Jon Gordon
@jongordon.bsky.social
Confirmed fan of slow films, fast novels and music with a good, steady beat.
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Reading The Lonesome Dove Books in chronological order of the events rather than the book’s release dates. Dead Man’s Walk and Comanche Moon are really excellent books, and the latter beautifully evokes the end of the old west. But Lonesome Dove itself is an unimpeachable classic.
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reading The Lonesome Dove Books in chronological order of the events rather than the book’s release dates. Dead Man’s Walk and Comanche Moon are really excellent books, and the latter beautifully evokes the end of the old west. But Lonesome Dove itself is an unimpeachable classic.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Tiger Bay is obviously Cardiff based. But the opening credits are confusedly set in Newport, my home town. Cardiff - those big city metropolitans- nick everything from us including our most famous landmark:
Tiger Bay is obviously Cardiff based. But the opening credits are confusedly set in Newport, my home town. Cardiff - those big city metropolitans- nick everything from us including our most famous landmark:
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Tiger Bay is obviously Cardiff based. But the opening credits are confusedly set in Newport, my home town. Cardiff - those big city metropolitans- nick everything from us including our most famous landmark:
Tiger Bay is obviously Cardiff based. But the opening credits are confusedly set in Newport, my home town. Cardiff - those big city metropolitans- nick everything from us including our most famous landmark:
Really should have been able to wake up this morning and enjoy a Sunday morning of Test Match cricket whilst it rains outside. Come on guys!
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Really should have been able to wake up this morning and enjoy a Sunday morning of Test Match cricket whilst it rains outside. Come on guys!
Rewatched Inglorious Basterds last night. My interest was piqued by belatedly realising how beloved it is by fans and most critics. Better and funnier than I remember and full of interesting shots and film references but the energy of the first half really diminished. Too long and indisciplined.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Rewatched Inglorious Basterds last night. My interest was piqued by belatedly realising how beloved it is by fans and most critics. Better and funnier than I remember and full of interesting shots and film references but the energy of the first half really diminished. Too long and indisciplined.
One for my Christian name which I’ve not seen and one for my surname (the bane of my school years!)
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
One for my Christian name which I’ve not seen and one for my surname (the bane of my school years!)
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
I watched The Mastermind and Highest 2 Lowest yesterday. Both excellent films and interesting enough that I have spent the morning thinking about them.
There is one vague similarity. Reichardt sets her film in the 70s and there a number of scenes that involve manned ticket booths, landlines and..
There is one vague similarity. Reichardt sets her film in the 70s and there a number of scenes that involve manned ticket booths, landlines and..
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I watched The Mastermind and Highest 2 Lowest yesterday. Both excellent films and interesting enough that I have spent the morning thinking about them.
There is one vague similarity. Reichardt sets her film in the 70s and there a number of scenes that involve manned ticket booths, landlines and..
There is one vague similarity. Reichardt sets her film in the 70s and there a number of scenes that involve manned ticket booths, landlines and..
So that will be the second time I’ve tried to make coffee in a stove top pot without any water.
Bialetti will be happy that another order will be coming to them for replacement parts. Surviving as a business on the senility of its customers.
Bialetti will be happy that another order will be coming to them for replacement parts. Surviving as a business on the senility of its customers.
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
So that will be the second time I’ve tried to make coffee in a stove top pot without any water.
Bialetti will be happy that another order will be coming to them for replacement parts. Surviving as a business on the senility of its customers.
Bialetti will be happy that another order will be coming to them for replacement parts. Surviving as a business on the senility of its customers.
It’ll probably be bad but, hey, maybe not!
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’ll probably be bad but, hey, maybe not!
Just wondering why we have a new Black Phone movie and then I looked up the original and see it made £160m. So that’s why.
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Just wondering why we have a new Black Phone movie and then I looked up the original and see it made £160m. So that’s why.
Had a world beating lazy day yesterday and watched all 5 hours of Mr Scorsese. Recommended. Rebecca Miller got access to almost all the key people and it had just the right mix of anecdote, psychological insight and film nerd stuff about story boards, shot selection and editing.
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Had a world beating lazy day yesterday and watched all 5 hours of Mr Scorsese. Recommended. Rebecca Miller got access to almost all the key people and it had just the right mix of anecdote, psychological insight and film nerd stuff about story boards, shot selection and editing.
The only tv I watch ‘live’ on terrestrial television is The Traitors and Taskmaster.
So kind of annoying they’re on *at the same time*
Schedulers: sort it out! 😂
So kind of annoying they’re on *at the same time*
Schedulers: sort it out! 😂
October 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The only tv I watch ‘live’ on terrestrial television is The Traitors and Taskmaster.
So kind of annoying they’re on *at the same time*
Schedulers: sort it out! 😂
So kind of annoying they’re on *at the same time*
Schedulers: sort it out! 😂
Reposted by Jon Gordon
Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977
Apparently Kathryn Bigelow is a CIA asset and now I know that people have reached full 70s paranoia.
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Apparently Kathryn Bigelow is a CIA asset and now I know that people have reached full 70s paranoia.
Can’t seem to escape Stephen King this week. Watched The Black Phone last night only to discover his son wrote it. Third ‘King’ film of the year with The Running Man to go.
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Can’t seem to escape Stephen King this week. Watched The Black Phone last night only to discover his son wrote it. Third ‘King’ film of the year with The Running Man to go.
Reading my first Pynchon to improve my reading attention span. I reckon if I get through Vineland by Sunday I’ll be fixed.
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reading my first Pynchon to improve my reading attention span. I reckon if I get through Vineland by Sunday I’ll be fixed.
Listening to the new Jeff Tweedy record a week. The kind of ramshackle release you can backdrop your life to and pick out your favourite songs. Lou Reed was my babysitter is the driving song of choice. Feel free asks the key question:
Let it be or let it bleed
John or Paul, Mick or Keith
Feel free
Let it be or let it bleed
John or Paul, Mick or Keith
Feel free
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Listening to the new Jeff Tweedy record a week. The kind of ramshackle release you can backdrop your life to and pick out your favourite songs. Lou Reed was my babysitter is the driving song of choice. Feel free asks the key question:
Let it be or let it bleed
John or Paul, Mick or Keith
Feel free
Let it be or let it bleed
John or Paul, Mick or Keith
Feel free
A fat president tells military generals to lose weight. Surely a coup must be on the cards in the US!
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A fat president tells military generals to lose weight. Surely a coup must be on the cards in the US!
Apparently for the full vistavision experience you need the specialist projector. And there are only 4 *in the world* So that’s not happening.
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Apparently for the full vistavision experience you need the specialist projector. And there are only 4 *in the world* So that’s not happening.
One Battle After Another is a lot of a film, almost all of it great. Filmed beautifully it is funny, thrilling, exciting and moving. And it ends with a moment of hope that sends you from the cinema uplifted having seen a wonderful piece of art that has both heart and intelligence.
September 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One Battle After Another is a lot of a film, almost all of it great. Filmed beautifully it is funny, thrilling, exciting and moving. And it ends with a moment of hope that sends you from the cinema uplifted having seen a wonderful piece of art that has both heart and intelligence.
Watching Boogie Nights, my least favourite PTA, before One Battle After Another, to see if it’s better than I thought it was after seeing it in the Newport multiplex in 1997.
September 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Watching Boogie Nights, my least favourite PTA, before One Battle After Another, to see if it’s better than I thought it was after seeing it in the Newport multiplex in 1997.
Jeff Tweedy *triple* album dropping tomorrow!
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Jeff Tweedy *triple* album dropping tomorrow!