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Michaelangelo Matos
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
post a famous bathroom scene
Only five left I haven't seen, at least another month left. Only Angels Have Wings was last week, gonna do Rio Bravo for Thanksgiving. What a director.
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Only five left I haven't seen, at least another month left. Only Angels Have Wings was last week, gonna do Rio Bravo for Thanksgiving. What a director.
Restaurateur to diner on the wine: “I advocate for it to be obligatory to state the total sulfites in each bottle.” Of course I love this to pieces.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Restaurateur to diner on the wine: “I advocate for it to be obligatory to state the total sulfites in each bottle.” Of course I love this to pieces.
Coming spring 2026, in the @dukepress.bsky.social anthology Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign.
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Coming spring 2026, in the @dukepress.bsky.social anthology Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign.
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy Halloween!
My weekly movie night has reached Horror Month again. Despite a couple of scenes I couldn't look at, Talk to Me (Australia: Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022) is utterly brilliant. Also it's nice to see a supernatural horror film starring a Black woman that isn't about voodoo.
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My weekly movie night has reached Horror Month again. Despite a couple of scenes I couldn't look at, Talk to Me (Australia: Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022) is utterly brilliant. Also it's nice to see a supernatural horror film starring a Black woman that isn't about voodoo.
I interviewed Greil Marcus at Magers & Quinn last night on the fiftieth anniversary of Mystery Train. Quite an evening. (Photo by Colleen Sheehy.)
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I interviewed Greil Marcus at Magers & Quinn last night on the fiftieth anniversary of Mystery Train. Quite an evening. (Photo by Colleen Sheehy.)
In two hours, I will be discussing the 50th anniversary of Mystery Train with Greil Marcus at Magers & Quinn Bookstore in Minneapolis! Come on by!
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In two hours, I will be discussing the 50th anniversary of Mystery Train with Greil Marcus at Magers & Quinn Bookstore in Minneapolis! Come on by!
The almighty Franco, now playing.
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The almighty Franco, now playing.
Chances are, so did the person who wrote this headline. March 1987.
August 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Chances are, so did the person who wrote this headline. March 1987.
When headlines were headlines: Los Angeles Times, 10/25/84
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When headlines were headlines: Los Angeles Times, 10/25/84
Star-Tribune, August 1984. Yeah fucking right! And/or: That's because school hasn't started yet.
August 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Star-Tribune, August 1984. Yeah fucking right! And/or: That's because school hasn't started yet.
The Christian Science Monitor, August 1984. Scary as fuck. (attn @tylerwilcox.bsky.social)
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Christian Science Monitor, August 1984. Scary as fuck. (attn @tylerwilcox.bsky.social)
Once upon a time
August 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Once upon a time
Los Angeles Times, August 1984.
August 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Los Angeles Times, August 1984.
@acerecords.bsky.social ad, Billboard, April 1992.
July 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
@acerecords.bsky.social ad, Billboard, April 1992.