Doktor Dan Erdman PhD
@danerdman.bsky.social
Chicago, IL
Author of Let's Go Stag! A History of Pornographic Film (Bloomsbury), EIC of HEAD CLOG zine.
Author of Let's Go Stag! A History of Pornographic Film (Bloomsbury), EIC of HEAD CLOG zine.
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Here is the new issue of my zine HEAD CLOG. 32 pages of interviews, translations, + historical research, padded out by schizoid ramblings and interminable shaggy dog musings. Bidenomics has me pushing the price up a bit, I can't be giving away the store. Here's how to get a copy.
Is anyone here affiliated with UC Berkeley and have a CalNet login? Would you like to do a favor for your ol' pal Dan? (Trying to get at a piece in their digital collections, vaulting over the walled garden, etc)
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Is anyone here affiliated with UC Berkeley and have a CalNet login? Would you like to do a favor for your ol' pal Dan? (Trying to get at a piece in their digital collections, vaulting over the walled garden, etc)
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Part of the crisis of modern cinema might be that we struggle to make cinematic the miserable, screen-driven life that is the new normal. Life has betrayed cinema, in that sense. But of course the fundamentals remain true but our filmmakers just aren't searching, they're tinkering with the screen.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Part of the crisis of modern cinema might be that we struggle to make cinematic the miserable, screen-driven life that is the new normal. Life has betrayed cinema, in that sense. But of course the fundamentals remain true but our filmmakers just aren't searching, they're tinkering with the screen.
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The director of Video Data Bank and two other staff members were removed by the administration at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where VDB is based. There are questions about the survival of this legacy institution for video art on the eve of its 50th anniversary.
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The director of Video Data Bank and two other staff members were removed by the administration at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where VDB is based. There are questions about the survival of this legacy institution for video art on the eve of its 50th anniversary.
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CFP for upcoming special issue of @amianet.bsky.social's THE MOVING IMAGE journal! Topic: "Videotape in the Archive,” guest editors: @danerdman.bsky.social, Adam Charles Hart, Helena Shaskevich. Proposal deadline: March 31, 2026.
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The Association of Moving Image Archivists - The Moving Image: Special IssueThe Moving Image: Special Issue – The Association of Moving Image Archivists
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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
CFP for upcoming special issue of @amianet.bsky.social's THE MOVING IMAGE journal! Topic: "Videotape in the Archive,” guest editors: @danerdman.bsky.social, Adam Charles Hart, Helena Shaskevich. Proposal deadline: March 31, 2026.
amianet.org/resources/mo...
amianet.org/resources/mo...
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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Studs’ Place: The Lost Sitcom That Put Working-Class Life on TV. Our latest blog post by scholar and guest author Jason J. Nebergall offers an analysis of how Studs Terkel's radical, working-class ethos was translated into the emerging television medium. Read more at: https://loom.ly/JDD26kA
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Studs’ Place: The Lost Sitcom That Put Working-Class Life on TV. Our latest blog post by scholar and guest author Jason J. Nebergall offers an analysis of how Studs Terkel's radical, working-class ethos was translated into the emerging television medium. Read more at: https://loom.ly/JDD26kA
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tomorrow, free our caregivers
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
tomorrow, free our caregivers
Last of the leather age / put me on stage and I’ll be Yesavage
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Last of the leather age / put me on stage and I’ll be Yesavage
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Spooky Halloween music from the legendary Chic-A-Go-Go. Dance along with Miss Mia and Ratso to Chicago's Team Satan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfm6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfm6...
Chic-A-Go-Go Monster Party musical performance by Team Satan!
YouTube video by Media Burn Archive
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Spooky Halloween music from the legendary Chic-A-Go-Go. Dance along with Miss Mia and Ratso to Chicago's Team Satan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfm6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfm6...
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90% of baseball players and 99.9% of pitchers have a Republican dog’s brain.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
90% of baseball players and 99.9% of pitchers have a Republican dog’s brain.
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you said that was outside.
- I did. It was outside.
you said it was a strike in the 10th inning. and again in the 12th.
- ok, listen
- I did. It was outside.
you said it was a strike in the 10th inning. and again in the 12th.
- ok, listen
They should bring Isaac Chotiner in to pitch
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
you said that was outside.
- I did. It was outside.
you said it was a strike in the 10th inning. and again in the 12th.
- ok, listen
- I did. It was outside.
you said it was a strike in the 10th inning. and again in the 12th.
- ok, listen
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You have until 11:59 PM tonight to buy a raffle ticket(s) for two tickets to World Series game 4. All the money goes to feeding LA. We are desperate for help as SNAP benefits will run out 11/1: givebutter.com/game4
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You have until 11:59 PM tonight to buy a raffle ticket(s) for two tickets to World Series game 4. All the money goes to feeding LA. We are desperate for help as SNAP benefits will run out 11/1: givebutter.com/game4
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Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online
The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.
www.filmbuffonline.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Very disappointed in weenie Jays fans not booing the Star Spangled Banner
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Very disappointed in weenie Jays fans not booing the Star Spangled Banner
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1908 in cinema
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
1908 in cinema
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This regular season was too fun to taint and the Cubs series was a fun cherry on top. I'm not angry or upset with this team at all. What else could they have possibly done against this?
October 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This regular season was too fun to taint and the Cubs series was a fun cherry on top. I'm not angry or upset with this team at all. What else could they have possibly done against this?
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At 37, Blake Treinen is getting up there for a ballplayer but he'd still be eligible for the Young Republicans
October 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
At 37, Blake Treinen is getting up there for a ballplayer but he'd still be eligible for the Young Republicans
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if your blake be snell, gosh you're doing well
if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en
if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
if your blake be snell, gosh you're doing well
if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en
if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en
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Shoutout to the cheesehead in the second row at Rogers Centre
October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Shoutout to the cheesehead in the second row at Rogers Centre
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What now playboy
Cubs infielder Matt Shaw defends missing game to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial service
"Whatever backlash comes is OK," Shaw told reporters after he missed the Cubs' game Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds to attend Kirk's service in Arizona.
www.nbcnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What now playboy
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The only A.I. art I respect:
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The only A.I. art I respect:
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He may have died from mustard gas in the tenches, but this guy's poems remain timeless.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
He may have died from mustard gas in the tenches, but this guy's poems remain timeless.
bsky.app/profile/razz...
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Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...