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Michael Lee Nirenberg
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The Great Pretender.
Cinematic Immunity (Fall 2025 @feralhouse)
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Fumiko Takano comic about politely masking up on public transit in 1988.

@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social “Miss Ruki”
8 page comic strip of two female friends. One starts sneezing and buys a mask to wear while the other one is being secretly judgey about it.
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Archeological digs Sunday morning in Brooklyn.
3 vinyl records on a wood table. Joe Sample-Rainbow Seeker, Tropea-Tropea, Andres Vollenweider-Caverna Magica.
August 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Golden hour upstate Sunday August 3, 2025
House with orange lights on in the middle ground. The sky is pale blue with a hint of purple. Black outline of trees on the landscape.
August 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Found this in my record collection. Admittedly, I don’t think I’ve ever *really* heard it until today. Man, it’s excellent.
Ps. Always loved the Mission UK’s cover of Hurricane.
Vinyl record cover of Neil Young’s American Stars N Bars.
August 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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This script turned 40 yesterday. I’ve never seen Brighton Beach Memoirs.
July 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Call sheets for Big (1987).
2 call sheets on old xerox paper. The one on the left is blue and the one on the right is yellow.
July 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Celebrating the legend.
Small stack of vinyl records. The back cover of Black Sabbath’s Sabotage is at the top. Peeking out below is their record Master of Reality, and below that Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman.
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Some $3 heaters from my secret Brooklyn spot.
6 vinyl records top row from left: Smokey Robinson, Archie Bell and the Drells- Dance Your Troubles Away, Jimmy McGriff- The Groover. Bottom Row: Gene Pitney’s Greatest Hits, Martha and the Muffins- Danseparc, The Dells vs the Dramatics.
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Built these barn doors for this octagon window in my dining room. When I come back here I’m gonna paint a landscape of my pond on them.
Open Handmade wooden barn doors on an octagon window. Night view. The insides are lined with trim. Open Handmade wooden barn doors on an octagon window. Left hand side. Night view. The insides are lined with trim. Open Handmade wooden barn doors on an octagon window. Night view right side. The insides are lined with moulding for light leaks. . Closed handmade wooden barn doors on an octagon window. Day view. Hinges need to be painted black. Window moulding needs to be touched up. Has some wood putty in it.
July 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Graduation day
1000 day duolingo streak. Orange duo owl is like on fire from enthusiasm I think.
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story (2014) is back on streaming again. Only on @metalabel.bsky.social Pay what you wish.
#stayindie #hustlermagazine #firstamendment #70sporn #porn
Screenshot of Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story release page on Metalabel. Right hand side shows a woman dressed as a construction worker with a wheelbarrow of Hustler Magazines. The right are the ordering instructions. You download a special pdf which has the secret streaming link in it.
June 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Call Benny. I promise I won’t laugh at your problems.
Ad that looks like the back of a newspaper. Reads: arnoldfriend6 1h I have been told there are some real catastrophic situations some of you have gotten yourselves into! SALACIOUS DECISIONS? REGRETFUL BEHAVIORS? NEED ADVICE? ASK ALISSA! Speakpipe.com Leave a voicemail SPEAKPIPE.COM/AT your questions will be answered! live! on ANGELIC TRANSMISSIONS JUNE 2 I will be answering your questions live and blind on arnoldfriend6 1h I have been told there are some real catastrophic situations some of you have gotten yourselves into! SALACIOUS DECISIONS? REGRETFUL BEHAVIORS? NEED ADVICE? ASK ALISSA! Speakpipe.com Leave a voicemail SPEAKPIPE.COM/AT your questions will be answered! live! on ANGELIC TRANSMISSIONS JUNE 2 I will be answering your questions live and blind on Gangelic_transmissions Monday afternoon with jarrettearnest and Gleigha.mason
May 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Ambien drawing 5/11/2025
Colorful drawing of record shelves on the right at odd angles. Left hand side of a kitchen also at oddball angles. Lots of color but weird like the original Dr Caligari.
May 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Official cover. Pub date 2/2/2026. With the legendary @feralhouse.bsky.social Thought it would take 2 years but it took 5.
Book cover reads Cinematic Immunity: An Oral History of New York Filmmaking As Told By The Crews That Got The Shot. Black and white photo of a man doing a film slate over a body on the subway tracks. The text is leaving blue echoes on the side and subtitle is in orange at the top.
April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Another protest sign I made for my wife for another protest. #handsoff
Cardboard sign with a photoshop printout of an old photo of Musk and Theil around an early 90s computer. I replaced the PayPal screen with the The Apprentice title screen and behind them is an enormous forest fire. To the right I write “NO” in 1 inch black tape.
April 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Finally seeing daylight on this quixotic couch building project.
Custom built plywood and 2x4 couch in bay window with white uncovered foam cushions including a few triangles of foam sitting on top of it. Afternoon light coming in through window.
March 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Sign I made for my wife going to the Schumer protest.
Black and white photo of Chuck Schumer with skin markered in orange and yellow hair like Trump. Markered in red tie and gaffe tape red border on cardboard. White tape at top says “ENABLER”.
March 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Golden hour. Upstate New York. Friday March 14, 2025.
Moody photo of a pond at sundown. Earth tones, cold blues. Low f stop. So dark in fact some vignetting is appearing along the edges.
March 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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March 12, 2025
Moody photos of an amaryllis flower in bloom. Red flower and green stem against a grey wall in shadow.
March 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Thank you for handling this. I owe you one.
iPhone note pad document: Google is breaking my parent’s balls My parents bought a flower shop in Florida a number of years ago and Google is threatening to pull their listing because they have less than 100 reviews. This is one of the many ways big business crushes small business. If you’ve used them and want to leave them a nice review I’d appreciate it as a personal favor. We need 7 more. Search: “Leci’s Bouquet” in Ocala, Florida. Many thanks, Mike
March 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Peace to all the legends we’ve lost recently.
Records on a record shelf lined hallway floor all splayed out in a row. From top to bottom: David Johansen- Here Comes the Night, Buster Poindexter-Buster Hoes Berserk, Gwen McCrae, Ray Ayers-No Stranger to Love, Ayers-Feeling Good, Ayers-Coffy soundtrack, The Damned Machine Gun Ettiquette, New York Dolls-Too Much Too Soon, Lords of the New Church.
March 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Ambien drawing December 2024, Updated February 2025.
Marker blotted and abstracted resembling tie dye with collages sculptures from antiquity on top.
February 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Fantastic. He worked w the author on it. I learned a ton about the music of that era and became obsessed with him and SM all over again.
Cover photo of Different Every Time by Marcus O’Dair. The Robert Wyatt biography.
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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LA heat. Wish I had more time out there to go deeper.
Five vinyl records from top left: Oliver Nelson- Blues and the Abstract Truth, Suicidal Tendencies debut, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band- Volume 3 A child’s Guide to Good and Evil, Sadayasu Fujii- Like a Child, Terje Rypdal-Whenever I Seem to be Far Away.
February 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Paramount paid Jack Lemmon $1 million and Sandy Dennis $125K. The 1960s were wild.
Green folder that says: ROBERT EVANS Production No. 11559 Working Title THE-OUT-OF-TOWNERS Producer PAUL NATHAN Director ARTHUR HILLER Starting Date MARCH 5, 1969 Finishing Date MAY 22, 1969 Release Title (blank) Release Season (blank)
February 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM