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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.

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www.whichside.boston
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July 3, 2025 at 11:02 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
July 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 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.
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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
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.
February 16, 2025 at 8:10 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."
February 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“I wish they’d decide once and for all which gang of hooligans constitute the government of this country!”
— Gromeko, “Doctor Zhivago”
February 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist
January 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
More white stuff than Frosty the Snowman. “Hundreds of Beavers” = instant Christmas classic.
December 23, 2024 at 1:58 AM
The Nineties tried to warn us
December 13, 2024 at 6:38 PM
For several reasons
December 7, 2024 at 12:29 PM