clayton purdom
@claytonpurdom.bsky.social
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i wear chains that excite the feds
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last year i wrote an essay that i'd been working on intermittently for years, and today it finally went live on the los angeles review of books. it's probably my favorite thing i've ever written, and it'd mean a lot if you'd give it a read.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/weir...
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Weird Nonfiction | Los Angeles Review of Books
Clayton Purdum situates nonfictional works designed “with the intention of upsetting, disturbing, or confusing the audience,” in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42, “Gossip.”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/weird-nonfiction/
over 1 year ago
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it's been 10 years since bowie died -- i still think my piece on blackstar holds up
www.killscreen.com/blackstar-wo...
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Blackstar won't tell you how to die
I spent a lot of time this week listening to “Subterraneans,” the last song on 1977’s Low, by David Bowie. I didn’t know what else to do. Like a lot of other people, I had a feeling—this response to d...
https://www.killscreen.com/blackstar-wont-tell-you-how-to-die/
7 days ago
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i'm trying to make time to chat with people (voice, video, meatspace??) about what they're working on and interested in. if we haven't spoken in a minute, or ever, dm me and let's catch up!
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my sincere hope is that the new website for
exresearch.co
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EX Research
A research report about games, music, the internet, and everything in between.
http://exresearch.co
10 days ago
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i wrote 200 words about one battle after another
4 months ago
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clearing out a backlog of takes now that i've got childcare again. here's 198 words about the materialists
4 months ago
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i wrote 200 words about donkey kong bananza
4 months ago
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i wrote 199 words about the last samurai (not the tom cruise movie)
5 months ago
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i wrote 196 words about eddington
5 months ago
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forgot to say i wrote 199 words about burial
5 months ago
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i wrote 198 words about seven samurai
6 months ago
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i wrote 200 words about TAFS
6 months ago
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i wrote 189 words about rashomon
6 months ago
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i wrote 195 words about kpop demon hunters
6 months ago
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i wrote 195 words about the clipse
6 months ago
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i wrote 198 word about mario kart world
6 months ago
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i wrote 198 words about 28 years later
7 months ago
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i wrote 199 words about moby dick
7 months ago
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Toussaint Egan
9 months ago
By now you've probably heard the news: Polygon has been sold to Valnet and I, along with most of my wonderful colleagues, have been laid off. That said, I'm now open to new opportunities! If you've enjoyed my work and would like to work together in any capacity, please feel to hit me up via my DMs!
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lotta people asking so fuck it. i'll be pope
9 months ago
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buhloone mind state is the best de la soul record and if you dislike that take you're gonna hate what i think their second best one is
9 months ago
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this is a photograph of me (not joking)
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10 months ago
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i wrote about every michael mann protagonist for
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
lareviewofbooks.org/article/mann...
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Mann Men | Los Angeles Review of Books
Clayton Purdom explores an oeuvre of men in crisis in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/mann-men/
10 months ago
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i've got 5,000 words about michael mann in this
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10 months ago
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guarantee nobody likes vespertine more than me
about 1 year ago
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you loved brat summer. now it's time for perverts winter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zr-...
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Perverts
YouTube video by Ethel Cain - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zr-lb9E1NE&ab_channel=EthelCain-Topic
about 1 year ago
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Traditional Thanksgiving weekend viewing of Ferrari (pronounced like Adam Driver pronounces it)
about 1 year ago
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please comment the platform needs your strength !
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about 1 year ago
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last year i wrote an essay that i'd been working on intermittently for years, and today it finally went live on the los angeles review of books. it's probably my favorite thing i've ever written, and it'd mean a lot if you'd give it a read.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/weir...
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Weird Nonfiction | Los Angeles Review of Books
Clayton Purdum situates nonfictional works designed “with the intention of upsetting, disturbing, or confusing the audience,” in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42, “Gossip.”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/weird-nonfiction/
over 1 year ago
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i cannot recommend enough that you spend some time reading pao on the resurgence of guitars in music in 2024 -- one of the best pieces of music writing i've read in forever
www.exresearch.co/every-bedroo...
