I'm terrible at remembering #1 favorites but the first one that springs to mind is "Sunbleached."

Cannot help but notice the Sleep No More poster in the background. Cannot help but notice that this makes me agree even more w/ her.

Not really a horror guy but I really liked I Saw the TV Glow, glad to see it mentioned.

I don't disagree with your overall argument. I do think of the great Conlon Nancarrow, though.

Grant.

I wouldn't normally mention an obvious "I know what you mean" typo, but "H.R. Lovecraft" makes me think of an unholy combination of H.P. Lovecraft and H.R. Pufnstuf.

I use Startpage for most searches, with G**gle as a last resort. I was going to check out Kagi (a for-pay service that some smart friends used) until they started with the AI spiel as well.

Took me a second. The other sense of "drone" has me wondering what kind of ambient blues ol' Jeffrey Lee might've been able to cook up.

Under the Skin

Sadly evergreen

This was a good reminder for me to get my Sallis books all in one place and figure out which ones I'm missing and need to acquire.

Jim's poem "To a Russian Friend" is in The James Sallis Reader: Point Blank and Black Night's Gonna Catch Me Here: New and Selected Poems. I have no idea whether either of those books are easily available but if anyone can find them, it's you.