Darrell Clem
@darrellclem.bsky.social
Retired journalist / music addict / film buff (TCM) / road trips / foodie / progressive / college hoops (Kentucky) / Detroit sports / in search of the perfect burger /🏳️🌈
Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
I’ve got a bad cold as we await a big snowstorm, so comfort films it is.
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve got a bad cold as we await a big snowstorm, so comfort films it is.
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Talking Heads
Sonic Youth
The B-52s
Shonen Knife
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
Talking Heads
Sonic Youth
The B-52s
Shonen Knife
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Talking Heads
Sonic Youth
The B-52s
Shonen Knife
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
Talking Heads
Sonic Youth
The B-52s
Shonen Knife
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
Friday night earworm:
Babes in Toyland unleashed a fierce, raucous go-go rocker complete with exhilarating Babes-mania video
In 1995, becoming mixtape darlings for me.
Sweet '69
youtu.be/VaGjAhqpX3k?si…
Babes in Toyland unleashed a fierce, raucous go-go rocker complete with exhilarating Babes-mania video
In 1995, becoming mixtape darlings for me.
Sweet '69
youtu.be/VaGjAhqpX3k?si…
Babes In Toyland - Sweet '69 (Video)
YouTube video by Warner Records Vault
https://youtu.be/VaGjAhqpX3k?si…
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Friday night earworm:
Babes in Toyland unleashed a fierce, raucous go-go rocker complete with exhilarating Babes-mania video
In 1995, becoming mixtape darlings for me.
Sweet '69
youtu.be/VaGjAhqpX3k?si…
Babes in Toyland unleashed a fierce, raucous go-go rocker complete with exhilarating Babes-mania video
In 1995, becoming mixtape darlings for me.
Sweet '69
youtu.be/VaGjAhqpX3k?si…
Just heard from one of my best friends since college and he and his husband are selling their home in Lexington, Ky., and moving to San Miguel de Allende, #Mexico.
They are beyond excited, can’t stop talking about how friendly and welcoming the people are.
So happy for their new life in retirement.
They are beyond excited, can’t stop talking about how friendly and welcoming the people are.
So happy for their new life in retirement.
a mexican flag with a red white and green stripe
ALT: a mexican flag with a red white and green stripe
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Just heard from one of my best friends since college and he and his husband are selling their home in Lexington, Ky., and moving to San Miguel de Allende, #Mexico.
They are beyond excited, can’t stop talking about how friendly and welcoming the people are.
So happy for their new life in retirement.
They are beyond excited, can’t stop talking about how friendly and welcoming the people are.
So happy for their new life in retirement.
Off into Wednesday afternoon with Saint Etienne
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Off into Wednesday afternoon with Saint Etienne
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
Rewatch: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
Gene Tierney’s performance as an unstable, obsessively jealous woman is stunning and unsettling in a film that is beautifully shot in Technicolor.
Her turn as a monstrous villain is quite possibly my favorite of her roles, tonight at least.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Gene Tierney’s performance as an unstable, obsessively jealous woman is stunning and unsettling in a film that is beautifully shot in Technicolor.
Her turn as a monstrous villain is quite possibly my favorite of her roles, tonight at least.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
First watch: THE FURY (1978), an entertaining film despite a somewhat disjointed storyline.
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
First watch: THE FURY (1978), an entertaining film despite a somewhat disjointed storyline.
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
Endless summer = 47°, gray skies, bare trees, Bloody Marys, a great playlist and a fired-up grill.
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Endless summer = 47°, gray skies, bare trees, Bloody Marys, a great playlist and a fired-up grill.
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
#NowPlaying
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#NowPlaying
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
First watch: PORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960) is an over-the-top melodrama that I enjoyed on a guilty pleasure basis despite its numerous flaws.
Lana Turner is having an affair with a doctor who carries a syringe and cares for her husband.
What could possibly go wrong?
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Lana Turner is having an affair with a doctor who carries a syringe and cares for her husband.
What could possibly go wrong?
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Phone rings:
Hello, I’m an automated customer assistant and I can understand complete sentences
Me: Good for you. Now put a real person on the phone
It: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand…
Me: But you said …
It: Let’s try this another way
Me: Ok, fuck off
It: Please hold
Hello, I’m an automated customer assistant and I can understand complete sentences
Me: Good for you. Now put a real person on the phone
It: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand…
Me: But you said …
It: Let’s try this another way
Me: Ok, fuck off
It: Please hold
a black and white photo of a young boy with his hand on his chin .
