READING & BOOKS DEPT: Sometimes you just have to buy a book because it has this in it: J. G. Ballard and Bob Dylan traveling together to a Richard prince exhibit. My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.

T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT: I’m here for the boos.

T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT: I’m too sober for this.

MUST WATCH DEPT: Institute Benjamenta • 1995 Dir: the brothers Quay Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, it has a dream-nightmare quality that makes for riveting watching.

MUST WATCH DEPT: Mr. K • 2024 Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.

"…a vase in a window, a blip on the radio, a misplaced brick in a wall." -The New Yorker, page 36, Sept. 16, 2024

OVERHEARD DEPT: #OverheardInNYC I've never been to Chicago, believe it or not. I've only been to Las Vegas.

HUH! What a surprise. I did Nazi that coming!

They’ll be blaming it on Biden by morning. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Just found this podcast, and it’s amazing!