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Black Vines
@epicharmus.bsky.social
Exhausting veteran of 29 years' worth of internet. I still invented liveblogging.
Incomprehensible Omissions (my bad):

Longtime Companion
Weekend at Bernie's
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There are many films shot on Long Island, such as Citizen Kane and any number of Gatsbys, but they are only Long Island Movies in a technical sense.
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Long Island Cinema Canon

The Godfather (not even because some of it was shot there)
The Amityville Horror
Married to the Mob
The Amy Fisher Story
The collected works of Hal Hartley
The Brothers McMullen
L.I.E.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adventureland
Lost Girls
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For the love of all that is holy, shade of Martin Milner, give me a comprehensive allergy skin test.
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I mentioned this because I already started on the Plato readings and...siiiigh...you know, I couldn't really admit this to myself when I was a student 35 years ago, but damn Socrates and "The Athenian" (and possibly Plato by extension) are such insufferable pricks.
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm pretty sure that's him. (Like you have to ask which.)
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
John Swenson listing the album as one of the all-time most boring classics in the Marsh/Stein Book of Rock Lists has always prejudiced me against it and forty-plus years down the road that's something I need to overcome, damnit.
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
OK, this one should work then: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Music Suggestions
docs.google.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
OK, if that link doesn't work, try this one: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Music Suggestions
docs.google.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm on it!
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This one starts with heart-stopping kinda-sorta Debussy and just goes EVERYWHERE from there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=acjr...
Waves (Live)
YouTube video by Keith Jarrett - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Don't expect too much; it all could be edited down. The ones I keep coming back to: Keith Jarrett. Funny because I've always been suspicious of his neoclassicism and his high-strung aversion to audience coughs.
November 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM