TRAIN DREAMS crushed me. The best book-to-film adaptation I’ve seen in many years. Script, acting, editing, runtime, all perfect. Watch it now. Also, Denis Johnson was a fucking genius.

This new #Prewn album (SYSTEM) is a little monster. Incredible vocals, songwriting, and guitar work.

Bravo/Brava to the person that leaked this.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Trump’s playdate with Mohammed bin Salman took a handsy turn

The fact that a president calling for the death of Democrats opposing him is a third-tier story on a Thursday says everything about where we are.

"I was asleep before. ...When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it." ~The Handmaid's Tale

“The Gold-Bug” is not showy at all, but it’s one of Poe’s stories that gets better each time you read it.

It is pretty ridiculous that the Criterion Collection simply exists to go “here are very good movies that we present to you to buy and watch with some thoughtfulness” and that’s all it takes to be successful because it’s rare that anyone does that shit

If you don’t want to have MOBY-DICK spoiled, avoid watching THE BEAST IN ME 😂

MTG’s about-face has to be related to what she knows about what/who is in the Epstein files. Trump’s about-face on releasing them speaks to the fact that he now feels safe in their release after being scrubbed from them. This is not a coincidence, y’all.

The parallels between pre-WWII Nazi storm troopers and present-day ICE are staggering.

I adore much of GDT’s work all the way back to THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, but FRANKENSTEIN was a miss for me. Dialogue spoon-feeding themes (Victor, you’re the monster. 🙄 Duh, bro 😂), saggy middle, and a reimagining of Elizabeth that doesn’t work. But Elordi is the best Creature.

If you love great ghost stories that never give in to cliche, EASTMOUTH & OTHER STORIES from Alison Moore is for you. Will be thinking about this one for a while.

#MegynKelly saying that Epstein was ~not~ a pedophile because the girls were 15 and “the barely legal type” is both abhorrent and a lie. 15 is not the legal age of consent in either FL or NY. The hoops these Trump cultists will jump through for their leader is astounding.

Colour Revolt were such a fucking amazing band. I hope the kids find them band and force them to tour again.

I think Aaron Judge is an amazing player (& person), but @mlb.com got it wrong. Cal Raleigh was the most valuable player to his team and plays the hardest position on the diamond.

If there was any question that Republican legislators hate women, allow @jessicavalenti.bsky.social to present Exhibit Z.

HAHAHAHAHA Legit can’t wait for Mamdani to make public transpo free to NYers before Trump can disperse a measly 2k for tariffs.

Legit cried at the ending of this movie when I was 8.

Speaking as a homeowner, this 50-year mortgage is one of the more idiotic ideas to come out of Trump‘s mouth (which is saying something). The monthly payment is hardly different and you pay more interest over time. Most importantly is obfuscates the main issue: INCOME INEQUALITY!!!

The OOZ is still the best album of the last 20 years to me. And walking around NY this time of year only reinforces that. #KingKrule

KEEPER kind of solidifies for me that Osgood Perkins is not fucking around. Respect.

NEW DRINKING GAME ALERT: Take a shot every time some variety of dog is mentioned in #WutheringHeights.

The bar is currently Mariana Trench-low, but a win nonetheless.

Dudes not washing their hands after using the bathroom is an epidemic. Mind-boggling how many of y’all just skip outta there after doing your biz.

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

Remember when Howard Dean’s campaign imploded because he got ~too excited~? Seems quaint now when we have a criminal wannabe authoritarian running wild ~in office~.

Still thinking about the dude that tried to convince me (on a 9 hour flight) that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were our generation‘s Rolling Stones. I hope he’s doing all right because my dude certainly was then.

In other news, WUTHERING HEIGHTS continues to be the most melodramatic, hot-blooded, hot-mess pitch-black comedy. I mean that as a sky-high compliment.

But at what cost, Dems? Hope you’re holding the line. Also not quick enough to save me from being stuck in a kind of hell, Dallas-Fort Worth(less) airport.

After two decades loathing it, “Wonderful Christmastime” is wearing me down. This time next year I might even tolerate it.

Not sure if I am over-caffeinated or if this is the slowest day of all time. How is it only 1:40 PM?!

With headlines like these, evidence points more and more to “Yes.”

A little late to #DarkWinds, but all 3 seasons have been stellar. Each season moves at the pace of a novel, and while many shows are adapted from novels, few actually capture that feeling.

Lyrics of the year have arrived: “I used to party with animatronic Chuck E Cheese/Any celebrities I met since then are fucking weeeeeeak” - Aesop Rock “Full House Pinball”

Y’all never told me how funny WUTHERING HEIGHTS is. Gothic comedy galore.

What do y’all think, is the Venn diagram of aging hardcore kids and new hockey fans a perfect circle?

Go Dodgers! What a series. Honestly can’t think of a better WS since 2003 Marlins-Yanks. This one had it all, and so stoked my Dodgers came out on top.

Dear diary, It is now Day 16 of THE MUNSTERS theme song being stuck in my head. Is this a blessing or a curse? It’s too soon to tell.

Canada’s PM apologized for trolling Trump with an ad? No one should be apologizing to that man for a ~goddamn~ thing. The emperor does not have a pot to piss in, left alone clothes.

🎵 364 more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, 364 more days till Halloween, Silver Shamrock🎵

TRICK ‘R TREAT is nearly perfect, but the quarry/school bus section is one of my favorite segments in all of cinema.

Halloween has already been incredible. Just finished a first draft of a novel. It’s the longest and the dearest to my heart. Hometowns have that kind of power, I suppose. HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃

File under “When narcissism is so consuming that tempting nuclear holocaust is more enticing than coming to terms with one’s own mortality.”

Gov. Landry not only making a statement about but being involved in the hiring of LSU’s next football coach is the most Louisiana shit ever.

No notes. As an artist, this is an issue I will not budge on.

The Halloween ambiance game on YouTube really leveled up this year🎃

SHUTTER ISLAND gets better with every watch. I remember watching it in the theater thinking it was just okay. Really turned into a great horror-thriller for late October.

Not until my 20th+ viewing of THE SHINING did I realize that the family’s first full day in the Overlook is October 31!