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Brian Darr

@hellonfriscobay.bsky.social

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Cinephile, music lover & library worker originally from San Francisco now living in Maine. These are personal opinions that may not reflect the views of my employer.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · Sep 4

My fellow Christopher Maclaine-iac Brecht Andersch will be presenting a Sunday afternoon screening of the Belson-shot masterpiece The End and contextualizing it within the early Beat era of San Francisco’s underground scene. I’ll be 3000 miles away but present in spirit.

Ste @stefifofum.bsky.social · Sep 2

Jordan Belson Festival at @grayarea.org last weekend of this month! grayarea.org/event/jordan...

Jordan Belson: COSMOGENESIS A Symposium of Transcendental Films, Lectures, Performances, and Visual Arts

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 16h

I miss the days when this movie was the only thing I knew about him…

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 20h

Though I notice no Michael Mann in there!

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 20h

It stayed within 60/40, sometimes even 55/45, for a little while and then:

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like all it took was a retweet from a Fugazi fan account for it to no longer be at all close.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 20h

I feel like the re-evaluation started when it was placed as the Lynch entry on this list: www.slantmagazine.com/film/100-ess...

100 Essential Films - Slant Magazine

Because space was tight, documentaries, shorts and animated films were not eligible. Additionally, we limited directors to no more than one spot on the list.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 21h

I feel like the odds against pulling large numbers of Nomeansno fans into this match without pulling larger numbers of Fugazi diehards in is comparable to the 64-point seed disparity in this match.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, I’d wished I had appended my tweet with “but not necessarily for the same reason” and I’m glad your reply is giving me the opportunity.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Tomb of Ligeia is such a great poster & title it’s an impossible task to live up to it.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

My last eight watched:

Letterboxd posters for American Commune (2013), Plan C (2023) The Whirled (1961/2007) & With the Reindeer (1947)

Letterboxd posters for The Nightside of the Sky (2024), The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907), Teeth (2007) & Mann’s Sparks (2025)

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder what Edward Albee would think?

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, one from 1988 and one from 1989. But I take your point and voted the same way.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like all it took was a retweet from a Fugazi fan account for it to no longer be at all close.

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

East coast vs. West coast punk classics and I gotta go with my geographic roots and vote Nomeansno.

At this moment it’s close, and I hope it can stay that way! Though there’s obviously no shame in losing to such an important release from the great Fugazi.

The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 1d

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #95
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
vs.
#75 Nomeansno, WRONG

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The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #95: Fugazi vs. Nomeansno

This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, October 10th 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 3 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I highly s...

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Johnny Weedseed @sascrotch.bsky.social · 1d

They should’ve just given Trump the meaningless award at this point.

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siobhan @siobhan-m.bsky.social · 1d

this is baseless speculation but it feels like they picked someone trump would like so that he didn’t try to retaliate for not winning

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

She's a U.S. sponsored opposition candidate and the daughter of a steel oligarch. Machado champions the privatization of Venezuela's oil, power, and steel industries.

Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 1d

New York Times:

“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Which will be fully animated but just more photorealistic.

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Did they ever team up with the drummer from Big Black?

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 1d

Fog reporting for duty!

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 2d

I bet this is the first match in the tournament between two albums i listened to all the way through *in* 1989.

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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 2d

Ken's last Eternalism

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 2d

Planning to go- never seen it and always wanted to, but theatrical opportunities are so rare!

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 2d

Finally someone else willing to admit they haven’t seen it yet.

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 2d

a little girl in a wig is covering her face with her hand .

Alt: Shirley Temple wiping sweat from her brow in relief, captioned “Phew”

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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · 2d

Vadim Rizov gets the full picture of Ken Jacobs in his memorial for @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy:

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

Ken Jacobs wasn’t just a single (albeit huge) formative force in experimental film, but a river through which an array of streams flowed to their own artistic destinations. For New Yorkers…

filmmakermagazine.com

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 2d

Now imagining code-friendly versions of the complete works of Pasolini…

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Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 3d

Discussing the seed in one negative clause & the album’s advancement in another seems to indicate that you feel Steel Wheels should have beaten Bleach last round. Is that accurate? (He asks, after having voted for Earwig himself.)

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