My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday

If time travel isn’t a thing how come George Michael managed to appear in this photograph captured in Robert Frank’s book The Americans 1958, Fishkill NY (Newburgh) 1955.

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My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday

My cartoon pitches for Melania 2.

We've lost the great Allan Massie. An absolute giant of Scottish literature and journalism, and an inspirational, kind and generous man, too. I think his son @alexmassie.bsky.social is only sporadically on Bluesky, but he has written a beautiful obituary. alexmassie.substack.com/p/allan-mass...

Lionsgate releasing a new trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic a few days after the Epstein files dump is quite something.

The Shart of the Deal

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skaters will not have this problem should they choose to skate with the universally beloved music of the Mountain Goats

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday

Catherine O’Hara! Damn far too young. Just brilliant in anything she was in. This’ll make you laugh and cry, mainly cry today. youtu.be/z9rj-Pz1vag?...

Still the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...

Happy Birthday Robert, one of the all time greats.

Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen https://theonion.com/trump-alleges-that-democrats-secretly-paid-alex-pretti-to-be-model-citizen/

Oh man. Writing the Marley piece I listened to a LOT of Sly Dunbar, the man who moved reggae past the one-drop and (with Robbie Shakespeare) formed one of the most incredible rhythm sections/production duos ever. RIP

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I guess he said the same to President Bonespur.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Night Life of Hollywood (1922). #SilentFilm

Ranny Sinclair - Autumn in Our Town [USA, Vocal Jazz] (1964) Somber track that gives off Portishead vibes to me. https://redd.it/16lg0u3 https://youtu.be/f0V2NmdV3RM

Off and on it

Kindergarten Fink

It is incredible how prophetic this Onion story was

Tips For Using AI https://theonion.com/tips-for-using-ai/

Always look forward to these. There’s a match cut at 2’18 which made me gasp out loud. Music cues are spot on as always.

I rolled my eyes that the Pitchfork old album review was Bob Marley’s ‘Legend’, but this is quite brilliant. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Steve is a proper Head.

This week’s listening.

Ruin a band by changing one letter Public Enema

Well, that's why I continue to engage with art.

This week’s listening.

It’s a grey, cold dreich day. If you’re at a loss as to what to do, you could always listen to Counterpoint on Radio 4 at 4.30pm. Where yours truly tries not to make an arse of himself. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

If only I had room for this. www.freecycle.org/posts/101071...

"Mr. Tornado Smith posts a letter while riding a penny farthing bicycle. He is wearing a learner plate and his bike is advertising his Wall of Death act." 1936 📷 Derek Berwin

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday

What I listened to most in 2025. 1. The albums

New Year’s resolutions: 1. To get as fit as a butcher’s dog. 2. To eat all the food we’ve stored in our pantry. Anyone see any problems with that?

Upstream (1927). #SilentFilm

Happy new year you dirtbags, hoping 2026 is better than 2025 x

Punctum review of this year in music. Contains potentially controversial content and careful editing of a certain pop star's name to avoid trolls. No EoY list as such but there are the Punctum Awards!: abracagaga.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Just discovered that my son’s pan inventory consists of a frying pan and a casserole pot. Christmas dinner is going to require a bit of planning.

"Chris Rea, singer aged 22, from Middlesbrough, promotes his new single, So Much Love, which he wrote while working for his fathers ice cream company." #RIPChrisRea

I hope Chris took the road leading the other way. R.I.P. big Middlesbrough man: nobilliards.blogspot.com/2015/09/chri...

RIP Chris Rea, Boro going to look a bit more drab tonight. Particularly fond of this piece of Feliniesque whimsy. youtu.be/hakXug2FNkc

As far as Christmas miracles go this is fairly modest, but picking up an Enya box set for a quid this morning sets me up nicely for the festivities.

This week’s listening.

PornShrub.

This week’s listening.