There is no need for any politician to still be on X. Listen, I want so much better for you.
James
@moderntuba.bsky.social
Human who licenses music for film/TV, plays the tuba (capably) and the ukulele (less capably), enjoys soundtracks & speculative fiction, and votes. (he/they is a-okay)
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Now that Bluesky is the official social media app representing the popular will of the United States of America™️, what is our first cultural decree?
8 hrs last night sitting on the sofa, election coverage spinning on the tv, endlessly refreshing Bluesky on my phone. Bluesky, you did NOT disappoint. To others I say, there's a real community here if you just let it into your stream & into your heart. It's smart, it's funny, & it's one of a kind.
What's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
There are Boston Dynamics dog robots outside my office right now, and I do NOT like it.
Just saw ARTIFICIAL, and holy crap. I see why Sam Altman colluded with Amazon MGM to drop this release. So glad Neon picked it up. Supposed to release on Xmas Day. SEE IT. Andrew Garfield is incredible in this movie, btw. Damon Albarn did the music!
I know there’s a lot to be concerned about these days, but they closed the local Jeni’s Ice Cream in Larchmont for yet another coffee place, and it’s making me sad. They’re already opening an Alfred’s despite a Coffee Bean, Starbucks, and GGET on the same block. Sigh.
I met Dolores Huerta once at a screening just a couple of years ago, and she was so friendly and still passionately organizing, even there in the lobby. Her name and likeness should replace every instance of Cesar Chavez’s.
I went to an event last night where someone named Teezo Touchdown performed a song that only the three teenagers in the building were excited about, and it was awful. He sang into some flowers? Saw him in the lobby afterwards and complimented his garb, though.
OBSESSION leans hard into the "crazy girlfriend" stereotype (a la FATAL ATTRACTION or HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE) and misses opportunities for greater commentary, but nevertheless it injects the sub-genre with fresh energy led by the director's fun but earnest film-making style.
Apropos of nothing, if I have to create an account to read a gift article, then it is not a gift.
RIP Walter Koenig, whose iconic performances as both Chekov and Bester were meaningful for me.
Went to the L.A. premiere of BEING HEUMANN last night, the new film that tells the story of Judy Heumann & the sit-in for disability rights in 1977, which changed everything. It was a powerful, moving look at an inflection point in our history that rarely gets talked about or examined. #beingheumann
Well this is eleventy-million kinds of Fucked Up. @latimes.com (who once contracted with me as a freelance reviewer and whom I struggled to get paid by) asserts that *merely reading its website* constitutes a permanent waiver of your right to sue it under *any circumstances*.
I dug NOSFERATU. It knew what it was and executed it well, with lovely over-the-top gothy performances, great direction & music. Willem Dafoe seemed out of place, but he was still enjoyably cheesy.
Joe Hisaishi is the new conductor/composer-in-residence for the Hollywood Bowl for the next five years?! Awesome.
Just saw the first episode of something called THE REMARRIED EMPRESS. The outdoor tea party they planned was canceled because of rain, so we got a rice krispy treat instead. Some people seemed 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 into it.
Received a "WOMAN'S VOICE NEWSLETTER" in the mail, which promotes the conservative viewpoint on CA measures 40-43, mentions nothing about women, and has a picture of a man. Gross.