thanks!

now i guess i have to read Angelica Gorodischer?

"wine numbs" not the strongest branding choice imo

lol i think i watched Artemis '81 and was just like fuuuuuck no

i meant David Rudkin lol, whose other work i've seen is just like mystery play gibberish

forgot Alan Clarke directed this! all his stuff is good if not great, and there's some insane tonal difference. Baal (Brecht + Bowie) may be close to this

have you tried watching his other films? they are Disappointing

not that politics *ever* synchs up on a rational timeline, but the massacre near Waco was a vital point in the emergence of the new new right, which just so happens to elevate Delta Force/JSOC above almost every other function of government

this is book remains very funny and exacting of a certain microgeneration and class (at one point cocaine is done off a copy of Alison Roman's NOTHING FANCY) but it also ages into an unexpected sadness which justifies the High Concept

this is extremely helpful (from Disch studies POV)

I had similar advice from Tom Disch in the early 1970s, about writing into a niche, changed my life & seems broadly applicable

In Queens and BK, you move your car to the block that's just about to be legal. In Manhattan, nobody moves their car, and about half don't even bother to sit in them