James Sullivan
@sullivanjames.bsky.social
Books: comedy, music, sports, pants. Boston Globe arts and culture. Program director, NBPT Docu Fest. Journalism dep’t, Emerson College.
jamessullivanauthor.com
www.whichside.boston
jamessullivanauthor.com
www.whichside.boston
A while back I wrote a book about the power of protest music and had the good fortune to get @billmckibben.bsky.social and @revyearwood.bsky.social to write the foreword.
Some Boston friends and I are about to kick off a “Teach-Out” series about times that require loud voices. Happy 4th! #wsayo
Some Boston friends and I are about to kick off a “Teach-Out” series about times that require loud voices. Happy 4th! #wsayo
July 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A while back I wrote a book about the power of protest music and had the good fortune to get @billmckibben.bsky.social and @revyearwood.bsky.social to write the foreword.
Some Boston friends and I are about to kick off a “Teach-Out” series about times that require loud voices. Happy 4th! #wsayo
Some Boston friends and I are about to kick off a “Teach-Out” series about times that require loud voices. Happy 4th! #wsayo
Another book that could be ripe for rediscovery (cf. “It Can’t Happen Here”): The story of a fundamentally decent American Army officer who teaches a formerly fascist town about the meaning of democracy.
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Another book that could be ripe for rediscovery (cf. “It Can’t Happen Here”): The story of a fundamentally decent American Army officer who teaches a formerly fascist town about the meaning of democracy.
Song of the day (decade??): “It don’t make much sense that common sense don’t make no sense no more.” (h/t #BarryBlitt)
March 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Song of the day (decade??): “It don’t make much sense that common sense don’t make no sense no more.” (h/t #BarryBlitt)
Could be worse: In this film, Earth has exploded.
This sweet, funny love-story-in-space screened last night @bostonscifi.bsky.social. From Ukrainian filmmaker Pavlo Ostrikov, it was completed just as the Russians invaded. Watch for it.
This sweet, funny love-story-in-space screened last night @bostonscifi.bsky.social. From Ukrainian filmmaker Pavlo Ostrikov, it was completed just as the Russians invaded. Watch for it.
February 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Could be worse: In this film, Earth has exploded.
This sweet, funny love-story-in-space screened last night @bostonscifi.bsky.social. From Ukrainian filmmaker Pavlo Ostrikov, it was completed just as the Russians invaded. Watch for it.
This sweet, funny love-story-in-space screened last night @bostonscifi.bsky.social. From Ukrainian filmmaker Pavlo Ostrikov, it was completed just as the Russians invaded. Watch for it.
"People here who are being killed and dying don't have time to wait." By all means, find a way to see "No Other Land."
February 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"People here who are being killed and dying don't have time to wait." By all means, find a way to see "No Other Land."
“I wish they’d decide once and for all which gang of hooligans constitute the government of this country!”
— Gromeko, “Doctor Zhivago”
— Gromeko, “Doctor Zhivago”
February 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“I wish they’d decide once and for all which gang of hooligans constitute the government of this country!”
— Gromeko, “Doctor Zhivago”
— Gromeko, “Doctor Zhivago”
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist
January 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist
More white stuff than Frosty the Snowman. “Hundreds of Beavers” = instant Christmas classic.
December 23, 2024 at 1:58 AM
More white stuff than Frosty the Snowman. “Hundreds of Beavers” = instant Christmas classic.
The Nineties tried to warn us
December 13, 2024 at 6:38 PM
The Nineties tried to warn us
For several reasons
December 7, 2024 at 12:29 PM
For several reasons