Stephen LN
@riffsandmeaning.bsky.social
writer of nonfiction books and niche concerns. Create or Die, Riffs and Meaning, Screen Captures, Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper.
Next book, Post-Catastrophe Film coming in 2026 with Intellect.
https://authory.com/StephenLeeNaish
Next book, Post-Catastrophe Film coming in 2026 with Intellect.
https://authory.com/StephenLeeNaish
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Excited to see my book Post-Catastrophe Film
land on the publisher website.
Bill McKibben calls it “Deft and provocative
criticism that helps us see our moment!”
Coming in June 2026 (catastrophe allowing).
#Filmsky
#booksky
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land on the publisher website.
Bill McKibben calls it “Deft and provocative
criticism that helps us see our moment!”
Coming in June 2026 (catastrophe allowing).
#Filmsky
#booksky
@intellectbooks.bsky.social
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
On Post-Catastrophe Film
'A fascinating account of what it means that the world may be ending in a smoky and damp whimper, not a Hollywood bang. Deft and provocative criticism that helps us see our moment!'
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
'A fascinating account of what it means that the world may be ending in a smoky and damp whimper, not a Hollywood bang. Deft and provocative criticism that helps us see our moment!'
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
On Post-Catastrophe Film
'A fascinating account of what it means that the world may be ending in a smoky and damp whimper, not a Hollywood bang. Deft and provocative criticism that helps us see our moment!'
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
'A fascinating account of what it means that the world may be ending in a smoky and damp whimper, not a Hollywood bang. Deft and provocative criticism that helps us see our moment!'
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
The paperback edition of Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper landed a few months ago. Reissue of Screen Captures comes out in the Spring, and Post-Catastrophe Film arrives in the summer.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The paperback edition of Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper landed a few months ago. Reissue of Screen Captures comes out in the Spring, and Post-Catastrophe Film arrives in the summer.
Share a '90s movie that you think deserves more love.
Dennis Hopper's 1990 film The Hot Spot.
Dennis Hopper's 1990 film The Hot Spot.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Share a '90s movie that you think deserves more love.
Dennis Hopper's 1990 film The Hot Spot.
Dennis Hopper's 1990 film The Hot Spot.
Beautiful Japanese poster design for Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider. Love that blue and red.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Beautiful Japanese poster design for Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider. Love that blue and red.
Yes, this is the campaign
Slithered entrails in the cargo bay.
Slithered entrails in the cargo bay.
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yes, this is the campaign
Slithered entrails in the cargo bay.
Slithered entrails in the cargo bay.
Polanski is strong here and it communicates a simple story that can be shared easily with others. Even those reluctant to hear it. A million is within a lifetime. A billion is centuries past. Ash Sarkar did something similar a few years ago for @novaramedia.com. it sticks. youtu.be/VCC7dgKzbDo?...
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Polanski is strong here and it communicates a simple story that can be shared easily with others. Even those reluctant to hear it. A million is within a lifetime. A billion is centuries past. Ash Sarkar did something similar a few years ago for @novaramedia.com. it sticks. youtu.be/VCC7dgKzbDo?...
This press conference was insane. Trump rolled over for a tickle on his belly (Metaphorically speaking) and giggled. Zohran Mamdani, the Trump whisperer. Who knew? What a win.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This press conference was insane. Trump rolled over for a tickle on his belly (Metaphorically speaking) and giggled. Zohran Mamdani, the Trump whisperer. Who knew? What a win.
Pope Leo XIV unknowingly (unless?) gave a sermon on my upcoming book.
Intellect Books | Post-Catastrophe Film - Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster, By Stephen Lee Naish
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
Intellect Books | Post-Catastrophe Film - Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster, By Stephen Lee Naish
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Pope Leo XIV unknowingly (unless?) gave a sermon on my upcoming book.
Intellect Books | Post-Catastrophe Film - Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster, By Stephen Lee Naish
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
Intellect Books | Post-Catastrophe Film - Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster, By Stephen Lee Naish
www.intellectbooks.com/post-catastr...
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
Due to the apparent acceleration of time I thought that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were still out promoting the first Wicked film.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Due to the apparent acceleration of time I thought that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were still out promoting the first Wicked film.
The title of Bill Gates book still stands. The emphasis just shifts to "avoid".
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The title of Bill Gates book still stands. The emphasis just shifts to "avoid".
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Looking forward to watching Springsteen: Badlands this weekend. So timely.
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Looking forward to watching Springsteen: Badlands this weekend. So timely.
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
This time of the year always fills me with deep melancholy, and a yearning for the warmer months. But sometimes you run into a little beauty. Sun and a brief rain shower. This feels like a end credit.
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This time of the year always fills me with deep melancholy, and a yearning for the warmer months. But sometimes you run into a little beauty. Sun and a brief rain shower. This feels like a end credit.
Neil Young turned 80 yesterday. The whole concept of his song Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) was used by Dennis Hopper in his film Out of the Blue to tell a vital story of generational conflict and nuclear family destruction.
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
Out of the Blue (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [4K]
YouTube video by Unseen Trailers
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Neil Young turned 80 yesterday. The whole concept of his song Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) was used by Dennis Hopper in his film Out of the Blue to tell a vital story of generational conflict and nuclear family destruction.
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
"Better to burn out then to fade away."
youtu.be/9ua8Axep434?...
Cinema.
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Cinema.
Rory Stewart on Newsnight failing to get people interested in Hyperobjects.
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Rory Stewart on Newsnight failing to get people interested in Hyperobjects.
I'm getting Slow Club vibes from the sign, which is accurate as Frank Booth is basically the president right now.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm getting Slow Club vibes from the sign, which is accurate as Frank Booth is basically the president right now.
COHERENCE, the mind bending 2013 film is trending and it is what im here for. I'm hoping people are discovering it.
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
COHERENCE, the mind bending 2013 film is trending and it is what im here for. I'm hoping people are discovering it.
Trump’s (Butter) Ballroom
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Trump’s (Butter) Ballroom
The Great Shatsby.
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Great Shatsby.
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
What a very ridiculous movie.
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What a very ridiculous movie.
Only Canadians have the right to destroy the White House.
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Only Canadians have the right to destroy the White House.
My essay Dennis Hopper's Cinema of Loneliness takes a look at Hopper's portrayal of the damaged male psyche through the lens of film critic Robert Kolker's 1980 book A Cinema of Loneliness. Over at @borrowingtape.bsky.social
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My essay Dennis Hopper's Cinema of Loneliness takes a look at Hopper's portrayal of the damaged male psyche through the lens of film critic Robert Kolker's 1980 book A Cinema of Loneliness. Over at @borrowingtape.bsky.social
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
borrowingtape.com/the-cine-fil...
#filmsky
#cinemasky
#dennishopper
Karoline, on the logistics of the President's recent flight over a gathering of No Kings protesters. Was the jettison just of the President's bowels or a collective GOP effort? Did he live dump, or was it an accumulation of his waste? How long had he been saving it, and where was it stored?
I think the 'King Trump defecates on America from his jet' video should be played and replayed at every opportunity, and in one Dem ad after another.
I know MAGAcore thinks it's funny, but I think most other people are still, even at this late date, shocked by its crudity. It cuts through the noise
I know MAGAcore thinks it's funny, but I think most other people are still, even at this late date, shocked by its crudity. It cuts through the noise
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Karoline, on the logistics of the President's recent flight over a gathering of No Kings protesters. Was the jettison just of the President's bowels or a collective GOP effort? Did he live dump, or was it an accumulation of his waste? How long had he been saving it, and where was it stored?