Matthew Sullivan
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I’ll protect you from the hooded claw.
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Happy birthday Roz Chast 🎂
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Happy birthday Roz Chast 🎂
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
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Who WAS the Sluggo in Emily’s life
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who WAS the Sluggo in Emily’s life
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Need everyone to see my purchase from the bookstore at the Emily Dickinson house
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Need everyone to see my purchase from the bookstore at the Emily Dickinson house
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~ Thirty More Novels for #Noirvember ~
Day 26: THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1980)
A lonely gumshoe is hired to track a female killer, only to discover that she reminds him of his estranged daughter. Marc Behm’s writing achieves a melancholy beauty that is rare in crime fiction.
Day 26: THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1980)
A lonely gumshoe is hired to track a female killer, only to discover that she reminds him of his estranged daughter. Marc Behm’s writing achieves a melancholy beauty that is rare in crime fiction.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
~ Thirty More Novels for #Noirvember ~
Day 26: THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1980)
A lonely gumshoe is hired to track a female killer, only to discover that she reminds him of his estranged daughter. Marc Behm’s writing achieves a melancholy beauty that is rare in crime fiction.
Day 26: THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1980)
A lonely gumshoe is hired to track a female killer, only to discover that she reminds him of his estranged daughter. Marc Behm’s writing achieves a melancholy beauty that is rare in crime fiction.
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First watch: Torn Curtain (1966), starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Put this off for a while as it is considered one of Hitchcock's less appreciated films, but it was more entertaining than expected, especially the first half.
1/3
1/3
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
First watch: Torn Curtain (1966), starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Put this off for a while as it is considered one of Hitchcock's less appreciated films, but it was more entertaining than expected, especially the first half.
1/3
1/3
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Linking to X in the article 💀When will Official Ireland draw the line and stop supporting fascist techbros?
Ireland women's Under-19 team struck up an a cappella version of Amhrán na bhFiann before a European Championship qualifier in Bulgaria after organisers mistakenly played Britain's God Save the King over the speakers
Irish team sing anthem after God Save the King blunder
Ireland women's Under-19 team struck up an a cappella version of Amhran na bhFiann before a European Championship qualifier in Bulgaria today after organisers mistakenly played Britain's 'God Save the...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Linking to X in the article 💀When will Official Ireland draw the line and stop supporting fascist techbros?
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For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
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I've almost got enough saved up
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I've almost got enough saved up
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That's right
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
That's right
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Now reading - Galveston (2010) by Nic Pizzolatto
Fancied some page turner noir. I remember wanting to read this when the first True Detective came out, and then forgetting about it amongst all the disappointment of the final episode / the series’s that followed…
Let’s see #booksky
Fancied some page turner noir. I remember wanting to read this when the first True Detective came out, and then forgetting about it amongst all the disappointment of the final episode / the series’s that followed…
Let’s see #booksky
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Now reading - Galveston (2010) by Nic Pizzolatto
Fancied some page turner noir. I remember wanting to read this when the first True Detective came out, and then forgetting about it amongst all the disappointment of the final episode / the series’s that followed…
Let’s see #booksky
Fancied some page turner noir. I remember wanting to read this when the first True Detective came out, and then forgetting about it amongst all the disappointment of the final episode / the series’s that followed…
Let’s see #booksky
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As a book lover, I’m grateful for those who support the writers! As a mental health support worker, I’m also grateful for my wife’s well paid job because I could not do this & survive on one wage. Here’s to wonderful spouses everywhere!
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
As a book lover, I’m grateful for those who support the writers! As a mental health support worker, I’m also grateful for my wife’s well paid job because I could not do this & survive on one wage. Here’s to wonderful spouses everywhere!
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"He asked which book I'd nominate for Backlisted ... I suggested an obscene short story he’d never heard of, about a necrophiliac pederast, brought to my attention by one of his professional rivals."
Oh, the pain of the hastily-prepared interview, repented leisurely (and wittily) by Peter Lonsdale.
Oh, the pain of the hastily-prepared interview, repented leisurely (and wittily) by Peter Lonsdale.
