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Alan Ranta

@alanranta.bsky.social

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Freelance ranter about music, movies, books and TV since 2004. Bylines in such esteemed outlets as Exclaim!, PopMatters, Bandcamp, CBC Music and the Georgia Straight. Longtime Polaris Prize and Juno Awards juror. (he/him)

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 24d

Real heroes are anti-fascist.

Woody Guthrie with a guitar that says "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 5h

Turns out I am the leader of the Vancouver Island chapter of the Antifa Motorcycle Gang. Don't tell the FBI.

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 18h

I found a pretty sick psychedelic Israeli rock album from 1976.

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פנס הרחוב (מישהו הפסיק את הזרם)

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

I want to go to there.
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City of the Future (2023 Remaster)

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

Times is hard.

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Soul Dog - Ain't No Greens In Harlem

YouTube video by Reservoir Recordings

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn't imagine anything I would like to see less than a woman driven to overdose by fame starring in a TV series about a book series written decades years after she died. That sounds like the opening premise of a Stephen King short story. She's clearly going to revenge on us with psychic powers.

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

They are noticing the pressure. Keep it up. We have no idea who Gareth Moore voted for, and we cannot take the chance that he or any Virginia Distillery CEO supported the regime that we are boycotting. #elbowsup

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Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

Not falling for it. #elbowsup

"Canada Corn Starch" that is a product of USA.

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

15 years ago, this movie would have been 'The King's Speech.' Sign of the times...

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The Smashing Machine (2025 film) - Wikipedia

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

"Are you up yet?!" - Toki

A cat named Toki sitting on a bed, looking adorable yet needy.

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Planet Mu Records @planetmurecords.bsky.social · 1d

Liste to Ship Sket's new single 'Permanent Kigurumi' hdmurder.bandcamp.com/track/perman...

Permanent Kigurumi, by Ship Sket

from the album InitiatriX

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

If you believe there is an infinite amount of time ahead of us, then it would make sense that there is an infinite amount of time behind us. What was before the big bang? Something else, and so on. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow, and it goes the other way too.

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 1d

Why not?

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 2d

Graham Hancock sure is a useless moron.

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The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)

YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 2d

Gawd, I hate Graham Hancock. He's just so annoying. Why does anyone take him seriously? He offers ideas, but not evidence.

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 3d

How many Air Force 1s would it take for me to gift to Donald Trump until I'm allowed to build a military base on American soil? Do you think I could get a bank loan for that?

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 4d

'Annie Hall' was one of Woody Allen's best movies, for sure.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure where I'd rank it in the order of the greatest films Paul Thomas Anderson has ever made. I haven't seen 'Phantom Thread' but I sure liked it more than 'Inherent Vice,' 'The Master,' and prolly 'Licorice Pizza' too.

Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 4d

Yep, this is prolly the best movie I've seen this year.

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One Battle After Another - Wikipedia

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 4d

One of the happiest songs about suicide you'll ever hear.

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What a Way to End It All

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Alan Ranta @alanranta.bsky.social · 4d

I think the failure of the Metric Conversion Act is where the US really messed up. There's no way they'd be turning authoritarian if they were drinking litres of cola.

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