Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Dominic Umile

@dominicumile.bsky.social

310 followers 970 following 680 posts

Writer (Not recently: LA Times, Hyperallergic, WCP, Chicago Reader, The Comics Journal). Editor. SEO person. Brooklyn, NY. I hate board games. dominicumile.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · Apr 30

An adaptation of The Eternaut debuts today on Netflix—it's based on a late 1950s-era science fiction comic scripted by visionary Argentine writer Héctor Oesterheld. I wrote about The Eternaut in 2016 for @hyperallergic.com. The new series looks promising hyperallergic.com/269426/a-pos...

A Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel by a "Disappeared" Argentinian Writer

It’s as if Oesterheld was telegraphing in The Eternaut the horrors that would befall him at the hands of his own repellent government.

hyperallergic.com

1 1 6

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 1h

Loved this night and love this bar. Fun to see Ladybugger Gary Olson pop up to support Dew Claw's snappy opening set, and Sloppy Heads dealt their reliably spirited garage rock w/ a rippin', fuzzed-out New Speedway Boogie too—more of these showz plz

Evan Davies @efd.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow (Thurs) night I’m playing drums for the only east coast appearance of Dew Claw (ex-Hypnolovewheel, XL Kings, King Missile, etc.)! James McNew from Yo LaTengo is on bass! Ira and Georgia are DJing! Not to mention Greg Cartwright solo and Sloppy Heads!! All at Mama Tried in BK, 6:30pm! Go!!

Poster for tomorrow night’s show with art by Abraham

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 2h

I'm no expert and have been a bad fan of late but four hits over the course of 11 innings is just yikes—this poor pitcher will never hear the end of it, ugh www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Phillies share the pain after Orion Kerkering’s error leads to crushing elimination loss

Inside the clubhouse, there was shock, anger, concern for the young reliever — and a sense that something more than a season had ended.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Dominic Umile

Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 2d

Hewing really close here to Season 1 of The Wire and Detective Pryzbylewski's character arc. But I suspect this guy won't end up caring about disadvantaged students.

1 2

Reposted by Dominic Umile

Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 6h

People have been running schools, writing stories, writing plays, and composing music for millennia, and suddenly no can imagine how those things are possible without AI.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

3 7 28

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 1d

Nice!

Reposted by Dominic Umile

Robert Daniel Pickard @notpickard.com · 1d

havent gotten to it yet am really looking forward to reading it

1 2

Reposted by Dominic Umile

jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 4d

this thursday at @mamatriedbk.bsky.social, an all-star season-closing heads happening! (now with proper flyer by abraham!)

Heads Happening presents
Thursday October 9 2025
Sloppy Heads
Greg Cartwright
Dew Claw
DJs Ira & Georgia

1 8

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 1d

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 2d

Would totally hang in Gilles Peterson's North London listening space/studio timecapsulesound.substack.com/p/the-green-... (📸: Will Tsukuda)

Interior, Gilles Peterson's radio lab, audiophile room and basement club in North London (turntables, built-in shelves and records, Isonoe mixer)

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes, a ticketed sold-out "zine launch" for "zines" that cost thirty dollars. Punk af pitchfork.com/news/pitchfo...

Pitchfork and Rough Trade’s Oklou Zine Launch Postponed

The event will now take place Thursday, October 16 at New York’s Rough Trade Below

pitchfork.com

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 2d

Latest episode of very cool Ithaca, NY radio show "Call to the Universe" hosted by online buddy Niko ushering in fall w/ appropriate funk, jazz, airy psych sounds (even though it is 80 degrees in Brooklyn) www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms... #nowplaying

Art for Call to the Universe radio show at Ithaca, NYC's WRFI (jazz, psych, funk, etc.)

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 3d

And hopefully you didn't miss Iverson's piece in The Nation in February www.dominicumile.com/blog/nation-...

The Nation on 1960s jazz and a grimy club called Slugs' — Dominic Umile

The magazine explores the legacy of Slugs’ and its thrilling live jazz performances

www.dominicumile.com

Reposted by Dominic Umile

Douglas Wolk @douglaswolk.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about how it came to be that Millie of "My Boy Lollipop" fame recorded a then-unreleased song by Nick Drake in 1970: www.hilobrow.com/2025/10/05/s...