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Every bedroom you've ever entered
Thoughts on guitars, tablature, and the internet (plus a bonus mixtape).
https://www.exresearch.co/every-bedroom-youve-ever-entered/?ref=exmove-newsletter
over 1 year ago
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bijan
over 1 year ago
really excellent look at roblox! highly recommend if you want to understand the metaverse as it actually exists
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we run across roblox all the time at EX and wanted to demystify it for ourselves. the result: our first-ever special report, a 6,000-word odyssey into the baffling world of role-playing LEGO-headed unsupervised children. free to all subscribers
www.exresearch.co/untitled/
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What’s the deal with Roblox? An EX Special Report
We turned our red Roblox caps backwards and started greeting our fellow kids.
https://www.exresearch.co/untitled/
over 1 year ago
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ATTN: writers looking for pitches for EX. we pay $200 for 800 words. i want your fun/funny/weird pitches about culture, technology, or both. more details here:
forms.gle/ihXaHtrNb7WA...
pls rt if you think ppl in yr network may be interested!
over 1 year ago
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had a good conversation about "the meme game"
www.exresearch.co/the-greatest...
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The Greatest Meme Of All Time
Anyone who works for very long on “the internet culture beat” has to quickly come to terms with the fact that they’ll never beat Know Your Meme. The site, which has been around since 2007, is simply f...
https://www.exresearch.co/the-greatest-meme-of-all-time/
over 1 year ago
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i had to write about it
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A user’s guide to the Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef
The beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has dominated pop culture for the past 6 weeks or so, and one consistent complaint I’ve heard from people, online and IRL, is that they don’t know what’s goin...
https://www.exresearch.co/a-users-guide-to-the-kendrick-lamar-drake-beef/
over 1 year ago
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have been slow-cooking this one in my brain for years and wrote it in one sitting, largely from memory, in a psychogenic fugue
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The golden age of rap producer tags
It’s quite likely that you and I are both thinking of the exact same thing right now.
https://www.exresearch.co/the-golden-age-of-rap-producer-tags
almost 2 years ago
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huge honor to officially be a tab. thx
@bijan.bsky.social
and
@rusty.todayintabs.com
almost 2 years ago
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bijan
almost 2 years ago
you should subscribe to ex research if you (like me) are interested in the weirder corners of the internet
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i wrote about the av club and my unlikely optimism for the internet
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Where is culture headed?
On Pitchfork, the A.V. Club, and optimism for the internet.
https://www.exresearch.co/where-is-culture-headed/
almost 2 years ago
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somehow never written much about tierra whack, a fact i rectified for
@exmove.bsky.social
almost 2 years ago
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going through a grouper phase or as i call it "experiencing seasonal affective disorder" 😏
about 2 years ago
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you hate waking up to see this on your computer
about 2 years ago
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big cosign from "friend of the stack" bijan stephen
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about 2 years ago
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Molly Knight
about 2 years ago
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this week's send felt like a real portal to another dimension. i humbly submit that EX is "on one" this week
exmove.substack.com/p/return-to-...
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Return to Kitty City
Also: Moebius, 1-bit horror, and the "shut up" button.
https://exmove.substack.com/p/return-to-kitty-city
about 2 years ago
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been thinking a lot about this emoji 😼
over 2 years ago
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cait (and adonis)
over 2 years ago
got paid and treated myself to something i've been wanting
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I asked dall-e for a gamer and this is what it gave me
over 2 years ago
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Pao has been wanting to write a “What was PC Music” article for awhile, and the release of Hannah Diamond’s new LP provided a great reason to stretch out and finally do it. Highly recommended (the album and the article)
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How Hannah Diamond broke my heart in high definition
Perfect Picture, her last record on PC Music, comes full circle
https://exmove.substack.com/p/how-hannah-diamond-broke-my-heart
over 2 years ago
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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥
over 2 years ago
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