Guy In A Big Light Blue Suit Jacket Turns Into A Cloud Of Gray Vapor Dot Gif. (Why are there no Human Vapor gifs? There should be Human Vapor gifs).
CaptKarnstein@captkarnstein.bsky.social · 2h agoQTP with a GIF of the last show/movie you watched.
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The Cultural Gutter is dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. And shenanigans. she / her. they / them. whatevs / whatevems. https://culturalgutter.com/ The Mothra Summoning will continue until everything improves.
CaptKarnstein@captkarnstein.bsky.social · 2h ago"Every bit the fighter that Yayan Ruhian, Tony Jaa, and The Beast Mortos is, Willow is the warrior princess for the rest of us and the perfect candidate for a new addition to the Gentlewomen of Asskickery." culturalgutter.com/2026/07/30/w...
Willow Nightingale, The Babe With The Power, and A Gentlewoman of Asskickery
It has been, in my opinion, much too long since we here at the Gutter inducted anyone into the illustrious pantheon of Gentlemen and Ladies of Asskickery. This has not been for a lack of candidates…
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Boosting for the afternoon crowd
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 8h agoI just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.
Me LOVE this! Me want more Cookie Monster content!
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 15h agoCookie Monster's Take Me Out To The Ballgame
"'There Will Come Soft Rains' read by Leonard Nimoy!" culturalgutter.com/2026/08/04/t...
“There Will Come Soft Rains” read by Leonard Nimoy
Listen to Ray Bradbury’s short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” on the day it is set–Aug. 4, 2026. It’s read by Leonard Nimoy! (via Lisa DeBruine) Listen here.
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Get out and vote and let's get this primary over with!
Cultura@culturalgutter.bsky.social · yesterdayMichiganeers, Michigangsters, Michiganians, and Michiganders, if you haven't voted yet, today is the day! All the info for voting in person, registering today and handing in absentee ballots before 8 pm ET: mvic.sos.state.mi.us
The Gutter's own @flashymcflash.bsky.social on AEW Grand Slam Champion, Willow Nightingale: '“The Babe With The Power,” emblazoned with a thigh tattoo of David Bowie, has an infectious energy and appetite for destruction.' culturalgutter.com/2026/07/30/w...
Willow Nightingale, The Babe With The Power, and A Gentlewoman of Asskickery
It has been, in my opinion, much too long since we here at the Gutter inducted anyone into the illustrious pantheon of Gentlemen and Ladies of Asskickery. This has not been for a lack of candidates…
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"'There Will Come Soft Rains' read by Leonard Nimoy!" culturalgutter.com/2026/08/04/t...
“There Will Come Soft Rains” read by Leonard Nimoy
Listen to Ray Bradbury’s short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” on the day it is set–Aug. 4, 2026. It’s read by Leonard Nimoy! (via Lisa DeBruine) Listen here.
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Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...
Michiganeers, Michigangsters, Michiganians, and Michiganders, if you haven't voted yet, today is the day! All the info for voting in person, registering today and handing in absentee ballots before 8 pm ET: mvic.sos.state.mi.us
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Because, really, if any of us had a friend who was a professional writer told us that they have been unable to write because of deaths of friends, sadness, depression, and age-related health problems, we could cut them every bit of slack we could and tell them to get better & not worry about writing
I'm no fan of GRRM (the person), but I feel like the deaths of friends, sadness & depression, and age-related health problems are actually really good reasons not to be writing, much less working on a personal nemesis.
Lotte Reiniger's silhouette animation in THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926), the earliest surviving full-length animated feature. Her attention to detail was stunning, note the wobble of the chess piece.
Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.
The excellent Marya E. Gates interviews Nicolas Winding Refn at RogerEbert.com! culturalgutter.com/2026/08/03/c...
“Cinema Is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on ‘Her Private Hell'”
At RogerEbert.com, Marya E. Gates interviews Nicolas Winding Refn on his new film, Her Private Hell (2026). “The thing about a fairytale is that it transcends genre, it transcends narrative, …
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#Cinemon Monday night at 10E, we're hitting the beach with a metal detector. The metal detector, however, is sleazy beach bum Larry Blyden, and the metal is a wealthy young Susan Oliver. Directed by Richard Carlson and with appearances by Henry "Fred Flintstone" Corden and Billy Barty! Join us!
#Cinemon The Road - YouTube
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A Crock of Crazies Week begins! TFH Guru JD Lifshitz kicks off the week with Maniac Cop, the cult horror favorite from William Lustig and Larry Cohen starring Bruce Campbell. trailersfromhell.com/maniac-cop/
Maniac Cop | Trailers From Hell
First there was Robocop, then there was Maniac Cop, director Bill Lustig and producer Larry Cohen’s low-rent gorefest about a cop returned from a near-death experience and out for revenge. The potenti...
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I feel like we’re getting ever-closer to “I am a prisoner in a cough drop factory”
So happy this is coming back into print via NYRB's kid's line. www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
Vibrant Vintage Illustrations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Alice and Martin Provensen
Ancient Greek mythology meets mid-century art.
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Without downloading new pics, what is it like dating you?
Cultura@culturalgutter.bsky.social · 3d agoWithout downloading new pics, what is it like dating you?
the sigh that left my body. sighs within sighs within sighs, a sighducken, the sighpocalopyse, the sigh of the times, the inceptsigh, arch deluxe with sighs, blue sighs smiling on me, I sigh with my little eye, sigh newhouse, the palace of versighs. and a little tiny manicured sigh, aka a bonsigh.
The Hues Corporation, "There He Is Again" youtu.be/MRBVFM__Xus
BLACULA The Hues Corporation 1972 There He Is Again
YouTube video by Zvonko Slisuric
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