Tom Mulherin
@tommulherin.bsky.social
Pianist, philosopher (music, film, German phil.). Also: father, soccer (Fulham, Freiburg) & basketball (Celtics) fan, border collie/Robert Mitchum enthusiast.
Mazzulla was absolutely giving it to Hugo as we went into that last time out. Did anyone see what that was about? (I'm cooking, so a little distracted.)
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Mazzulla was absolutely giving it to Hugo as we went into that last time out. Did anyone see what that was about? (I'm cooking, so a little distracted.)
Here are two Muppet-related things I believe as whole-heartedly as anything:
1) There is a significant but hard to specify difference between people who watched THE MUPPET SHOW when it was still on the air and those who didn't.
1) There is a significant but hard to specify difference between people who watched THE MUPPET SHOW when it was still on the air and those who didn't.
Life is full of hard choices.
If I had to pick one of my kid albums, though, it would probably be the John Denver/Muppets Christmas album. Not so much for the music, but because I can't think of any childhood influence that was more formative or persistent than the Muppets.
If I had to pick one of my kid albums, though, it would probably be the John Denver/Muppets Christmas album. Not so much for the music, but because I can't think of any childhood influence that was more formative or persistent than the Muppets.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here are two Muppet-related things I believe as whole-heartedly as anything:
1) There is a significant but hard to specify difference between people who watched THE MUPPET SHOW when it was still on the air and those who didn't.
1) There is a significant but hard to specify difference between people who watched THE MUPPET SHOW when it was still on the air and those who didn't.
The first proper album I ever owned (apologies to DISCO DUCK) was THRILLER, which my aunts bought for me and my brother when it came out. I was 4, and I was fascinated by the tiger in the photos. The first albums I ever bought with by own money and no adult input were NEVERMIND and ACHTUNG BABY.
I never know what counts in those "first record you ever bought" things because there's a very blurry line between "parents buy you records for birthday/Xmas", "pester mum to buy you record while you're with her at the shops" and "mum gives you money but you spend it while at the shops with her".
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The first proper album I ever owned (apologies to DISCO DUCK) was THRILLER, which my aunts bought for me and my brother when it came out. I was 4, and I was fascinated by the tiger in the photos. The first albums I ever bought with by own money and no adult input were NEVERMIND and ACHTUNG BABY.
Rereading Michael Chabon's THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN'S UNION (via audiobook) for the first time since publication. It is an absolute delight, and the performance by Peter Riegert is marvelous.
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rereading Michael Chabon's THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN'S UNION (via audiobook) for the first time since publication. It is an absolute delight, and the performance by Peter Riegert is marvelous.
Grading soundtrack today is Trane's Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings. Man, McCoy kills it on the November 1 rendition of "Naima." (I'm super late to this party because I've always preferred Miles's second quintet to Trane's classic quartet.)
October 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Grading soundtrack today is Trane's Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings. Man, McCoy kills it on the November 1 rendition of "Naima." (I'm super late to this party because I've always preferred Miles's second quintet to Trane's classic quartet.)
Joe's going to go full Thibs if our guys don't start rebounding.
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Joe's going to go full Thibs if our guys don't start rebounding.
Holy cats, Joe. I love it.
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Holy cats, Joe. I love it.
That is a sparkly shirt, Jordan Walsh.
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
That is a sparkly shirt, Jordan Walsh.
Quahog.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Quahog.
I am once again asking who's gonna ask Joe or Chris about the situation below? Where is our hard-hitting Celtics investigative journalism? (I kid! I know there's nothing to it, but the whole thing was hilarious, not least of all Scal's reaction.)
C's need to sign Chris Boucher so Joe can settle this beef. (Also: we could have a tag-team match between Joe/JB and Boucher/Niang.)
youtube.com/shorts/zE2vT...
youtube.com/shorts/zE2vT...
Head Coach Joe Mazzulla not happy about Chris Boucher bumping into him during a timeout - #nba
YouTube video by Hoops Nation
youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am once again asking who's gonna ask Joe or Chris about the situation below? Where is our hard-hitting Celtics investigative journalism? (I kid! I know there's nothing to it, but the whole thing was hilarious, not least of all Scal's reaction.)
Reposted by Tom Mulherin
CRITERION CHANNEL EXCLUSIVE STREAMING PREMIERE Kiyoshi Kurosawa's dizzying revenge thriller CLOUD (2024) will have its exclusive streaming premiere on the Criterion Channel starting October 7!
September 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
CRITERION CHANNEL EXCLUSIVE STREAMING PREMIERE Kiyoshi Kurosawa's dizzying revenge thriller CLOUD (2024) will have its exclusive streaming premiere on the Criterion Channel starting October 7!
I knew the C's were going to add another player. (Seriously, did it get "Wilson" from the ball?)
September 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I knew the C's were going to add another player. (Seriously, did it get "Wilson" from the ball?)
September 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reposted by Tom Mulherin
High school baseball is a big deal in #Japan
Bigger than the NBA
Koshien is like a national purity test where young boys shed blood, sweat, and tears to honor their hometown
And sometimes the players are beaten into paralysis during that spartan training
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
Bigger than the NBA
Koshien is like a national purity test where young boys shed blood, sweat, and tears to honor their hometown
And sometimes the players are beaten into paralysis during that spartan training
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
Baseball Battles Without Honor or Humanity: The Dark Side of High School Yakyu (Op-Ed)
High school baseball is akin to a religion in Japan - which is why Koryo High's systemic violence went unchecked for years. 3 strikes? Not an out when you're bashing freshmen with a bat in a dorm.
