Wrapping up a trilogy of posts on postwar war crime/executions-related stories... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/the-malmed...

From The Pittsburgh Press, May 10, 1949

A review of my book BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME that is brimming with imaginative sympathy for the endeavor from @chrisoxley.bsky.social at Zona Motel. tinyurl.com/bdd22hwz #booksky

I was happy to review Richard Byrne's BEAUTY DOESN’T REACH ME and plead a case for wonder...

I know, I know. You can't go a day without another column about... Argentine Existentialists. open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

Happy Ruination Day to us, everyone! christopheroxley.substack.com/p/414

New one up! open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

Hadn't intended to write about another hangman (accidental diptych), but this story may be more bonkers than the last one... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/necks-of-t...

New one up. Probably should be a more well-known story here... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/hangmans-arc

New column up at Zona Motel. Maybe my fave, so far. Contains over 40 links! open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

It's a 1940s Barbara Stanwyck Christmas! open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

A postwar comic book burning in Spencer. WV, and more... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/mabels-bon...

Throw the watches and see time fly... open.substack.com/pub/christop...

A family thing in time for Thanksgiving... open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

If you've ever wondered where the Venn Diagram circles of “Frank Lloyd Wright” and “Domino's Pizza” overlap, have I got the post for you! open.substack.com/pub/christop...

New one up... open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

New column up at Zona Motel: open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

The Venn diagram circles of Johnny Cash and Johnny Paycheck overlap locally here (and more). christopheroxley.substack.com/p/paycheck-f...

Drop a bad guy you actually love. And for Hagman to pull this off after being ingrained in brains as Major Nelson is a feat as well.

I’d love to see a series of Bond short films by different directors like Aki Kaurismäki, Alice Rohrwacher or Wes Anderson.

Thank you! And more... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/july-15-1s...

Another interesting fun aspect of consumerism... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/leave-em-w...

For the 4th, I wrote about an Australian filmmaker open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

Goldfinger's Reprieves christopheroxley.substack.com/p/goldfinger...

BLAZING SADDLES (I'm wearing a poster-emblazoned t-shirt right now, in fact). He let me watch DIE HARD when I was 12, and then we rented & watched all the Bond movies from DR. NO to then seeing LICENSE TO KILL in the theater. So, clichéd examples for my age group, maybe, but I wouldn't trade 'em.

Just under the wire for Father's Day: Jane Fonda with father Henry Fonda, Times Square, 1959. Photograph by Leonard McCombe

Wishing Love and Mercy to the late, great Brian Wilson youtu.be/2y3J46DhoL0?...

I've seen him perform live more than any other person or band, I'd wager. Just pure joy. What a genius. What a legend. May he rest in peace.

Losing Brian Wilson and Sly Stone the same week feels monumental, like when Bergman and Antonioni passed within a day of each other. #RIP

I have a new PROJECTIONIST column up over at Zona Motel... open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

Because of all the clippings, this one appears to be a longer read than it really is... but it's fascinating, if you don't know the story. christopheroxley.substack.com/p/mcpartland...

While they decide whether or not Pete Hegseth violated the Espionage Act, this codebreaking mail-reading dude caused the government to amend it over 90 years ago... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/yardley-kn...

Just in time for the close of the anniversary of the Titanic disaster. This dude's life... wow. christopheroxley.substack.com/p/lightholder

they're going to be really surprised when they find out this place is being run by apes now

As soon as I posted this, the WV legislature passed their particular food additive ban legislature, and it's now headed to the governor's desk.

Local food dye news brings to mind a strange dangerous dye chapter in our nation's history. christopheroxley.substack.com/p/dye-hard

When you’re in halls of residence together at uni & then decide to share a house in the second year

Now available for pre-order in Ye Olde Shoppe, Royal Tenenbaum prints! There are two sizes- the standard 9x12, and a very limited run (think 10) of larger 11x17s. You can find them both right here! www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products

Maybe terrestrial broadcasting isn't dead.

In 1981 New York City you could spend New Year’s Eve with a ventriloquist act, some new pop singer and David Johansen. It was a happier time.

Winter 2025: The Band is all gone, and now the Dolls are gone.

RIP David Johansen Brilliant live performer & this is just a magnificent cover. youtu.be/WVrIRwI-f9A?...

RIP to an absolute icon, Juul Hallmeyer, legendary Toronto costume designer who was a key contributor to the greatness of SCTV

Some odd but purely American instances of changing the names of places... christopheroxley.substack.com/p/renaming-p...

I missed Aykroyd, Carvey, and Hader, but that was a lot of fun.

Now Bonnie Raitt & Chris Martin are doing "I Can't Make You Love Me," co-written by Mike Reid, who may be the only person in both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

Hell yeah, Devo with Fred Armisen on drums.

Burt Reynolds’ contribution to the OUATIH script from beyond the grave. Interview by @kimmorgan.bsky.social in Sight & Sound