I wish @criterion.bsky.social would put out a Guy Maddin box set. Or at least THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD.

I’m a bit of a home video nerd but I will never understand people who get worked up over damage to a cardboard sleeve that only exists to make the disc cases easier to stack and pack for shipping.

Friday news drop: I have 2 more neck surgeries on Monday. Won’t be around for a bit. Might not come back to social media at all but I haven’t decided yet.

I should’ve been a cult leader

Would watch.

Blessings to all y'all that use Substack but...c'mon...that platform continues to suck.

Ten years ago my friend Nevada Hill died. At the time I wrote about how his death and Bowie’s are linked in my mind. Today was the first time I’ve read it since then and it all came flooding back. Miss you buddy. www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorize...

Hell yeah - a Los Lobos documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshW...

The art of this new Godzilla comic book looks cool www.comicsbeat.com/the-horror-o...

I lived in the Southern United States for a fair chunk of my life but can’t use y’all. It’s a handy fucking word but it feels unnatural; too much Northern New England in me so y’all doesn’t come out wicked good.

I hate ads but people used to make some cool ones

Happy birthday, Henry Threadgill! About to start a radio show devoted to his 1990s work; join here, if you'd like: wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social

Russell Crowe was great as Jack Aubrey. I wish we had some sequels to Master and Commander.

So, who wants to join my heavy Gary Numan cover band? We're called Tubway Army

Who is the Richie Havens of black metal?

Rhino’s 25-CD Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day series exposed me to tons of music back in the day and they’re a joy to revisit. I don’t listen to R. Dean Taylor every day but “Indiana Wants Me” makes me smile.

Danzig's "Twist of Cain" would've been better as a Billy Idol song.

Request from a friend. Can anyone help me identify this album?

@burningambulance.bsky.social reminded me of one of my favorite movie stories. In 1991 the local arthouse would get movies for a night or two as prints got shipped around. Naked Lunch played one Monday night only. I went to the early show, and when it finished went to the late show. Totally worth it

in the latest Sententiae Antiquae post they linked to this amazing project that turns the descriptive prose of the Iliad's long battle into a spatial timeline. I'm excited.

I saw the news that Eddie Bauer filed for bankruptcy. Has any company done better after being taken over by a private equity firm? Any at all?

Get some games and fuck ICE

Soylent Greenery

As usual I’m 90 years behind, listening to Django Reinhardt while reading Terry and the Pirates comic strips.

is a 4chan party an incelebration?

Leiber & Stoller were pretty good songwriters.

Sometimes you need to hear The Coasters sing the word “floor” once or thrice. youtu.be/epCN0f7FTIY?...

Missed the news they were making a Billy Preston documentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFWU...

Look, just follow Ada Palmer. She posts interesting stuff and wrote my favorite book from last year.

As someone with chronic pain and mental health issues this printing collective warms the cold cockles of my heart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vube...

Bandcamp Friday! This one is special. Contributed a track to this wonderful comp full of wonderful artists to raise money for the National Immigrant Justice Center. Give a listen and drop some money for a good cause. seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...

I’ve come up with a lot of silly band combinations over the years. One I wish was real was a band that sounds like Butthole Surfers covering Hawkwind. They’d be called Buttwind.

"Love is the distance between reality and pain." -Robyn Hitchcock, 1989

Leonard Cohen was pretty good.

one of my favorite lesser-known shoegaze tunes. Play loud. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPlW...

Kinda think Michael Penn's "No Myth" would translate well to a modern country cover version.

Pirates of the Caribbean needs a prequel trilogy that explains the rise of the British empire. I want to know more about this fantasy world!

Prince wrote an early draft of Under the Cherry Moon in 1982. www.youtube.com/watch?v=85iu...

It’s statistically likely that Jesus was a short king.

RIP Thomas Aquinas you would have loved arguing about the right way to imagine fantasy scenarios on blogs.

This song prepared me for Pizzicato Five and Yoko Kanno. youtu.be/_410rUN6e2c?...

This is my most-played album of the last six months. Maybe 2026 will be the year other people fall for Tiny Voices the way I did back in 2003.

So when you held me tight against you And I mistook your heart for thunder And like a flag, hid behind and under you Who could blame me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTF...

Guided By Voices “I Am A Tree” is a top tier Urge Overkill song

Guess who got covid from the movers? This guy.

I keep coming back to this and wish they'd do an entire album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...

As the years go by I like Giant Giant Sand’s Tucson more and more. A ramshackle joy of an album. youtu.be/_uervctEtMI?...

you could do worse than watch all the David Macaulay specials from back in the day. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

My (allegedly full-time) job just cut everyone’s hours to save money and I’m now working three 6.5 hour shifts a week. If anyone would like to pay me to write or needs a part time FOH professional (20 years in hospitality), I’d love some extra work so I can stay alive.

Bax sent me this earlier and it’s enchanting.