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what a wonderfully mediocre day to be half alive

🎶 the discover tab https://thediscovertab.substack.com/
📼 screenings https://timebandits.neocities.org/
📽️ letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/yckmd_/
🕹️"play this shit" segment on chuhai labs' podcast
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Frederick Wiseman was such a massive force; he changed how I thought about cinema. Not just documentary, but the medium itself. His films were the my first exposure to anything they could be considered “slow cinema” and it enthralled me. I wouldn’t be who I am today without his work. Nor would film.
February 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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For anyone who hasn't seen Wiseman's documentaries, begin with his 1975 film Welfare, an early and defining masterpiece.
Welfare
A profile of the welfare system that illustrates the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: unemployment, divorce, housing, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused ch...
www.filmlinc.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Obscure YT of the day: Noel Black (PRETTY POISON, PRIVATE SCHOOL) directs the 1978 horror flick MIRRORS, w/ Kitty Winn (PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, THE EXORCIST) & Peter Donat (CHINA SYNDROME)!

youtu.be/fVEI9Rd_G1M?...
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
last 4 via letterboxd
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
spoken at the exact moment this screenshot was taken: "Good idea!"
February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
if you're a death metal fan, this 1994 album/cassette from Necrocannibal absolutely 𝖍𝖆𝖚𝖑𝖘

metalism.bandcamp.com/album/somnam...
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
used to be a proper country etc. etc.

(img via @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social)
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
me too, Darkman
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
2026 so far, in albums: here's a bunch of stuff I've enjoyed from January and February (all names in ALT text as well).
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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COOL BOARDERS
UEP SYSTEMS 1997
PLAYSTATION
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
🚨 new post alert! I review: Ratboys and Ulrika Spacek, plus revisit older records from Treepeople, The Monkees, The dB's, and many more!

thediscovertab.substack.com/p/parallel-p...
Parallel Park
Power Pop, Indie Rock, Death Metal, Sunshine Pop, Hip Hop, Noise Pop, Alternative Rock and more!
thediscovertab.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Woooooooooo!
GUYVER DARK HERO 4K IS FINALLY HAPPENING

Confirmed by director Steve Wang!! This will be the very first time that the movie will be in an HD format!!
February 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Little-known fact: if you host a podcast for 10 years you get a profile in the Canadian newspaper of record. Thanks to @quickreboot.bsky.social for this very kind profile of The Important Cinema Club podcast in the Globe & Mail.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
A decade listening to a made-in-Canada movie podcast that is very Important indeed
Ten years in, The Important Cinema Club podcast remains a rare space for cinematic curiosity outside the mainstream
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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The new episode of The MinnMax Show is live! @kelslewin.bsky.social, @kylehilliard.com, and @yozetty.bsky.social are joined by Nintendo historian @jparish.bsky.social (Retronauts, 1UP) to talk about the weirdest Nintendo games of all time. youtu.be/RxlxyPWGsOo
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
cracking my back on one of those desk-chairs we had in high school could heal me
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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RIP Catherine O’Hara.
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
thank god the KevTheRipper channel is back online or how else would anyone find and watch Steve Odekerk's The O Show??!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcJ...
The O Show AKA steve.oedekerk.com | 1997 NBC Full Steve Oedekerk Special with Original Commercials
YouTube video by Kev The Ripper
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:11 PM
🚨 New post alert! I’ve got a stack of album reviews for you, featuring some 90s throwbacks, death metal picks, brand new records and everything in between! thediscovertab.substack.com/p/seven-laye...
Seven Layer Bar
Indie Rock, Death Metal, Deep House, Minimalism, Power Pop, Alternative Rock and much more!
thediscovertab.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
real tonal whiplash kinda afternoon for me, switching between death metal albums and calming ASMR videos
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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I spent the weekend trying to process what's happening in my city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by creating this video. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
last four watched via letterboxd
January 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Desert Island: one TV box set, one movie, one book, one album

Mission Hill (1999)
The Monster Squad (1987)
one of the Nancy: Complete Dailies books lol
Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
on a desert island, and i got one TV box set, one movie, one book, and one album, what am i going for? that's easy

Downton Abbey, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Les Misérables, and Help!
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
stunning new record from Erik Hall is out today; "a rich, varied homage to American minimalism." Erik's take on Canto Ostinato is a masterpiece and this is fantastic too

erikhall.bandcamp.com/album/solo-t...
Solo Three, by Erik Hall
4 track album
erikhall.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I just wanna sit in a dark room and listen to death metal from Quebec, is that too much to ask? mesacounojo.bandcamp.com/album/simula...
Simulacre, by Décryptal
8 track album
mesacounojo.bandcamp.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM