That’s very kind of you, Fandango.

A lot of smaller nonprofits lost funding sources because of the gutting of DEIAB initiatives upstream.

petition to get people on the internet to stop calling the president “Dump,” out of respect for James McNew’s wonderful longtime solo project

I am not cut out for the temps up there but my word this is breathtaking.

This is a core film for nerdy women, it's about heroically looking up facts

Happy Solstice. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

ew

It is legit great the same actor who portrayed Skeletor in Masters of the Universe also has four Tony Awards. Life’s rich pageant, etc.

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

Black and navy blue together: irredeemable fashion faux pas or “who gives a shit aside from a few sourpuss septuagenarians?”

Started reading Paul Morley’s meandering, lyrical new Bowie book last night. (Of interest to @brucelevenstein.bsky.social obv.)

Pluribus (2025)

Crazy-making Frog

Stunning.

this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt

Search your camera roll for “hell.”

MeTV Toons had an incredible year and picked up a LOT of shows and shorts, many of which haven't been seen in decades. And if Jerry Beck is saying we ain't seen nothing yet, I believe him. They've been making this the better cartoon channel and they're securing the future. Still want to see it.

The mail thieves are out in full force! Think about arranging pickup for your packages at a UPS/FedEx store, Amazon locker, etc. Hope ol’ stickyfingers is getting good use out of the deodorant I ordered. 🤷‍♀️

Buried lede here: I realize actors who aren’t at the apex predator part of the food chain have to go where their publicists send them, but why was Ethan Hawke on Joe Rogan?

oh how I guffawed when I read this

!!!

Remembering when George Segal and Jessica Walter (stars of 1968’s “Bye Bye Braverman”!) died within one day of each other.

You were a child crawling on your knees toward it

The Mary Poppins Arkestra Under the Direction of Dick Van Dyke

The anecdote Rob Reiner shares in his introduction to The Princess Bride's 25th anniversary screenings is delightful. Have fun storming the castle 💙 youtu.be/wyklNur-auI?...

This year has been a lot to process and that includes my musical consumption too. RIP D’Angelo, RIP Dave Ball, RIP Joe Byrd, RIP Marty DiBergi. And thank you. tropicofentropy.com/2025/12/15/t...

I’m having a stroke.

E Pluribus Zevon.

I grew up a bohemian Gen X kid in Brooklyn, with a fairly “Squid and the Whale”-coded youth, and this may not be “a criticism” but it is A READ. (I don’t have much opinion on Geese. They’re fine but it seems like music for white guys who over-romanticize their college experience.)

Mad about no GROUNDNUT 🐝

Similar design ideas.

Tonight’s “Pluribus” (Carol’s part anyway) speaks to the self-centered nihilist callousness that the lockdown era fostered. (That behavior never left and even got worse, so the ep resonates.) And I still think that among all the other cultural refs there’s a “Christmas Carol” thread woven through.

The thing to keep in mind re “Town Bloody Hall” is that Norman Mailer is really fucking funny and Germaine Greer is the Russell Brand of radfems.

I mean… I feel like the “never again” conversation should be primarily led and guided by antizionist Jewish people. Of which there are many. We can move the needle better than any outsider group. If you’re using a Star of David like this and you’re not one of us, you are straight up being a dick.

Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.

Look, if we are where we are politically and the Pantone color of the year is white, surely we can usher in the Welkaissance. music.apple.com/us/album/rai...

Bluesky is a nursing home for people who know what firewire is

Overheard, white twentysomething on her phone, pacing anxiously on the G train platform: “I’m honored to serve this legacy brand.”

I don’t usually watch documentaries more than once with a few very major exceptions (“Grey Gardens,” “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, stuff that’s a notable example of the form or does something smart and unique). But I really REALLY don’t watch trauma porn docs more than once, if at all.

All I want to do is to thank you even though I don't know who you are You let me change lanes while I was driving in my car

Apparently eleven years ago tonight I attended this 35mm sneak preview at the New Beverly, paired with “The Groove Tube” (1974).

booo

I am relieved we as a culture didn’t really take to “I’m not calling you out, I’m calling you *in*.”

I've been inactive w/ my newsletter/blog. It's been a busy and overwhelming year! But I pulled together a movie list. Here's the blog version; if you'd like the better-designed Mailchimp one in your inbox, click Subscribe on the left of the page. I won't spam you. tropicofentropy.com/2025/12/08/t...

NYC Dept of Emergency Management sez: “Arctic cold will grip the region Monday and Tuesday. Monday will be the coldest day since February, and the cold will be severe enough to damage exposed skin in minutes. Stay indoors if possible and keep time outside to a minimum.”

Frank Sinatra is the only one I want to hear singing that “everybody’s waiting for the man with the bag” song because he very much does NOT mean Santa.

The Winklevoss twins have a band? And they cover RATM? Please let this be in the new “Social Network” movie.

locking it in and ripping the knob off

Little Neck Bay, two ways.