Today, I canceled Netflix and signed up for Night Fight Plus.

@robinjames.bsky.social takes apart the underlying anti-feminism of the Jacobin piece: itsherfactory.substack.com/p/rock-music...

In @screenslate.bsky.social , I wrote about Ulli Lommel's TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES: www.screenslate.com/articles/ten.... It plays tonight at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social , in @adambaran.bsky.social 's "Narrow Rooms" series.

For Gay City News, I reviewed the latest albums by Isaiah Rashad and MUNA: gaycitynews.com/may-lgbtq-mu...

Alex still needs our help. I know it's difficult times for all, but if you're able do consider helping. Alex has made,and continues to make, an enormous difference in film culture not only as one of the best in her field, but in creating opportunities for others as well.

“‘American Dream’ becomes a bleak vision of ordinary people crushed under capitalism,” @callinamagician.bsky.social writes. “It depicts a form of corporate culture that no longer feels any need to maintain a pretense of humanity by providing a living wage.”

If you were gay, the '90s were pretty horrible, no matter how good THE X-FILES was. Even sticking to pop culture of the period, have nostalgists actually noticed what grunge and gangsta rap were saying?

My latest "Radio Not Radio" show is out: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic.... Among others, it features Ashley McBryde, Emmylou Harris, Andrew Sa, H. C. McEntire, Deafkids, Emaciate, Warning, Bekor Qilish, Marta Sanchez, Aster, OOIOO, Little Annie, Anne Clark, mui zyu, the Last Poets & Tyshawn Sorey.

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN APRIL PT. 2: THE GARDEN OF STONES (Parviz Kimiavi) RICHARD CARDINAL: CRY FROM THE DIARY OF A METIS CHILD (Alanis Obomsawin) SPLATTER: NAKED BLOOD (Hisayasu Sato) TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES (Ulli Lommel)

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN APRIL PART 1: AMERICAN DREAM (Barbara Kopple) ARCANA (Giuliano Questi) CHYTILOVA VERSUS FORMAN (Vera Chytilova) THE DAYS WHEN I DON'T EXIST (Jean-Charles Fitoussi) THE DEATH OF GANDJI (Moustapha Alassane) DYN AMO (Stephen Dwoskin)

This is a really interesting piece that tells me a lot of things I didn‘t know about running an indie label in the mid 20s and goes against some of the discourse received wisdom too www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF APRIL PT. 3: OOIOO & Lightning Bolt-THE HORIZON SPIRALS/THE HORIZON VIRAL (Thrill Jockey) Marta Sanchez-FOR THE SPACE YOU LEFT (Out Of Your Head) Sunn O)))-s/t (Sub Pop) Upsammy & Valentina Magaletti-SEISMO (PAN) Weed420-“ESTOY VIVIENDO” (self-released)

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF APRIL PT. 2: Fauna-TAIGA TRANS (Glitterbeat) Kristen Gallerneaux-LIFE DAY Gay Meat-BLUE WATER (Skeletal Family) Heavensouls-WESTSIDE TRAPPED Ella Langley-DANDELION (Columbia) Ashley Monroe-DEAR NASHVILLE (Mountainrose Sparrow) Kacey Musgraves-MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (Lost Highway)

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF APRIL PT. 1: Aster-PARTY DOWN THE HALL Bekor Qilish-CONSECRATED ABYSSES OF DREAD Black Warhols-FAMOUS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES Leila Boudrueil & Kali Malone-INTERSECTING PLANES Elina Duni & Rob Luft-REACHING FOR THE MOON Emaciate-BEATEN INTO PARESTHESIA Francesco Fabris-DISPLACES

FAVORITE SINGLES OF APRIL PT. 2: Massive Attack & Tom Waits-“Boots On the Ground” (PIAS) Edward Skeletrix-“Slavery” (Range Music) Soulless-“Lore Of The Unspoken Realm” Vince Staples-“Blackberry Marmalade” (Loma Vista) The Tubs-“Fade To Black” (Merge) Mui zyu-“Parallelisme”(Father/Daughter)

