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Giles for You

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6'3", somewhat narrator; definite film reviewer. 366weirdmovies.com https://soundcloud.com/user-651726783

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · Feb 18

Sometimes the stranger you meet is all persona: on-line, off-line, all the time.

I'm Giles.

But more than that, I'm Giles for you.

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 29m

I suspect my mother could provide some (sound) anecdotal evidence, as it seems she heard a great deal from the prior generation(s) about regrettable levels of "strictness".

Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 51m

Looks like sometime around 1904 we saw "peak correction".

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 2h

Seems the crew behind these restorations might be worth reaching out to.
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Rainier RESTORED Commercial: "Mower Fresh"

YouTube video by Rainier: A Beer Odyssey

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 2h

Goodness, I wasn't expecting Floors.

Can't wait to buy me some high minimum priced goods.

Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 8h

Mr Rush provides a delightful Vincent Price performance.

One of my favourite "newer" horror movies.

Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 8h

How much do you want to keep the guy?

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366 Weird Movies @366weirdmovies.bsky.social · 9h

'Soul to Squeeze' "doesn’t wear its metaphor on its sleeve so much as encase the protagonist. This narrative framework allows for a psychological deep-dive which proffers as much ambiguity as it does clarity."-Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social). Available on VOD and Tubi.

APOCRYPHA CANDIDATE: SOUL TO SQUEEZE (2025)

366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: W.M. Weikart FEATURING: Michael Thomas Santos, Danielle Meyer PLOT: Jacob signs up for a dangerous psyc…

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Matthew Surridge @bookofdays.bsky.social · 11h

Great and wide-ranging info about WT and pulp fantasy/horror in this thread!

Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 16h

The bad brain day has begun. Let's play a game to distract me from my own self-recrimination.

1 like = 1 factoid about WEIRD TALES (1923-1954)

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 16h

The fifth image is, presumably, Mark from the title.

Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social is at least aware of 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

True military genius is whipping up two-dozen rocket bikes and diving into the heart of the enemy base to wipe out their construction yard.

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

This is a puzzlement.

Similarly, the epic, 256-colour missile-launch from the temple.

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

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Global Defense Initiative

The Global Defense Initiative (GDI) was a global peacekeeping force. It was founded in accordance with the United Nations Global Defense Act (UNGDA), on October 12, 1995. The GDI's initial goal was to...

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 1d

Who wants a little tasty taste of my new feature film 5002 Space Aliens? Beats doom-scrolling!

Coming soon!

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5002 Space Aliens Teaser 2

Coming soon to a film festival near-ish to you!

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

Was there ever an Edgar R. Burroughs and William S. Burroughs collaboration?

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 1d

And its Earthly manifestation as a cat-snake.

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Ignore That Door @ignorethatdoor.bsky.social · 1d

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From Beyond

YouTube video by Ignore That Door

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinasdemons.com · 1d

🎵 🎶 Listening to Hall🎃ween tunes 🎶🎵

Lord Luther - I Was A Teenage Creature

YouTube video by toomuchsumo

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Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: utterly astonishing essay by bassist Thomas Morgan that explains his first album as a leader iverson.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Guest post from Thomas Morgan: A UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES WITHIN THEIR RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS

[all about the new album AROUND YOU IS A FOREST]

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 2d

This one's up there.

Not only because it's unlikely, but because it illustrates that Reznor could write a very Devo song.
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DEVO: Head Like A Hole

YouTube video by Devo DNA

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 2d

Nah.

Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing scarier than being denied butter.

Thank you kindly, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, for this charming tale.
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Stream episode "The Boys & the Butter" by OrsonBennett podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

My favourite Gilman story.

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Giles for You @gilesforyou.bsky.social · 2d

I've found I particularly enjoy the meanderings of the mid-19th-century titans.

Hawthorne, Irving, and Poe would never have found a publisher in our era.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Genuine transfer from a stack of 78rpms purported to be narrated by

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