Alt: Waiting on the phone for customer service.
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Phone rings:
Hello, I’m an automated customer assistant and I can understand complete sentences
Me: Good for you. Now put a real person on the phone
It: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand…
Me: But you said …
It: Let’s try this another way
Me: Ok, fuck off
It: Please hold
Hello, I’m an automated customer assistant and I can understand complete sentences
Me: Good for you. Now put a real person on the phone
It: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand…
Me: But you said …
It: Let’s try this another way
Me: Ok, fuck off
It: Please hold
Love seeing respect for this outstanding noir, #1 in the genre for me some days …
#Noirvember
#Noirvember
First watch: Out of the Past (1947), dir. Jacques Tourneur. A definitive noir for many, and it is easy to see why: private dick led astray by mysterious babe, Mitchum in a trenchcoat looking sleepy and chain-smoking, photography from Nicholas Musuraca, whip-smart lines, extended flashbacks. 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Love seeing respect for this outstanding noir, #1 in the genre for me some days …
#Noirvember
#Noirvember
Rewatch: ROOM AT THE TOP (1959), a superb British New Wave film with themes of class division, opportunism and moral decisions about love versus security.
Some truly heart-wrenching moments and a perfect ending.
Jack Clayton’s direction is exceptional with a first-rate cast.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Some truly heart-wrenching moments and a perfect ending.
Jack Clayton’s direction is exceptional with a first-rate cast.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
—Western star shoots self after realizing he’s not James Stewart in an Anthony Mann film
—Merchant-Ivory silent films: The scenery is too beautiful for dialogue
—Edward G. Robinson as priest in Exorcist remake
—Nuclear war beach party
—Canada invades US
—Western star shoots self after realizing he’s not James Stewart in an Anthony Mann film
—Merchant-Ivory silent films: The scenery is too beautiful for dialogue
—Edward G. Robinson as priest in Exorcist remake
—Nuclear war beach party
—Canada invades US
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- transporting high-stakes consignment over dangerous terrain
- doomed detectives
- guy shows up at your house, maybe steals your identity
- square guy/gal has to cover up grisly murder
- ends in despair on beach, as there's nowhere else to go
- transporting high-stakes consignment over dangerous terrain
- doomed detectives
- guy shows up at your house, maybe steals your identity
- square guy/gal has to cover up grisly murder
- ends in despair on beach, as there's nowhere else to go
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- A meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong;
- 1950s Mexican melodrama;
- Doomed romance, preferably 1940s/‘50s;
- Anything featuring Cary Grant;
- French noir, preferably with JP Belmondo, Lino Ventura or Alain Delon
#FilmSky
- A meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong;
- 1950s Mexican melodrama;
- Doomed romance, preferably 1940s/‘50s;
- Anything featuring Cary Grant;
- French noir, preferably with JP Belmondo, Lino Ventura or Alain Delon
#FilmSky
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
—Western star shoots self after realizing he’s not James Stewart in an Anthony Mann film
—Merchant-Ivory silent films: The scenery is too beautiful for dialogue
—Edward G. Robinson as priest in Exorcist remake
—Nuclear war beach party
—Canada invades US
—Western star shoots self after realizing he’s not James Stewart in an Anthony Mann film
—Merchant-Ivory silent films: The scenery is too beautiful for dialogue
—Edward G. Robinson as priest in Exorcist remake
—Nuclear war beach party
—Canada invades US
My rewatch of I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) was somehow far more rewarding than my past viewing.
Director Jacques Tourneur’s film weaves themes of voodoo, colonialism/slavery, sibling rivalry and a catatonic (as opposed to flesh-eating) zombie into an atmospheric whole.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Director Jacques Tourneur’s film weaves themes of voodoo, colonialism/slavery, sibling rivalry and a catatonic (as opposed to flesh-eating) zombie into an atmospheric whole.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Fun weekend getaway to Columbus, Ohio, with Marvin to visit friends.
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Fun weekend getaway to Columbus, Ohio, with Marvin to visit friends.
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
I’ll have a 25-cent hamburger and coffee, please.
I love this building!
I love this building!
☕️Good morning.
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
*The Coffee Cup, Los Angeles, California (year unknown.)
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
*The Coffee Cup, Los Angeles, California (year unknown.)
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’ll have a 25-cent hamburger and coffee, please.
I love this building!
I love this building!
#ArtistFave15
1. 🏆
Into You Like a Train roars like a locomotive threatening to run off the tracks—a thrill ride of fierce guitars, drums and sax.
