It’s been TWO MONTHS since I last went record shopping. We moved (not far… perhaps the most annoying way to move), and we traveled. But we’re back home, I got the turntable set up again, and I’m back on it.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hit up two stores yesterday. First was my usual stop, Atomic Records in Burbank. I heard this Lilac Time album for the first time only a few days ago. I liked it! So when I saw it leaping out of the bins at me I had to pick it up. Also grabbed the classic NOU, taking me back to my high school days.

Kinda surreal to be able to watch every baseball game all year except the ones that count.

Well I completely forgot the Dodgers game was on in the middle of the day today, and I’m pretty sure the rest of their series will be on a channel I don’t get

Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ

Pressure Drop

YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic

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Moved to a new house today. It took twelve hours and two full moving van loads to get it all here. But it’s here. Everything still in boxes, but here!

My kids are 16 and 12 now. I’m sitting in a udon restaurant tearing up into my soup as I re-read this old tumblr post from 2013. Scroll to the last post in the thread for a link to the mix if you want to listen while you read.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 4w ago

I didn’t writer a DC for @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social, but thought I’d share this story from 13 years ago, about choosing a mixtape for labor and my second son’s first song. Bjork’s Vespertine factors in, and this is what I think of whenever I hear that album. I think you should vote for it! 🧵

I didn’t writer a DC for @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social, but thought I’d share this story from 13 years ago, about choosing a mixtape for labor and my second son’s first song. Bjork’s Vespertine factors in, and this is what I think of whenever I hear that album. I think you should vote for it! 🧵

The Best Album of 2001@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Best Album of 2001 Round 6 (Final Four) Match #125 #1 Wilco, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT VS. #5 Björk, VESPERTINE Go here to vote: forms.gle/Q1GZmxsACQzK...

Though their genres aren’t the same, I put Roger Miller in the same class as Harry Nilsson: the melodies just pour out, and the songs are consistently a joy (except when they’re meant to be gut punches!)

Natalie Weiner@natalieweiner.bsky.social · last mo.

did some roger miller posting www.dontrocktheinbox.com/converting-t...

Time for my roughly monthly movie-watching update: my favorite films of 1937. Top of the list is Julien Duvivier’s PÉPÉ LE MOKO, an excellent crime film starring Jean Gabin in one of his best roles. So many great shots here as Duvivier captures the maze-like underworld of the Casbah.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Took me about a month to catch up on many 1936 films and now here it is: my favorites from that year. 1935 was a dearth of great movies but 36 was chock-a-block. Maybe no outright masterpieces but lots of really good films. boxd.it/WscuQ

I liked the first episode of LANTERNS and then they needle-dropped Scud Mountain Boys at the end so I loved it.

The music at this airport bar went from a live version of VU’s “Sweet Jane,” Canned Heat, and a Neil Young deep cut to… Red Hot Chili Peppers. I guess there was a shift change.

Took me about a month to catch up on many 1936 films and now here it is: my favorites from that year. 1935 was a dearth of great movies but 36 was chock-a-block. Maybe no outright masterpieces but lots of really good films. boxd.it/WscuQ

Favorite Films: 1936

A list of 19 films compiled on Letterboxd, including César (1936), The Only Son (1936), The Lower Depths (1936), Things to Come (1936) and Modern Times (1936).

boxd.it

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Making my way through my chronological movie-watching project, 1935 has by far been the biggest chore so far. Not a lot of *bad* movies, but a LOT of mediocre ones. My list of favorites from this, the worst film year of the 30s, contains just four films. boxd.it/VCkwc

Hit up two stores yesterday. First was my usual stop, Atomic Records in Burbank. I heard this Lilac Time album for the first time only a few days ago. I liked it! So when I saw it leaping out of the bins at me I had to pick it up. Also grabbed the classic NOU, taking me back to my high school days.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Took advantage of the day off and trekked to Record Recycler in Torrance. Great store! All but one of these albums were $20 or less. And I put probably another 6 records back in the bins, in hopes they’ll still be there next time I go.

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday: rewatched Rogue One, my first time since Andor concluded last year. I feel like Andor definitely improves the experience of this film. two from 1936: the romantically confused Men Are Not Gods, and the flawed-but-fascinating sci-fi Things To Come

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This week’s #LastFourWatched: The Odyssey has improved in my mind since watching it. Would really like to re-watch soon. First time seeing My Man Godfrey—a fun screwball that also features a somewhat muted William Powell. I admit to some distraction while I watched and would like to see it again.

This week’s #LastFourWatched: The Odyssey has improved in my mind since watching it. Would really like to re-watch soon. First time seeing My Man Godfrey—a fun screwball that also features a somewhat muted William Powell. I admit to some distraction while I watched and would like to see it again.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday — a comedic take (??) on The Maltese Falcon, an early Ingrid Bergman melodrama, a first-time watch of a little western called THE SEARCHERS, and a 1935 drama from Japan. Loved seeing The Searchers in 70mm, though it didn’t live up to my expectations.

