The greatest Xmas album ever made.

Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?

Loved the 1st post Chrimbo read ‘Talking To My Father’s Ghost’ graphic novel by @alexkrokus.bsky.social . (actually bought it for the spouse, at her request, but have read it before she did…)

It's not that they don't know. They want to own the culture that would have hated them or hates them now, so they conveniently ignore the heart of the issues so they can claim the shiny part. I'll tell you what though—they know their voters are stupid enough not to know.

From Toni Morrison’s “Jazz” to James Baldwin’s “Another Country,” Thelma Golden, the director of the Studio Museum, chooses a few books that have shaped her thinking about Harlem. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4xIXO7

Problematic recent DNA revelations ….

Meh. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Four-Song Peel Session of soul singer Ann Peebles from October 9, 1974. John Peel thought she was “the owner of one of the world’s great voices” and “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (written with husband Don Bryant) was one of his favourite singles. #RIPDonBryant m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B1...

Well I did not expect to be typing out "zootopia 2's plot features the same land grab scheme as Ellroy's THE BIG NOWHERE and the same inheritance scam as Ross Macdonald's THE INSANT ENEMY” today, but here we are.

unironically a good idea

Directed 4 NICHOLS episodes, 9 of THE ROCKFORD FILES, and 3 BRET MAVERICKS.

What did the poor Kiwis ever do to deserve that???

My man

"We're sorry to bother you at a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then."

They aren’t going anywhere.

Another benefit of doing the re-watch: it reminded me that I should really take advantage of the opportunity to have David Zucker as a guest on Letting Them Talk w/ Will Harris, so I asked, and he said he'd be happy to. So look and listen for him to pop up in 2026 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

May the spirit of Sgt Craig Campbell NSWPF (retired) reign over the racist rally planned for Cronulla Beach today. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

It's a good day for watching incredible movies. This is one of the finest ever made. #NowWatching Badlands (1973) #filmsky

Christmas albums getting turntable time on Stephenseseses day. While leftovers are piled upon home delivered bagels & family cracks their Christmas books.

A cool thing about "The House I Live In" is that its lyrics were written by Abel Meeropol, best known for (a) writing the lyrics for the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit," recorded by Billie Holiday, and (b) adopting Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's orphaned sons.

One of the great disappointments of my 1st visit to DC, circa Gulf War 1, was that FBI HQ did not have a gift shop.

#ResistanceEarth Fascinating history! When segregation was no longer a viable platform, George Wallace used electricity rates to rile up voters. His tactics ultimately caused blowback that led to a system of automatic rate increases without oversight. insideclimatenews.org/news/2612202...

Besides the sorrow with the passing of this pioneer, I'm particularly sad that most of Poe's films, including THE BLANK GENERATION, wound up with estranged collaborator Ivan Král, who altered Poe's credits. Now also deceased, Král's inheritors seem disinclined to make them widely available again.

And you really don't have to go back that far either. H/t @randalljstephens.bsky.social

Fine weather ensured a strong turnout of Wran boys in Daingean Uí Chuis for the annual Saint Stephen's Day tradition

"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel" "sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"

Christmas treasures

11-year-old: I think we need a new house rule. Me: Oh yeah? What's that? 11: Dad isn't allowed to quote Coming to America until he lets us watch it.

Ron Wilson and Frank Giacoia covered Marvel Two-in-One Annual 7 (1982). Happy #BoxingDay to those who celebrate!

The Spy Who Supervised Me

Seeing reports on Instagram that Memphis soul & gospel singer & songwriter Don Bryant has died at age 83. Bryant co-wrote w/ his wife Ann Peebles "I Can't Stand the Rain," & penned many more great tunes. He returned to secular singing when the Bo-Keys backed him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bry...

The bloody ghost of my ancestor Lt. John Bacon, shot dead by a redcoat musket during the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775, appeared at the side of my bed last night and said anyone can be American as long as they aren’t English

vance is a genuine lunatic

Cousin of mine was camera on this film. One of the oddest travel experiences I’ve had was watching it one morning in a Cleveland hotel while in Ohio during Gulf War 1 going through the Eliot Ness papers. (My 1st time in “the archive.”)

Once again!

Im addicted to cold turkey but I don’t know how to quit it.

Finally, we have a run of Japanese adaptations: 87th Precinct: Naked City adapted King's Ransom as a two part story in June 1980. See The Sun: Abduction (Oct 1983) adapted the story for this long running detective drama. My Town: King's Ransom (Oct 1994) - the fifth of this 87th Precinct series.

2007's "Ed McBain: Tengoku To Jigoku" was (until Highest 2 Lowest) the last adaptation of any McBain material for the screen, coming two years after the author's death. It's a restaging of High and Low featuring Kōichi Satō as Kingo Gondo.

In case you missed it… there was a seasonal miracle and HARK! THE 87th PRECINCT PODCAST was reborn, after a mere three and a half years in the wilderness. plinkhq.com/i/1179080344... #crimefiction #books #edmcbain #spikelee #kurosawa

Merry Christmas from all of us at Hark! and the boys from Grover Avenue. #bookstagram #crimefiction #edmcbain #evanhunter

My latest intervention in the culture.

12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”

The MAGA Onion speaking truth to power about something that doesn't remotely exist

Imagining being the owner of the other ham restaurant in the airport, seeing this appear one day and being like “wtf?!”

What a gag this is

Batman & Robin, out for the night & someone’s going to regret it, by Michael Cho.