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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

2 novels compiled in this ed. about halfway through the first. tasty stuff; like Lovecraft with some actual dialogue and without the racism

my hand holding the New York Review Books edition of The Rim of Morning, by William Sloane

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

alternate choice: guys stow away on an ocean liner and then go to a swanky party on Long Island

mosaic of movie posters with a superimposed text that reads, "describe your favorite movie as boring as possible"

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

only problem is there’s basically no chance the actual story could be worthy of that title, in which case we’re back to 👇🏻

Columbo saying “shows you how stupid I am”

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

rereading The Fisherman, by @johnlangan.bsky.social, for a spooky season buddy read. I think it hits even harder as a reread. such a memorable novel.

cover of The Fisherman, by John Langan. the cover art is a nineteenth century landscape painting of a stormy sea with a small boat on the shore in the middle ground

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

get in, sickos; we’re starting spooky season early this year

hardcover book The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, edited by Leslie S. Klinger and with an intro by Alan Moore. cover art is tentacles interwoven with the text, on a black background

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

John Coltrane, of blessed memory, was born on this date 100 years ago. his legacy of artistic and spiritual work lives on in the recordings. Happy Coltrane Day to all who celebrate.

black and white photo of John Coltrane playing his tenor saxophone. the photo is ever so slightly blurred, suggesting Coltrane’s being in motion when the shutter released.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I might be wrong, but I don't think it's coincidental

The Continuum paperback edition of Dialectic of Enlightenment, by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno. the cover is a dark orange, with the title and byline in black block letters.

the cover of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Omar El Akkad. the cover is an orange-red, just a shade darker than the cover of Dialectic. and similarly to the Continuum edition of Dialectic, the Akkad book's title and byline appear in black capital letters.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a quiet, slippery monster, this novel. I think it could be read multiple ways and debated for hours and hours

cover of an edition of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Tremor of Forgery, with a photo of a coastline presumably in North Africa with people in both Western and Arabian clothes walking on the beach

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I found the premise of this interesting and figured I’d get a good yarn. I got more than that: a dark story with heart and striking poignancy

cover for the audiobook edition of Between Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlman. the title is shown in white Gothic type; behind it is a skeleton in medieval knight’s armor. the background is a solid field of red.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

it's actually an album about using a CPAP and the band is a sleep apnea awareness project

album cover for Sleep's Dopesmoker. cover art is a procession of people in dark robes wearing elaborate gas masks and walking with camels in a desert

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

might have a new favorite Joni Mitchell album (shhh, don’t tell HEJIRA)

cover of Joni Mitchell’s album Turbulent Indigo. the art is a framed painting by Mitchell of herself looking like Vincent van Gogh, painted in the style of van Gogh

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

bunch ‘a dudes, ready to shred (from the liner notes to Gary Burton’s album Times Like These)

a photo of jazz musicians Peter Erskine, Gary Burton, Marc Johnson, John Scofield, and Michael Brecker. all white guys wearing glasses.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

just finished this. I recommend it highly

cover image for the book A LOVE STORY FROM THE END OF THE
WORLD, by JUHEA KIM

the cover art is an abstract piece that appears to be painted or drawn; it features a rainbow alongside color blocks in green, olive, and purple

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

from the liner notes👇🏻 I’m not familiar with all of these effects and devices, but I’d imagine the devices themselves are doing the doubling, phasing, chorusing, etc.

portion of the liner notes to the album Audio Visualscapes, by Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

some thoughts re: author-publisher relations that came up for me during a text convo w/a colleague and that are too spicy for my “work” account

oh no. I wish there were a way to make authors understand *what* publishing *is.*
a lot of them treat their manuscripts like a rundown house that the publisher acts as a contractor to renovate
and then there are the ones who are constantly paranoid and act like everyone besides their acq ed is conspiring in a plot to sabotage the book.

think it thru, people! if we were successful in sabotaging your book, it wouldn't sell well! our firm wouldn't get the money we want to get from pubbing it! we wouldn't get OUR paychecks. [laughing-hard emoji; sobbing emoji]

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

this has to be one of the dumbest paragraphs of music criticism I’ve ever read

It's hard to find fault with the deeply emotional ride of Beyond the Wall except, perhaps, in its unrelenting seriousness. Still, with a cast of players this strong, one can forgive its earnestness and revel in performances that bring Tyner's and Coltrane's innovations into the 21st Century.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

sincerely had a religious experience driving up to Kuwohi while the first Pat Metheny Group record was playing on the car stereo. “April Joy” just as we hit the approach road to the summit. we were literally in the clouds

forest with a mix of conifers and deciduous trees up in the Smoky Mountains. low clouds hang just over the trees and block the view of a nearby peak.