FAVORITE SINGLES OF APRIL PART 1: DJ Massive 100% Dynanite, MC Lipex-“Piano do Mal” (self-released) Noah Kahan-“The Great Divide” (Mercury) Kelela-“idea 1” (Warp) Lao-“Tabano” (N.A.A.F.I.) Champuru Makhenzo, Amaza, Audio Addicts, Buzzi Lee-“444” (Trapiano)

For @slantmagazine.com , I reviewed Kacey Musgraves' MIDDLE OF NOWHERE: www.slantmagazine.com/music/kacey-...

Today on the marquee: @callinamagician.bsky.social on the new re-release of Barbara Kopple's essential AMERICAN DREAM.

Final edition of my Best Experimental Releases on Bandcamp column is up, thanks everyone for reading over the last seven years! daily.bandcamp.com/best-experim...

The 2026 Prismatic Ground festival, which showcases avant-garde films, begins tomorrow. They've made a selection of shorts available for free viewing online: www.prismaticground.com/year-six/wav...

The best examples of middlebrow art, by my unique definition: FINNEGAN'S WAKE and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE.

I hope the "Norf Norf" lady makes a reaction video to Vince Staples' "Blackberry Marmalade."

Happy FREDDY GOT FINGERED 25th anniversary to all who celebrate!

This one features Suicide, Gina X Performance, Shox Lumania, Kelela, Suitor, Edward Skeletrix, Claudia Valentina, Theodora, Alizade, Jeune Morty, ANSIEDAD1000, weed420, People Like Us, Maryam Saleh, Fauna, Mary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire, Francesco Fabris, Hoavi, Sonny Sharrock, Sunn O))), etc.

My latest "Radio Not Radio" episode, featuring plunderphonics, electronic post-punk, and much more is up on Mixcloud now: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

A few days ago, rarefilmm added a few movies, including André Delvaux's BELLE, the Alain Robbe-Grillet adaptation LES GOMMES, Parviz Kimiavi's GARDEN OF STONES and Philippe Grandrieux's SOMBRE.

If you were a music fan in the '90s, was the path towards MTV and commercial radio play any more fair and transparent than today's bots and fake TikTok accounts? (Had Geese dropped "Cobra" or "Taxes" 30 years ago, they would've hit the Buzz Bin, probably w/payola involved.)

As one does. www.wired.com/story/staunc...

Why does YouTube keep recommending me John Kiriakou videos?

@callinamagician.bsky.social on the documentary "John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office" -- if Lilly hadn’t been a real person, a science fiction writer would no doubt have created him. Screening @brattletheatre.bsky.social on April 13. artsfuse.org/326330/film-...

For Gay City News, I reviewed the latest albums by Arlo Parks and Gay Meat: gaycitynews.com/april-lgbtq-...

Glad to see that Bandcamp's still running Marc Masters' column about experimental music after all: daily.bandcamp.com/best-experim...

For Gay City News, I wrote about THE CHRISTOPHERS: gaycitynews.com/the-christop...

In Slant Magazine, I reviewed the debut album from My New Band Believe, featuring former black midi bassist Camron Picton: www.slantmagazine.com/music/my-new...

It has come to my attention that not all of you are aware that this exists. So, here it is. It exists. Dozens of channels of randomized music videos and bumpers. Choose your era and return to your childhood. Bookmark it for when you need to escape back. wantmymtv.vercel.app/player.html

Among others, this one features Neo Geodesia, Serokolo 7, Fire-Toolaz, Laibach, Yonu, Underscores, Googly Eyes, Cabaret Voltaire, Pan Sonic, VV Pete/Deela/Lisha G/Utility, Yeat & Swizz Beatz, Lifeguard, Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Leila Abdul-Rauf.

Ascend into spring with my latest "Radio Not Radio" show, taking in ironic pop, acid house and free jazz: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...