SKANK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2) – HILOBROW

www.hilobrow.com

4 18

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 3d

Haven’t been following as closely all year but dude is deadly

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 3d

“Against all odds—COVID shutdowns, FCC regulations, and the long decline of FM radio—college radio is thriving again” emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

Gen Z's College Radio Revival

Reports say Gen Z isn't discovering new artists. But college radio stations are overflowing with new DJs. As young listeners reject algorithms for analog—the industry should pay attention.

emwhitenoise.substack.com

1 11 26

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely a singular type of person

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 3d

I got an email today asking if I want to be part of a class action suit over Film Forum supposedly overcharging patrons for online ticket fees, and filing a class action lawsuit over online ticket fees is the most “regular Film Forum patron” behavior I’ve ever seen in my life.

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: Book One for the @chicagoreader.com back in 2017 (@fantagraphics.bsky.social has issued a box set w/ books one and two) chicagoreader.com/arts-culture...

Illustrations by Emil Ferris, via Fantagraphics, for her "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" graphic novel series

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliantly executed NYT interactive package that explores the work of incredibly talented comics artist Emil Ferris www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #comics

Emil Ferris Pays Homage to Horror Comics With ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’

In her two-volume classic, “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,” Emil Ferris explores a girl’s journey to understand the world, and herself.

www.nytimes.com

1 2 6

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 5d

Playing Millie’s debut right now incidentally (!) youtu.be/RzKHhSknO-c?...

★ Millie Jackson ★ Strange Things ★ [1972] ★ "Millie Jackson" ★

YouTube video by MillieJacksonChannel

youtu.be

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 6d

Down a Brotherhood of Eternal Love wormhole—consulting @bourgwick.bsky.social's painstakingly researched 'Heads' and might have to get Nicholas Schou's book on the "group of acid evangelists who ran one of the largest drug cartels of the 1960s and 1970s" airmail.news/books/2025/9...

Infiltrating the Hippie Mafia

Nicholas Schou tracks down the last surviving members of the drug cartel that supplied John Lennon and Steve Jobs.

airmail.news

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoyed Ty Segall dorking out on his digging habits here—don't know the 100% Unknown Fibers boot but seems like it cost him significant coin per the sold eBay listing/Discogs listings. And yes, grab all (or most of?) the Fever Tree you can www.discogs.com/digs/feature...

Only Tapes in the Poker Room: Ty Segall’s Collector Code

Ty Segall reflects on a life shaped by vinyl: from finding his first Alice Cooper LP at age 11 to hunting rare bootlegs and psych gems across the globe.

www.discogs.com

1 2

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 8d

I should grab the Tone Poet reissue of Bobby Hutcherson’s “Montara” www.everythingjazz.com/story/the-la...

The Latin Vibes of Bobby Hutcherson's Montara - Everything Jazz

Jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson released a brilliant Latin Jazz fusion album in 1975, "Montara". Read about it and buy at Everything Jazz

www.everythingjazz.com

Reposted by Dominic Umile

Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 8d

Few Chicago DJs have garnered the kind of mythical status of Lee Collins, who issued few recordings of his own but whose skills behind the turntables earned him international praise. I talked to eight different people about his life and legacy for the Reader.

Farewell to undersung house and disco maestro Lee Collins - Chicago Reader

Lee Collins was a DJ’s DJ, with an ear for obscure tracks that could drive parties into a frenzy on both sides of the Atlantic.

chicagoreader.com

2 20 51

Reposted by Dominic Umile

Ira @thejazzsoul.bsky.social · 9d

Miles Davis

"Generique"

Album "Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud"
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Photo: Miles Davis & Jeanne Moreau
youtu.be/ieQWjSXdv-Y
#Jazz #MusicSky #JazzSky #Soundtrack 🎧 #Music

8 56 200

Dominic Umile @dominicumile.bsky.social · 8d

I couldn’t agree more. Every time someone is talking about Kind of Blue, I’m like “you’ve gotta hear this soundtrack”