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Mark Doyle

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Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. Latest book is on John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical”-Mail on Sunday. Views here are my own, not my employer's.

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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · Oct 19

This is an essay I wrote about music and grief and sunsets and water and grief and brothers and grief. It’d mean a hell of a lot if you set aside a little time to read it.

The Consolations of Waterloo Sunsets
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...

Claude Monet, Effect of Sunlight on Waterloo Bridge, 1903

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 1d

There's a great recent biography of Roth by Keiron Pim. Highly recommended. bookshop.org/p/books/endl...

Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth

The Life of Joseph Roth

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

Well that's too bad. Thanks for this.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed, though I am interested in the ways he gets repurposed in pop & political culture. This doc looks like it may be a good way in for students, but we shall see.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

No idea. I'm hoping to see it in the next week or two.

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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

New Orwell documentary - anyone seen?

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

Will it motivate me finally go ahead and design the Orwell class I've been contemplating for the last 41 years?

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

New Orwell documentary - anyone seen?

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

I hesitate to say this, but you're all using "reticent" incorrectly.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 6d

German poster for STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928), starring and co-directed by Buster Keaton - BOTD in 1895

Poster features a painting of Buster Keaton and Marion Byron riding a steamship during a fearsome storm.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 6d

So I hear. I bet that one's going over really well with her elementary- and middle-school fanbase

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 6d

I know a guy in wealth management who had an entire bourbon room built into his house even though he's "not much of a bourbon drinker." A little bit of keeping up with the Joneses, a little bit of trying to impress the clients, one assumes.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 6d

I'm also told there's a track on the album about underappreciated British novelist Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975), which is really quite something.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 6d

I'm told some people are even playing it all the way through.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 6d

Whatever the merits or demerits of that pop album that came out yesterday, it's actually very heartening to find the album still showing some relevance as a cultural form.

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Andy Mackenzie @andymack.bsky.social · 7d

It may be just me, but Frank Sinatra has the look of a man trying to sneakily pinch Duke Ellington's bum in this photo

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 7d

This album is very good and you should buy it.

Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 7d

Bandcamp Friday spotlight on: Jeanines! Their album “How Long Can It Last" is the best! Crisp, melodic pop that splits the difference between 1966 Sunset Strip LA folk/rock and early 80s DIY pop of the Cherry Red/Rough Trade variety.
jeanines.bandcamp.com/album/how-lo...

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How Long Can It Last, by jeanines

jeanines.bandcamp.com

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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 8d

#NowPlaying - We lost a bright light when we lost jaimie branch, but holy hell that light shone bright.

intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or...

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), by jaimie branch

intlanthem.bandcamp.com

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 8d

#NowPlaying - We lost a bright light when we lost jaimie branch, but holy hell that light shone bright.

intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or...

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), by jaimie branch

intlanthem.bandcamp.com

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall was a tremendous role model for both of my daughters. What a fine way to live.

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 14d

Sliding into the weekend like:

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 15d

That flood of relief when a website verifies that you're a human...

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 15d

Seven months in and we're already entering our Show Trial Era. Impressive.

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lief @liefwerk.dev · 17d

nice little interview of King Gizzard, incredible news in there - all their albums have a Name your own price policy. that's equally bold and logical considering they removed their discography from Spotify earlier this year

King Gizzard Rules Our Hearts

And our charts.

daily.bandcamp.com

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 17d

Will do. Thanks!

Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 17d

That's good to know. I should probably poke around some UK publishers' websites (I've finished the Hollywood stories, btw).