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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 20h

What a track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Cu...

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - The Charade (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 20h

VOODOO probably has legit claim to best post-Marvin R&B record and BLACK MESSIAH was such a massive deal in my corner of the world. Ludicrous that he’s gone so soon.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 3d

Also, her delivery of, “In the middle?! We’ll only miss the titles. They’re in Swedish!” is burned into my brain as a rebuke to my own anal retentiveness about seeing “a picture exactly from the start to the finish.”

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 3d

R.I.P.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 9d

You’ll have to read it to find out.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 9d

Never do stuff like this, but if any editors I follow want to publish my funny, embarsssing story of meeting Marc Maron when I was 19 years old that easily doubles as a WTF remembrance, please get in touch. It has an arc and everything.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16d

Oh I mean, plenty of greatness afterwards. But that early run is so special. TRUST is such a highlight.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16d

First five records is some of the best music ever made.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16d

Also, full applause break at “Mexican hairless,” which is appropriate and righteous.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16d

Not that this needs to be said, but Leo absolutely nails the befuddled terror of receiving an unexpected phone call four hits into a joint. In college, I got a call from the cops after getting stoned and I think I literally said, “What the fuck? Who is this?”

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16d

Regret to inform everyone that, yes, it looks better on VistaVision and it’s worth rolling the dice on the finnicky tech.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16d

Hung out with friends last night and we kept saying this after ordering another round.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 17d

We briefly spoke at the height of the pandemic about what we were doing, where we were from, and then we got down to important matters, i.e. THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW. Sincerely wish we did that more.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 17d

100% correct, from this great tribute. www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 17d

Kaleb Horton was the type of writer I always wanted to be. His stories were important. His life was important. I’m so, so sad that he’s gone.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Sep 11

No way. Breillat/Baumbach was death.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wrote many rambling and insufficient thoughts about Ross McElwee’s excellent, heartbreaking new feature REMAKE. Hope this film receives a release, and may McElwee’s work receive a higher profile. For @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

‘Remake’ Review: Documentarian Ross McElwee Honors the Memory of His Late Son by Chronicling Their On-Screen Relationship

McElwee’s affecting tribute to his son’s life that doubles as a reflective, career-spanning culmination of his life’s work.

www.indiewire.com

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 19

Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...

Every Sucker for Himself: How ‘Slap Shot’ Cut to the Soul of the American Character

"Slap Shot" could've been just another low-rent sports movie, but Nancy Dowd used it to give shape to a generation of nonconformist yearners.

www.indiewire.com

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is the exchange that just kills me every time.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 19

Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...

Every Sucker for Himself: How ‘Slap Shot’ Cut to the Soul of the American Character

"Slap Shot" could've been just another low-rent sports movie, but Nancy Dowd used it to give shape to a generation of nonconformist yearners.

www.indiewire.com

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

The amount of times I’ve looked someone dead in the eye and said, “We both know there’s a better way, right?” and they go, “Yeah…”

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

I do, I know exactly what you’re referring to hahaha.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

Utter lunacy! We solved the customer-waiter relationship *by talking*!

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

I should send you a bit by a very underrated comedian about how he scammed his local grocer by ringing up all of his groceries in the self-checkout as “bananas” for years.

Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

I could not figure out the self-checkout at my local grocery, to the point where the *fourth time* I fucked it up I kinda broke down and the helper was like, “It’s okay,” and I just replied, “No, it’s not okay, it’s not okay that I can’t do this!” Anyway, they’ve shut it down for some reason.

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