I should probably turn in my cinephile card after this year's dreadful total number of movies I watched. Fifteen years ago, I was logging 100+ movies a year. In 2025? Only 50. I blame the state of the world for the distraction from diversion. My full list: nathancone.tumblr.com/post/8045757...

These books, movies, art and music enter public domain in 2026 www.npr.org/2025/12/26/n...

35mm photo I took last week in downtown San Antonio.

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

I’ve been hard at work on this all month: an epic history of the theme of Jesus’ birth and the Gospel infancy narratives in “Peanuts.” I couldn’t get it done by Christmas Day, but hey, it’s still the Christmas season! I hope you enjoy it. This is, I think my comics writing magnum opus so far.

oh no www.vulture.com/article/ever...

This seems really weird

Time for my annual look back at things I experienced last year: www.tpr.org/arts-culture...

I hate to break it to you guys, but Marty Supreme is just Marty with sour cream and guac.

From NPR: Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen. www.tpr.org/2025-12-29/r...

I feel like Disney re-edited the HOPPERS trailer to acknowledge “This is just like Avatar.” Am I right?

San Antonio, you’re in the Criterion Collection! www.tpr.org/arts-culture...

Lucy Liu on @nprfreshair.bsky.social! www.tpr.org/2025-12-18/l...

"We asked some of our writers to comment on the essential films of Reiner’s career. [These] the ones that you absolutely need to see to know not just about Reiner but the era in which he was knocking home runs out of the park every time.” Read the full list:

Sometimes folks say obits are hard to write, but when you love the subject, you just want everyone else to know how great they were. www.tpr.org/arts-culture...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

Recording tonight for @musicalbridges.bsky.social a beautiful concert with Gurwitz winner Yungyung Guo, Scott Yoo, and Bion Tsang. Soon to air on @texaspublicradio.bsky.social KPAC 88.3 FM! 🎶

VistaVision is back in style, resurfacing in a string of high-profile films from 'One Battle After Another' and 'Bugonia' to last year's 'The Brutalist.' www.tpr.org/2025-12-10/w...

My colleague James Baker was honored this past weekend at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards! www.tpr.org/tpr-events-i...

On this day in 1965, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS premiered on CBS. A few years ago, I enjoyed recording the Doc Watkins Trio at Jazz, TX playing hits from the soundtrack and more. Enjoy the music at this link! www.tpr.org/show/live-at...

"Play it, Steve!" RIP, Steve Cropper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OX...

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

In honor of EYES WIDE SHUT entering the Criterion Collection last week here is a little prize I got on eBay 20 years ago for less than 10 bucks—a trailer for the film. I actually used this at one of our @texaspublicradio.bsky.social Cinema Tuesdays shows back when we projected film!

If you need 76 hours of music, here's a playlist I made for you. open.spotify.com/playlist/2m2...

Oscar-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell has been enchanted by Oz and Munchkinland for most of his life. He created more than 1,000 looks for WICKED: FOR GOOD.

Selling a big box of Liszt. ebay.us/m/XXvtIQ

Is this worth it?

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

When UPS trucks Airdrop.

Going live at noon on KPAC 88.3 FM with an hour of classical music on vinyl! You can tune in on the radio, or online at TPR.ORG.

Not alright, not alright, not alright. www.wsj.com/us-news/aust...

Disney+ moving into user-generated AI could allow the kind of "contradictions" that Walt never would have allowed. That's why you don't see a Tomorrowland cast member walking through Main Street U.S.A. It spoils the story. Anyhow, the latest from @thr.com: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Spike Lee’s MALCOLM X was released on this day 33 years ago. It’s one of my 3 favorite Lee films. Here’s what I wrote when the movie turned 30: www.tpr.org/arts-culture...

Hi! There's been lots of doomscrolling lately because many things are awful. However, sleep deprivation makes everything worse. You still deserve time to rest and recover. Try not to stay up too late tonight. Max loves you.

This gives me the ick. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Harvard scholar Davíd Carrasco discusses Chicano ties to Mesoamerica and a film project about his father's integration of a university basketball team. Read More👉 ebx.sh/Unrh8X

Harvard Mesoamerican scholar Davíd Carrasco talks about his line of research and about a film project on his father, David L. Carrasco. He presents a talk Friday at 6 p.m. @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social and Sat at 10 a.m. @somosmacri.bsky.social @texaspublicradio.bsky.social shorturl.at/pRpkR

Today is the 85th anniversary of one of my favorite films, FANTASIA. As a child, my parents took me to see the movie, and gifted me with a beautiful gatefold LP set full of descriptions of the music, hand-drawn illustrations, and that beautiful deco lettering. 1/2

After the verdict was read and the jury released, 379th District Court Judge Ron Rangel turned to the family of slain 46-year-old Melissa Perez, including her four children. “The jury wanted me to tell the family they were very sorry for your loss,” said Rangel. thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/10/s...

I think online opinions would be slightly less insufferable if folks just qualified their pronouncements with “I think…” or “My favorite is…” or something similar. And there. I said what I said. 😁

"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."

Richard Linklater talks to @texasstandard.bsky.social about his latest film, which portrays the making of French New Wave classic “Breathless.” www.texasstandard.org/stories/rich...

The older I get, the more true and sad Paul McCartney's song "Junk" hits.

Selling this 33-disc box set of Richard Strauss operas in case you’re interested! Proceeds benefit @texaspublicradio.bsky.social 👍🏼 ebay.us/m/QGt7hK

One of my good friends from college, @jlfmcnichols.bsky.social, passed on suddenly last night. I am grieving her loss and ask you to enjoy your favorite album by The Cure today in her memory… and support your local craft art and jewelry vendors of which she was a talented one.

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Happy Election Day, y'all. Enjoy this 21-minute, house-quakin remix of one of Prince's hardest-rock-funking tunes. Special for today. "Teacher... why wouldn't Jimmy pledge allegiance?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaO6...

Later this month, Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads will host a Q&A following a screening of STOP MAKING SENSE at the Empire Theatre. I got to talk a little bit about the film and the band with him recently, hope you enjoy listening! www.tpr.org/arts-culture...