Brendan M
@okehcomputer.bsky.social
such sorrow & then pancakes
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Fiction in The American Scholar, Virginia Quarterly Review, New England Review, EPOCH, Colorado Review. I live in Busan. Yeah like in that movie title
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Fiction in The American Scholar, Virginia Quarterly Review, New England Review, EPOCH, Colorado Review. I live in Busan. Yeah like in that movie title
my photos: bsky.app/profile/insamsullivan.bsky.social
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Brendan M
@okehcomputer.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Ruins - The American Scholar
theamericanscholar.org
My short story "Ruins" in the Fall issue of
@theamscho.bsky.social is now free to read online. So please do!
@theamscho.bsky.social is now free to read online. So please do!
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This painting reminds me of the Bares Notables of Buenos Aires -- so of course Piazzolla. Here's his "Oblivion", led by the great Korean bandoneonista Koh Sangji.
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
This painting reminds me of the Bares Notables of Buenos Aires -- so of course Piazzolla. Here's his "Oblivion", led by the great Korean bandoneonista Koh Sangji.
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
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This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:26 AM
January 20, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Reading The Idiot by #Dostoevsky today. Lebedev could be describing any number of tech bros, but I think you'll agree one in particular fits the bill. #booksky
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Reading The Idiot by #Dostoevsky today. Lebedev could be describing any number of tech bros, but I think you'll agree one in particular fits the bill. #booksky
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Say what you will about 1930s Weird Tales stories, but those writers weren’t afraid to lean HARD into their anxieties.
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Say what you will about 1930s Weird Tales stories, but those writers weren’t afraid to lean HARD into their anxieties.
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Been reading Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, & every time I pick it up the hair-raising bridge of this Tom Waits song (also quoting Blake) comes wailing into my head & haunts me awhile, not unwelcomely. #musicsky #booksky
Tom Waits - "How's It Gonna End" (Remastered)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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January 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Every quote I see I think "Goddamn it I have to read Moby Dick again." (I just re-read it in 2024)
it’s a wicked world in all meridians
January 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Every quote I see I think "Goddamn it I have to read Moby Dick again." (I just re-read it in 2024)
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it’s a wicked world in all meridians
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
it’s a wicked world in all meridians
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
All right fine, I'll start Deadwood again from the beginning
“Every day takes figurin’ out all over again how to fuckin’ live.” — Calamity Jane
January 7, 2026 at 4:43 AM
All right fine, I'll start Deadwood again from the beginning
These days it feels like every website I get to from a search engine was just created by GenAI in direct response to my search. & that every site is just paraphrasing every other site. It’s like looking down from a high floor & realizing the ground is gone.
January 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
These days it feels like every website I get to from a search engine was just created by GenAI in direct response to my search. & that every site is just paraphrasing every other site. It’s like looking down from a high floor & realizing the ground is gone.
January 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Gonna promote this one last time. Thanks @theamscho.bsky.social. Happy new year y'all!
My short story "Ruins" in the Fall issue of
@theamscho.bsky.social is now free to read online. So please do!
@theamscho.bsky.social is now free to read online. So please do!
Ruins - The American Scholar
theamericanscholar.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Gonna promote this one last time. Thanks @theamscho.bsky.social. Happy new year y'all!
Townes Van Zandt
"Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold"
"Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold"
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Townes Van Zandt
"Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold"
"Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold"
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December 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Stop calling these people (myself included) expats. They are migrants.
www.koreaherald.com/article/1063...
www.koreaherald.com/article/1063...
From loneliness to rebuilding identity: Inside lives of expat spouses in Korea
On a weekday morning in Seoul, a group of women introduced themselves in a mix of accents: Indian, Danish, French, American, German and more. Some wheeled strol
www.koreaherald.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Man, Joe Ely now. RIP.
Joe Ely - "Boxcars" - 1996
YouTube video by livemusic55
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December 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Man, Joe Ely now. RIP.
Steve Cropper's guitar work on those Otis Redding ballads was like sumi-e painting. Grace, humility, sureness, restraint. A sacred respect for emptiness. His Telecaster tone both silky & gritty, like Otis's voice.
That's How Strong My Love Is
YouTube video by Otis Redding - Topic
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December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Steve Cropper's guitar work on those Otis Redding ballads was like sumi-e painting. Grace, humility, sureness, restraint. A sacred respect for emptiness. His Telecaster tone both silky & gritty, like Otis's voice.
Man, Steve Cropper. The greatest. RIP.
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Monterey Pop Festival - 1967
YouTube video by cp03
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Man, Steve Cropper. The greatest. RIP.