30 yrs ago Mallrats came out on VHS. it bombed in theaters, so it's safe to say that the home video release is the proper launch to observe. that's how it found its people.

got to give Dan Levy a Twin Bing, the weird candy bar from my home town. we saw a preview of his new show Big Mistakes, which is fun as hell. Levy gave an inspired Q&A about creative block, putting on a play of Clue in high school and working with Peaches.

took a pic of Richard Hell w/ my horrible children’s printout camera but he signed it like a gent

Wow, almost like the alt right are an extremely small extremely loud minority that was funded, manipulated, and amplified by extremists from the ruling class.

the boys!

I first used the name Comixace in 1993.

Little Village let me interview the ebullient Dante Powell as the cover story for their Spring Arts Issue! I've done comedy shows w/ DP since 2017; when we brought out Sarah Sherman (SNL) for her first show in Iowa, Dante headlined. He’s the best.

This guy gets it.

I just wanna make the rounds with Nazgûl the Olympic dog in Hollywood for a couple of months. score some Purina endorsements, get free prosciutto everywhere, have a dark party drug phase where we hit rock bottom.

RIP Bobby Duvall *I could not find my Lonesome Dove tape and am still vexed by this

RIP Bud Cort 🌻

I had the honor of co-writing the Wet Hot American Summer RPG w/ Geoffrey and his new game is even better. Proud of GG for this one. Check this out!

taxi driver turned 50 yesterday. this was the first film I saw in a theater after covid lockdown was lifted. got a last minute ticket from my pal mike at new beverly and it did the trick. the stories about how this got made are nuts. I don’t put this thing on much but am glad when I do.

I interviewed Tom Arnold for @littlevillage.bsky.social 🌽

1/2: hey weirdos Secret Mall Apartment is now streaming on Netflix. it’s my favorie doc of the last 5 yrs and is weirdly moving and fun.

Catherine O’Hara was the best. 🍁 I should own more of her stuff, but had to sell my SCTV box sets a couple moves ago. What a life to celebrate.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

So very very sorry for your loss. VERY moved and inspired by reading this, with a renewed appreciation of every blessing we have, have had, and will have. Thank you for sharing and celebrating this facet of our beloved storytelling art form.

My last note about 28 Years Later and Bone Temple is that Ralph Fiennes can do anything. What an actor. Handsome and charismatic enough to anchor a movie like Quiz Show, doesn't mind doing a 10 minute cameo in things like Hurt Locker and stealing the show, and is absolutely fearless about his body.

A wonderful profile of the late, great Norm Breyfogle by @leekeeler.bsky.social - an artist who deserves more acclaim and remains underrated. But he's definitely on my Batman artistic Mount Rushmore. littlevillagemag.com/peak-iowa-no...

The Comics Journal let me write about losing my right eye, my farewell to 3D comics. Wrote about my old band The Stapler, Jack Kirby, @allredmd.bsky.social & more. Been reading TCJ since I was a kid so I’m honored to have them accept my work. Thnks @pixellitpod.com for helping me find the title

I helped dad clean out his storage space last summer and found this piece of paper. My grandpa had his own small town grocery store back in the day. I got this thing scanned, cleaned and printed for every member of the Keeler family for the holidays. Not a lot of families have their own paper.

the laser disc gods were kind to me today 🏆

just in shock and in tears over the passing of one of our masters of film and comedy. he made our hearts stronger. all of us. I don’t know how much more of this timeline I can take. thank you Rob Reiner. what a year.

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

got me a 35mm trailer of Waiting for Guffman at a white elephant tonight

gonna spin an all-Ohio vinyl set on Sat. Jan 3rd Times New Viking 84 Nash Scrawl V3 Roué GBV Psychedelic Horseshit El Jesus TJSA Day Creeper Monster Truck 5 Breeders Sowashes Cheater Slicks Moviola Them Wranch The Devo and other buckeye bangers join me for a rare night of rock & roll regression

Gift idea for music fans: my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion. It's about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century. In short: how indie rock went pop!

Texas, let’s win this thing. #JasmineForUS #TexasTough

took flowers to the princess today

Her Listening Age was 16 you sick fuck

why is Kumail still jacked? is he going to fight Joe Rogan on podcast mountain?

Rest in Power Steve Cropper. I used to spin soul and funk music for a decade, and Melting Pot was in my crate every time. If you sit down to look at everything he wrote and the impact that it made, your head will start to spin. His sound is a deep thread in the tapestry of modern music.

Little Village let me write about my favorite Batman artist, Norm Breyfogle. He created a bunch of solid characters and his work holds up to this day. Breyfogle was born in Iowa City so this is part of LV’s Peak Iowa issue that hits stands tomorrow 🌽 littlevillagemag.com/lv-december-...

Friendsgiving ‘25: met another Lee who can only see out of one eye

thankful for Amoeba for having a weird Cheater Slicks b side comp in the cheapie bin and Cutter’s Way and stinkin Naked Lunch on Laserdisc 🦃 #thanksgiving #cronenberg #burroughs

ONLY GRAVY CAN SAVE US NOW

For your holiday shopping consideration this Black Friday and beyond: SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, my book about 21st century indie rock morphing into pop. Perfect for millennial dads, moms who shopped at American Apparel, Gen Z indie fans curious about the past...

I once saw a screening of My Own Private Idaho with a Q & A w/ Udo Kier and Gus Van Sant about 8 yrs ago. Udo completely eclipsed GVS w/ his acerbic wit and charming stories. My man was in the OG Suspiria. Goodbye to a legend 👑

Fall: the world turns to a swath of reds and browns, comfy jackets come back to us and grownass men regress into listening to Wilco again

late birthday appreciation post all hail the music yeti for 80 yrs on earth

another reason to love the Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein is that it’s a perfect companion to Coppola’s Dracula. both are licorice operas, all flowy and showy

at 2am the internet should play the national anthem and shut off for the night

watched this two nights in a row *dude is so tall I demand the sequel be called Slam Dunkenstein

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

nobody can stop you from writing yr hit screenplay for Mississippi Monkey

randomly came across the grand opening of a gallery by @tylerthrasherart.bsky.social luminescent goodness