Noel Murray
@noelmu.bsky.social
Freelancer for hire. You know me from: The A.V. Club, The Dissolve. Posts about food, TV, movies, the Braves, pretty scenery. Husband of @donnadb.bsky.social .
The Cubs-Dodgers game went from thrilling in the first inning to a laugher by the middle innings and now in the eighth it's suddenly, out of nowhere, quite thrilling again.
Over at @pitchfork.com, I review Ever the Optimist, the lovely new album by the Trashcan Sinatras that now seems achingly poignant after the unexpected death of their rhythm guitarist John Douglas this week.
Trashcan Sinatras: Ever the Optimist
Read Stephen Thomas Erlewine’s review of the album.
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Your periodic reminder that Velvet Goldmine is back on Criterion Channel, rightfully under the "Rock biopics that don't suck" category.
Frasier, S8 E12, "The Show Must Go Off"
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
#TIFF26 Toronto (@tiffnet.bsky.social) lines up its Centerpiece, Wavelengths, and TIFF Classics programs — www.criterion.com/current/post... Among the dozens of titles is one of my own favorites of the year so far, Sandra Wollner’s EVERYTIME.
Can't believe we're still doing this in 2026
I don't even know what to say. This is real, this is true, so, like, thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. This took over 25 years to happen so if there's any lesson here it's either "keep at it, who knows" or "many people are divorced"
the new mountain goats album is out on Friday. presave it please! or even preorder it! the vinyl package is a super cool O-card design by @seenstudio.bsky.social 30tgrs.ffm.to/days
The Mountain Goats - Days
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At my substack, no paywall for now: The Man Who Would Be Dorléac. open.substack.com/pub/selfstyl...
The Man Who Would Be Dorléac
Costumes weren't the only things he created
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Sunday Dinner: Pappardelle w/meat sauce and spicy sausage, cheese bread, Dad’s Famous Salad™️
So we conquered it seven years ago. “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”—Pete Conrad, 19 Nov 1969
idk, max miller looks good here. he's relaxed, confident, like this isn't his first domestic violence denial at all. in fact, he looks like he's made lots of dv denials. nope, not his first rodeo. poised, looking right at us, he's in the zone, this is a domestic violence denier in peak form.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
One thing I don't miss about Olde Twitter was how when you RT-ed a post you would see the replies to your RT. It was a distressing way to find out which of your friends were annoying reply guys.
![big time influencer guy on here @boring_as_heck
Next, on TLC's Lunchbox Wanters
RON: Back off, Jim. That box is mine.
[CUT TO INTERVIEW]
RON: No way was I letting Jim get that lunchbox.
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becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together
These two posts really say it all. 💔
Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat you guys seem incapable of understanding is that when people hear you say you've used AI in your work, they simply don't believe you when you say you've used it responsibly and carefully. Hank Green would have almost certainly said the same thing last week.
A cautionary tale, from the world of hotel-booking. For about a decade now I've used Hotels dot com and generally I've had no complaints. But I have run into trouble in the past when booking rooms for the Toronto film festival. 1/
Cooper Hoffman is the real deal. (Also, he has never looked more like his father than he does here, just being himself. A few times he gets kind of a Brandt from Big Lebowski expression.) youtu.be/6UCSuaFuwrY?...
Cooper Hoffman’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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Charles Schulz took a big step toward desegregating the comics page when Franklin first appeared in "Peanuts" on July 31, 1968. Here’s that initial sequence.
As a fan of pizza in Queens, was lowkey bothered by our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ditching the New York slice—and the city itself for that matter. It just doesn’t look like it takes place in New York compared to the previous sequel which was shot on location. www.avclub.com/spider-man-b...
Is there any good reason for Spider-Man to eat this much Little Caesars?
Is there any good reason for Spider-Man to eat this much Little Caesars?
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The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 6d agoIf #LittleCaesars has no lovers, Peter Parker is gone. Read our full sound-off at the link in our bio.
Excellent point here from @splicedpersonality.bsky.social in his review of Greg Araki's I Want Your Sex. splicedpersonality.substack.com/p/review-i-w...
One thing video games have over film is collecting shards. Regardless of how big Christopher Nolan goes with his camera, his movies will never allow us to collect shards.