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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 1d

New DEVOUR the AIR (me + Ben Lasman) record DESTROYERS drops 12/5! Listen to our new song, buy a handmade CD.

Devour the Air @devourtheair.bsky.social · 1d

"Set my blood on fire, watch me devour the air..."
DEVOUR the AIR presents DESTROYERS
DEBUT LP: 12/5/2025
Pre-order super limited bootleg edition handmade CDs and listen to our new song 'Destroyers' below.
✌️🖤🤘Ben + Ryan
devourtheair.bandcamp.com/album/destro...

Destroyers, by Devour the Air

5 track album

devourtheair.bandcamp.com

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 4d

'Where to Land' is a gift for my real Hal Hartley heads out there. Great interview in @slantmagazine.com

"I think a lot of the time people equate irony with cynicism, which I’ve never been involved with. Irony is interesting because it highlights contradiction, and that’s what I’m interested in."

Hal Hartley on 'Where to Land' and Making Movies His Own Way

Hal Hartley discusses the origins of 'Where to Land,' fundraising, drawing from his own life, and plenty more.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 9d

T O M O R R O W - Saturday, 10/3, 3-4pm, I'll be at the TBW BOOKS table at the ICP PHOTO BOOK FEST signing books and hanging out. This will be my last NYC event for the foreseeable future so, I dunno, come say hi :)

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, Public Books! The brilliant A/S/L is available now from @sohopress.bsky.social!

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 10d

New at PB: @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social interviews @jeannethornton.bsky.social about her new novel A/S/L (@sohopress.bsky.social), a book that reminds us: Forgetting isn’t freedom, forgiveness isn’t redemption, and in life there are no resets.

“Conjuring and Reality”: An Interview with Jeanne Thornton - Public Books

“Pronouncing a sentence about a person, wrapping them up in your narrative, can be a very gracious action, or a cruel one, or probably most often both.”

www.publicbooks.org

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 10d

A/S/L is at the top of my favorite books of 2025, so I was thrilled to engage @jeannethornton.bsky.social in conversation for our friends at @publicbooks.bsky.social. A must read for my real heads and the soon to be converted alike. Thanks, Jeanne!

“Conjuring and Reality”: An Interview with Jeanne Thornton - Public Books

“Pronouncing a sentence about a person, wrapping them up in your narrative, can be a very gracious action, or a cruel one, or probably most often both.”

www.publicbooks.org

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 18d

Doing some long overdue maintenance on my archive, I came across some photos from (I think?) 1999 seeing Wesley Willis in Denver. I will cherish his head butt forever. Rock N Roll Will Never Die!

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · 29d

Hey gang it's been a minute. But TODAY, SATURDAY SEPT. 13, I'll be at the PRINTED MATTER NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR at MoMA PS1 hanging out with the TBW BOOKS crew and signing books from noon until 1pm (or so). Come say hi :)

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm sorry if I just wasted hours of your life.

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jul 28

Yeah I always figured it was Mack the Knife; there are references to oldies by Ray Charles and Gene Vincent so maybe it’s talking about Bobby Darin’s version? But this is the main thing I think of now when I hear or think about this song: m.youtube.com/@wolproject2...

WOL Project

The Walk of Life Project Hypothesis: Walk of Life by Dire Straits is the perfect song to end any movie. Created by Peter Salomone http://twitter.com/wolproject http://instagram.com/wolproject http:/...

m.youtube.com

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jul 19

Great interview with the filmmakers in @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy. This great film is now on MUBI!

“America is Desperate for a Narrative”: Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on <em>Invention</em> - Filmmaker Magazine

Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.

filmmakermagazine.com

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jul 10

“That’s what is so awesome about art: that we deeply flawed creatures can sometimes do extraordinary things. A.I. just doesn’t have any of that stuff going on. Ultimately, it has no limitations, so therefore can’t inhabit the true transcendent artistic experience.”

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 10

As we grow older, “loss becomes the primary condition of living,” Nick Cave says. “That doesn’t mean you’re in a hopeless, grief-stricken state all the time; it just means that you carry a deeper understanding of what it is to be human.”

Nick Cave on the Fragility of Life

The singer-songwriter believes that we are deeply flawed, impermanent creatures who can sometimes do extraordinary things.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jun 29

Raven Chacon’s incredible installation “Aviary” is up through July 3 at the Academy of Arts and Letters at Audubon Terrace.

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jun 28

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it.
Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome.

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jun 22

Get Your War on was so amazing.

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jun 14

NO KINGS NYC

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Jun 10

Icon of icons, Grace Jones, at the Celebrate Brooklyn kickoff last night.

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · May 31

Hey Philly, @devourtheair.bsky.social will be playing a special joint set with Shelto Marx TODAY at 4!

Devour the Air @devourtheair.bsky.social · May 31

WEST PHILLY PORCHFEST TODAY! DTA will be playing a joint set with our pal Shelto Marx at 4810 Florence Ave starting at 4pm. Let's get weird 🤘
westphillyporchfest.com/pages

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · May 18

T O M O R R O W ! Sunday, May 18 - I'll be doing a book signing in Pasedena at the Printed Matter LA ART BOOK FAIR - TBW BOOKS Booth F5, 2-3 pm. Sunday is pay what you want at the fair, so come hungry for art books... ✌️

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · May 16

Shout out to the lone girl wearing light-up rave bracelets at the Underworld show last night at Kings Theater in Brooklyn.

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · May 2

CD was one of my @bandcamp.com Friday purchases 🤘!

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Apr 30

The best is when they rip or tear the first wrap, then re-wrap the entire mess in a second tortilla. That is glory.

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Apr 25

T O M O R R O W - April 25; I'll be signing books at @aipadphoto.bsky.social. From 2-4pm, the lovely Setanta Books will host TBW authors at their table, P4. Join me, Shen Wei, Dylan Hausthor, TR Ericsson and John Lehr!

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Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Apr 21

Last night at Public Records, Brooklyn - Circuit des Yeux; insane show made even better by the very pleasant surprise of Alan Sparhawk shredding on guitar. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Apr 20

More music from this week; @brighteyesband.bsky.social in Brooklyn on Thursday. If you are only going to play ONE SONG from Digital Ash, make it count.

Ryan Spencer @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social · Apr 20

Recapping a great week of music; Claire Rousay + @moreeazemusic.bsky.social at @roulettenyc.bsky.social last Sunday. The ambient slide guitar def bringing back The KLF Chill Out vibes.

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