Was excited for New Press' updated edition of John Dinges' THE CONDOR YEARS, but it's been pushed back repeatedly, and just was again... to 2028.

pleasant dreams!

do I have any friends traveling between Germany and the States anytime soon? www.soundohm.com/product/wher...

Have been meaning to see JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS simply because Jordan Cronenweth shot it

lando calrissian ass sky

This is the second Watergate reference in 5 issues of Phantom Stranger from 2 different writers!

"The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment." www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...

[Hank Quinlan reference here]

Remembering Chico Hamilton on his birthday 🎂 📷 Jerry Schatzberg, 1965 "Hamilton had a subtle and melodic approach that made him ideally suited for the understated style that came to be known as cool jazz, of which his hometown, Los Angeles, was the epicenter." - Peter Keepnews

Thinking about the Underground Press Syndicate, the Alternative Press Syndicate, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and the benefits of partnerships and syndication. A subscription package for multiple sites would probably appeal to a lot of readers.

It's been kind of amazing to watch a small cult grow around this iconic performance in recent years.

Someone has seen to it that this dollar bin doom patrol comic won’t be losing its pages anytime soon

Quite a photo from @staceywescott.bsky.social

comics thread of the day

Here are today’s head doodles, drawn this morning, colored moments ago. The mindless cartooning of heads seems to be my way of soothing the agitations inflicted upon the soul by the horrors of the day. Making more heads right now because it’s not soothing the agitated soul well enough.

Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of worker-owned cooperative news sites that you might want to support: www.404media.co/membership/

Picking just three underrated masterpieces from this list: Last Hurrah for Chivalry: Everything Woo would do in his Heroic Bloodshed films, but in the guise of a 70s wuxia film. School on Fire: Ringo's bleakest, and best, movie. Blind Detective: Every great Johnnie To film rolled into one movie.

Ok, fine, I’ll do the author thing where I pose alongside my advance reader copy seconds after seeing it for the first time.

"There is plenty of humor in Germany, more than enough. But we do not permit ourselves to be ridiculed." www.abramsbooks.com/product/outr...

Pretty amazing that this show happened—when Waxahatchee mgmt asked me for help getting in touch with Bill a few months ago I figured he would never play a show this big. If anyone has any recording or video of it pls send it my way. Bummed I couldn’t be there

doomers go home

I think this is a @theverge.com rule FWIW. www.theverge.com/ethics-state...

This is coming up a lot again

All I ask of a Westbound reissue campaign is an America Eats its Young poster and super-high-quality Pedro Bell reproductions and holographic projections of the Ohio Players album covers

I bet Don Newton would have done good stuff with Howard the Duck

wreak it

Imagine learning that Concentration Camps in Germany were ordered to remove signs and other exhibits documenting the suffering and hardships of Jewish prisoners. That's what we are talking about when it comes to the tory of slavery at Harpers Ferry. #NationalParks www.wlbt.com/video/2025/0...

This just came up on the ol' mp3 shuffle www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BoQ...

creator credit for Jack Kirby in post-Kirby NEW GODS, 1977

Redford. Winger. Stewart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aULE...

Mets

TASK, like MARE OF EASTTOWN before it, has me thinking about this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RabQ...

I remember reading this @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy piece 10 years ago and it unlocking something key about him as movie star, filmmaker, patron of American cinema www.filmcomment.com/article/robe...

[everyone posting cool Redford photos] [posts one with former Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, on the set of Three Days of the Condor, October 1975] [record scratch]

And thanks for being Daredevil, too.

The Associates (1979), created by James Brooks and starring a very young Martin Short. It was canceled after 9 of its 13 episodes were aired. It was still nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX01...

Here's a link to the wise new essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates, along with a photo of the author. If you want more photos of the subject, you can probably find them. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

For those so inclined, this site has lengthy, thoroughly researched entries on many specific Redford outfits. bamfstyle.com/tag/robert-r...

Just sent out a new Buttondown newsletter. It's free for all! buttondown.com/simonsaybram...

But what’s replaying in my head now is the end of Three Days of the Condor, when Redford’s character thinks he has burned the whole cover-up by whistleblowing to the New York Times, and the CIA guy says “what makes you think they’ll print it?” I remember that being heavy *then*. Now it’s…well.