Ken Priebe
@kenpriebe.bsky.social
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Author of Books - Illustrator, Animator, Storyteller
https://linktr.ee/kenpriebe
Music for the weekend.
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What I'm Listening To: Rough Spooky Edges
Discovering the artful joy that is Editors, OXN, Wednesday, and Snail Mail
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/what-im-listening-to-rough-spooky?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
1 day ago
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Check out my chat with
@overstreet.bsky.social
about his new book — and don’t blink, there are Muppets!
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INTERVIEW: Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema
In which I chat with author Jeffrey Overstreet about his new book!
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/interview-lost-and-found-in-the-cathedral?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
17 days ago
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WATCH + LISTEN: Angine de Poitrine
The Canadian microtonal phenomenon that's here to save us all.
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-196501963?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
17 days ago
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Books!
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Bunches of Books: Winter Lights
A few books I discovered in the first third of 2026.
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-195826229?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
17 days ago
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What I'm Listening To: Electrohaze Dreamscapes
Sonic Wonderment from Miss Grit, Tomora, Deary, and Darkswoon
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-195711311?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
26 days ago
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LISTEN: Brigitte Calls Me Baby + Skorts
Witnessing the Vancouver debut of two incredible bands
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-195563351?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
26 days ago
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MUSIC!
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LISTEN: Westerman + Otto Benson
A most excellent night of live music.
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-193755219?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
about 1 month ago
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Music is good food.
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LISTEN: Bon Iver's Volumes - One
Transcendent gobsmack.
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-193204033?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
about 1 month ago
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Hooray for things!
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Random Things I've Watched Lately
Films, TV Series, Nuggets of Joy.
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-191706634?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
about 1 month ago
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More music!
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What I'm Listening To: Ghosts Old and New
Balms for war, carnival barkers and beautiful walls of sound.
https://substack.com/@kenpriebe/note/p-192371015?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
about 1 month ago
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Shameless plug. I have a new book out. Buy it, share it, or tell a friend. Tell your library and teachers. Post a review. Support indie authors. Fight the Nothing. All the things. Thanks and hugs.
2 months ago
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I’m a season ticket holder for Eva Victor.
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A review of Sorry, Baby (2025)
Second watch through, and a closer look at the nuances of the screenplay, the composition of shots, and symbolism through framing characters in doors and windows --- and I am floored by this devastati...
https://boxd.it/dje4gP
3 months ago
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Well worth your time.
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A review of Flipside (2023)
Fascinating and moving documentary which cobbles together unfinished projects -- one about a jazz photographer, one about a historic record store, one about the connection between a late night TV show...
https://boxd.it/dgKOxJ
3 months ago
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MUSIC!!!!!!!
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What I'm Listening To: Crooners and Crunch
All things weird and wonderful, all creatures dark and strange.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/what-im-listening-to-crooners-and?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
3 months ago
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It’s discoveries like these where you feel like everything’s gonna be okay.
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What I'm Listening To: HENGE
A musical discovery of intergalactic joy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/what-im-listening-to-henge?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
3 months ago
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Pitch perfect.
boxd.it/d0Dwbx
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A review of Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
This year’s Birthday Movie. An absolute work of art — there are only a few pitch perfect films in this world, and this is one of them.
https://boxd.it/d0Dwbx
4 months ago
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More Muppets please.
boxd.it/d07K0z
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A review of The Muppet Show (2026)
The Muppets are BACK. They’ve nailed the format, humor, and spirit of the original show, which can never be completely replicated of course, but I welcome this. We need a whole season now.
https://boxd.it/d07K0z
4 months ago
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My Old Tapes: College Radio Shows, Part 3
April 21, 1995: My old band SNAPPLE, Live in the Studio
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/my-old-tapes-college-radio-shows-a41?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
4 months ago
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The world lost a legend today…thank you Catherine O’Hara for the laughter and delight. Nightmare Before Christmas — Best in Show — Waiting for Guffman — A Mighty Wind — Home Alone — Beetlejuice — and so much more.
4 months ago
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My Top 10 Favorite Films of 2025.
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Favorite Films of 2025, Part Two
My Top 10 Faves of the Year
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/favorite-films-of-2025-part-two?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
4 months ago
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Part One of my Favorite Films of 2025 — Top 10 posted tomorrow!
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Favorite Films of 2025, Part One
Honorable Mentions, Definite Gems, and Fave Music Docs
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/favorite-films-of-2025-part-one?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
4 months ago
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Music is the best.
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Favorite Albums of 2025
A run-down of all the new releases my ears enjoyed the most this year.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/favorite-albums-of-2025?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
5 months ago
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My top Rob Reiner favorites.
5 months ago
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Brett Coughlin
5 months ago
Fred Willard was an American Treasure.
#Bestinshow
#TCMParty
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6 months ago
Fantastic Mr. Fox
add a skeleton here at some point
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My new obsession.
