Matthew Sullivan
@sulli864.bsky.social
I’ll protect you from the hooded claw.
Like Geoff Dyer, this afternoon I find I have brought all the wrong materials away with me for writing my book on D.H. Lawrence. Good grief.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Like Geoff Dyer, this afternoon I find I have brought all the wrong materials away with me for writing my book on D.H. Lawrence. Good grief.
1st Peter Rabe I ever read, in this 80s Ed Gorman edited Black Lizard anthology with a Rabe tribute from Donald Westlake.
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
1st Peter Rabe I ever read, in this 80s Ed Gorman edited Black Lizard anthology with a Rabe tribute from Donald Westlake.
3 mass market paperback scores from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social ‘The Clash Of Distant Thunder’,Alfred Marin, pen name of SF writer AC Coppel. ‘The Mole’ by Dan Sherman trying every design trick in the book to pass itself off as 70s LeCarre. And a US Mysterious Press copy of a Jacob Asch PI novel.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
3 mass market paperback scores from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social ‘The Clash Of Distant Thunder’,Alfred Marin, pen name of SF writer AC Coppel. ‘The Mole’ by Dan Sherman trying every design trick in the book to pass itself off as 70s LeCarre. And a US Mysterious Press copy of a Jacob Asch PI novel.
Even in 1959, Elmore Leonard could write rings around the rest. ‘Last Stand At Saber River’
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Even in 1959, Elmore Leonard could write rings around the rest. ‘Last Stand At Saber River’
‘Teach the children well.’
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
‘Teach the children well.’
A movie that takes place where you’re from. (Well, I’m from Sydney, at least, if not Bondi)
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from. (Well, I’m from Sydney, at least, if not Bondi)
Well, I was wrong. Maybe I should have put a sensitive tag on it? Here’s Rap Brown’s FBI Wanted poster from when he went underground. He was captured in October 1971 after a rooftop exchange of gunfire with NYPD Patrolman Ralph Manetta following a robbery at The Red Carpet Lounge on 85th
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Well, I was wrong. Maybe I should have put a sensitive tag on it? Here’s Rap Brown’s FBI Wanted poster from when he went underground. He was captured in October 1971 after a rooftop exchange of gunfire with NYPD Patrolman Ralph Manetta following a robbery at The Red Carpet Lounge on 85th
I’d be surprised if this image makes it through the mods process, but here goes. On the day he passed imprisoned, aged 82 as Jamil Al Amin. Here is the cover of H. Rap Brown’s memoir from 1969.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I’d be surprised if this image makes it through the mods process, but here goes. On the day he passed imprisoned, aged 82 as Jamil Al Amin. Here is the cover of H. Rap Brown’s memoir from 1969.
RIP to Jamil Al Amin, the former chair of SNCC & one time minister of Justice for the Black Panther Party. Died imprisoned, with cancer aged 82.
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
RIP to Jamil Al Amin, the former chair of SNCC & one time minister of Justice for the Black Panther Party. Died imprisoned, with cancer aged 82.
As the temperature drops it’s time for a Cold War John LeCarre reread. ‘A Small Town In Germany’ in Pan. 1970 copy.
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
As the temperature drops it’s time for a Cold War John LeCarre reread. ‘A Small Town In Germany’ in Pan. 1970 copy.
Prompted by seeing some posts with Brooklyn centric noir novelist @wmboyle4.bsky.social , I picked up ‘Only The Dead Know Brooklyn’ by Thomas Boyle (no relation). Enjoyable 80s NYPD (kind of) procedural roams all over the borough with an intertwined serial murder & revolutionary 70s kidnapping plot
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Prompted by seeing some posts with Brooklyn centric noir novelist @wmboyle4.bsky.social , I picked up ‘Only The Dead Know Brooklyn’ by Thomas Boyle (no relation). Enjoyable 80s NYPD (kind of) procedural roams all over the borough with an intertwined serial murder & revolutionary 70s kidnapping plot
Pretty tight novel as well.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Pretty tight novel as well.
