Reposted by Matthew SpecktorDavid Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 15hThrilled to welcome the one and only Jarett Kobek back to WAKE ISLAND for another wild talk! @specktor.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social wakeisland.substack.com/p/zap-youre-...wakeisland.substack.comZap, You’re Pregnant, That’s Witchcraft with Jarett KobekOn Atta and Invocation of My Demon Brother 022
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's the roughest damn 38 I've seen in forever. He's like half a step away from becoming Ernest Borgnine 150
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He was on my mind as I'd just at that moment sent an email to his daughter. Still the greatest damn script I can think of, ever. 010
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Robert Towne. Goldman didn't work on Chinatown 150
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's a beauty. (Also: your Bandcamp hauls look a lot like mine, so that's gonna be a follow from me. Cheers) 030
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You and David Thomson! (I've not seen it yet.) 010
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Such a great piece, Elizabeth. As a Patriot/Conrad obsessive, thank you for writing. 110
Reposted by Matthew SpecktorElizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I loved writing this piece, and I love Steven Conrad’s weird shows, and I hope more people—especially those who liked DTF St Louis—will watch Patriot and Perpetual Grace LTD 1122
Reposted by Matthew SpecktorHere, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 02/10/202641 and 42 were engineered to stop 40 from happening. It's just that simple. 11710
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Make a million for the Texans/twenty dollar me." Pure poetry, really 020
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sintra is dope as hell. Second recommendation for a day trip there. Also this place, the Museo do Aljube, is very cool: www.museudoaljube.pt/en/museudoaljube.ptMuseu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade 030
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Preach. (Also, though I've banged this drum on here before: Patriot. You gotta get into that if you're a Lodge man.) 000
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ooh-wee. This record is such a beauty. It's been in my 6 AM dog-walking rotation. It's really special 020
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It is that! I think McGuane views the adaptation a little darkly (I asked him about it and he said something about "making chicken salad out of chicken shit"), but I find it kinda delightful 010
Reposted by Matthew SpecktorMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 27/08/2026HBD Tuesday Weld!! Key New Hollywood streak 1968-72: Pretty Poison, Walk the Line, Safe Place, Play it as it Lays ++ More @specktor.bsky.social: lithub.com/inside-the-c... @sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=106223 @bilgeebiri.bsky.social: www.vulture.com/article/revi... 1173
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It carbon-dates me precisely, I suppose, but the first version of the song I ever heard was this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvcD...youtube.comSisters Of Mercy - JoleneYouTube video by James Cameron 100
Reposted by Matthew SpecktorNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026She did all the great things a good soul can do in this world as everyone’s been sharing. AND she could do this. Your icon could never. youtu.be/06U-7BACuhs?...youtu.be"Yakety Sax (Benny Hill Theme)" Dolly Parton@Mann Music Center Philadelphia 6/15/16YouTube video by Steve Easton 07622
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Goddamnit. Well, it seems a good day to remember--EVERY day is a good day to remember--Al Green still walks among us. 090
Reposted by Matthew SpecktorTyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The bestyoutube.comCurtis Mayfield - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (1972)YouTube video by Beat-Club 18925
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"The Crew of the Nostromo Would Be Bonkers to Jettison the Face-Huggers." 110
Reposted by Matthew SpecktorMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 10/08/20268/10/70: Diary of a Mad Housewife D Frank Perry/W Eleanor Perry w/Richard Benjamin, Carrie Snodgress, Frank Langella KIno blu w/ @larrythek.bsky.social track More: @specktor.bsky.social: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/07... @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social: merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/why-i-wait...merrillmarkoe.substack.comWhy I Waited 22 Years Before Getting MarriedPart 1: TEENAAA:The Terrifying Specter of Richard Benjamin 2103
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I had that same thought. It's not Bret's voice (actual Bret) and it's not Bale's Bateman, but it's a voice that's very Bret-affiliated for me. It's been driving me a little nuts trying to figure it out 110
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Tough to choose a Least Valuable Player for that one, because they all pretty much suck, but she just might be worst of the lot, yep 100
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Think I’m gonna see it with my daughter this weekend. Trailer looks preposterous tho 0120
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026If Odysseus had just taken Fountain this whole damn thing could’ve been avoided. SMH. 62185
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Having hung out with this record now for several months, I really do reckon it's a masterpiece. "Go there and wiggle," as George Clinton once said prairiewolfcf.bandcamp.com/album/zone-p...prairiewolfcf.bandcamp.comZone Poems, by Prairiewolf12 track album 1234
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My grandfather is extremely proud of me, Ruben Dogbath, for having made an MLB team 020
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I have never knowingly heard The Bobby Lees, but can confirm that Bobby Lee's forthcoming record (and he's certainly THE Bobby Lee in this house: any other is a pretender at best) absolutely rules 020
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Cool, man. Have you considered that not finding this despicable ghoul "disagreeable" might be a self-indictment of some kind? 000
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I mean, there's a reason Joyce spoke of "portals of discovery" 130
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I mean . . . I laughed to keep myself from crying. JFC. 010
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"And freedom! No, no, not like freedom from debt or harassment or anything, don't be silly. But--freedom! Am I right?" 1110
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"No, no, healthcare we can't do anything about. But how do you feel about opportunity?" 3400
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Sobering realization: The Clash are as far away in time from today's teenagers as, say, Cab Calloway was from me the first time I saw The Clash. 020
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026A few years ago was walking my dog and she ran over to say hi to a man who was very sweet to her—who stood up and turned out to be James Woods. Not sure I’ve ever had such a jump scare. Great actor, but the best movies are always the ones where someone beats the shit out of him 040
