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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was a guest on the awesome In Film We Trust Podcast. An excellent conversation about Point Break that ran to almost the running time of the film itself. @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social #FilmSky #BookSky #KeanuReeves podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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IFWT #170 - Point Break (1991) [ft. author Stephen Lee Naish]

Podcast Episode · In Film We Trust · September 24 · 1h 54m

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The American Way (aka Riders of the Storm, 1986) poster art. Not a brilliant film, but a very satirical take on Reagan America and political discourse.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Back in 2018 I was launching a book at the @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social when music journalist Everrett True suddenly started spewing a rant from his book Ed Sheeran is Shit. He had him clocked. It's worth a read. everetttrue.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/e...

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Ed Sheeran is shit

Ed Sheeran is shit.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’ of the #EU "I've seen the future, it's not written This motion makes a modern love song" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJNc...

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Manic Street Preachers - Europa Geht Durch Mich (Official Lyric Video)

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wonder if Ed Craven will have the balls to open with "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" from now on.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My book Post-catastrophe film contains a chapter (Does Technology Envision Our Annihilation?) on the #AI apocalypse that has been a prominent concern this week. Films discussed include Mother/Android, I Am Mother, The Congress, and Robot Overlords. @intellectbooks.bsky.social #booksky

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It was a pleasure to join Shawn Gouralnik (again!) on the RadioFWD podcast to talk about my book on Point Break. Radio FWD is a student-run, not-for-profit station running out of @utsc.utoronto.ca This was a cool chat. @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTx...

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I know nothing of Ed Sheeran or his music. However, I know in my bones that he would happily write and produce a song titled "Gutless Wonder" and that the song would have an Irish fiddle, a interlude of percussive guitar, and foot stomp beat. From the album Cowardly lying.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The vanity shelf is creaking with such heavy weight theories on Dennis Hopper, Point Break, Manic Street Preachers, Dirty Dancing, and the ending of the world. #booksky #filmsky 📹

A bookshelf with numerous books by the author.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Manic Street Peaches 🍑

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One year ago yesterday I saw @waterboysmusic.bsky.social play at Toronto's Danforth. Met Mike Scott briefly to sign my record. The show was an incredible experience. The visuals stirring. The music euphoric.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Angelo, this is for little rubber people who don't shave yet"

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#FilmSky🎞️ Three book publications this year. Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency (@leverpress.bsky.social) Post-Catastrophe Film: Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster (@intellectbooks.bsky.social) Point Break: Minute-by-minute @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In my book, Post-Catastrophe Film, I dicuss in the chapter 'The Optimistic Apocalypse' how Star Trek is really the only positive example of a post-apocalyptic world. Something we should strive to emulate (preferably without two global wars, and environmental catastrophe) @intellectbooks.bsky.social

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For this Labor Day. Singer, actor, activist Paul Robeson performing Joe Hill for Scottish coal miners in 1949. youtu.be/B0bezsMVU7c?...

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Paul Robeson sings to Scottish miners (1949)

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Keep celebrating. The Manics just announced a live album of The Holy Bible. I'm interested in the Steve Wilson mix for a new twist on the oppressive masterpiece.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I was on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social hosted by Rebekah Buchanan talking all things Point Break. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/point-break

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Point Break: Minute-by-minute is OUT TODAY! The joy of writing this book was immeasurable. A summer of locking in to Point Break frame by frame. www.bloomsbury.com/ca/point-bre...

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last summer I spent almost everyday looking at Keanu’s face. The results of that endeavor are out tomorrow as Point Break: Minute-by-minute with @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social Timecodes series. Happy Birthday to Keanu Reeves. A fine Canadian. 🇨🇦 #Filmsky #booksky #keanureeves

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Masterful. From The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Removed Google Maps from my phone amd replaced it with @mapquest.com

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Dennis Hopper and Stella Garcia in Hopper's The Last Movie (1971)

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"That I live every hour of every day in an environmental crisis I know from all my senses. Why then is not my first duty to reduce, so far as I can, my own consumption?" Wendell Berry

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was interviewed in my local newspaper about books and other stuff. Post-Catastrophe Film @intellectbooks.bsky.social Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency @leverpress.bsky.social Point Break: Movies Minute by Minute @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social #FilmSky #BookSky #GreenSky

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The edge of Lake Ontario looking dreamy and cool.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Trump’s new partner in meat imports.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dennis Hopper's foreword to his first photography collection Out of the Sixties.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"I don't care about Natalie Harp!!!" Ben Harp.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Patrick Swayze, born August 18, 1952.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

James Dean Bradfield's (of the Manic Street Preachers) glorious Even in Exile. youtu.be/i2Xexl-kMys?...

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James Dean Bradfield - 'Recuerda' (Live Session)

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Karolying Leavitt will soon be known as former press secretary and future Dancing with the Stars contestant Karolying Leavitt.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Library users of North America. If your Library has a subscription to @hoopladigital.bsky.social you can read my book Post-Catastrophe Film for free. @intellectbooks.bsky.social #LibrarySky #FilmSky #BookSky

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My essay on Star Trek’s Post-Catastrophe Era, titled A 'Taste of Armageddon', is included in @elsewherejournal.bsky.social 'End of the World' issue. If we're to fix the world Star Trek offers the best Post-apocalyptic outcome. www.elsewhere-journal.com/the-end-of-t...

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A stack of current research materials.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

www.bloomsbury.com/us/point-bre... My book on Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 action thriller washes up on shore in September. A minute-by-minute analysis of a cinematic masterpiece. Part of @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social outstanding Timecodes series. #filmsky #booksky #pointbreak #surfsup

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono... My book Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency (and, we've really hit Emergency) is available to read on Open Access. It's free. You open it up and it's all there for you eyes. @leverpress.bsky.social #filmsky #booksky

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Along with some profound writing about the end of the world, I have an essay titled A Taste of Armageddon: Navigating Star Trek’s Post-Catastrophe Era in @elsewherejournal.bsky.social latest issue. @intellectbooks.bsky.social #Startrek #FilmSky www.elsewhere-journal.com/the-end-of-t...

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