documentary film by Frederick Wiseman
bathe in third places
touch the human condition
the pieces are there
links: trailer, NYPL Stereogranmator
category: films
tags: documentary
Author: heelmonk
Modus Vivendi
album by 070 Shake
microdosing stars
that dust will get you going
— spacewoman’s warning
links: ALL HAIL 070 SHAKE, modus vivendi: legally agree to disagree
category: albums
Good Time
film directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie
nick nack paddy wack
give a dog chronic chest pain
— relentless nightmare
links: Robert Pattison interview, on the use of close-ups in Good Time
Nothing to Envy
nonfiction book by Barbara Demick
packed under four feet
pitch black snow, webbed silences
can you trust your gut?
links: article about Kim family private train, author talk from 2012, patriotic rice during the famine
category: books
Disney’s Fastpass: A Complicated History
video essay by Defunctland
sausage factory
excreting Mickey Mouse tubes
lurid creation
links: Defunctland YouTube, review
category: videos
Erotic Probiotic 2
album by Nourished by Time
“marbles fell off, man”
tunage from the right ether
wherever that is
category: albums
Only Yesterday
film directed by Isao Takahata
lament gone seasons
grown to a different song
— safflower budding
links: video essay about Takahata, thematic review, 16,000 word blog critique
Symbol
album by Susumu Yokota
praise at the temple
the Forest God is alive
encumbered by sap
links: Spotify, poet’s blog post about Yokota
category: albums
Showing Up
Hyperion Cantos
novels by Dan Simmons
poetic tall tales
forgotten homunculi
Shrike! the angels sing
links: review, buy, article about Keats in Hyperion
category: books
tags: science-fiction
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