More from my favorite albums of 2025... @faetooth - Labyrinthine LA-based gothic doom mystics Faetooth take an otherworldly step up with their second album, 'Labyrinthine,' a dark transcendence of a metal record.

In a wonderful episode available ONLY on @purecinemapod.bsky.social's #Patreon, the utterly brilliant @carmelitasays.bsky.social joins @bobfreelander.bsky.social to discuss some of her own film discoveries, from eccentric folk horror to harrowing political torture! www.patreon.com/posts/film-d...

My podcasting itinerary is all over the place and I think that is pretty great! I love all kinds of movies! #Batman66 #tarkovsky #startrek

NEW EPISODE! We look at Bryan Singer's 1995 masterpiece, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, with special guest @skyemovies.bsky.social from @film89.bsky.social! Don't miss our discussion! Listen here: meanstreetspodcast.podbean.com

More from my favorite records of 2025... Håndgemeng - Satanic Panic Attack Norway isn't typically associated with joyful music, and doom metal isn't usually a mirthful subgenre, but Håndgemeng is the most fun you'll have with (stoner) doom in 2025.

Russian science fiction always be like, "ok, but what if we experienced existence as incomprehensible loneliness... IN SPACE?!?!" (Solaris, 1972, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)

More from my favorite albums of 2025... Coroner - Dissonance Theory Comeback of the decade? In their heydey, Coroner released 5 classic progressive thrash albums in the span of 6 years, but we haven't heard newly recorded material from them since 1993.

Reminder that St. Patrick was kidnapped from his birthplace in Britain and taken across the sea and enslaved for six years in Ireland before he was able to escape and make his way to continental Europe. He would later return to minister to the Irish people without utilizing oppression or bloodshed.

Harry Styles is a fashion icon, global superstar, and a non-toxic himbo, but is there substance behind his art? @noahtarnow.bsky.social and @billscurry.bsky.social discuss England's most dreamy crooner on @noahandbillshow.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

More from my favorite records of 2025... Castle Rat - The Beastiary I was a fan of Castle Ray's debut 'Into the Realm,' but 'The Beastiary' is a total step up in every way.

My review of 'Sirat' boxd.it/dy7WiL

More from my favorite records of 2025... Bonnie Trash - Mourning You Art is never made in a vacuum, so a band of queer women releasing an album of angry, goth-influenced post-punk, replete with hunger and vampiric imagery, is particularly potent for 2025.

The brilliant @welshbluesman.bsky.social explorers the origins of the #AcademyAwards as a means of soft power for crushing union organizing efforts and establishing greater corporate control! Learn your art labor history with @film89.bsky.social! www.film89.co.uk/the-origin-o...

Feeling heartwarmed with my Counter Monkey picks for comics of the week! Free Planet #10 by @aubreysitterson.com, @jebriodo.bsky.social, Vittorio Astone, and @tayloresposito.bsky.social; Harley & Ivy: Life & Crimes #4 by @ericafails.bsky.social and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou; and (1/2)

More for my favorite records of 2025... Blood Vulture - Die Close Metal mastermind/corpse comedian Jordan Olds's first foray into an album's worth of original material, 'Die Close,' is an immediate triumph.

Both very millennial and very Catholic of me that, as I approach the age where I would need a colonoscopy as a medical precaution, the only thing I'm dreading about it is having to ask someone for a ride to and from my appointment.

Appropriate, as this is the exact type of thing a weak mind corrupted by a palantír would say...

More from my favorite records of 2025! Blackbraid - III Our man Sgah'gahsowáh is really That Dude. A one-man black metal machine that has churned out top records in the genre each time he has released an album.

How to get me babbling constantly about how much I love a couple movies? Make the topic @realgdt.bsky.social's pair of Hellboy films! On this Popcorn Eschaton, Scott and I explore prophecy, love, and crushing Nazi automatons! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

John Frankenheimer is one of cinema's great action directors, and on this episode of @film89.bsky.social, the brilliant @stevoo7.bsky.social joins @skyemovies.bsky.social to explore the making of the director's 1966 thrillingly realistic racing epic, GRAND PRIX! www.film89.co.uk/the-film-89-...

