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Signing off for now with much Gratitude, Thoughts on Substack, Some (A)Political Ramblings, and an Analysis of Abel Ferrara and Art's Ever-Dangerous…
Jul 18, 2024 • 
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Greetings Friends: Before The Fall Part One
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Jul 1, 2024 • Philip Fagan
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Charles Laughton: Hollywood Horror's Queer Outsider
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Two Lane Blacktop: The Wild Ones of Fort Worth and the Triumph of the Wheel 1953-57
An Excerpt from Philip's Shadow: A Subcultural History featuring the Actor Philip Norman Fagan
Jun 25, 2024
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Going Rogue with Werner Herzog
Ecstatic Truths revealed at the Radical German Auteur's Film School, 2010. Part One of Two.
Jun 16, 2024 • 
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The Music of Friendship: Disputed Memories Surrounding the Discovery of a Master Audio Plumber
Remembering and Misremembering Steve Albini and The Friendly Audio Ghosts of Past, Present and Future
May 13, 2024 • 
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Art of Darkness
Orson Welles and Film Noir
May 7, 2024 • 
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Stoned and Rolled in Texas
The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World Live Post-Pandemic and Other Recent Gigs
May 1, 2024 • 
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Thee Cinemaiku
Volume One
Apr 6, 2024 • 
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Thee Bat City Vangarde
Thee Bat City Vangarde
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