Critical Nostalgia
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Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
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California · highway62press.com
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The "Larry Summers complained to Jeffrey Epstein that MeToo went too far" and "Olivia Nuzzi committed crimes on behalf of the fascist she masturbated with while reporting on him" are the same story: American elites have no ideology other than "I should be untouchable." Society is run by empty husks
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The "Larry Summers complained to Jeffrey Epstein that MeToo went too far" and "Olivia Nuzzi committed crimes on behalf of the fascist she masturbated with while reporting on him" are the same story: American elites have no ideology other than "I should be untouchable." Society is run by empty husks
Okay, so trying to parse or close-read anything coming out of the White House Press Office much less any of the the President's direct utterances is a total waste of time. It means exactly what it means at the time and nothing more or less.
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Okay, so trying to parse or close-read anything coming out of the White House Press Office much less any of the the President's direct utterances is a total waste of time. It means exactly what it means at the time and nothing more or less.
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I took this screenshot of the Ask Jeeves website in 2002. It sat on an old LaCie drive for decades.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I took this screenshot of the Ask Jeeves website in 2002. It sat on an old LaCie drive for decades.
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"The stakes are actually lower if the stakes are always high." culturalgutter.com/2025/11/27/h...
Hat on a Hat on a Dinosaur: Jurassic Overkill and Instant Aliens
Some part of my brain still responds to the idea of a new Jurassic franchise movie with excitement, even though experience tells me it’s going to fail to fill the dino-sized shoes of Jurassic Park.…
culturalgutter.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"The stakes are actually lower if the stakes are always high." culturalgutter.com/2025/11/27/h...
Well, when you're G-d, everything is boring I guess, you little git.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well, when you're G-d, everything is boring I guess, you little git.
A couple weeks back, I read a great essay by @colindickey.com called "Without Care." Over the last couple weeks, I've been working on a response piece. It's done. Enter with caution.
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FULL BLEED: DE/VOID
I’m not particularly good at this. As it’s neither a formal essay nor an informal response to a piece of writing, I don’t exactly know where to start. So I’ll just keep writing until something catches...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A couple weeks back, I read a great essay by @colindickey.com called "Without Care." Over the last couple weeks, I've been working on a response piece. It's done. Enter with caution.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is an easy one. Stores don't stock shelves like they used to. The marketplace is so cutthroat and desperate that every day is basically Black Friday now. And, really, it's easier to sit in your jammies and slippers with a cup of cocoa and shop online than join the waning feeding frenzy.
Black Friday bargains no longer tempt people to leave Thanksgiving tables for midnight mall runs.
US retailers are about to see if Black Friday benefits from a holiday halo effect
Black Friday bargains no longer tempt people to leave Thanksgiving tables for midnight mall runs. But the annual sales event still brings more shoppers into stores than any day of the year.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is an easy one. Stores don't stock shelves like they used to. The marketplace is so cutthroat and desperate that every day is basically Black Friday now. And, really, it's easier to sit in your jammies and slippers with a cup of cocoa and shop online than join the waning feeding frenzy.
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
Morning viewing settled.
J G Ballard on the South Bsnk Show , twenty years ago. I first found his work in the SF section of the local library when /i was ten or so, and and got hooked on the atmospherics of the first three novels. Later, called by the vast temporal resonances of the far night sky... youtu.be/8LosxrbL3sU?...
J G Ballard Documentary
YouTube video by matley virgo
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Morning viewing settled.
Importing Stephen Miller takes from X? You just caught a block.
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Importing Stephen Miller takes from X? You just caught a block.
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Nov 28th - The last time Vietnam veteran and hit man, Carson Wells, saw Anton Chigurh.
📽️📅 No Country for Old Men (2007)
📽️📅 No Country for Old Men (2007)
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Nov 28th - The last time Vietnam veteran and hit man, Carson Wells, saw Anton Chigurh.
📽️📅 No Country for Old Men (2007)
📽️📅 No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Knuckleheads are thankful to have a warm home, even if it's too noisy right now.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Knuckleheads are thankful to have a warm home, even if it's too noisy right now.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
-Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
-The Flaming Lips
-Public Enemy
-R. E. M.
-HAIM
-Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
-The Flaming Lips
-Public Enemy
-R. E. M.
-HAIM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Blue Oyster Cult
Robert Plant
Afro Man
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
Blue Oyster Cult
Robert Plant
Afro Man
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
Can X-Files do this?
I think we all know the answer.
I think we all know the answer.
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Can X-Files do this?
I think we all know the answer.
I think we all know the answer.
Thankful to all the weirdos, freaks, obsessives and other outsiders I get to talk with here.
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thankful to all the weirdos, freaks, obsessives and other outsiders I get to talk with here.
The form of the destroyer has been chosen.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The form of the destroyer has been chosen.
Awright, who ordered da headcrab?
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Awright, who ordered da headcrab?
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so cheap you won't even mind when they get knocked off your stupid face
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are at their best-ever price for Black Friday
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are at their best-ever price for Black Friday
They also make for a great gift.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
so cheap you won't even mind when they get knocked off your stupid face
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CBS stands for cran berry sauce
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
CBS stands for cran berry sauce
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Gather your maga family around and tell them you want to watch a prayer before Thanksgiving dinner
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sLSv...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sLSv...
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
m.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Gather your maga family around and tell them you want to watch a prayer before Thanksgiving dinner
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sLSv...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sLSv...
Reminder: You can listen to "Sharkey's Night/Credit Racket" by Laurie Anderson and friends any time you want to. It doesn't have to be Thanksgiving.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXV...
Laurie Anderson - Sharkey's Night & Credit Racket
YouTube video by LukeK79
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reminder: You can listen to "Sharkey's Night/Credit Racket" by Laurie Anderson and friends any time you want to. It doesn't have to be Thanksgiving.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXV...
Can't wait for all the breathless articles talking about how Jack White brought rock and roll back to a generation (sardonic).
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Can't wait for all the breathless articles talking about how Jack White brought rock and roll back to a generation (sardonic).