Matthew Specktor
@specktor.bsky.social
Novelist, memoirist, co-founder of The Los Angeles Review of Books
Imagine what we'd be dealing with if they'd shot this film in the tentpole era. NeverWaltz IV: Out of Time, etc
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Imagine what we'd be dealing with if they'd shot this film in the tentpole era. NeverWaltz IV: Out of Time, etc
I might have to go with "Stoners are loners," although "I will use my taser on you" is a close second
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I might have to go with "Stoners are loners," although "I will use my taser on you" is a close second
Yep. Not scrambling to get back to it myself
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Yep. Not scrambling to get back to it myself
Oh, right. Jesus. I, too, would like to know
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Oh, right. Jesus. I, too, would like to know
It's weirdly humanizing. (Hell, he even gets it wrong twice: the Fall, too!) Fantastic piece, though, Ned. You really nail the mood and the spirit of the album--slippery enough that even Bowie could miss it, I guess--just so.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's weirdly humanizing. (Hell, he even gets it wrong twice: the Fall, too!) Fantastic piece, though, Ned. You really nail the mood and the spirit of the album--slippery enough that even Bowie could miss it, I guess--just so.
(Excellent piece here from Ned, though intrigued to see a rare Bowie L.)
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
(Excellent piece here from Ned, though intrigued to see a rare Bowie L.)
I bought this on cassette in London, where I was living at the time and had only the world's cheapest boombox to play it on. Needless to say it sounded amazing, probably never better no matter what the format, pressing or rig.
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I bought this on cassette in London, where I was living at the time and had only the world's cheapest boombox to play it on. Needless to say it sounded amazing, probably never better no matter what the format, pressing or rig.
"Pizza" is very good though. A responsible editor would keep that one as a treat
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Pizza" is very good though. A responsible editor would keep that one as a treat
Hey man I'm just a cool, Italian-loafers-wearing Fairfield County-dwelling livery driver who's been around the world a few times. Whaddya want from me?
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hey man I'm just a cool, Italian-loafers-wearing Fairfield County-dwelling livery driver who's been around the world a few times. Whaddya want from me?
I mean, not as blankly as you, madam. My God.
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I mean, not as blankly as you, madam. My God.
Like, three or four times a day? More when I'm scrolling? That's normal right?
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Like, three or four times a day? More when I'm scrolling? That's normal right?
LORD LOVE A DUCK (1966) - Song by The Wild Ones & Neil Hefti
YouTube video by davidfromlille
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October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Amazing. You just sold me like eight copies in four skeets. Can’t wait
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Amazing. You just sold me like eight copies in four skeets. Can’t wait
Sam: “How did you sleep?”
Me: Sobbing, screaming, laughing.
Sam: “?”
Me: Sobbing, screaming, laughing.
Sam: “?”
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Sam: “How did you sleep?”
Me: Sobbing, screaming, laughing.
Sam: “?”
Me: Sobbing, screaming, laughing.
Sam: “?”
He who has never watched that game hunched over an iPhone in a French hotel room stifling his every reaction so as not to wake his wife has not seen it at all, I say
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
He who has never watched that game hunched over an iPhone in a French hotel room stifling his every reaction so as not to wake his wife has not seen it at all, I say