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, @welshbluesman.bsky.social continues his series on the history of Hollywood with a look at the creation of the Academy, the Oscars and the machinations of its key founder, Louis B. Mayer. www.film89.co.uk/the-origin-o...

Finally it has come time to begin posting my FAVORITE albums of 2025! Let's start with something bleak and depressing! 1914 - Viribus Unitis Ukraine's 1914 have been telling stories of the madness of the First World War as a metaphor for the madness of all war for over a decade now...

I was reminded today that the Long Beach State baseball team goes by "The Dirtbags." Baseball is great.

More from my "Runner's Up for Favorite Albums of 2025"... Wytch Hazel - V: Lamentations In the same way that Morke manifests positivity and hope through castles and chivalric fables, Wytch Hazel does with nature worship and spirituality, specifically a sort of pastoral Christianity

Up to his very last roles, the one-and-only Udo Kier was still being a weird freak, making us uncomfortable as only he could. Rest in Power. (Dark Winds, "Ni' Ániidí (The New World)," directed by Jim Chory, written by John Wirth & Steven P. Judd)

Hail, King 👑

It's more Director's Missing Pieces on @purecinemapod.bsky.social! From John Frankenheimer Cold War thrillers to William Wellman Westerns, @elrickane.bsky.social and @bobfreelander.bsky.social guide us through more great movies from our favorite filmmakers! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Dear Star Trek: The Next Generation, Fuck you 😭😭😭 ("The Inner Light," Directed by Peter Lauritson, written by Morgan Gendel and Peter Allan Fields)

I know it's not the point of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Inner Light" (one of the most profound and touching pieces of science fiction ever filmed or written), but good lord, Patrick Stewart has some truly beautiful arms. 😍

I'm thrilled to be back on @schlockandawe1.bsky.social with my friend @readandgeek.bsky.social! Hope you'll find enjoyment in listening to us explore the darker side of pleasure taken from watching.

On Episode 147 of The #Film89Podcast, @skyemovies.bsky.social & @stevoo7.bsky.social discuss the making of John Frankenheimer’s epic motor racing drama, Grand Prix (1966). www.film89.co.uk/the-film-89-... Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podomatic, GooglePlay, Amazon Music & more.

In a time of astronomical health care costs, I believe @tastinghistory.bsky.social has a viable solution...

The greatest philosophers of the 20th century...

More from my "Runner's Up for Favorite Albums of 2025"... Warbringer - Wrath and Ruin Some thrash bands like to sing about science fiction, some about nuclear apocalypse, some about drinking, and some about how awesome thrash is.

THE PITT combines prestige TV storytelling with a traditional network episode structure that has garnered critical and commercial success. @noahtarnow.bsky.social and @billscurry.bsky.social discuss what is "ER: Resurrected!" on @noahandbillshow.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

More from my "Runner's Up for Favorite Albums of 2025"... Species - Changelings These Polish youngsters practice a particularly weird, technical/progressive brand of the genre, with heavy influences from Voivod, Forbidden, and peak-period Coroner.

On the apparent goal of the war in Iran being initiating Armageddon... While Jesus was often very clear about how we should behave towards one another, he was typically obtuse when it came to theology. (1/5)

Scorpion Milk - Slime of the Times The inverse of Floating's black metal/post-punk mixture (this record being 80% post-punk, 20% black metal), Scorpion Milk is as bleak as any black metal band...

Grim-faced with my Counter Monkey picks for comics of the week! Cave Grave by @shawnkuruneru.bsky.social; Hanna and the Hells vs. The Beatles #1 by Sam Ashurst and Tony M Clarke; and Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #6 by @patrickhorvath.bsky.social and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou!

More from my "Runner's Up for Favorite Albums of 2025"... Primitive Man - Observance Primitive Man creates avalanches of misery and self-hatred, an unstoppable stampede of screams, guitars, and misery written in musical notes.

How is it that the only ones responsible for making this mess Got their sorry asses stapled to a goddamn desk? youtu.be/0Fju9o8BVJ8?...

On @pablo.show I talked about the limits of generative AI, and why the brainstorming process—which LLMs mostly eliminate, imo—is fundamental to doing *good* work.