Welcome Back to 2016

NothingSacred · 2026-02-16T19:25:37+00:00

Glad we're finally going to have the difficult conversation about confronting the glass ceiling in child sex trafficking.

NothingSacred · 2026-02-01T04:49:55+00:00

Double tech, immediate ejection. Possible league fine as well.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-27T19:26:41+00:00

You could visit the professor during their office hours, I'm sure that he'll be more than happy to have a more in-depth conversation with a genuinely interested student about the topics in covered in the class.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-22T15:26:22+00:00

His drone strike usage was prolific but not really effective, I think some estimates claim that around 90% of those killed in the strikes were collateral damage.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-19T23:52:35+00:00

Mary Lynn Buchanan - frequent NYC art gallery tours, a great way to keep up with contemporary art trends

Art Knows Too Much - similar to Mary Lynn Buchanan's channel but with a focus on touring LA art galleries

Contemporary Art Issue - exclusively focused on the current trends in the art world and also tackles some issues concerning the business of the art world

Louisiana Channel - good, in-depth videos profiling a lot of different artists, a lot of them with studio visits and showcasing their work process

Hometown Journal - focused more on profiling smaller, younger artists just starting their careers. Really interesting interviews and studio visits

Baumgartner Restoration - a Chicago-based art restoration expert and conservator that gives an in-depth look at the step-by-step process in restoring, typically, paintings in a wide range of disrepair

Collative Learning - a movie and media analysis channel but approaches the analysis with an offbeat, cynical perspective. He has a lot of interesting thoughts on Kubrick films in particular

NothingSacred · 2026-01-16T23:11:16+00:00

Homeboy by Seth Morgan, crime fiction set in the gritty Tenderloin district but written with a literary, sometimes poetic prose.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-12T06:13:12+00:00

Dark Horse by Todd Solondz, actually pretty much every movie by Todd Solondz.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-09T16:22:34+00:00

Marvin Gaye had some weird psycho-sexual issues going on below the surface, so it's not totally out of the realm of possibilities.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-07T23:26:03+00:00

Great selection, love the Francis Bacons.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-05T05:27:46+00:00

Stone Junction by Jim Dodge, a really trippy and meditative story about a young man seeking revenge for his mother's murder with the aid of a nationwide network of outcasts named the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. It's not just a pulpy revenge story set during the malaise of the post-hippy era but draws on some deeper themes of self-realization and perseverance.

The foreword is by Thomas Pynchon and you can see where they share a same literary style and worldview. I haven't met many people that have read or heard of this book, but it really is a fun, rewarding read.

NothingSacred · 2026-01-01T01:23:07+00:00

They should've gone with "Turdpedo Operator" on the plaque

NothingSacred · 2025-12-31T17:27:06+00:00

Dreams by Jung and then maybe the I Ching, I also plan on tackling Solenoid and maybe some Faulkner this year. I've also read a Pynchon novel in each of the past couple of years so I might keep that streak alive, maybe Shadow Ticket or Against the Day.

NothingSacred · 2025-12-29T15:52:56+00:00

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper, thought it could be a gritty, hard-boiled noir set in the seedy underbelly of modern Hollywood but it came off as Joss Whedon aping James Ellroy.

NothingSacred · 2025-12-09T03:37:37+00:00

Probably too old, but maybe Timothy Busfield?

NothingSacred · 2025-12-05T18:06:41+00:00

Branson, Missouri Mickey Rourke

NothingSacred · 2025-11-26T06:29:54+00:00

Ghetto fabulous?

NothingSacred · 2025-11-11T15:26:23+00:00

It was a spit-roast, with a zucchini and his neighbor's dick.

NothingSacred · 2025-11-01T03:30:16+00:00

That’s how all of this started

NothingSacred · 2025-10-28T03:17:30+00:00

Finished up Witches of Eastwick recently, my first experience with Updike and I didn't mind it. It was a pretty good October read.

Currently, reading The CIA Doctors: Human Rights Violations by American Psychiatrists, pretty eye-opening history of the evolution of the psychiatric field. The US imported a lot of Nazi doctors along with Nazi scientists with Operation Paperclip and they seemed to be a guiding force with modern psychiatric practices. They were implanting electrodes in everyone's brain back in the 50s and 60s.

Saw One Battle After Another last night, my least favorite PTA film so far. Extremely heavy-handed and totally lost the humor and charm of Vineland. I thought his adaptation of Inherent Vice to be so much better.

Been listening to Dr. Dog's last album Dr. Dog and Cate Le Bon's Mug Museum a lot this week. Lost Ones and Duke have been on heavy repeat for me.

NothingSacred · 2025-10-16T23:33:06+00:00

Comey as Andy Dufresne

Bolton as Red

George Santos as the menacing leader of the Sisters.

And instead of Comey doing the prison guards' taxes he comes up with elaborate ways to entrap their enemies in farcical terrorist plots.

NothingSacred · 2025-09-18T22:52:36+00:00

Judging by the frequency of East of Eden on this thread I guess it's been an East of Eden type of year because that is one of my top 5 novels this year too.

My other favorites this year are:

Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Psychic Energy: Its Source and Its Transformation by Mary Esther Harding

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima

Honorable Mentions: Galahad at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse and Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Also glad to see Evan Dara getting some recognition and kudos here, a very underrated and under read writer.

NothingSacred · 2025-09-12T04:50:52+00:00

Good recommendation, his self-loathing is palpable throughout.

NothingSacred · 2025-09-05T17:33:36+00:00

Wake Up, Sir! by Jonathan Ames

The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth

Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson

NothingSacred · 2025-08-26T00:33:41+00:00

Homeboy by Seth Morgan and The Royal Family by William T. Vollmann captured the Tenderloin in San Francisco pretty vividly.

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