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Films You Need to See: BOYS GO TO JUPITER
This super-weird animated journey is one of my new favorites of the year.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/films-you-need-to-see-boys-go-to?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
6 months ago
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I wrote a book about goblins. Buy it from BANDERSNATCH BOOKS.
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6 months ago
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Do you like your animation WEIRD? Look no further — you need to watch this.
6 months ago
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Is there a game going on or something?
7 months ago
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A tale of beauty and the beast…
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Films in My Blood: SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE
A tribute to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/films-in-my-blood-science-fiction?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
7 months ago
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More Music!!!! 🎶
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LISTEN: Kalandra + Lunatic Soul
A double-whammy release by two of my absolute favorite musical ensembles.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/listen-kalandra-lunatic-soul?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
7 months ago
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Music!!!!! 🎶
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What I'm Listening To: Soaring Synths & Serenity
New Music from Disiniblud, Nation of Language, Geese and Robert Plant
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/what-im-listening-to-soaring-synths?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
7 months ago
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Silver Shamrock.
8 months ago
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reposted by
Ken Priebe
Retroist
8 months ago
The classic jointed black cat Halloween decoration.
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8 months ago
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Music tames the savage beast.
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LISTEN: Halloween Radio - 2020 Edition
Archives of the radio show I hosted during COVID.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/listen-halloween-radio-2020-edition?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
8 months ago
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Turn off the news and watch SKETCH.
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Films You Need to See: SKETCH
I have a new #1 Favourite Film of the Year.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/films-you-need-to-see-sketch?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
8 months ago
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Turn off the news and read a book.
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Bunches of Books: Summer Treasure Hunt
A round-up of picture books I enjoyed over Summer 2025.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/bunches-of-books-summer-treasure?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
8 months ago
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Turn off the news and listen to music.
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What I'm Listening To: Darkness and Dreamscapes
Musical Discoveries and Releases Filling My Ears with Joy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/what-im-listening-to-darkness-and?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
8 months ago
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Just more weirdness from my former life.
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My Old Tapes: College Radio Shows, Part 2
June 21, 1998. Bübtha plays lounge music for three hours.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/my-old-tapes-college-radio-shows-70a?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
9 months ago
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Welp, I still love you EEPHUS, but this is now my #1 favorite film of the year.
9 months ago
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Favourite films of the year for me so far — still much to see.
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Films You Need to See: 2025 Highlights So Far
Be sure to see these gems before the year is out.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/films-you-need-to-see-2025-highlights?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
9 months ago
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Absolutely essential viewing — one of the best films of the year.
boxd.it/aStpnX
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A ★★★★★ review of On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
Stunned into silence. And what an uncanny, bittersweet and prophetic film to watch in the wake of losing a certain someone who told millions to “focus on the family” while fostering a culture of abuse...
https://boxd.it/aStpnX
9 months ago
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Listen to my favourite Canadian indie-folk band.
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LISTEN: Folly and the Hunter
A tribute to my favourite Canadian indie-folk band and the stories they've given me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/listen-folly-and-the-hunter?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
9 months ago
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Will you be the first person I know who’s also seen this movie?
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Films You Need to See: CRUMBS (2015)
I literally do not know another living soul who has watched this.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/films-you-need-to-see-crumbs-2015?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
9 months ago
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A relic from my younger days when I had a Michigan accent.
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My Old Tapes: College Radio Shows, Part 1
August 9, 1998: A Giant Bunny Invades the Radio Station
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpriebe/p/my-old-tapes-college-radio-shows?r=1ez6mv&utm_medium=ios
9 months ago
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Am I the only person in the world who loves this movie? I literally know nobody else who’s watched it.
boxd.it/aJHVWx
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A ★★★★½ review of Crumbs (2015)
Been awhile since I re-visited this strange little film — still an absolute gem of surrealist beauty and mystery.
https://boxd.it/aJHVWx
9 months ago
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Has anyone other than me watched CRUMBS?
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A ★★★★½ review of Crumbs (2015)
Been awhile since I re-visited this strange little film — still an absolute gem of surrealist beauty and mystery.
https://boxd.it/aJHVWx
9 months ago
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Yep, big surprise, I’m still obsessed with this movie. This was watch Number Eight.
boxd.it/aHEjiP
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A ★★★★★ review of Riddle of Fire (2023)
“I want to feed that woodsy bastard a bad cereal buffet. Snap, crackle, pop-pop-pop! Trix, Trix, Trix, Honey Smacks!”
https://boxd.it/aHEjiP
10 months ago
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Grim fairy tale.
boxd.it/aF9Ws5
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A ★★★★½ review of Weapons (2025)
SWEET. MERCIFUL. CRAP. Try to go into this as blind as possible. See it in IMAX. With an audience. I had no clue what was gonna happen and my bones felt squishy walking out of the theatre due to the ...
https://boxd.it/aF9Ws5
10 months ago
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