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Alan Maxwell

@anthemsprinter.bsky.social

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I'm a Fifer. I love the following: FILMS! (Scottish, Irish, documentary, short films, horror, cult movies) MUSIC! (Everything from traditional folk to electronic weirdness) THEATRE! (Especially Scottish and Irish) BOOKS! HAGGIS! Letterboxd: GhostOfTheRegal

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4h

Just seen an ad pop up using art that was blatantly AI generated and yet the "artist" still had the nerve to put a copyright and his name on it. I mean yeah, it would be awful if someone stole your image right enough.

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5h

You ever see a news headline that you just sit and stare at for several minutes?
www.thenational.scot/news/2553640...

Scottish heritage boss sanctioned for 'twerking' in front of Martin Compston

A MANAGER at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) was sanctioned after allegedly “twerking” in front of Hollywood actor Martin Compston,…

www.thenational.scot

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5h

"I like Ireland very much. I just think it's a little underdeveloped and needs educating."

One for my celtic cousins too then.

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5h

#31DaysOfHorror film #14: Euro-gothic film The Blancheville Monster (1963), aka Horror. Oddly, the original Italian language version (Horror), despite an opening caption saying "England 1884", is set in Scotland so gets added to my Scotland on screen viewing list. (English dub moves it to Brittany.)

Art for The Blancheville Monster showing an old castle in the distance, a mysterious deformed figure with a bloody knife, and a frightened woman

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 16h

My big problem with the BBC Archive channel on Youtube is that there's way more stuff I'm interested in than I ever have the time to watch. But since I've seen quite a few of you mention this one over the last few days I guess I'll finally get round to it now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9q...

1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE | Tuesday Documentary | World of Work | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

www.youtube.com

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 19h

Continuing the #31DaysOfHorror with films #12 and #13. This feels like a Saturday night double bill: tick another video nasty off the list (some Ivan Reitman-produced Canuxploitation!), followed by Italian zombie trash which feels like something I should have seen but somehow never have.

Poster for the film Death Weekend, under its alternative title of The House by the Lake, showing a spooky looking house and a man forcefully holding his hand over a scared woman's mouth

Poster art for Zombie 4: After Death, showing a bloody, decaying hand and a pool of blood coming out from behind a metal gate

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 19h

Another update for the "books I've read in 2025" thread: a Booker prize winner, a Skye-set family drama, a play by a playwright I love which had sadly just finished by the time I visited London this year, and a collection of short stories which I believe is the first Shirley Jackson I've ever read.

Orbital by Samantha Harvey, Dancing in the Shallows by Clare Reddaway, The Brightening Air by Conor McPherson and The Daemon Lover by Shirley Jackson

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 19h

(It also afforded me the opportunity to pop into Futtle and stock up on their top notch kombucha.)

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 19h

Cracking day of theatre on either side of the Silvery Tay today, with The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams' best play (yes, it is, get over yourself, Streetcar fans) at Dundee Rep this afternoon then down to the Byre in St Andrews this evening for touring production Common Tongue. Both excellent.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 11d

People who enjoyed my ethnomusicologal folk horror movie might also enjoy my ethnomusicologial folk feelgood documentary, by the way (and I drew those opening titles myself, nice to see them again)

www.disneyplus.com/en-ie/browse...

Watch While You Live, Shine | Disney+

Eccentric musicologist explores ancient melodies, revealing forgotten treasures.

www.disneyplus.com

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfHorror film #11: Saturday morning Corman!

A skeleton presides over an open coffin and three black robed witches dance around a graveyard in a vintage lobby card for the 1957 film The Undead

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 1d

You'll have some job getting your clown costume clean again too!

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 1d

Can't have #31DaysOfHorror and not fit in a little bit of Amicus fun. Film #10 - time to revisit an old favourite.

Poster for 1973 film Vault of Horror, showing a face and hands emerging from a crypt and a few other people peeking out from behind graves.

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

Solid enough start followed by two of VistaVision's weaker travelogues.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Last four Letterboxd ratings: 3/5 and 3.5/5 for a couple of "VistaVision Visits..." travelogues, 4.5 for Wake Up Dead Man, and 4 for Lust of the Vampire

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at the short fiction of one of the great American genre writers, Charles Beaumont.

www.thebulwark.com/p/hopeless-h...

The Hopeless Horror of Charles Beaumont

The writer died before his fortieth birthday—but left behind an influential catalogue of stories and unforgettable Twilight Zone episodes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

Did Dylan or Springsteen ever have a TV special where they wander round Falkland Palace with Andy Williams or sing carols with a bunch of school kids in the old church in St Monans? DID THEY FUCK

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

I did also travel to Belfast for 48 hours to watch Translations 3 times - basically, I'm appointing myself chief Friellie gatekeeper

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

New Katherine Priddy album announced, whoop whoop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hw6...

Katherine Priddy - Matches (Official Video)

YouTube video by Katherine Priddy

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

Paid my first visit to the Crucible in Sheffield a couple of weeks back for Dancing at Lughnasa. Arrived in Sheffield, watched the matinee, watched the evening performance, then went home. I am 100% Friellie.

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Castles in Space @castlesinspace.bsky.social · 3d

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Public Works and Utilities
Vinyl, Compact Disc and Digital
CiS194
10th October, 2025
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
All good record stores.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

I live part way between Culross and Kirkcaldy.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

I have not yet watched it. Let's just say yes.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

I've no idea, I'd probably mix them up too to be fair.

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

Well I really enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man. Bold move in this day and age having a main character who is both a priest and a decent bloke.

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

"Wake Up Dead Man" sounds like the first half of the title of a spaghetti western. The second half would presumably be something like "Sartana is Waiting" or "There's a Bullet for Django"