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
High school baseball is a big deal in #Japan
Bigger than the NBA
Koshien is like a national purity test where young boys shed blood, sweat, and tears to honor their hometown
And sometimes the players are beaten into paralysis during that spartan training
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
Bigger than the NBA
Koshien is like a national purity test where young boys shed blood, sweat, and tears to honor their hometown
And sometimes the players are beaten into paralysis during that spartan training
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
Reposted by Tom Mulherin
Shout Factory put THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP up on their YouTube page for free, and I cannot recommend it enough.
There are some days when it's my very favorite movie.
There are some days when it's my very favorite movie.
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp | FULL MOVIE | British War Romance Drama
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
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August 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Shout Factory put THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP up on their YouTube page for free, and I cannot recommend it enough.
There are some days when it's my very favorite movie.
There are some days when it's my very favorite movie.
Just closing up shop for the night and found my dog hanging out with his Fisher Price counterpart.
August 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Just closing up shop for the night and found my dog hanging out with his Fisher Price counterpart.
Without downloading any new images where are you mentally?
August 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Without downloading any new images where are you mentally?
1. Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
2. Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
3. Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo
4. Wendell Corey, Rear Window
5. Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
6. Grace Kelly, Rear Window
7. James Mason, North By Northwest
8. Jimmy Stewart, Rear Window
9. Cary Grant, Notorious
2. Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
3. Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo
4. Wendell Corey, Rear Window
5. Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
6. Grace Kelly, Rear Window
7. James Mason, North By Northwest
8. Jimmy Stewart, Rear Window
9. Cary Grant, Notorious
OK, just for fun. Without thinking too hard, name up to 10 performances in Hitch films you love. They don't have to be the 10 best, just the 10 that spring to mind.
1. Pat Hitchcock (Strangers)
2. Pat Hitchcock (Psycho)
3. Tallulah (Lifeboat)
4. Hume Cronyn (Shadow)
5. Brenda de Banzie (Man Who)
1. Pat Hitchcock (Strangers)
2. Pat Hitchcock (Psycho)
3. Tallulah (Lifeboat)
4. Hume Cronyn (Shadow)
5. Brenda de Banzie (Man Who)
August 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
1. Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
2. Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
3. Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo
4. Wendell Corey, Rear Window
5. Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
6. Grace Kelly, Rear Window
7. James Mason, North By Northwest
8. Jimmy Stewart, Rear Window
9. Cary Grant, Notorious
2. Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
3. Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo
4. Wendell Corey, Rear Window
5. Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
6. Grace Kelly, Rear Window
7. James Mason, North By Northwest
8. Jimmy Stewart, Rear Window
9. Cary Grant, Notorious
@mikepradanba.bsky.social Just got a copy of SPACED OUT from Amazon and opened it to find this. Is this an actual signature? (Love the book, by the way -- I've been working through it slowly and ran out of renewals on my library's copy.)
August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@mikepradanba.bsky.social Just got a copy of SPACED OUT from Amazon and opened it to find this. Is this an actual signature? (Love the book, by the way -- I've been working through it slowly and ran out of renewals on my library's copy.)
Holy cats.
C's need to sign Chris Boucher so Joe can settle this beef. (Also: we could have a tag-team match between Joe/JB and Boucher/Niang.)
youtube.com/shorts/zE2vT...
youtube.com/shorts/zE2vT...
Head Coach Joe Mazzulla not happy about Chris Boucher bumping into him during a timeout - #nba
YouTube video by Hoops Nation
youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Holy cats.
The first thing I thought of after reading this was: "We laughed at the hollyhocks together
and then I sprayed them with lye." Forgive me, the internet has broken my mind.
and then I sprayed them with lye." Forgive me, the internet has broken my mind.
To clarify, I mean in-person interaction. My husband walked by a guy doing some gardening today and said, "Oh, those are beautiful hollyhocks. I always have bad luck growing them. How do you do it?" And he replied, without turning around, "You think I'm gonna tell you?"
July 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The first thing I thought of after reading this was: "We laughed at the hollyhocks together
and then I sprayed them with lye." Forgive me, the internet has broken my mind.
and then I sprayed them with lye." Forgive me, the internet has broken my mind.
This is awesome.
This is lineup explorer
It allows you to do a statistical deep dive(offense AND defense) into any lineup a team played during a season. It spans 2001 -2025; and for 21 onwards, it also serves you a clip playlist for the selected lineup.
nbavisuals.com/lineup-explore
Lmk what you think!
#NBASKY #NBA
It allows you to do a statistical deep dive(offense AND defense) into any lineup a team played during a season. It spans 2001 -2025; and for 21 onwards, it also serves you a clip playlist for the selected lineup.
nbavisuals.com/lineup-explore
Lmk what you think!
#NBASKY #NBA
July 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is awesome.
FYI, folks. This ain't the Sox.
July 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
FYI, folks. This ain't the Sox.
Boy, Fantastic Four hit me right in the dads.
July 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Boy, Fantastic Four hit me right in the dads.