Vince Keenan
@vpkeenan.bsky.social
Half of classic Hollywood mystery writer Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social. A HELL OF A DRINK with Chris Elford coming 2027. Staff, NOIR CITY magazine. Cocktail enthusiast. Mets fan. Newsletter: Cocktails and Crime. https://vincekeenan.substack.com/
Pinned
Vince Keenan
@vpkeenan.bsky.social
· Nov 13
If we're making introductions: I'm one-half of novelist Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social, the other half being my wife Rosemarie Keenan. In our books, Edith Head solves mysteries in Golden Age Hollywood. And I have a newsletter, Cocktails and Crime. vincekeenan.substack.com
I was investigating Tom Stoppard's contributions to SLEEPY HOLLOW the other day, because there will be a SLEEPY HOLLOW cocktail in A HELL OF A DRINK. This is a solid overview of his doctoring work (BEETHOVEN?!?). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
As a Script Doctor, Tom Stoppard Was Stealthily Erudite
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I was investigating Tom Stoppard's contributions to SLEEPY HOLLOW the other day, because there will be a SLEEPY HOLLOW cocktail in A HELL OF A DRINK. This is a solid overview of his doctoring work (BEETHOVEN?!?). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Ireland's pubs are in jeopardy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ireland's pubs are in jeopardy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Reposted by Vince Keenan
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Oliver Burkeman's The Imperfectionist is my favorite newsletter. The latest edition hit me unbelievably hard. www.oliverburkeman.com/the-imperfec...
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Oliver Burkeman's The Imperfectionist is my favorite newsletter. The latest edition hit me unbelievably hard. www.oliverburkeman.com/the-imperfec...
An Olivetti Lettera 32 was my first typewriter. I loved the teal color, the matching case with a thick black stripe down the center. I miss it to this day. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/i...
A Typewriter That Has Traveled the World
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
An Olivetti Lettera 32 was my first typewriter. I loved the teal color, the matching case with a thick black stripe down the center. I miss it to this day. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/i...
Reposted by Vince Keenan
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
Reposted by Vince Keenan
Critics have claimed the recipe requires half a dozen eggs, while others have noted that only six eggs are required
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Critics have claimed the recipe requires half a dozen eggs, while others have noted that only six eggs are required
Reposted by Vince Keenan
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Reposted by Vince Keenan
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Vince Keenan
RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88
The British playwright won acclaim for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'The Real Thing' and 'Leopoldstadt' and received an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
Reposted by Vince Keenan
This whole thread 🤡🤑😵💫🤬
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This whole thread 🤡🤑😵💫🤬
Reposted by Vince Keenan
really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
All this talk about Thanksgiving movies and not one mention of SCENT OF A WOMAN (1992), which should be playing on a 24-hour loop today like GROUNDHOG DAY or A CHRISTMAS STORY.
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
All this talk about Thanksgiving movies and not one mention of SCENT OF A WOMAN (1992), which should be playing on a 24-hour loop today like GROUNDHOG DAY or A CHRISTMAS STORY.
Reposted by Vince Keenan
In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I am going pieless for the first Thanksgiving ever, so I cannot participate in this week's extensive pie discourse. Thank you for your consideration at this difficult time.
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I am going pieless for the first Thanksgiving ever, so I cannot participate in this week's extensive pie discourse. Thank you for your consideration at this difficult time.
Reposted by Vince Keenan
Seat belts are now illegal, and also not smoking two packs per day is illegal too. Your monthly shipment of abestos is in the mail (payment upon delivery).
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Seat belts are now illegal, and also not smoking two packs per day is illegal too. Your monthly shipment of abestos is in the mail (payment upon delivery).
"I'm pretty sure they just TRON: ARES'd this guy out of KPOP DEMON HUNTERS." I said this sentence aloud and meant every word of it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"I'm pretty sure they just TRON: ARES'd this guy out of KPOP DEMON HUNTERS." I said this sentence aloud and meant every word of it.
Ray Banks on Charles Willeford, which means read at once. raybanks.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
The Man Who (Almost) Got Away
"Isn't the making of money the reason for existence? Isn't it? After rolling down the driveway that evening, I learned that it wasn't ..."
raybanks.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ray Banks on Charles Willeford, which means read at once. raybanks.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
Reposted by Vince Keenan
“Mr. Kerger says that he would like Einbecker to be making half its revenue from nonalcoholic products within five years. 'Beer is no longer the future.’”
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
Germans Are Going Off Beer. That’s Forcing Brewers to Adapt or Go Bust.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Mr. Kerger says that he would like Einbecker to be making half its revenue from nonalcoholic products within five years. 'Beer is no longer the future.’”
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
@risenc.bsky.social reports on Germans going off beer and what brewers are doing in response [gift link]:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
Reposted by Vince Keenan
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Lite-Brite. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Toss Across. Mouse Trap. Truly a resume that should be etched in Valhalla.
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Lite-Brite. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Toss Across. Mouse Trap. Truly a resume that should be etched in Valhalla.
Reposted by Vince Keenan
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
I have reached the age where, in the past week, I watched the pilot for PLURIBUS and the end of BUGONIA and each time thought, "Maybe that wouldn't be so bad."
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I have reached the age where, in the past week, I watched the pilot for PLURIBUS and the end of BUGONIA and each time thought, "Maybe that wouldn't be so bad."
Reposted by Vince Keenan
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq