Teenager destroyed me so completely in Mario Kart that I felt Satie the only appropriate soundtrack. Thoughts of David Shenk’s THE IMMORTAL GAME: “The game is often as much about demolishing your opponent’s will and self-esteem as it is about implementing a superior strategy.”

New mixtape! New list of 10! Happy Friday! austinkleon.substack.com/p/a-day-too-...

This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)

10 mini newsletters rolled into one today: austinkleon.substack.com/p/10-scraps-...

Missing baseball? ⚾️ austinkleon.substack.com/p/designed-t...

Gone almost 3 years now austinkleon.com/2022/11/30/r...

the REN & STIMPY episode my kids wanted to watch before the game started really set the tone for the evening

Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)

In his newsletter this week, @austinkleon.bsky.social unintentionally captures the spirit of my current project. It’s comforting to not feel like I am alone in believing this. austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...

for #cassunday, please enjoy this photo I took yesterday of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska TEAC 144.

I’ll see your Springsteen deck and offer Tobin Sprout’s Tascam that was used to record the early GBV albums, including the masterpiece Bee Thousand. Pic from a friend who knows Tobin.

when former students reach out years later 🥲

What I know about writing a newsletter people want to read austinkleon.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

Evergreen post

I don’t often do themed Friday newsletters, so the last one was pretty fun: austinkleon.substack.com/p/wrong-the-...

Wrote a whole zine about death and deadlines open.substack.com/pub/austinkl...

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I started a newsletter, friends. this-not-that.ghost.io

Fantagraphics actually has a page of “how to read” their site. (I bought the first 50 issues box, but still have never been able to get into it!) blog.fantagraphics.com/how-to-read-...

death to fascism

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First episode rips — that cliffhanger/needle drop at the end? MWAH

Every time I put “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” on in the car it’s a little bit of a disappointment — really needs the compression and EQ of the radio station or Scorsese’s sound mixer

Nothing like driving in the dust cloud of a street sweeper truck with “Gimme Shelter” blasting out of your car stereo

Happy Friday here’s the newsletter austinkleon.substack.com/p/overheard-...

Loved the first episode of this — the “cliffhanger” at the end is so great

This is the America I want to live in

to paraphrase Dorothy Zbornak, another piece of the puzzle

Happy Friday here’s the list of ten austinkleon.substack.com/p/designed-t...

Phew Phillies that is an ugly way to lose a game

@levistahl.bsky.social have you read this? geni.us/69mXF3

When the Yankees get eliminated

My son: I don’t want to go to school today Me:

Here's a radio advert for Talking Heads' Remain in Light, released 45 years ago today (THREAD) youtu.be/7vCLp4LY79A

Yeah I read band books

Current status

Happy Friday to all, but especially the dangerous lunatics, haters, and punk trash. open.substack.com/pub/austinkl...

Fun living in a world where every new email — hell, every interaction online — is a Voight-Kampff test

Happy Friday to all, but especially the dangerous lunatics, haters, and punk trash. open.substack.com/pub/austinkl...

💿💿🎸✨ www.roughtrade.com/en-us/produc...

@mackeza.bsky.social can you put me in touch with your publicist? I’d love to get an advance copy of your Nintendo book for the newsletter! [email protected]

Guardians!

Oh you don’t care for the films of Paul Thomas Anderson?

Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to report that the Record Store Guy is alive and well in Austin, TX

Happy Friday there’s a new list of ten and a 20% off sale austinkleon.substack.com/p/the-idea-o...

This weekend: SLOW HORSES is back, there’s a new Cate Le Bon record to buy, and a new PT Anderson movie to see. (Is there a great book out I’m missing?)

Typewriter interview with the delightful @katebingburt.bsky.social !!! austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...

Finished ANNA KARENINA before the equinox. Didn’t like it near as much as WAR & PEACE, but still pretty great. I think that’s a wrap on Tolstoy summer!

I made it to Friday