The first page of Penguin paperback of THE GRAPES OF WRATH. At the top of the page is a note I wrote in high school, it reads: In winter the day pales by four o'clock.
I haven’t written a note in a book in years, but I love finding old ones. From my high school copy of THE GRAPES OF WRATH (a line NOT in The Grapes of Wrath, as far as I can tell). If the line is familiar, let me know…
A folding shopping cart full of 4 or five small dogs being pushed by an older lady in a pink top and floral pink skirt Most of the pups are sandy terriers. One is a reddish toy poodle.
Spring is busting out all over.
This Tax Day 287 major companies are avoiding $139,256,870,000 in taxes on $1 trillion of their 2025 profits.
ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.
Seems like this season we’re skipping the middle part of:
- The Mets suck.
- Wait, the Mets are actually good!
- No, the Mets actually suck.
I guess I can respect the efficiency and commitment to the single concept approach.
#LGM #please
It's @thecroftonshow.bsky.social 's bday! I always post the newer stuff, but here's the first video I ever directed for him. Shot on bolex with stolen film. It was hot as fuck in that studio. Love you, Chris!
The football catch 22.
A crowd of people at the Louvre holding their cameras up to take a picture of the Mona Lisa which is NOT in this photo.
Seeing the Mona Lisa gave me anxiety.
Did we take Fugazi to Boves and then did we all go see NEW JACK CITY together? Yes. All that and more. Miss that place. 3/3
Did I watch En Esch snort up one of our DJs codeine? Yes. Did we once stand up Pearl Jam for an interview cause we hated them? Yes. Did Chuck D tell me I looked just like MC Search in the middle of an interview only to then tell me how much he hated Search? Yes. 2/
the WRUV booth in 1991? Pete Painful is the DJ and I’m giving a tour to a bunch of kindergarteners. Very important: i’m wearing a herringbone vest/thrift store find.
Me sitting in a rotten old chair in the lounge at WRUV in 1991. The walls were inches thick with posters
Happy 70th to @wruvfm.bsky.social aka God’s Hope For America. Not many things have had more of an effect on my life than that beautiful radio station in the basement of Billings. It gave me friends for life, an insatiable need for new music, and probably tinnitus. Some things that happened: 1/
The cover of my new novel manuscript. WEST, by Alex R Johnson.
Been trying to avoid talking about my writing out of fear that I’d get an endorphin boost from just talking. Now that it’s done, here goes. A west Texas bloodbath that takes place over a very chaotic 24 hour period. It’s tight + fast + I look forward to disturbing at least a few of you with it.
A sunset in Brooklyn. The sky feels very orange and blue, obviously for the NY Mets
Mets win.
When you've run out of quarters for the arcade at the mall.
My superstar kiddo is raising money for the drama department at his high school and YOU have a chance to help. Buy some popcorn! Please! He smartly used a photo of himself as a child to pull on your heartstrings. I'm hoping it pulls on some pursestrings. Please buy some! s.dgpopup.com/9xu39f5h
My superstar kiddo is raising money for the drama department at his high school and YOU have a chance to help. Buy some popcorn! Please! He smartly used a photo of himself as a child to pull on your heartstrings. I'm hoping it pulls on some pursestrings. Please buy some! s.dgpopup.com/9xu39f5h
I just remembered again.
The whole point of the FBI is to basically be so fucking prepared for whatever action you're about to take that you don't have to take out your gun or use force. What a clueless, performative fuck.
I sincerely hope Clem Fandango is directing.
"I looked up, and up, and up, and up, until I saw Tom Noonan's face, looking down at me with a curious expression. 'What did you say your name was?' he asked." A remembrance of my friend Tom, lost too soon. www.rogerebert.com/mzs/a-beauti...
A black and white photo of michael Shannon, jason narducy and jon wurster’s rem tribute band. It’s from very far back because Brooklyn Steel OBVIOUSLY over sold it by about 300 people.
We love and accept Fake REM™️ even from the backidy back.
Yo La Tengo's annual marathon covers session on @wfmu.bsky.social right now. One of the joys of life.
May you love something as much as the New York Times crossword loves EMO.
Just took one of the dog’s probiotics instead of mine by mistake. Gonna be a great day.
Writing a scene in a cemetery and I'm realizing that my brain really does not like that last e in cemetery. It wants it to be an a. I have mispelled it at least 15 times (16 including the first attempt at writing this post). Adding it to the list of words my brain refuses to learn how to spell.
RIP TOM NOONAN
The only screenwriting class I ever took was w/Tom at his Paradise Factory Theater on 4th. I was so in love w/WHAT HAPPENED WAS (not to mention his acting - HEAT, MANHUNTER obvs) + was so intimidated to meet him. He was the person that made me believe in myself as a writer. 1/
Other folks will have deeper and more personal remembrances, but I will always hold on to that clear image of know who you are and bring it. Fold it in, every time, in all your work. He was a true, committed artist cut out of the Cassavetes cloth. He will be missed. End/
