zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Filled out and ready to go. Looks like the local drop boxes won't be open until Friday or Monday, so I'll have to wait to drop it off. Here in PA, the only good I can do it help us hold onto the gubernatorial seat. Crossing fingers for those of you with Senate (and contested House) elections 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Being retired is very much like becoming a Hobbit. Sitting in your cozy hole, reading book after book, (very proverbially) smoking hashish*, and contemplating second breakfast *Or whatever delightfully relaxing things Hobbits are wont to smoke 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Current reading: Working my way thru the 2nd volume of "À la recherche du temps perdu" (the new translation) Halfway thru a massive overview of Reconstruction by Eric Foner A long-awaited reread of The Lymond Chronicles, currently in the soul-destroying 4th book "Pawn in Frankincense" 040
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is my absolute favorite Tim Curry scene, from the mostly forgotten show WISEGUY. Curry plays reptilian music mogul Winston Newquay. In this scene, Newquay gets his comeuppance, and is thrown in a jail cell, instantly menaced by his cellmate. Utterly brilliant. youtu.be/snaqH8_mbio?...youtu.beWiseguy - 1989YouTube video by Josh Olson 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Best bartenders in movies. Sheldon Leonard in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Brian Dennehy in 10. Jim Broadbent in THE CRYING GAME. Who else? 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Watching THE CRYING GAME for the first time in years. The Editor's name is Kant Pan. I'm glad he wasn't the cinematographer 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Always thought this to be true... To know the true measure of a man, observe him with: A woman, A baby, And a flat tire 011
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026In the heart of bourbon country in Kentucky. Far from the city distilleries. Still 3 hours north of JUSTIFIED country. Having the artistic ideal of a burger from the resident food truck 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I was at a lounge this evening and was explaining this drink (I invented the drink and had the bartender make it). I apparently was incredibly intense and my bar friend took this snapshot. I feel *very* seen 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Second of two video posts that accompany "Less Hospitable Terrain" (my 2025 CD with Michael G. Ronstadt) This was all done with stock footage from Shutterstock It is based on Michael's raga improvisation, which I retrofitted lyrics onto. Vocal is by Garrick Schultz. youtu.be/qGAMKiYsA-k 020
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Posting a couple videos that accompany "Less Hospitable Terrain" (my 2025 CD with Michael G. Ronstadt) I'm having fun with stock footage from Shutterstock & public domain films from archive.org. This one is "Naked Reprimand", with my vocal, and was a lot of fun to do. Enjoy youtu.be/uwDoTg_3vnQarchive.orgInternet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Today's double feature is METROPOLITAN and THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Criterion discs). Saving BARCELONA for tomorrow 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Going to be in Indianapolis then Cincinnati the last week of the month. Will be in the "neighborhood" w time to explore. Looking for recs for 1) Vintage shops w mens' clothes; 2) niche museums that don't show up on the radar; and 3) restaurants/bistros where it is comfortable to eat at the bar. 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I just realized Brian Talerico's appeal. He's Frodo and he's not afraid to walk right into Mordor 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 08/07/2026They laughed at Newton. They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at Galileo. Why won't they laugh at me???? ** ** A line I heard decades ago on a forgotten British radio show called "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" (featuring John Cleese, pre-Python) 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Our pick for Mel Brooks 100th birthday. TO BE OR NOT TO BE 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Harry Lime: Look down there. Tell me. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money, or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?static.klipy.comHarry Lime in The Third ManAlt: Iconic introductory shot of Orson Welles in The Third Man 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I 100% support this position. Television has taught us to expect instant results always. It is perfectly okay for things to take time. Dough rising. Sunsets. Writing, editing and rewriting. Brisket. Election results. 030
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 09/06/2026New reading nook accomplished. Will get a lot of use this Summer, especially starting in 2 weeks when I retire 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Name 10 MOVIES you've seen on the big screen (original or re-release): M*A*S*H The French Connection The Godfather The Little Prince The Conversation Dog Day Afternoon Jaws (opening day) The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings All That Jazz Gremlins 221
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I don't "Letterboxd" much but I am getting back into it. I started to write a review of the newish film "Send Help" and I veered off from the Ebert/Siskel path: boxd.it/enwSyzboxd.itA ★★★ review of Send Help (2026)Oh man I wanted to like this SO MUCH. But I should tell you what I had to drink first. My won was visiting from Chicago and was hanging out with me. I have given him a taste of interesting mixology. H... 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Just like Leslie Odom, this man wants to be in the room where it happens, and the white person will not allow it 021
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I don't know why people argue about whether DIE HARD is a Xmas film, when we could be agreeing about EYES WIDE SHUT having a lot more of that holiday spirit 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If I had a head for business, I would buy the rights to designs for outdated MP3 players, digital cameras and non-smartphones, rebrand them and market them as "AI-Free Devices" 040
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 28/04/2026*record scratch* Yes, that is me watching a hockey game live on television. Let me tell you how I found myself in this position.. 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I am utterly obsessed with this video, this singer, and her utterly sexy/bonkers interpretation of this song. It shouldn't work but it is entirely right. I am not even upset she skips the third verse, because it turns out she is right to skip it. youtu.be/ak0DohOO43I?...youtu.beCamille O'Sullivan - Jackie (Brel)YouTube video by CamilleOSullivan 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026One of our most unique American voices. Banned in Texas. But honestly, her book does have more cursing than The Odyssey (also banned) - 011
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I have seen a lot of creative messing about with IP; but I have yet to see a Sherlock Holmes/Lt Columbo crossover 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I'm so glad I am driving to Chicago this weekend and not going to an airport 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"To hear all the Best Original Songs" (that we are not going to play on the broadcast "scan this QR code" Classless. Play the damn songs on the air. And they held a gun to Matt Berry's head and made him announce that. 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"It doesn't matter how long they go on...everyone loves the cast of BRIDESMAIDS and could listen to them riff for an hour and a half. Right?" 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Smartest ad campaign of the (Oscar) night is THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2. Not only was there a movie trailer, but there were several slick ads for fashion/beauty products that wove in a tie-in with DWP2 at the end. Synergy at its best. 000
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Snow day. Dinner in the oven. Making an obvious viewing choice 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 12/02/2026All the memorial posts about James van der Beek, and not one I've seen mentions his bonkers comic turn on "Don't Trust The B---- in Apt 23", one of the great overlooked comedies ever 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I'm finally watching the Black Mirror sequel to USS Callister. I was worried it would be derivative but I'm laughing hysterically every few minutes. Great writing, very self-aware, fun references. I don't know how they're going to sustain it for another 50 mins but I have faith in the writers 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Honest to god, at the very least, anyone detained by us for any period should not be given worse treatment than is defined in the Geneva Convention 010
zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Surviving snowpocalypse. 2 rounds of shoveling done, at least 1 to go. Reading v1 of The Gulag Archipelago & a consideration of Christopher Marlowe and his times. Revealing lines for the play. On the CD carousel: Renaissance choral music, Mahler, Mozart, Heinrich Schütz & Elvis Costello. 010
