Remembering when George Segal and Jessica Walter (stars of 1968’s “Bye Bye Braverman”!) died within one day of each other.
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Remembering when George Segal and Jessica Walter (stars of 1968’s “Bye Bye Braverman”!) died within one day of each other.
You were a child crawling on your knees toward it
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You were a child crawling on your knees toward it
I grew up a bohemian Gen X kid in Brooklyn, with a fairly “Squid and the Whale”-coded youth, and this may not be “a criticism” but it is A READ.
(I don’t have much opinion on Geese. They’re fine but it seems like music for white guys who over-romanticize their college experience.)
(I don’t have much opinion on Geese. They’re fine but it seems like music for white guys who over-romanticize their college experience.)
December 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I grew up a bohemian Gen X kid in Brooklyn, with a fairly “Squid and the Whale”-coded youth, and this may not be “a criticism” but it is A READ.
(I don’t have much opinion on Geese. They’re fine but it seems like music for white guys who over-romanticize their college experience.)
(I don’t have much opinion on Geese. They’re fine but it seems like music for white guys who over-romanticize their college experience.)
Similar design ideas.
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Similar design ideas.
All I want to do is to thank you
even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
while I was driving in my car
even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
while I was driving in my car
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
All I want to do is to thank you
even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
while I was driving in my car
even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
while I was driving in my car
Apparently eleven years ago tonight I attended this 35mm sneak preview at the New Beverly, paired with “The Groove Tube” (1974).
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Apparently eleven years ago tonight I attended this 35mm sneak preview at the New Beverly, paired with “The Groove Tube” (1974).
maybe the Moholy-Nagy photograms.
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
maybe the Moholy-Nagy photograms.
The Winklevoss twins have a band? And they cover RATM?
Please let this be in the new “Social Network” movie.
Please let this be in the new “Social Network” movie.
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Winklevoss twins have a band? And they cover RATM?
Please let this be in the new “Social Network” movie.
Please let this be in the new “Social Network” movie.
locking it in and ripping the knob off
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
locking it in and ripping the knob off
Little Neck Bay, two ways.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Little Neck Bay, two ways.
I wish techno-dystopian psychonaut PKD were still with us because I’d love to watch him look some of these alpha-shroom data bros in the face and go “you fucking dingbats.”
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I wish techno-dystopian psychonaut PKD were still with us because I’d love to watch him look some of these alpha-shroom data bros in the face and go “you fucking dingbats.”
Reading this now, and Marx unpacks the post-9/11 shock-and-sleaze culture machine very astutely. I *hated* living through that era — neocon politics, Vice, predatory men and their cult of personality, nightlife being dominated by VC bros — it seemed back then like a harbinger of bigger badness.
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reading this now, and Marx unpacks the post-9/11 shock-and-sleaze culture machine very astutely. I *hated* living through that era — neocon politics, Vice, predatory men and their cult of personality, nightlife being dominated by VC bros — it seemed back then like a harbinger of bigger badness.
Watching the Q Lazzarus doc.
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Watching the Q Lazzarus doc.
Yeah, Ava Gardner said that decades ago. BELIEVE WOMEN
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yeah, Ava Gardner said that decades ago. BELIEVE WOMEN
I would say older men have always been sexist to a similar degree, but in the 21st century they realized they had to hide it if they wanted any woman to cook them dinner (or hire them!) ever again. This current moment is certainly bringing it all back to the surface!
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I would say older men have always been sexist to a similar degree, but in the 21st century they realized they had to hide it if they wanted any woman to cook them dinner (or hire them!) ever again. This current moment is certainly bringing it all back to the surface!
It’s my birthday. Break out the hats and hooters, rev up the motor scooters, etc.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s my birthday. Break out the hats and hooters, rev up the motor scooters, etc.
I got Genius anyway. Sorry, Isamu.
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got Genius anyway. Sorry, Isamu.
If the 🐝 allowed proper names I would be sad for the nonrecognition of ANTHEIL.
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If the 🐝 allowed proper names I would be sad for the nonrecognition of ANTHEIL.
Pic is from a few years ago; sadly the shirt fell apart in the wash.
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Pic is from a few years ago; sadly the shirt fell apart in the wash.
Tonight: the movie I keep calling “Turn Me On, Dead Man.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tonight: the movie I keep calling “Turn Me On, Dead Man.”