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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 22h

that’s not to deny that americans can get in that mood. but it isn’t a register they want to live in 24/7 for 4 or more years. there is always also the mr rogers side of americans, the impulse to see ourselves in mr rogers & other sentimental representations of a kindly & welcoming community 4/n

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 22h

that said, i can’t help but feel like trump and his allies - among whom id count cuomo - are wildly overestimating how much americans want the character of daily life to be defined by the kind of bullying petty trollish sadism they call toughness. 3/n

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 20h

On a first listen, her new album sounded rather meh to me. It's improving on a second one.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 1d

Migos' heavily edited performance is a vibe. Didn't the Weeknd also perform "Can't Feel My Face" on the awards? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEIJ...

Migos Performs Medley of 'Walk it Like I Talk It', 'Stir Fry', & MORE! | 2019 Kids' Choice Awards

YouTube video by Nickelodeon

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 2d

On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a sad Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

11/2/2025 "Radio Not Radio"

Take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more!

www.mixcloud.com

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 2d

Options 4 and 5: "boomers, did you know your hero John Lennon beat women?" and "libs, your beloved WEST WING ruined American politics."

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 3d

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's November "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed CRRDR's LATINCORE LEGEND and Holy Sons' PURITAN THEMES. (Scroll down to "Popular Music.") Link here: artsfuse.org/319292/novem...

November Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 3d

BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (pt. 2):

THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)

Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 3d

BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (part 1):

ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)

Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to the high school teacher who showed our class THE WAR GAME: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...

Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park

The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 3d

He's getting used.

Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 3d

August Fanon and billy woods dropped a remixed version of woods' album GOLLIWOG today. Woods has also made a visual album to accompany it, integrating music videos, animation and heavily re-edited films: vimeo.com/1132256781

August Fanon & billy woods - gowillog

Get gowillog on VHS, VINYL or CD @ bwdz.net/gowillog It’s glaring, gnashing teeth before the bite. It’s furtive glances and heart palpitations. It’s…

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 6d

Rage/"underground rap" seems more niche than SoundCloud rap was, for some reason. It's harder to picture Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely, much less Che and Xaviersobased, having crossover hits.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 6d

For Gay City News, I reviewed LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS: gaycitynews.com/lesbian-spac...

‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy

While we’re thankfully past the trend of period pieces about lesbians suffering tragically, humor’s played a limited role in current queer cinema, despite

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 8d

And The Majority Report. Has Democracy Now said anything about Platner?

Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 10d

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Jean Rollin, Poet of the Fantastique

This French art-horror master shocked audiences with a string of sexy vampire movies often centered on complex female friendships and women-ruled fantasy worlds.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 11d

#capitalistrealismforthewin

Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 13d

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND: artsfuse.org/318881/film-...

Film Review: Kelly Reichardt’s "The Mastermind" Turns Art Theft into Existential Drift - The Arts Fuse

"The Mastermind" points to the impossibility of trying to live as though the outside world and its politics don’t exist.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 13d

In a magical future where chocolate is no longer toxic to dogs?

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 14d

For Crooked Marquee, I took a look back at the 2018 Swedish sci-fi/horror film ANIARA: crookedmarquee.com/aniara-the-h...

Aniara: The Horror of Being Trapped In Space — Inside A Shopping Mall

This 2018 Swedish science fiction film finds a spaceship's passengers drifting off course into depression and existential dread.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 14d

I'd go with ROOM TEMPERATURE.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16d

A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 16d

A 12-year-old boy would find that video too embarrassing to post.

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 16d

Shake the cockroaches off with log xylophones, good songs from bad movies and recording studio chatter on my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio." Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

10/19/2025 "Radio Not Radio"

Shake the cockroaches off your hands with the latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," aided by recording studio chatter, log xylophones, good songs from bad movies, and the Welsh triple harp!

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 16d

For an intro to Toronto "Kaputt-core," what would be the best album to check out?

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