forest with a mix of conifers and deciduous trees up in the Smoky Mountains. low clouds hang just over the trees and block the view of a nearby peak. in the upper left, some blue sky is visible

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

a version of this genre of windshield sticker that’s actually amusing

5 windshield stickers each made to look like the battery status icon on a smartphone: 2 large batteries are almost drained, 3 small batteries are at full power

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

in case the name doesn’t ring a bell

photo portrait of the journalist Sam Donaldson

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

first time watching Conan the Barbarian and I think I’ve found my new hair style

James Earl Jones in a still from the movie Conan. his hair is long and dark, but with extremely short bangs in the front

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I’m still Metheny-ing and listened to this for the first time today. another very solid album by Metheny

cover of the album Side-Eye III+, by Pat Metheny. the cover is a typographic design with the title, and the names of Metheny and his two main bandmates, Chris Fishman and Joe Dyson

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

any day that brings new Ahmad Jamal recordings is a good day

the cd edition of Ahmad Jamal, At the Jazz Showcase, lying on a wooden table

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

y’all, the dogsitter sent me this photo of my dog and it’s too perfect not to share

a brown and black dog faces sideways and looks up at the camera

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

back in 1987 Pat was trying to tell us something but we didn’t see it: Pat saw the SECRET THIRD THING before anyone else did

screenshot of a music app showing the tracks of the Pat Metheny Group’s album Still Life. the words “secretly” and “third” are underlined in red.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

my first time reading Donald Westlake! this was a lot of fun. I’ll be reading more of his

cover of the audiobook edition of THE HOT ROCK, by Donald E. Westlake, with the phrase A Dortmunder Novel underneath the title. the cover shows an emerald on green cloth.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

spouse just told me about a coworker who, upon learning she was pregnant years ago, blurted out “yes!! [spouse’s name] is gonna be fat now!”

still from the show Columbo. Columbo is holding a cigar that’s creating a cloud of smoke in front of him. he’s looking disapprovingly at someone off camera

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

at Natural Bridge State Park, Virginia. encountered the Virginia Junior Sasquatch. he seemed mostly friendly.

the natural bridge: a huge mass of limestone with a large hole in it through which people can walk. a few people are visible on the ground and walkway under the “bridge.” they appear tiny, showing how large the rock formation is.

another view of the natural bridge, showing the full shape of the formation. small trees and other plants grow on parts of the limestone walls. the photo is from midday, showing a partly cloudy sky

a photo showing some detail of a limestone wall. the rock is very craggy and highly textured. moss and small shrubs grow on portions of the rock. on the right, a partly sunny sky is visible in the background.

a photo of a human figure in silhouette, standing on rocks. the photo is taken from inside a cave entrance, facing outward toward the sky.

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

book recommendation: I borrowed the audiobook of this from my library on a whim. turned out to be really good! well-wrought characters and pretty wise about the ways of the human heart, in addition to being a compelling mystery/thriller. also, the voice acting for the audiobook was quite good.

cover for the audiobook edition of More Than You’ll Ever Know, by Katie Gutierrez

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

!!! Apple Music on my phone is showing album covers again! I feel like I’ve been reborn

screenshot of the Apple Music app showing covers of albums by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Zombi, Brian Eno, the Neville Brother, and David Bowie

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

actually, the creekside park came very strong today. I simply wanted a walk to get the blood flowing, but I feel like I was given a gift.

a male duck with green iridescent head feather stands next to water

a redbud tree showing its bright pink flowers on a sunny afternoon

a landscape-oriented photo of a wetland, with the bare trunks of several dead trees prominent in the foreground. there is also a lot of green, from low grasses, new saplings, shrubs, and blossoming living trees

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

look who I met at the creek! (I gently picked them up from the asphalt and moved them onto grass near some shrubs)

a very small turtle on asphalt, with my index finger next to it for size reference

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

which King Crimson albums must I hear? I think it’s finally time.

blurry still of Yoda from EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. his eyes are wide open. caption reads: “boy he bout to do it!!!”

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

maybe it’s time for him to see this, as a warning

Elliott Gould and George Segal as two crazed gamblers in the movie California Split

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

very good. I admire the way Mandel focuses on the persistence of basic humanity in extreme situations without resorting to pat optimism

the hardcover edition of SEA OF TRANQUILITY, by Emily St. John Mandel

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I regret to inform you that something just went wrong:

screenshot showing that the post I’m responding to showed up twice in a row on my feed

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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

so this started happening with my iPhone a few days ago and I can’t fix it. I tried the main fix suggested on Apple’s community board (delete and reinstall the Music app), no dice. anyone know how to fix this? (NB: I manually put music on my phone, from my computer)

screenshot of the Apple Music app, showing the covers of 6 albums. five of those covers are incorrect—showing the cover of Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra

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