Michael Cerliano
@michaelcerliano.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate in rhetoric at Texas Woman's University. Critical theory, visual culture, the weird. "Tell me strange things."
Getting ready for THE SACRAMENT on this week's #folkhorrorfriday !
The problem with AI is you can't really shoot it in the head yet
This reminds me of a *fantastic* Slate article by Dan Kois on '70s superstar poet and contemporary nonentity Rod McKuen. Just an amazing article.
Fifty Years Ago, He Was America’s Most Famous Writer. Why Haven’t You Ever Heard of Him?
He sold 60 million books and 100 million records. Then he disappeared.
slate.com
John Oxley@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 5d agoSaid this before, but you could write an interesting book on the books/films/music that were huge in their time but rapidly disappeared from any collective knowledge. Only hardly anyone would read it, because they wouldn't recognise them.
The nation explicitly cast as a fortressed bunker ensuring "survivability" for the in-group. A.K.A. end times fascism.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoHegseth announces "Fortress America," which will study "survivability"
Ian McShane has morning coffee with Suzanne Pleshette ☕️ If It's Tuesday It Must Be Belgium, 1969 If it's September 29, it must be #NationalCoffeeDay Today we're celebrating Ian McShane's birthday 🎂
Getting ready for MESSIAH OF EVIL on tonight's #folkhorrorfriday
We painted autumn themed tote bags at the writing center this afternoon 🎃
Can't wait!
Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States@crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · last wk.Tomorrow is #FolkHorrorFriday and we are watching one of my favorites: MESSIAH OF EVIL. I will be wearing my T-shirt and watching my brand new Bluray, but the movie is also free to stream on Tubi. We press play at 9pm ET.
It’s the mighty Chuck Jones’ birthday. Duck Amuck is his brilliant but kind of nightmarish masterpiece, at 5.42 youtu.be/QRSgRILrW14?...
Looney Tunes | Classic Daffy Duck Mega Compilation | Warner Classics
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics
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Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
Too many have forgotten that the civil rights movement was fought over, among other things, bathrooms and locker rooms
Another #folkhorrorfriday in the books! Good to watch a movie with all of you once again.
Michael Cerliano@michaelcerliano.bsky.social · 2w agoAlmost time for #folkhorrorfriday
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if you’re reading this post The Curse has been lifted. Have a good day! ⓘ Only those who bear The Curse can see this post
It's been a long short week, and I'm ready for THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER on #folkhorrorfriday
[Happy 105th birthday to Eddy Goldfarb, BOTD in 1921, to invent Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth in 1949!]
