Michael Morrison
@michaelmorrison.bsky.social
Movies, music, books, soccer, and whatever else catches my interest
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Pinedale, gateway to the Wind Rivers! One of my favorite places and now I’m hungry for a steak at Stockman’s
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pinedale, gateway to the Wind Rivers! One of my favorite places and now I’m hungry for a steak at Stockman’s
Trying to think of other specific villains in Bruce songs and failing. There’s the government or a shadowy “they” who blew up the chicken man or shut down the factory, but even his killers are sympathetic antiheroes, desperate men who make bad decisions.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Trying to think of other specific villains in Bruce songs and failing. There’s the government or a shadowy “they” who blew up the chicken man or shut down the factory, but even his killers are sympathetic antiheroes, desperate men who make bad decisions.
Just saw a movie take from someone I otherwise respect and listen to on here that was so bad I’m now doubting everything I thought I knew about them. Media literacy on life support.
Art is subjective but you can still be flat out wrong.
Art is subjective but you can still be flat out wrong.
January 28, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Just saw a movie take from someone I otherwise respect and listen to on here that was so bad I’m now doubting everything I thought I knew about them. Media literacy on life support.
Art is subjective but you can still be flat out wrong.
Art is subjective but you can still be flat out wrong.
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In times of crisis, we must all decide again and again whom we love.
–Frank O’Hara, from Meditations in an Emergency (1957)
#everynightapoem #fragment
–Frank O’Hara, from Meditations in an Emergency (1957)
#everynightapoem #fragment
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 AM
In times of crisis, we must all decide again and again whom we love.
–Frank O’Hara, from Meditations in an Emergency (1957)
#everynightapoem #fragment
–Frank O’Hara, from Meditations in an Emergency (1957)
#everynightapoem #fragment
As a literal lifelong fan of Glass’s work, this pleases me. I always found this hypnotizing as a little kid.
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
As a literal lifelong fan of Glass’s work, this pleases me. I always found this hypnotizing as a little kid.
We picked a hell of a time to finally watch One Battle After Another. Still marinating but what a great ensemble cast. More movies should have Regina Hall in them. Going to be thinking about The Christmas Adventurers Club for a long time.
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 AM
We picked a hell of a time to finally watch One Battle After Another. Still marinating but what a great ensemble cast. More movies should have Regina Hall in them. Going to be thinking about The Christmas Adventurers Club for a long time.
This is also known as “doing a Marshawn Lynch”
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This is also known as “doing a Marshawn Lynch”
Your song of the day - IT ISN’T NICE by Barbara Dane and the Chamber Brothers from 1966. It’s a good refutation to the “don’t take the bait” crowd
This line really stood out..
When we deal with men of ice
You can’t deal in ways so nice
But if that’s freedom’s price
We don’t mind
This line really stood out..
When we deal with men of ice
You can’t deal in ways so nice
But if that’s freedom’s price
We don’t mind
It Isn't Nice
YouTube video by Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Your song of the day - IT ISN’T NICE by Barbara Dane and the Chamber Brothers from 1966. It’s a good refutation to the “don’t take the bait” crowd
This line really stood out..
When we deal with men of ice
You can’t deal in ways so nice
But if that’s freedom’s price
We don’t mind
This line really stood out..
When we deal with men of ice
You can’t deal in ways so nice
But if that’s freedom’s price
We don’t mind
The way Trump burned through Secretaries and staff during his first term makes it surprising this stuff hasn’t happened much so far his second time around. It’s not like this group is more competent or anything, though they probably do more groveling.
so bari definitely got the heads up that noem is being shitcanned, right?
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The way Trump burned through Secretaries and staff during his first term makes it surprising this stuff hasn’t happened much so far his second time around. It’s not like this group is more competent or anything, though they probably do more groveling.
Thinking today about how we maintain our humanity in the face of all this. I don’t mean “take the high road” but how to avoid becoming like them. And this isn’t strategy or tactics, but for our own sakes.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Thinking today about how we maintain our humanity in the face of all this. I don’t mean “take the high road” but how to avoid becoming like them. And this isn’t strategy or tactics, but for our own sakes.
Laughing to keep from crying as I think of all the 90s right wing conspiracy fantasies and Jade Helm and all that shit. Turns out all the Dale Gribbles were right, they just didn’t know they’d be cheering for the feds when it finally happened.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Laughing to keep from crying as I think of all the 90s right wing conspiracy fantasies and Jade Helm and all that shit. Turns out all the Dale Gribbles were right, they just didn’t know they’d be cheering for the feds when it finally happened.
