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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 9h

I saw a Ford Galaxie 500 last weekend and did the Leo pointing gif in the car

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 9h

I listened to these records today

Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Beach House - Bloom
Antarctica - 23:03
Pulp - Different Class
Smith, Elliott - Figure 8

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 11h

Every time I see Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Are You A Big Jazz Boy Or A Little Jazz Boy?

clickhole.com

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 15h

Live, Laugh, Tork

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 16h

Those kids were too busy renting cars to finish the season

Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 18h

Now watching John Woo’s Bullet in the Head, which I’d started as a Workout Watch (on mute with music on headphones). The benefits of a normal viewing are clear: the introductory montage of wayward youth antics reminiscent of Rebel Without a Cause is set to a zany sax cover of “I’m a Believer.”

Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve seen 21/38 films in Criterion Channel’s Hong Kong Action Classics. May not get through all of the unwatched titles, but I started with Sammo Hung’s Pedicab Driver.

It’s all over the place tonally: ribald farce, serious romantic drama, lessons on Respecting Women, friendship hijinks.

Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 20h

22 seconds faster per mile. Not quite up to my fastest times (although I was in that range for miles two and three), but I’m happy with it.

Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 22h

It’s twenty degrees cooler than Monday, time to see if I run faster or if I’m still recovering from my cold

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 22h

It’s twenty degrees cooler than Monday, time to see if I run faster or if I’m still recovering from my cold

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

I listened to these records today

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
Evans, Bill - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Hecker, Tim - Shards
Sultans - Shipwrecked

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Dracula (1931) for the first time, although it doesn’t feel that way because of all the other Draculas and Nosferatus I’ve seen. Dwight Frye goes all out as Renfield, but this is Bela Lugosi’s picture, and it’s exponentially better when he’s on screen.

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t think people actually confused Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman, but this MLB announcer just did

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve only heard good things about its quality but yeah that’s a hard cinematic experience to choose right now.

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

Now they have four Russian guys

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a great autumn album, I’ll throw it on tomorrow.

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

Former Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Guy Boucher looking like his brain is about to explode

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

Getting hyped the only way I know how

3800 Tigers, by Protomartyr

from the album Formal Growth In The Desert

protomartyr.bandcamp.com

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

Just imagine how much your body would appreciate one single apple

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

I got halfway into a recap of the two Silkworm shows I attended and it was trending towards a 50/50 split between “I finally got to see one of my favorite bands” and a meditation on mortality. I genuinely don’t know if people want to read the latter!

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 1d

An early morning text reminding me of my dentist appointment on Thursday? Brutal

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

I listened to these records today

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as
Stereolab - Fed Up with Your Job
Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me
Able Baker Fox - Visions
Coverdale, Kara-Lis - A Series of Actions in a
Four Tet - Ringer
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Chromatics - Running from the Sun
Dirty Three - Whatever You Love, You Are

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

Next up was Ringo Lam’s Prison on Fire. While there are some wild brawls (especially the one at the end), it’s more of a drama than an action film. That’s not a complaint! Chow Yun-fat is especially good as an initially inscrutable but soon tremendously loyal friend of Tony Leung Ka-fai’s lead.

Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve seen 21/38 films in Criterion Channel’s Hong Kong Action Classics. May not get through all of the unwatched titles, but I started with Sammo Hung’s Pedicab Driver.

It’s all over the place tonally: ribald farce, serious romantic drama, lessons on Respecting Women, friendship hijinks.

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

The full moon is tomorrow, he’s jumping the gun

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

I’m most excited to see a few of John Woo’s prime-era films (Bullet to the Head, Heroes Shed No Tears) and go further into Ringo Lam’s On Fire Verse with School on Fire and Prison on Fire 1 + 2, supplementing City on Fire (which I just picked up on 4K).

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know if it pulls off the transition into tragedy in the third act, but at least three long fight sequences have astounding choreography. Sammo Hung is a total marvel, and there are a half-dozen familiar faces from other Hong Kong films. Always happy to see Lam Ching-ying, AKA Mr. Vampire.

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Sebastian Stirling @newartillery.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve seen 21/38 films in Criterion Channel’s Hong Kong Action Classics. May not get through all of the unwatched titles, but I started with Sammo Hung’s Pedicab Driver.

It’s all over the place tonally: ribald farce, serious romantic drama, lessons on Respecting Women, friendship hijinks.

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