Austin Kleon
@austinkleon.bsky.social
I’m a writer who draws. Author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and other bestsellers. www.austinkleon.com
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Austin Kleon
@austinkleon.bsky.social
· Oct 4
Fun living in a world where every new email — hell, every interaction online — is a Voight-Kampff test
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xkcd's 15 Years: Randall Munroe reflects on the anniversary of his then-fiancée's 2010 breast cancer diagnosis, as he did at year two, seven, and 10 https://xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
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November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
xkcd's 15 Years: Randall Munroe reflects on the anniversary of his then-fiancée's 2010 breast cancer diagnosis, as he did at year two, seven, and 10 https://xkcd.com/3172/
Typewriter, tip, tip, tip
10 things worth sharing this week + signed books for the holidays
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Mani was one of the great British musicians of the last 30+ years, playing in two of the best British bands of all time. I listen to this musif all the time and always will www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63
Gary Mounfield's playing was an integral part of the Stone Roses' sound, and he was in Primal Scream for 15 years.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Mani was one of the great British musicians of the last 30+ years, playing in two of the best British bands of all time. I listen to this musif all the time and always will www.bbc.com/news/article...
From the looks of the pest control shelves at Home Depot, everyone in Austin, apparently:
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
From the looks of the pest control shelves at Home Depot, everyone in Austin, apparently:
LOL 💨 I just read this passage from Natsume Soseki’s 1906 novel KUSAMAKURA last night
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
LOL 💨 I just read this passage from Natsume Soseki’s 1906 novel KUSAMAKURA last night
I’m looking for a book — novel or nonfiction — that feels like the movie PERFECT DAYS or one of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s albums. Something that could be filed under: “Japanese chill.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m looking for a book — novel or nonfiction — that feels like the movie PERFECT DAYS or one of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s albums. Something that could be filed under: “Japanese chill.”
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William and Jim drop in for a chat about Psychocandy for Life of the Record podcast. Check out the full podcast here lifeoftherecord.com#/the-jesus-a...
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
William and Jim drop in for a chat about Psychocandy for Life of the Record podcast. Check out the full podcast here lifeoftherecord.com#/the-jesus-a...
Happy Friday here's a newsletter austinkleon.substack.com/p/little-rooms
Little rooms
10 things worth sharing this week
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy Friday here's a newsletter austinkleon.substack.com/p/little-rooms
I’ve published a baker’s dozen of typewriter interviews now — latest is poet Matthew Zapruder austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...
Typewriter interview with Matthew Zapruder
10 questions about poetry, negative capability, music, and typewriters
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November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’ve published a baker’s dozen of typewriter interviews now — latest is poet Matthew Zapruder austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...
Teenager destroyed me so completely in Mario Kart that I felt Satie the only appropriate soundtrack. Thoughts of David Shenk’s THE IMMORTAL GAME: “The game is often as much about demolishing your opponent’s will and self-esteem as it is about implementing a superior strategy.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Teenager destroyed me so completely in Mario Kart that I felt Satie the only appropriate soundtrack. Thoughts of David Shenk’s THE IMMORTAL GAME: “The game is often as much about demolishing your opponent’s will and self-esteem as it is about implementing a superior strategy.”
A day too long
A new mixtape and 9 other things worth sharing this week
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November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)
"It’s a bizarrely inspirational adventure about different types of beings overcoming the limiting parts of their own programming (literal or figurative) and/or proving there is more to them than others assumed,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.
www.rogerebert.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)
10 scraps from my notebook
What I'm thinking about right now
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November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Designed to break your heart
10 things worth sharing this week
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November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Gone almost 3 years now austinkleon.com/2022/11/30/r...
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gone almost 3 years now austinkleon.com/2022/11/30/r...
the REN & STIMPY episode my kids wanted to watch before the game started really set the tone for the evening
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
the REN & STIMPY episode my kids wanted to watch before the game started really set the tone for the evening
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Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
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In his newsletter this week, @austinkleon.bsky.social unintentionally captures the spirit of my current project. It’s comforting to not feel like I am alone in believing this.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In his newsletter this week, @austinkleon.bsky.social unintentionally captures the spirit of my current project. It’s comforting to not feel like I am alone in believing this.
austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...
austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...
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for #cassunday, please enjoy this photo I took yesterday of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska TEAC 144.
August 11, 2024 at 1:02 PM
for #cassunday, please enjoy this photo I took yesterday of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska TEAC 144.
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I’ll see your Springsteen deck and offer Tobin Sprout’s Tascam that was used to record the early GBV albums, including the masterpiece Bee Thousand. Pic from a friend who knows Tobin.
November 23, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I’ll see your Springsteen deck and offer Tobin Sprout’s Tascam that was used to record the early GBV albums, including the masterpiece Bee Thousand. Pic from a friend who knows Tobin.
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when former students reach out years later 🥲
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
when former students reach out years later 🥲
What I know about writing a newsletter people want to read austinkleon.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of the Newsletter
How to write something you’d want to read
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October 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What I know about writing a newsletter people want to read austinkleon.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
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Evergreen post
Doomerism is chickenshit. an embarrassment to every ape that threw a rock at a bear to protect the tribe. if you actually believe this doomer shit what are you posting for? it's chickenshit and i will have no truck with it. you had something better to do with your life than make the world better?
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Evergreen post
I don’t often do themed Friday newsletters, so the last one was pretty fun: austinkleon.substack.com/p/wrong-the-...
Wrong the dream, wrong the soul
10 things worth sharing this week
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October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I don’t often do themed Friday newsletters, so the last one was pretty fun: austinkleon.substack.com/p/wrong-the-...