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historian of film, media, popular music | assistant prof | wrote a book about rock stars in movies | he/him
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All the ones I wrote about on this here book! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

the orange VHS tape in a clamshell package

March 10 at 3pm CT! Contact me for the Zoom link

Netflix remains the world's oddest video store

"It simply doesn’t track that ideas that helped Democrats win over three cycles can be blamed for their loss in the year they disavowed them." This is some useful clearing of bullshit. nymag.com/intelligence...

next Bond villain is gonna be a warehouse labor organizer

The kids are alright www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

Father John Misty: a study in poses

"Crucially, a skeptic actually questions, as in seeks answers. A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...

Hey! If you're in the Cleveland area and are curious about concert documentaries, experimental TV technologies, and/or James Brown, I'm giving a talk on 'The T.A.M.I. Show' at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a month from today: tickets.rockhall.com/events/0182b... www.amsmusicology.org/events/vicar...

something that you can't shoot sounds like it would be a valuable tool for the military?

I turned 40 today so I guess it’s time to listen to this

me on the day Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 gets a release date

How I think I look when teaching / How I actually look

I'm old enough to remember when Republicans would carry little Constitutions in their pocket that they'd whip out whenever Democrats wanted to make healthcare marginally less shitty or something

Maybe the play here is that eggs will now feel cheaper when everything else shoots up in price?

solo parenting this weekend but I’m taking secret night trips to Utah

The multiplex on my town is bringing Kraven the Hunter *back* this weekend. We never got Nickel Boys but go off I guess

how, specifically, does freezing research dollars hurt your state's economy? link for deets by state. keep in mind this is separate from all the other programs that support public schools, provide food for kids, supplies for hospitals, equipment for infrastructure. www.faseb.org/science-poli...

Attacks on higher ed are also attacks on the economy. Pass it on.

Regardless of the merits of controversy, something like this with The Brutalist AI whoopsie in the background could really be ballgame for Best Actor. Chalamet is playing into an idea of "authentic" performance legible to folks w/o direct knowledge of film acting www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByFM...

2nd annual under-the radar Pablo Larraín Netflix movie to get Edward Lachman an Oscar nom fwiw

if Robert Eggers made an Ernest movie it'd be called Ernst Goes Madde or something

Bill Morrison is an Oscar nominee!

On Elvis's birthday, I went on the Reels of Justice podcast to talk about -- or, more accurately, serve as the defense attorney for -- Viva Las Vegas, the high water mark of the '60s Elvis movie formula. It was fun! reelsofjustice.buzzsprout.com/1154249/epis...

solidarity forever with trans and non-binary people 🏳️‍⚧️

i've taken to calling Paw Patrol "Paul Patrol" and every time one of the dogs show up i say, "oh look, there's Paul" and i think my toddler has prepared to murder me

it’s finally their time

I just hope they've reunited somewhere

Via @alander.bsky.social: Plaintiffs and their attorneys allege that SB 129, which bans public funding of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and teaching so-called "divisive concepts," has led to censorship, limited educational access and viewpoint suppression.

Being a good writer — or filmmaker or actor or musician or journalist or scholar — is not a *moral* attribute

It’s pretty odd that Better Man got a wide release in the US supported by a robust ad campaign. What an impossible sell! “Remember that guy who had two minor hits a quarter century ago? Well, what if he was a monkey?”

"You don’t have to do anything to fix your attention span. You just have to be bored. This isn’t fun to hear because the media environment has ramped up so steadily over the past few years that boredom now feels like some kind of human rights violation." embedded.substack.com/p/you-might-...