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Jim Gavin

@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social

Middle Men (Simon & Schuster), Lodge 49 (AMC+), Tiger Van Books

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Jim Gavin@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · last mo.

England v Cameroon in '90 was the game that turned me into a soccer lifer and a glutton for sweaty operatic heartbreak, and this surpassed it. Nice to think of young kids all over the US falling in love in the same terrible way.

Matthew Specktor@specktor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Been thinking a lot lately about how bonkers great the show Patriot was, and how people who are into Lodge 49 and/or DTF St Louis should hightail their way to watching it ASAP. Because it is, it absolutely rips in ways that TV just doesn’t (and won’t, sadly) anymore

Ben Travers@bentravers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Asked “DTF St. Louis” writer and director Steve Conrad what it’s like to finally have a show that “exists.” www.indiewire.com/awards/consi...

What's your approach to reactions? Do you seek them out or just put a wall up? I put a wall up. I don't live in Los Angeles or New York. I live in Chicago, and the fate of a movie or TV show, it's not something anybody talks about here. Reviews, that kind of thing, you just aren't exposed to them. But you can feel it in the world - I'll give you an example. We made a TV show called "Patriot" for Amazon, and I just never met anybody who had ever seen it. I never saw anybody watching it on a plane, never bumped into anybody who asked me what I did who even knew what it was. It just happened in the dark, like so in the dark, it's almost like it never happened. Over the years our audience has grown, so it happens now - 10 years later it does happen — but for the first three or four years, it's as if it never existed.
Mat Johnson@matjohnson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Blowing my mind that the tenement entry way here is almost identical to the one @victorlavalle.bsky.social and I lived in almost 30 years ago, when this story was just a twinkle in his eye. Full circle.

Chris Cantwell@ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And now, the FULL TRAILER for THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER. I’m going to say this trailer “rips.” It might even be “a banger.” This show has taken four years of my life. You finally get to see it May 7th. From @victorlavalle.bsky.social, Karyn Kusama, Ridley Scott & me. LOOK AT THIS CAST!

Jim Gavin@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Broadcast the right signals and hear them amplified in beautiful ways. Makes me so happy to see @loubeard.bsky.social and @mc-taylor.bsky.social in cosmic conversation. SHAKY TOWN and SHAKY EYES, connected by the crooked path. Dig 'em!

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Gabe Soria@bitchinville.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Anybody who’s into wonderfully written stories about life in the liminal spaces of Hollywood owes it to themself to pick up Lou Mathews’s Hollywoodski. And while you’re at it, get his books Shaky Town and L.A. Breakdown, all from @jimatdeltaco.bsky.social’s Tiger Van Books!

@loubeard.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Nice Christmas present from Kirkus, a starred review for Hollywoodski. The money line : "A lively, funny journey on the fringes of Hollywood." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Jim Gavin@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This record will make you feel good, like a Quaalude, and only a finite number were made, also like a Quaalude.

Rachel Lichtman@rachellichtman.bsky.social · 12mo ago

LOOK! The Easy AM 66 Promotional Album Vol. 3 has arrived on LP, ready for easy listening on your hi-fi while you swirl Drambuie in an open robe. This limited edition pressing is a special gift for premium contributions to Programme 4 - ONLY A FEW ARE LEFT so ACT NOW! Programme4.bandcamp.com

The Easy AM 66 Promotional Album Vol. 3 has arrived on LP!
Jim Gavin@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to @loubeard.bsky.social on his Pushcart Prize, and many thanks to @newenglandreview.bsky.social for championing Lou and so many other amazing writers. Lou's prize story is a chapter in HOLLYWOODSKI - order your copy today from your local independent bookstore!

@loubeard.bsky.social · last yr.

Just heard the resounding news that my story "Desperate Times, Desperate Crimes" from The New England Review 45.3 has just won a Pushcart Prize. My thanks to Jim Gavin at Tiger Van Books who did the heavy lifting on this one, and Carolyn Kuebler at NER who did the fine tuning.

Lauren Groff@legroff.bsky.social · last yr.

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

Jim Gavin@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · last yr.

Lots of great stuff at the LA Times Book Festival this weekend, including this great panel with @loubeard.bsky.social. The festival is a great place to support independent presses like Tiger Van Books. Make a day of it, drink some wine, descend into Dionysian mayhem, acquire a tote bag...

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Jim Gavin@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · last yr.

This memoir is so timely, heartbreaking, hilarious, inventive, kaleidoscopic, and instantly canonical as a vision of Hollywood...I don't know how @specktor.bsky.social pulled it off, but very glad he did. The man knows of what he speaks. I highly recommend purchasing a copy today. #riverrun

Matthew Specktor@specktor.bsky.social · last yr.

THE GOLDEN HOUR is out in the world today! If you're in LA, I hope you'll come see Tom Bissell and I chop it up at Diesel Books at 6:30

Paul F. Tompkins@pftompkins.bsky.social · last yr.

I will always hold it against the fake money people that they appropriated “crypto” from cool things like your Sasquatches and Mothmans. They should have called their dumb shit something like Goofbux