I know there’s stiff competition, but this shot will be the cover photo of so many histories of this horrific regime in decades to come
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I know there’s stiff competition, but this shot will be the cover photo of so many histories of this horrific regime in decades to come
A bargain from Licorice Pie in the Collingwood Yards. ‘Music City Soul’ on the UK Charly label getting its debut spin in the kitchen tonight. (Including ‘Let’s Stick Together’ by Wilber Harrison recorded in NOLA by Toussaint and Sehorn, later covered by Roxy Music)
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A bargain from Licorice Pie in the Collingwood Yards. ‘Music City Soul’ on the UK Charly label getting its debut spin in the kitchen tonight. (Including ‘Let’s Stick Together’ by Wilber Harrison recorded in NOLA by Toussaint and Sehorn, later covered by Roxy Music)
Comps spinning in the kitchen tonight, ‘Ultimate Girl Groups’ on Goldmine & ‘Sultry Soul Sisters’ on Rhino
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Comps spinning in the kitchen tonight, ‘Ultimate Girl Groups’ on Goldmine & ‘Sultry Soul Sisters’ on Rhino
‘Whose Little Girl Are You?’ By David Craig, better know as Bill James who wrote 29 something Harpur & Iles off centre Brit police procedurals. Was made a film called ‘The Squeeze.’ Fantastic UK hardcover design.
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
‘Whose Little Girl Are You?’ By David Craig, better know as Bill James who wrote 29 something Harpur & Iles off centre Brit police procedurals. Was made a film called ‘The Squeeze.’ Fantastic UK hardcover design.
Another great Kent LP find in the great southern city. ‘soul Cities’ with liner notes by Harboro Horace, aka Mr Croasdell. Some tunes I knew & some revelations.
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Another great Kent LP find in the great southern city. ‘soul Cities’ with liner notes by Harboro Horace, aka Mr Croasdell. Some tunes I knew & some revelations.
From a countercultural campus novel by Ken Kolb written several years prior to the film release, so the political backdrop is kind of different. From the LP & paperback, all too easy to tell the interracial sexual taboo (a small incident in the film itself) was a big selling point circa 1970.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
From a countercultural campus novel by Ken Kolb written several years prior to the film release, so the political backdrop is kind of different. From the LP & paperback, all too easy to tell the interracial sexual taboo (a small incident in the film itself) was a big selling point circa 1970.
Beautiful copy of the Elliot Gould Candace Bergin 1970 college revolution movie ‘Getting Straight’ Culled straight from the ABC Melbourne library by the looks of it. Some nice commentary on this movie in @pulpcurry.bsky.social edited @pmpressuk.bsky.social book ‘Revolution in 35mm’
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Beautiful copy of the Elliot Gould Candace Bergin 1970 college revolution movie ‘Getting Straight’ Culled straight from the ABC Melbourne library by the looks of it. Some nice commentary on this movie in @pulpcurry.bsky.social edited @pmpressuk.bsky.social book ‘Revolution in 35mm’
Spinning in the kitchen while making dinner. Paul Butterfield Blues band on Edsel reissue circa 1985 & a recent @acerecords.bsky.social girl group LP put together by Mick Patrick.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Spinning in the kitchen while making dinner. Paul Butterfield Blues band on Edsel reissue circa 1985 & a recent @acerecords.bsky.social girl group LP put together by Mick Patrick.
….Followed up by a busy old weekend. Last 4 on @letterboxd.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
….Followed up by a busy old weekend. Last 4 on @letterboxd.social
Seriously love this record. Nearly Time to drag it out again.
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Seriously love this record. Nearly Time to drag it out again.
Spaghetti western Soundtrack to ease into the writing day. ‘One Silver Dollar’ by Reggio Ferrio. 2018 reissue of the 1965 LP.
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Spaghetti western Soundtrack to ease into the writing day. ‘One Silver Dollar’ by Reggio Ferrio. 2018 reissue of the 1965 LP.
Middle 1 bought this scary looking Penguin classic for the spouse’s birthday. Read it in 1st year English Lit. & it was was wasted on me. Might have to beg to borrow. ‘The Man Who Loved Children’ by Christina Stead. 1981 printing of the 1940 novel featuring cover art from MOMA NYC by Alton Bell.
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Middle 1 bought this scary looking Penguin classic for the spouse’s birthday. Read it in 1st year English Lit. & it was was wasted on me. Might have to beg to borrow. ‘The Man Who Loved Children’ by Christina Stead. 1981 printing of the 1940 novel featuring cover art from MOMA NYC by Alton Bell.