ad.
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Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.
June 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.
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raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
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I’m in the process of moving all of my work - from every outlet I’ve ever worked for - to Substack.
95% of it will be free. Do me a solid & sign up to be a free subscriber!
open.substack.com/pub/andrewgr...
95% of it will be free. Do me a solid & sign up to be a free subscriber!
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The Grevas Projects | Andrew Grevas | Substack
Andrew Grevas' essays, interviews, columns, reviews & more - all in one place. Click to read The Grevas Projects, by Andrew Grevas, a Substack publication. Launched 8 months ago.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m in the process of moving all of my work - from every outlet I’ve ever worked for - to Substack.
95% of it will be free. Do me a solid & sign up to be a free subscriber!
open.substack.com/pub/andrewgr...
95% of it will be free. Do me a solid & sign up to be a free subscriber!
open.substack.com/pub/andrewgr...
Tried my hand at the Best Films since 2000 ballot. I'm decently happy with it, although my shortlist was 3x the size.
June 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tried my hand at the Best Films since 2000 ballot. I'm decently happy with it, although my shortlist was 3x the size.
I guess that the lesson that we learned from Iraq was "make sure that everyone knows that it's based on a lie from day 1."
June 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I guess that the lesson that we learned from Iraq was "make sure that everyone knows that it's based on a lie from day 1."
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We have a madman in the White House who is actively trying to trigger total war.
If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.
If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.
June 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We have a madman in the White House who is actively trying to trigger total war.
If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.
If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.
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seen some people complaining that this is a political stunt and lemme say if this was the kind of political stunt more politicians were doing on a regular basis we wouldn't be where we are today
dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit
dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
seen some people complaining that this is a political stunt and lemme say if this was the kind of political stunt more politicians were doing on a regular basis we wouldn't be where we are today
dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit
dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit
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Brad has been released and the crowd breaks into a chant of “Free them all.”
June 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Brad has been released and the crowd breaks into a chant of “Free them all.”
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Among Democrats - "Do you support Democrats like Sanders and AOC who call for a more aggressive stance towards Trump, or moderate Democrats who are willing to compromise with Trump issues important to their base?"
AOC/Bernie: 70%
Moderate Dems: 30%
Harvard-Harris / June 12, 2025
AOC/Bernie: 70%
Moderate Dems: 30%
Harvard-Harris / June 12, 2025
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Among Democrats - "Do you support Democrats like Sanders and AOC who call for a more aggressive stance towards Trump, or moderate Democrats who are willing to compromise with Trump issues important to their base?"
AOC/Bernie: 70%
Moderate Dems: 30%
Harvard-Harris / June 12, 2025
AOC/Bernie: 70%
Moderate Dems: 30%
Harvard-Harris / June 12, 2025
Happy Before Sunrise day!
June 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy Before Sunrise day!
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The only king I'll acknowledge
June 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The only king I'll acknowledge
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It's a truly jarring split screen that Kristi Noem's goons attacking Sen Padilla happened at almost the exact same time as 16 Dem senators crossed lines to vote with the GOP to invoke cloture on the crypto bill, forfeiting any leverage.
Dems need to act like an opposition.
Dems need to act like an opposition.
June 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It's a truly jarring split screen that Kristi Noem's goons attacking Sen Padilla happened at almost the exact same time as 16 Dem senators crossed lines to vote with the GOP to invoke cloture on the crypto bill, forfeiting any leverage.
Dems need to act like an opposition.
Dems need to act like an opposition.
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There’s no better moment to stop drawing the contrast, good versus bad immigrants, families v felons, and instead to full-throatedly insist on rights and dignity for all
The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.
June 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
There’s no better moment to stop drawing the contrast, good versus bad immigrants, families v felons, and instead to full-throatedly insist on rights and dignity for all
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“We can’t tax rich people because they might move” So move. Bye. Peace out. See you later.
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“We can’t tax rich people because they might move” So move. Bye. Peace out. See you later.
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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imagine if we had given billions in govt subsidies to Sun Ra instead
June 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
imagine if we had given billions in govt subsidies to Sun Ra instead