Ok, time to find the trashiest looking horror movie I can on Tubi and tune out for a little while.
January 24, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Ok, time to find the trashiest looking horror movie I can on Tubi and tune out for a little while.
Most despots use sports to show how they’re not so bad, e.g. Putin hosting the ‘18 World Cup. But I think Trump wants to use this to show off how no one can stop him. I fear for fans and players. Will he even let Haiti and Iran in? Boycott now, it’s the only choice.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Most despots use sports to show how they’re not so bad, e.g. Putin hosting the ‘18 World Cup. But I think Trump wants to use this to show off how no one can stop him. I fear for fans and players. Will he even let Haiti and Iran in? Boycott now, it’s the only choice.
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Our Nitrate Film Festival returns to the Egyptian next month! Dangerous, beautiful, temperamental + rarely screened over the past 75 years 🎞️✨
Don’t pass up the chance to see these glorious archival prints — it may be your last!
Join us Feb. 13th - 22nd:
www.americancinematheque.com/series/ameri...
Don’t pass up the chance to see these glorious archival prints — it may be your last!
Join us Feb. 13th - 22nd:
www.americancinematheque.com/series/ameri...
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Our Nitrate Film Festival returns to the Egyptian next month! Dangerous, beautiful, temperamental + rarely screened over the past 75 years 🎞️✨
Don’t pass up the chance to see these glorious archival prints — it may be your last!
Join us Feb. 13th - 22nd:
www.americancinematheque.com/series/ameri...
Don’t pass up the chance to see these glorious archival prints — it may be your last!
Join us Feb. 13th - 22nd:
www.americancinematheque.com/series/ameri...
Me: They’re trying to make it the 1890s again!
Trump:
Trump:
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Me: They’re trying to make it the 1890s again!
Trump:
Trump:
The More The Merrier is on TCM and I’m reupping my theory that Harrison Ford was/is a big Joel McCrea fan. They both like to underplay a scene and act grumpy with the girl for making him fall in love with her.
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The More The Merrier is on TCM and I’m reupping my theory that Harrison Ford was/is a big Joel McCrea fan. They both like to underplay a scene and act grumpy with the girl for making him fall in love with her.
How many meetings did they hold over the “possibly”? I like how it turns a boring tub of yogurt into a delightful adventure into the realm of the unknown.
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM
How many meetings did they hold over the “possibly”? I like how it turns a boring tub of yogurt into a delightful adventure into the realm of the unknown.
Still haven’t seen enough 2025 movies to have deep Oscars thoughts beyond the fact that I really hope Miles Caton and Buddy Guy play together on stage. I like that Sinner gave their character that coda. And everyone should listen to more Buddy Guy.
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Still haven’t seen enough 2025 movies to have deep Oscars thoughts beyond the fact that I really hope Miles Caton and Buddy Guy play together on stage. I like that Sinner gave their character that coda. And everyone should listen to more Buddy Guy.
Suddenly in the mood for some Tom Petty
🎵 Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?🎵
🎵 Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?🎵
January 21, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Suddenly in the mood for some Tom Petty
🎵 Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?🎵
🎵 Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?🎵
My favorite Abraham Lincoln speech is probably his 1838 Lyceum Address where he argued the only threat to the US was not any foreign army but a Napoleonic tyrant who would take advantage of our disregarding the rule of law for too long.
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
My favorite Abraham Lincoln speech is probably his 1838 Lyceum Address where he argued the only threat to the US was not any foreign army but a Napoleonic tyrant who would take advantage of our disregarding the rule of law for too long.
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
A big day for Far Side fans across the world.
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A big day for Far Side fans across the world.
Anyone else think about how many movies they’d grab out of the Criterion Closet? I think I’d go with 5, not too many but you gotta take advantage. Then just as I’m wrapping up, I glance over and “oh I didn’t know you had this!” and grab one or two more. Cause…
January 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Anyone else think about how many movies they’d grab out of the Criterion Closet? I think I’d go with 5, not too many but you gotta take advantage. Then just as I’m wrapping up, I glance over and “oh I didn’t know you had this!” and grab one or two more. Cause…
Thank you to the lady in the white hat at the arboretum for sitting right in the sunbeam
January 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Thank you to the lady in the white hat at the arboretum for sitting right in the sunbeam
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Listen to the birds. 🎧
They are nice and will make you feel happy. 🐦
They are nice and will make you feel happy. 🐦
289 Dawn birds of rural Shropshire
YouTube video by Radio Lento
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Listen to the birds. 🎧
They are nice and will make you feel happy. 🐦
They are nice and will make you feel happy. 🐦