Lots of greats in here

Alfred Soto@sotoalfred.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I only just noticed that the top five came out in the same two-year stretch. The decade of peak Ford, Renoir, MGM, Marx brothers. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2020/08/03/t...

In the original draft he was Jack Odyssey

Zach Schonfeld@zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Honestly, it's very lazy to make a movie about an odyssey and name the main character "Odysseus." What will they come up with next, a quixotic protagonist named "Don Quixote"?

I dunno. The new Barbara Kruger is kinda mid.

After watching 2001 on the big screen last week, we watched Interstellar on the big screen today. Boy, seeing the two in succession like that, you really appreciate how the lack of dialogue in Kubrick’s film adds to the awe of that film—and the opposite for Nolan.

Making my way through my chronological movie-watching project, 1935 has by far been the biggest chore so far. Not a lot of *bad* movies, but a LOT of mediocre ones. My list of favorites from this, the worst film year of the 30s, contains just four films. boxd.it/VCkwc

Favorite Films: 1935

A list of 4 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The 39 Steps (1935), Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Whole Town's Talking (1935) and Toni (1935).

boxd.it

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Making my way through my little project—here are my favorite films of 1934. Top dogs: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra) LES MISERABLES (Raymond Bernard) THE THIN MAN (WS Van Dyke) TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks) THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN (Alexander Korda) L’ATLANTE (Jean Vigo) boxd.it/Vc1l8

Man the new season of THE AGENCY is excellent (and so was the first). I have a sneaking suspicion this show is not going to make it to three seasons but I tell you it is great!!

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday — a comedic take (??) on The Maltese Falcon, an early Ingrid Bergman melodrama, a first-time watch of a little western called THE SEARCHERS, and a 1935 drama from Japan. Loved seeing The Searchers in 70mm, though it didn’t live up to my expectations.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My #LastFourWatched —surprisingly including two films released in 2026! Supergirl was no classic but it was a good way to spend an afternoon with my kid. Disclosure Day on the other hand: it’s been 5 days since I’ve seen it and my displeasure with it grows with each passing day. #LetterboxdFriday

A new Windy & Carl album? In collaboration with Optigan Conservatory? Why, yes please.

Windy & Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory, by Windy & Carl with Optigan Conservatory

6 track album

windyandcarl.bandcamp.com

Dreamt that Quentin Tarantino released a digitally enhanced version of Pulp Fiction, much like George Lucas did for Star Wars. Except the only thing QT updated was John Travolta talking about how expensive his milkshake was. Digitally adjusted for inflation, it’s now a $12 shake.

Took my kids to see 2001 in 70mm at the Aero tonight. They both struggled with what it all meant (of course!), but we talked about it for the whole car ride home and then some, and that has NEVER happened with any other movie we’ve watched together.

Took advantage of the day off and trekked to Record Recycler in Torrance. Great store! All but one of these albums were $20 or less. And I put probably another 6 records back in the bins, in hopes they’ll still be there next time I go.

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Been in Philly for a few days on a work trip and managed to visit two record stores—Philadelphia Record Exchange and Long in the Tooth. Scored two really excellent finds and grabbed some more that are on my list that I’ve not seen in the wild before.

My #LastFourWatched —surprisingly including two films released in 2026! Supergirl was no classic but it was a good way to spend an afternoon with my kid. Disclosure Day on the other hand: it’s been 5 days since I’ve seen it and my displeasure with it grows with each passing day. #LetterboxdFriday

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s time for my #LastFourWatched: Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s final (entertaining!) film, two early so-so Capras and Raymond Bernard’s epic and brilliant adaptation of Les Miserables—worth the 5-hour commitment’

In June I mostly watched films from 1934-35 and honestly most of them were just average, but a few rose above the rest. My favorite first-time watches of the month: Les Miserables (Bernard, 1935) The Private Life of Don Juan (Korda, 1934) Two Monks (Oro, 1934)

@sctttnnnt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My favorite first-time watches of May—see if you can detect any patterns: Westfront 1918 (Pabst, 1930) Kameradschaft (Pabst, 1931) Marius (Korda/Pagnol, 1931) Fanny (Allégret/Pagnol, 1932) (1/2)

My metal noms for @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social 88 tourney: Slayer SOUTH OF HEAVEN Danzig s/t Metallica JUSTICE FOR ALL Testament NEW ORDER Anthrax STATE OF EUPHORIA Godflesh s/t Pestilence MALLEUS MALEFICARUM Death LEPROSY Judas Priest RAM IT DOWN Megadeth SO FAR etc Rigor Mortis s/t (con’t)

The One True Ghoster@onetrueposter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have difficulty ascertaining your taste in metal based on how all over the place the ranks are but you might conceivably enjoy Brocas Helm's Black Death which is a very eccentric and lo-fi power metal record (two descriptors very rarely applied to this subgenre)

@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social Over the last few months I have listened to roughly 300 albums from 1988. I think I'm done with that exercise now (despite the master-ish list being close to 1000), unless someone comes along and recs something that wasn't already on my list.