Before he was The Ghoul in Fallout, Walton Goggins played my namesake in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.

Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency is out in March with @leverpress.bsky.social. The book is full of all the trending topics. Trump (bluh!), Star Wars, Nic Cage, David Lynch, Superheroes, Valerie Solanas, climate change, A.I., robots, North Korea, Covid. 📽️ #BookSky #FilmSky #AcademicSky

I may go see the Melania documentary just for some guaranteed alone time.

Scenes from Melania opening night.

Quite literally Pod Save America!

Glass uses "Kennedy Center" three times. Never "Trump Kennedy Center".

All of the points that define Trump's fascism in this article have been prominent throughout his first and second term. It was and has always has been fascism. Good for The Atlantic for calling it, but, it could have been called years ago. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Murder is a crime. youtu.be/1EKCAE1vDzY?...

More members of Trump's Board of Peace announced.

Aurora borealis over Kingston, Ontario.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carny's speech at the WEF is getting a lot of attention. And rightly so. It is measured, pragmatic, and realistic. It's not good news. Liberalism is over. Maybe always a lie. I guess this marks (Mark's) the real 'end of history.' www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...

Interesting. My 2016 book on Dennis Hopper which was published by Amsterdam Uni Press is now, after an acquisition last year which I didn't hear about, published by Routledge. Its's cool. It means both Hopper books are now under the same umbrella. Like having two albums out on the same label.

It would have been David Lynch’s birthday today. Here's hoping he is swimming in a pool of coffee.

@leverpress.bsky.social is publishing a second edition of my 2021 book Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency in March 2026. Which emergency? All of them. Excited to see this in print (again) and available as Open Access. #filmsky #booksky #academicsky

My publisher @intellectbooks.bsky.social must know some terrible info about the state of the world as they have brought my book Post-Catastrophe Film: Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster forward to May 4th (may not the reason). #BookSky #Filmsky www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...

"I don't want to come off as arrogant here, but I'm the greatest botanist on this planet."

@mickpuck.bsky.social I've heard you talk about visiting the Royal Academy to see the Dennis Hopper exhibition in 2014. Did you get a poster?

Did she say "3200% increase"?

No love for Scott Adams but Dilbert used to be funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy6m...

I did my anxiety about impending war and nuclear conflict no favors by watching Miracle Mile last night. The tone shift was remarkable and the familiar faces of numerous character actors of the era was somehow reassuring.

This 2017 Illustration by artist Hazel Lai demonstrates Trump's current delusional mindset of dismantling/destroying the USA and the rest of the world. The piece accompanied my 2017 essay The Revenge of SCUM Masculinity. hkrbooks.com/2017/02/02/h...

They are really rolling with it today.

We're good for now. youtu.be/0-MYK_i6gl8?...

Billy and Wyatt (Captain America) will return in Avengers: Doomsday.

This is the closest I've seen Trump come to Blue Velvet's Frank Booth. I always knew it was there. Little flashes. But here a full 9 seconds.

What year is it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9n...

More small but effective victories like this in 2026. "Rage, rage against the dying of the light,"

Ended 2025 on a high note by watching Mad Max (1979) with my teenage son. I could have done with more Toecutter screen time, but maybe that would have been too much of a good thing.

Hello @mickpuck.bsky.social. A touching tribute to you and @waterboysmusic.bsky.social in Keith Cameron’s 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure. All the best for 2026!

26 years ago I was in Cardiff watching Manic Street Preachers. No money, no plan on where I'd stay the night, just sheer youthful exuberance and a seat of pants attitude to life. Where did it go? Where did I go? youtu.be/dh7YvnAf_3Q?...

The joke that keeps on delivering. My favorite film of 2025 was... It was a thrill to present Easy Rider to the Kingston film-going community back in October and see it play on the big screen.

Goose Geese

2025 was a quiet year in terms of published articles, reviews, and podcasts. I was writing two new books and prepping another for reissue, so I have an excuse. Here is my 2025 round up. #filmsky #cinemasky

Me at the beginning of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025. Still on the horse...but.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q53G... grimace_smoking_weed.jpeg by @chatpileband.bsky.social

I believe Law has hit his Meldrew Point.

Easy Rider (1969, dir Dennis Hopper)

Probably one of my favorite albums of 2025 is Dan Mayer's The Kneeling. Just lovely noise. @theflenser.bsky.social kneelingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kneeling

What if, and I mention this with trepidation, there was not a raging storm happening the night Andy Dufresne decided to escape Shawshank Prison. A lot was riding on it. What was his backup plan?

Me. Don't talk politics during Christmas dinner. Also Me.

When the gravy has gone cold.

Cranberry sauce with your turkey this year?

The first brussel sprout.

youtube.com/shorts/cVpnO... Comedian Stewart Lee had his number years ago.