This is a very funny piece of writing by Peter Lonsdale in which I appear as the character of Andy Miller. It's based on an interview we did eight years ago. Thanks to @irishtimes.com for having the foresight and hindsight to run it. @backlisted.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Lessons for the would-be writer: An aborted interview with Andy Miller
Peter Lonsdale reflects on his encounter with the co-host of the Backlisted Podcast
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November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"He asked which book I'd nominate for Backlisted ... I suggested an obscene short story he’d never heard of, about a necrophiliac pederast, brought to my attention by one of his professional rivals."
Oh, the pain of the hastily-prepared interview, repented leisurely (and wittily) by Peter Lonsdale.
Oh, the pain of the hastily-prepared interview, repented leisurely (and wittily) by Peter Lonsdale.
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My second time cohosting on the @projectionbooth.bsky.social podcast this #noirvember, James B. Harris’s COP (1988).
And, yes, I still think it is the most faithful and Ellroyesque adaptation of James Ellroy’s work to appear on the screen so far.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/11/epis...
And, yes, I still think it is the most faithful and Ellroyesque adaptation of James Ellroy’s work to appear on the screen so far.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/11/epis...
Episodee 774: Cop (1988)
Mike, Andrew Nette, and Rod Lott dig into Cop (1988), James B. Harris’s raw James Ellroy adaptation starring a ferocious James Woods.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My second time cohosting on the @projectionbooth.bsky.social podcast this #noirvember, James B. Harris’s COP (1988).
And, yes, I still think it is the most faithful and Ellroyesque adaptation of James Ellroy’s work to appear on the screen so far.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/11/epis...
And, yes, I still think it is the most faithful and Ellroyesque adaptation of James Ellroy’s work to appear on the screen so far.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/11/epis...
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Nothing much to show off, really, but here’s what they are!
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nothing much to show off, really, but here’s what they are!
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Yep.
Sometimes that’s the only social interaction I can take.
Sometimes that’s the only social interaction I can take.
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf - Henry Rollins
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Yep.
Sometimes that’s the only social interaction I can take.
Sometimes that’s the only social interaction I can take.
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A good day when I plug another gap in my #EdMcBain (actually Hunt Collins in this case) short-stories-published-in-magazines collection!
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A good day when I plug another gap in my #EdMcBain (actually Hunt Collins in this case) short-stories-published-in-magazines collection!
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A woman in her seventies has just sat down in the cafe bar and pulled out from her small handbag a hardback copy of Wilbur Smith's 1986 novel Power Of The Sword, which is an absolute brick of a book (close to 900 pages) and which she is now happily absorbed by. Aspirational public reading style.
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A woman in her seventies has just sat down in the cafe bar and pulled out from her small handbag a hardback copy of Wilbur Smith's 1986 novel Power Of The Sword, which is an absolute brick of a book (close to 900 pages) and which she is now happily absorbed by. Aspirational public reading style.
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We’re gonna need a bigger Third Reconstruction.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We’re gonna need a bigger Third Reconstruction.
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Audrey Hepburn had just completed her rendition of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” for My Fair Lady when she heard the news from Director George Cukor. Despite the studio’s insistence that they continue shooting, the cast couldn’t finish the day’s work.q
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Audrey Hepburn had just completed her rendition of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” for My Fair Lady when she heard the news from Director George Cukor. Despite the studio’s insistence that they continue shooting, the cast couldn’t finish the day’s work.q
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On the Unsinkable Molly Brown set, Debbie Reynolds remembered, “We stopped everything and listened to the radio to find out that the worst had happened.”
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On the Unsinkable Molly Brown set, Debbie Reynolds remembered, “We stopped everything and listened to the radio to find out that the worst had happened.”
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Frank Sinatra learned about President Kennedy’s death while Robin & the Seven Hoods was filming, and he immediately interrupted the courtroom scene.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Frank Sinatra learned about President Kennedy’s death while Robin & the Seven Hoods was filming, and he immediately interrupted the courtroom scene.
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November reading - this month's Maigret was a little disappointing as its set-up seemed very similar to the previous novel, Maigret's Pickpocket - an obvious suspect that Maigret refuses to charge.
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
November reading - this month's Maigret was a little disappointing as its set-up seemed very similar to the previous novel, Maigret's Pickpocket - an obvious suspect that Maigret refuses to charge.