Definitely on my list of top post-punk tunes, The Psychedelic Furs or otherwise.
youtu.be/Nr1R1xsHq8Q?...
1. 🏆
Into You Like a Train roars like a locomotive threatening to run off the tracks—a thrill ride of fierce guitars, drums and sax.
Definitely on my list of top post-punk tunes, The Psychedelic Furs or otherwise.
youtu.be/Nr1R1xsHq8Q?...
The Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like a Train (Audio)
YouTube video by PsychedelicFursVEVO
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#ArtistFave15
1. 🏆
Into You Like a Train roars like a locomotive threatening to run off the tracks—a thrill ride of fierce guitars, drums and sax.
Definitely on my list of top post-punk tunes, The Psychedelic Furs or otherwise.
youtu.be/Nr1R1xsHq8Q?...
1. 🏆
Into You Like a Train roars like a locomotive threatening to run off the tracks—a thrill ride of fierce guitars, drums and sax.
Definitely on my list of top post-punk tunes, The Psychedelic Furs or otherwise.
youtu.be/Nr1R1xsHq8Q?...
TCM is showing at 1:15am a Hitchcock film I’ve never seen: BLACKMAIL (1929), billed as the first British full-length, all-talkie, which apparently also was released as a silent film.
I’m intrigued and setting the DVR.
Anything that expands my Hitchcock knowledge can’t be all bad!
#FilmSky #MovieSky
I’m intrigued and setting the DVR.
Anything that expands my Hitchcock knowledge can’t be all bad!
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
#ArtistFave15
2.
Don’t be fooled by the slow, 1:14 start of dawdling guitar and sax.
The shift is sudden and strong musically as Richard Butler’s raspy vocals sort through ruins of a failed relationship to find answers.
“You didn’t leave me anything
That I can understand.”
youtu.be/2nJwgpTsVKw?...
2.
Don’t be fooled by the slow, 1:14 start of dawdling guitar and sax.
The shift is sudden and strong musically as Richard Butler’s raspy vocals sort through ruins of a failed relationship to find answers.
“You didn’t leave me anything
That I can understand.”
youtu.be/2nJwgpTsVKw?...
The Psychedelic Furs - All of This and Nothing (Audio)
YouTube video by PsychedelicFursVEVO
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
#ArtistFave15
2.
Don’t be fooled by the slow, 1:14 start of dawdling guitar and sax.
The shift is sudden and strong musically as Richard Butler’s raspy vocals sort through ruins of a failed relationship to find answers.
“You didn’t leave me anything
That I can understand.”
youtu.be/2nJwgpTsVKw?...
2.
Don’t be fooled by the slow, 1:14 start of dawdling guitar and sax.
The shift is sudden and strong musically as Richard Butler’s raspy vocals sort through ruins of a failed relationship to find answers.
“You didn’t leave me anything
That I can understand.”
youtu.be/2nJwgpTsVKw?...
1st watch: BERLIN EXPRESS (1948), first Hollywood production filmed amidst post-WWII Germany rubble, isn’t as riveting as the German film below, but a decent companion to it.
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
1st watch: BERLIN EXPRESS (1948), first Hollywood production filmed amidst post-WWII Germany rubble, isn’t as riveting as the German film below, but a decent companion to it.
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
#ArtistFave15
3.
Richard Butler once told Creem magazine that Love My Way was written for gays and people struggling with their sexuality.
His message: Don’t worry about it.
It still sounds fresh 43 years on—infectious chorus, gorgeous verses and a splash of marimba.
youtu.be/LGD9i718kBU?...
3.
Richard Butler once told Creem magazine that Love My Way was written for gays and people struggling with their sexuality.
His message: Don’t worry about it.
It still sounds fresh 43 years on—infectious chorus, gorgeous verses and a splash of marimba.
youtu.be/LGD9i718kBU?...
The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way (Official Video)
YouTube video by PsychedelicFursVEVO
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
#ArtistFave15
3.
Richard Butler once told Creem magazine that Love My Way was written for gays and people struggling with their sexuality.
His message: Don’t worry about it.
It still sounds fresh 43 years on—infectious chorus, gorgeous verses and a splash of marimba.
youtu.be/LGD9i718kBU?...
3.
Richard Butler once told Creem magazine that Love My Way was written for gays and people struggling with their sexuality.
His message: Don’t worry about it.
It still sounds fresh 43 years on—infectious chorus, gorgeous verses and a splash of marimba.
youtu.be/LGD9i718kBU?...
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?