I was asked by @gqmagazine.bsky.social to write a little bit about just going bald in the age of widespread head-shaving and affordable, believable hair transplants...so I did!

When I go to a restaurant serving linguine and clams a la Vic Damone "according to Vic's original recipe!," I honestly don't understand why they bother printing the rest of the menu.

My God, pregnant women have taken it for 70 years. Every time they open the medicine cabinet a lot of people are going to be reminded he's nuts.

Sensational profile by Sam Anderson. When I saw the trailer for THE SMASHING MACHINE, I didn't recognize Dwayne Johnson. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/m...

I'm yelling at Victor Robles' game-ending catch for the #Mariners in one room, Rosemarie is yelling at the Bad Bunny livestream in another. This is how marriages last.

This should be encouraged, not banned.

What movie do you consider perfect?

I will never not repost this when it rolls by.

Finally caught up with THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY, and after this wonderfully nasty piece of work I'm all in on whatever writer/director Francis Galluppi does next.

ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, a look at the 40th anniversary restoration of BRAZIL, the movie that broke my brain when I was a kid and is newly relevant today. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-82...

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, a look at the 40th anniversary restoration of BRAZIL, the movie that broke my brain when I was a kid and is newly relevant today. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-82...

Moments from today’s protest against ABC in support of #JimmyKimmelLive ✊ #WGAStrong

NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. On revisiting a movie from my youth that's now all too relevant, and on what changes and what stays the same. Also, music documentaries. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-82...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the main thing I've learned in the last few years is that there's no such thing as "fuck-you money."

Here's a little excerpt from this week's newsletter! Enjoy it! Share it! Subscribe to it! Read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/149-a-lonely...

Quick, burn all your Antifa membership cards. I'm havin' Pete climb the tree and take the clubhouse down. And don't do the secret handshake in public and whatnot!

NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. On revisiting a movie from my youth that's now all too relevant, and on what changes and what stays the same. Also, music documentaries. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-82...

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Free Speech President has now pulled two of the three major late night hosts off the air through threats and intimidation because of their jokes. Obviously I’m behind Jimmy Kimmel 100% in the face of this fascist garbage. Speech against this admin isn’t just being chilled, they’re freezing it.

ah, well

the skewer seems loosening out of the middle of the world

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

mark ruffalo's guy on hbo's TASK should be named "rick task"

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.

The look on Robert Redford’s face in THE HOT ROCK when he says “Afghanistan banana stand” and doesn’t know for sure what’s going to happen.

NIH Director’s Pulsing Neck Tumor Announces Cancer Research Cuts

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Evening viewing? Tonight, I’ll be mourning both Robert Redford and a once-great paper. www.criterionchannel.com/all-the-pres...

Robert Redford, among the best of Hollywood history, is no longer with us, and let's pause to remember the tangential role that he played in one of the most surprising "Peanuts" storylines. On March 30, 1993, Charlie Brown hit a game-winning home run.

Everything is Still Terrible, but several people recommended this flick, including @vpkeenan.bsky.social @aheartofgould.bsky.social and I want you to know that they were absolutely fucking right.

In the latest truly excellent newsletter from @joshgondelman.bsky.social, an analysis of how "nothing means anything" became "such a broadly applicable statement these days." Especially if you're working in the arts. www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/149-a-lonely...

There are so many lovely people in this country and all we talk about is the assholes.

Sometimes baseball is the only good thing

This is the latest into a season the Mariners have had sole possession of first place since 2001, when they won the division

I did a minor good deed this morning, which made me miss my subway train, so I took an expensive cab instead. I briefly (sarcastically) thought: "I will never help anyone ever again." And then I realized that's the full sincere thought process of like 50% of newspaper op-ed columnists.

‘This is one of the most productive periods in the history of cancer research. At the same time, my colleagues are experiencing something between malaise and terror.’ Norman Sharpless www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Edith Head's name comes up more than once. www.vogue.com/article/most...

Love the openness and honesty in this interview, especially about his filmmaking career. I will go to the mat for VANILLA SKY any day, and I say that as someone who saw and enjoyed OPEN YOUR EYES first. Can't wait to read Crowe's memoir THE UNCOOL. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/m...

every time you’re about to make a half-formed argument online, ask yourself: is there a chore I should be doing instead

For sale: #DavidLynch’s house. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Joe Hill on the 50th anniversary edition of SALEM'S LOT, written by his father Stephen King. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

“We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth.” —Voltaire

I've gone from brainstorming the #Mets postseason rotation to wondering if they can finish at .500.

Look at this sensational photo taken by Katelyn Mulcahy of Getty Images of Mookie Betts. The framing, the emotion, the added detail of a Rockies player in the background. The crowd. The crisp home whites. A great sports picture is so much better than anything I can write about moments like this.

sad about future