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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 13h

This makes just as much sense if you simply change it to 5 stars.

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Ian Waites @ianwaites.bsky.social · 13h

LOL better.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 17h

I haven't; Steyning Museum perhaps?

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 2d

I've re-posted this piece on the late, great filmmaker Ken Jacobs' masterpiece Tom, Tom the Piper's Son. RIP Ken Jacobs 1933-2025.

open.substack.com/pub/uncannyl...

The Haunted Grain

On Ken Jacobs' hauntological masterpiece 'Tom, Tom the Piper's Son'

open.substack.com

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! What a strange piece of writing.

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone have access to this? Is it satire?

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...

The far-Left is devastating Portland. Its childless hipster residents couldn’t care less

The political establishment is up in arms about Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard. But the progressive city had it coming

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 9d

yeah i'll email you

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 10d

Interesting as I can get to it on my phone but not my laptop. Annoyingly the book I need is on there but not in and nearby libraries… thanks!!

Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 10d

blast. not working for me. must be something my end. thanks.

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 10d

Is it just me or is archive.org down?

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

archive.org

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Astrum Argenteum @argenteumastrum.bsky.social · 16d

This is huge:

Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 16d

SIgn up now for our forthcoming campaign to publish the lost books of Victor Neuburg!

tinyurl.com/vinepress

Coming soon: Lost occult books of the 1920s: relaunching Vine Press

Publishing never-before-seen books by legendary British occultist Victor Neuburg and officially relaunching his 1920s Vine Press.

tinyurl.com

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 16d

SIgn up now for our forthcoming campaign to publish the lost books of Victor Neuburg!

tinyurl.com/vinepress

Coming soon: Lost occult books of the 1920s: relaunching Vine Press

Publishing never-before-seen books by legendary British occultist Victor Neuburg and officially relaunching his 1920s Vine Press.

tinyurl.com

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 17d

That’s some flagshagging I can get into! #steelers

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 21d

You speak truth!!

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 21d

Highlight of Lonely is an Eyesore. Dif Juz - No Motion. I spent years seeking their records after hearing this.

youtu.be/zR5ud3UMGik?...

Dif Juz - No Motion

YouTube video by mrbriefcaseMUSIC

youtu.be

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 23d

Jean Carn - Was That All It Was on at the cafe. My pick for all-time #1 space-laser song. (Also a total jam worthy of any dj's emergency playbox...)

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · Sep 6

My baby's so vain she is almost a mirror.

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Phil Hubbard @gypjh2000.bsky.social · Sep 1

Book Launch for Listening to Landscape, King's College 21 Nov 1900. Hauntology/psychogeography/music: free event with music from The Hardy Tree @claypipemusic.bsky.social & Stonecirclesampler with @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social plus Jim Jupp & Oliver Cherer. Grab tickets from Eventbrite, going fast!

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · Sep 2

September in london VERY different from august tourist season.

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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · Aug 21

Calling all American folklorists, pop culture critics, historians, and artists! Please take a look at the call for proposals for Crossroads, a magazine dedicated exclusively to folk horror in the United States. Our first issue will be dedicated to the 1970s.

Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Call for Proposals!

"Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States" is a new zine exploring folk horror from an American perspective.

Read on for details about our first issue...

A yellow cross inside a circle against a black background. The letter C is in the upper left quadrant and the letter R is in the lower right

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · Aug 14

Cockney Acceptables

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 12

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

irisvanrooijcogsci.com

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · Aug 3

Last day to buy one of the seven remaining copies of this book!
jackdawshivers.bandcamp.com/merch/a-sanc...

A Sanctuary: New Writing & Artwork Inspired by Victor B. Neuburg and the Vine Press from Jackdaw Shivers Press

jackdawshivers.bandcamp.com

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Sapphire Goss @sapphiregoss.bsky.social · Jul 31

A junk shop roll of found photos so old the text from the backing paper has etched in over the years. Kodacolor II was made from 1973 to the early 80s and the clothes/space-age garden furniture seem to say 70s. Transmissions from a lost world.

Very grainy film photo of a garden with space age furniture overlooked by a pylon, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s

Very grainy film photo of a house and roses emerging from the film fog, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s

Very grainy film photos of a woman with curly hair and a shirt with 70s style lapels in a garden, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s

Very grainy film photo of a garden with space age furniture and a woman gardening, embossed with the words kodacolor II from the paper backing of the expired film roll circe 1970s

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