Austin Kleon
@austinkleon.bsky.social
I’m a writer who draws. Author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and other bestsellers. www.austinkleon.com
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Austin Kleon
@austinkleon.bsky.social
· Oct 4
Fun living in a world where every new email — hell, every interaction online — is a Voight-Kampff test
Great piece.
I wrote about why cutting Kill Bill in half might have cost Uma Thurman an Oscar, and how the new 4 1/2-hour version makes whole the greatest performance of her career.
Kill Bill Is Back in Theaters in a New Version. It’ll Never Play the Same.
The Whole Bloody Affair changed the way I saw Tarantino’s epic revenge film—and so did the reporting about its making.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Great piece.
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forgetting why you opened a new tab like forgetting why you walked into a room
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
forgetting why you opened a new tab like forgetting why you walked into a room
“Many arrive at life’s result like schoolboys; they cheat their teacher by cribbing from the key in the math book, without having done the sum themselves.”
—Kierkegaard
—Kierkegaard
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“Many arrive at life’s result like schoolboys; they cheat their teacher by cribbing from the key in the math book, without having done the sum themselves.”
—Kierkegaard
—Kierkegaard
“Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.”
—Sherlock Holmes
—Sherlock Holmes
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.”
—Sherlock Holmes
—Sherlock Holmes
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curious people will find a way. incurious people will take what they’re given. this doesn’t change.
The browsing conversation is interesting to me - I feel like browsing is a skill people had to pick up, and “navigating streaming services to find the interesting stuff” is also a skill people have to pick up
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
curious people will find a way. incurious people will take what they’re given. this doesn’t change.
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xkcd's 15 Years: Randall Munroe reflects on the anniversary of his then-fiancée's 2010 breast cancer diagnosis, as he did at year two, seven, and 10 https://xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
xkcd.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
xkcd's 15 Years: Randall Munroe reflects on the anniversary of his then-fiancée's 2010 breast cancer diagnosis, as he did at year two, seven, and 10 https://xkcd.com/3172/
Typewriter, tip, tip, tip
10 things worth sharing this week + signed books for the holidays
austinkleon.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Mani was one of the great British musicians of the last 30+ years, playing in two of the best British bands of all time. I listen to this musif all the time and always will www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63
Gary Mounfield's playing was an integral part of the Stone Roses' sound, and he was in Primal Scream for 15 years.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Mani was one of the great British musicians of the last 30+ years, playing in two of the best British bands of all time. I listen to this musif all the time and always will www.bbc.com/news/article...
From the looks of the pest control shelves at Home Depot, everyone in Austin, apparently:
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
From the looks of the pest control shelves at Home Depot, everyone in Austin, apparently:
LOL 💨 I just read this passage from Natsume Soseki’s 1906 novel KUSAMAKURA last night
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
LOL 💨 I just read this passage from Natsume Soseki’s 1906 novel KUSAMAKURA last night
I’m looking for a book — novel or nonfiction — that feels like the movie PERFECT DAYS or one of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s albums. Something that could be filed under: “Japanese chill.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m looking for a book — novel or nonfiction — that feels like the movie PERFECT DAYS or one of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s albums. Something that could be filed under: “Japanese chill.”
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William and Jim drop in for a chat about Psychocandy for Life of the Record podcast. Check out the full podcast here lifeoftherecord.com#/the-jesus-a...
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
William and Jim drop in for a chat about Psychocandy for Life of the Record podcast. Check out the full podcast here lifeoftherecord.com#/the-jesus-a...
Happy Friday here's a newsletter austinkleon.substack.com/p/little-rooms
Little rooms
10 things worth sharing this week
austinkleon.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy Friday here's a newsletter austinkleon.substack.com/p/little-rooms
I’ve published a baker’s dozen of typewriter interviews now — latest is poet Matthew Zapruder austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...
Typewriter interview with Matthew Zapruder
10 questions about poetry, negative capability, music, and typewriters
austinkleon.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’ve published a baker’s dozen of typewriter interviews now — latest is poet Matthew Zapruder austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...
Teenager destroyed me so completely in Mario Kart that I felt Satie the only appropriate soundtrack. Thoughts of David Shenk’s THE IMMORTAL GAME: “The game is often as much about demolishing your opponent’s will and self-esteem as it is about implementing a superior strategy.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Teenager destroyed me so completely in Mario Kart that I felt Satie the only appropriate soundtrack. Thoughts of David Shenk’s THE IMMORTAL GAME: “The game is often as much about demolishing your opponent’s will and self-esteem as it is about implementing a superior strategy.”
A day too long
A new mixtape and 9 other things worth sharing this week
austinkleon.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)
"It’s a bizarrely inspirational adventure about different types of beings overcoming the limiting parts of their own programming (literal or figurative) and/or proving there is more to them than others assumed,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.
www.rogerebert.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)
10 scraps from my notebook
What I'm thinking about right now
austinkleon.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Designed to break your heart
10 things worth sharing this week
austinkleon.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Gone almost 3 years now austinkleon.com/2022/11/30/r...
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gone almost 3 years now austinkleon.com/2022/11/30/r...
the REN & STIMPY episode my kids wanted to watch before the game started really set the tone for the evening
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
the REN & STIMPY episode my kids wanted to watch before the game started really set the tone for the evening
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Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
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In his newsletter this week, @austinkleon.bsky.social unintentionally captures the spirit of my current project. It’s comforting to not feel like I am alone in believing this.
austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...
austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In his newsletter this week, @austinkleon.bsky.social unintentionally captures the spirit of my current project. It’s comforting to not feel like I am alone in believing this.
austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...
austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...