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swanmichaels.bsky.social

Writer: DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN? 💐 (2023), THE WAGERS (2019), US CONDUCTORS (2014) • Founded 🎶 http://saidthegramophone.com • http://www.byseanmichaels.com • he/him

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plainly evil

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french-language canadian leadership debates are always the craziest and most revealing things—don't know of any other political contest in the world where would-be heads of state have to perform at length in languages they barely speak

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

friday!

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Very happy to be speaking in Guelph next week! www.eventbrite.ca/e/author-eve...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

harsh but fair

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

once again wishing artists had a plan for dealing with AI fallout besides hopes & prayers about copyright lawsuits

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Giller Foundation cuts ties with Scotiabank—bravo, finally. Congratulations to the activists who lead the campaign to compel this change, and hoping it leads banks to yet further divestment from weapons-makers. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

the KLF would be grinning— a hearty WELCOME to Total Fucking Darkness: www.totalfuckingdarkness.com

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

dearest friends! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVf...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

trying to piece together this excellent bygone mixtape of wintertime, blues-chasing rock'n'roll. sad absence of Mavo, Sister Suvi and Haunted House on the internet! www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/mar...

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

everything i've heard from Horsegirl's new record is just the best remedy for the part of my heart reared on Tigermilk, Electrelane and Yo La Tengo (but the thing is: they're new & young & made of right-now)

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

submitted 47 days ago • 667 comments

we watched a beautiful film last night, Mati Diop's DAHOMEY—it's on Mubi, it's about the return of 26 plundered artifacts from France to Benin, it's smart and beautiful and it might reknit the way you imagine stories like that, "the return of plundered artifacts."

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

a calendar, a meditation, a daily fortune, a mystery game 🍥 turnturnturn.me

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

i posted my favourite 🎶 list on dec 7, but great things always come out (or reach me) later. some final favourites of 2024: - Armlock, "Guardian" The Vernon Spring • A Plane Over Woods Bill Laurance • Keeping Company Jeff Parker ETA IVtet • The Way Out Easy - Lean Low, "Out Of Rhythm"

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...

submitted 68 days ago • 149 comments

Love this shit: word-clouds for the most common words that go UNUSED in certain books. like an author's style in negative. (who know that Joyce hated the word "thousand" so much?) i just wish there was a longer list of books that had been analyzed. www.bewitched.com/demo/anti/

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

These most read lists are truly annoying. Stop it. Highlight the least read articles ffs This is such topsy turvy thinking

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