Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026glennkenny.substack.com/p/karloff-wi...glennkenny.substack.comKarloff With Ford“The Lost Patrol” 3233
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Quick, someone more tech savvy than I needs to put Jim McKay’s “the agony of defeat” v/o from The Wide World of Sports open over this video 020
Reposted by Matt Blankmanandy™ @andylevy.net · 04/08/2026yes. i would die but i would hold on to the ball 61232
Reposted by Matt Blankmanthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/06/2026if I announced some renovation on a public property that everybody said was a terrible idea and then I did it anyway, and it immediately failed catastrophically, so I sent police to guard my reno catastrophe & then said what happened was vandalism, you'd call me a deranged old man & you'd be right 1696694
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I’m always skeptical going in with new shows, but LEGENDS on Netflix was pretty great. 000
Reposted by Matt Blankmanjesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 26/05/2026safe travels to sonny rollins from the williamsburg bridge (which really should be renamed after him). 536463
Reposted by Matt BlankmanBrent S. Sirota @brentsirota.bsky.social · 26/05/2026And now they are all gone. RIP Sonny Rollins. 281656587
Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Not since Cinderella’s stepsisters has anyone been so obsessed with a ballroom. 13511
Reposted by Matt BlankmanSonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026“I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence. I’m a person who believes this life isn’t the be-all and end-all of everything. A spiritual person doesn’t feel like that.” –S.R. (2009) 2/2 81389299
Reposted by Matt BlankmanSonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 298105742675
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Not sure I agree with you 100% on your police work there, Lou. 030
Reposted by Matt BlankmanJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Okay fine, if nobody is gonna post The Bishop sketch after "The Pope is WEAK on crime" then I guess I will. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqga...youtube.comMonty Python’s The BishopYouTube video by Cathode Ray Terrors 26319
Reposted by Matt BlankmanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Every single photo of Pete Hegseth looks like he's screaming at a busboy 45772144
Reposted by Matt BlankmanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/03/2026Chip Taylor, the songwriter behind rock and pop music classics including “Wild Thing,” popularized by the Troggs, and “Angel of the Morning,” made famous by both Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton, has died at 86.nyti.msChip Taylor, Writer of ‘Wild Thing’ and Other Classic Rock Hits, Dies at 86Mr. Taylor, the younger brother of the actor Jon Voight, found success as a songwriter for the likes of Janis Joplin and Juice Newton. 110029
Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Fond memories: glennkenny.substack.com/p/montanaglennkenny.substack.comMontanaA formative experience with Valerie Perrine 0153
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026@soupysombrero.bsky.social hey you! How have you been Lacie? 000
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Didn’t expect to hear “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” at the supermarket today. But it’s welcome! 021
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The shredder in my office sounds like Dino from the Flintstones 032
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Watched the first episode of that Steve Carell show ROOSTER and OOF it is dire. 110
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed Dignity never been photographed I went into the red, went into the black Into the valley of dry bone dreams So many roads, so much at stake So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take To find dignity 110
Reposted by Matt BlankmanArt Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 27/02/2026PUNK AS FUCK youtu.be/BF3NnFruoWQ?...youtu.beThin Lizzy - The Rocker • TopPopYouTube video by TopPop 031332
Reposted by Matt BlankmanEddieLove44 @eddielove44.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Wanna feel old? Billy and Patti’s ten-pound baby boy would be 45 today… 011
Reposted by Matt Blankmanjesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 18/02/2026if i owned this brand name, i'd be monetizing it so much harder than they are. 3706
Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026In which I recommend some Robert Duvall deep cuts: decider.com/2026/02/17/r...decider.comR.I.P. Robert Duvall: Great in the movies you already know, and great in some you may not have seenHere we present five Duvall deep cuts — pictures that didn’t get cited in detail in the mainstream obits. 38223
Reposted by Matt BlankmanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2026What? That can't be right. Haven't they seen the president's plans for his special golden ballroom? 642886409
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I have nothing to do today, it’s cold out, there’s Olympic curling on TV. I like how things are shaping up! 020
Reposted by Matt BlankmanBILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I am not exaggerating when I say Catherine O'Hara was one of the finest actors alive. 28613
Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Some thoughts on one of the greatest to ever do it: decider.com/2026/01/31/r...decider.comRemembering Catherine O’Hara: On 'SCTV' and elsewhere, when she was on screen no one was funnierWe were lucky to be able to experience her talent. 512941
Reposted by Matt BlankmanDésespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Some of Willy Spiller’s photographs of New York City’s subway system in the 1970s. 314044
Reposted by Matt Blankmanjesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 14/01/2026another weir obscurity: the 1994 studio version of "easy answers" featuring neil young, who didn't get a songwriting credit but wrote the "shut your eyes..." verse, making it the only hunter/young collaboration. youtu.be/X4vxyTphyRsyoutu.beEasy AnswersYouTube video by Rob Wasserman - Topic 3546
Reposted by Matt Blankmanjesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 11/01/2026deeply missing silberman & thoughts on the dead & croz & a bunch of other heads right now. 11536
Reposted by Matt Blankmanthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11/01/2026R. Hunter reaches for lines like this a number of times in the canon and doesn't always land flush, but that is exactly the line that hits for me, reflecting on Weir's contribution to American music, and to my life, and how lucky we who were here for it are. 1/4 635338
Reposted by Matt Blankmanthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Bob Weir loved music and gave his entire life to it. 78's a good age, though from where I'm at now it doesn't sound like enough. But he left something behind that will never stop giving people pleasure and comfort. That's a legacy to cherish. You stayed 61 years on the road, Bob Weir. Rest now. 4/4 343837
Reposted by Matt BlankmanBeatles Books Podcast @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Bob Weir photographed by Linda McCartney, San Francisco, 1967. 944694
Reposted by Matt Blankmanjesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 10/01/2026safe travels to bobby weir in the greater weirdness. 17716127
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Aww man, RIP Bob Weir. Thanks for all the music and all it means to me and so many like me. Godspeed, sir. 040
Reposted by Matt BlankmanStephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...variety.comBob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist, Dies at 78Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the band’s many latter-day offshoots, has died 18629169
Reposted by Matt BlankmanNorm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 25/12/2025I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.nytimes.comOpinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’ 723074848
Reposted by Matt BlankmanFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 25/12/2025If Vince Guaraldi had known the actual A Charlie Brown Christmas assignment: "Compose iconic score that people will love forever," he could have been intimidated. Instead, "Write music for weird show CBS might not even air" probably freed him up to do his best work. 17734117
Reposted by Matt BlankmanBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 21/12/2025me: Well, I just watched the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol, and I thought that someone, inevitably: DID YOU FORGET ABOUT MICHAEL CAINE? 14949
Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 15/12/2025A tribute I wish I hadn’t had to write. I hope I did its subject at least a little justice. decider.com/2025/12/15/r...decider.comRob Reiner’s legacy will be one of humane laughterRob Reiner’s kindness suffused all of his work 37816
Reposted by Matt BlankmanGlenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 16/12/2025“Billion Dollar Brain” supposedly represents Ken Russell before he got perverse yet features Karl Malden and Françoise Dorleac snuggling nude in a sauna shack 7225
Matt Blankman @blankemon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025A reminder that LIVE SHOTS belongs in any serious list of the great live albums. RIP, Joe. Thanks for all the music and the stories. youtu.be/BFs_IW3yw50?...youtu.beBoxcarsYouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic 030
