Hard Knocks Seahawks should win an Emmy, it’s wonderful (and Seattle looks soooo beautiful in the summer!)
Chad Perman
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i floated this once during the pandemic but am finally ready to do it: a podcast where i have guests on to talk about their favorite movie—or the one that means the most to their life—& then we talk about why & what that means therapeutically. is this a good or awful idea? would you be a guest?
Ok so if you haven’t seen HOPSCOTCH (1980) you need to do so immediately - I can’t believe I waited so long to watch it, don’t be me
A ★★★★½ review of Hopscotch (1980)
What an absolute delight of a movie, in every possible way. I’d been meaning to see this since way back in my Scarecrow Video days—after falling for Gambit (a 1966 Michael Caine/Shirley MacLaine heist...
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Can’t recommend this essay enough, a unique & heartfelt look at both STAND BY ME and what made Rob Reiner’s best films so good
Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com · last wk.New on the site! Our Summer Blockbusters issue continues, with Alec Joyner's reflections on Rob Reiner and STAND BY ME 🎨: @ohhhaeee.bsky.social
I only saw him play live once, back in 2004 or so, but he had this same energy, always. Rest in peace, Glen.
Glen Hansard - Astral Weeks - 3/16/2012 - Stage On Sixth, Austin, TX
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Glen Hansard’s voice could often make me cry before. Now it feels like it always will.
Matt Damon public service announcement for You Can Count on Me today in the criterion closet youtu.be/ZCxYGx6ueNM?...
President Obama, upon first hearing the news that LeBron James signed with the Philadelphia 76ers 🙏🏽🙌🏼✊🏾 @barackobama.bsky.social @obamafoundation.bsky.social
my celebrity crush, partly because Max Cherry is the ideal man to me and also because everyone says he really was one of the nicest people ever to live
Chad Perman@chadperman.bsky.social · 2w agoevery time i remember that robert forster isn’t with us any more i feel sad all over again
every time i remember that robert forster isn’t with us any more i feel sad all over again
A fantastic, insightful piece from @bilgeebiri.bsky.social, the first thing i read when i got home after finally seeing The Odyssey tonight, and something that made an already amazing movie even better
@bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 3w agoI wrote about the ending of THE ODYSSEY. www.vulture.com/article/chri...
Either way, this is the last 30 minutes we’ll ever see Messi play in a World Cup
Should have been in Seattle truly
Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w agothis shot is so bleak lmao
Spain plays so beautifully, it’s pure joy to watch for a soccer geek & easy to see why they’ve only allowed one goal the entire World Cup. Argentina plays ugly (except for Messi, an artist), seems to have no real plan other than hoping they get a break or a counter & never gives up. Good first half
NO NEED FOR A HALFTIME SHOW AMERICA, THIS IS REAL FOOTBALL
THE ODYSSEY's instantly, predictably enormous success is Exhibit #32176 that the right wing's grievance-farming operation is not some great American cultural shift. Most people don't give a shit about their petty crusades.
Fantastic interview, full of great insights
Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com · 3w ago“You just get allergic to it, because the truth is there’s been this terrible trend for decades now of so many people writing in this disgusting, sentimental way saying what’s happening way too directly. “I’m sad because we never really talked…” Who the fuck says that, you know?” -Kenneth Lonergan
"When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh...our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again." Anne Lamont
“Books are the rock on which I build my church.” - Ann Patchett (April 2026)
The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED
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Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt
wasn’t able to watch the game live so just finished and ugh that second Norway goal being called off was bullshit. also harry kane has got to be the single most annoying player on earth, England won today despite him not because of him
Bergen is an absolutely wonderful city in Norway, a “sister city” of Seattle since 1967, which somehow I didn’t find out until we went to Norway in 2023. My wife has a lot of Norwegian ancestry as well, and it’s a beautiful country in so many ways. So: I hope Haaland scores 27 goals today. 🇳🇴
Ballard's Norwegian pride on display with Norway in World Cup quarterfinals
Norway has become a global darling while advancing to the quarterfinals of this FIFA Men's World Cup, and Ballard is buzzing with Norwegian pride.
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"Modern audiences seem to evaluate stories based on whether they accurately model reality instead of what they illuminate about it. Optimism is asked to justify its existence. And if the audience recoils at the idea that humanity might...choose compassion, maybe Spielberg was never the naive one."
lindsey romain@lindseyromain.bsky.social · 4w agoi wrote about disclosure day, steven spielberg, and human compassion as sci-fi for @brightwalldarkroom.com
I was planning on writing on Disclosure Day for the new issue, but as soon as Lindsey pitched me her angle on it, I happily and quickly stepped aside, because it was fantastic and she's fantastic - and here's the proof :) Definitely a must-read!
lindsey romain@lindseyromain.bsky.social · 4w agoi wrote about disclosure day, steven spielberg, and human compassion as sci-fi for @brightwalldarkroom.com