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Sunday, November 2, 2025

A Violent Life by Erin Alexander and Tosh Berman

 


A Violent Life by Erin Alexander and Tosh Berman

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Labels: A Violent Life, Afterwords Books, American Violence, Erin Alexander, Substack, Tosh Berman, Violence, Zine

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

When Beauty Turned Dark: Revisiting Performance (1968)

 



When Beauty Turned Dark: Revisiting Performance (1968)

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Labels: Anita Pallenberg, Book Review, Donald Cammell, Mick Jagger, Nicholas Roeg, Paul Buck, Performance, Substack, T he Rolling Stones, Tosh Berman

Friday, October 24, 2025

Tosh's Jukebox Volume Six (Beautiful Melodies)

 


Tosh's Jukebox Volume 6 (Beautiful Melodies)

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Labels: David Bowie, Lotte Lenya, Scott Walker, Sparks, Substack, Tosh Berman, Tosh's Jukebox Volume Six

Saturday, October 18, 2025

No Kings Day October 18, 2025

 


No King's Day October 18

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Labels: Donald Trump, No Kings Day, October 18 2025, Substack, Tosh Berman

Friday, October 17, 2025

GERD-Tastic by Tosh Berman

 

GERD-Tastic by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Acid Reflux, aging, GERD, GERD-Tastic, Substack, Tosh Berman

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

"Nymph" by Stephanie LaCava (a book review by Tosh Berman)


 Nymph by Stephanie LaCava

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Labels: Book Review, Nymph, Stephanie LaCava, Substack, Tosh Berman, Verso Books

Thursday, October 9, 2025

The Painter Who Listened to the Landscape by Tosh Berman

 


The Painter Who Listened to the Landscape

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Labels: American Landscape Painter, Artbook/DAP, Book Review, Charles Burchfield, Substack, The Song Cave, Tosh Berman

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Walking Into Schuyler's Ocean: A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler by Nathan Kernan (FSG, 2025)

 

Walking Into Schuyler's Ocean by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Biography, Book Review, Frank O'Hara, FSG, James Schuyler, Nathan Kernan, New York Poetry, Poetry, Substack, Tosh Berman, Tosh Talks

Sunday, October 5, 2025

MADDER! by Sparks

 


MADDER! by Sparks: Review by Tosh Berman

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Labels: EP, MAD!, MADDER!, record review, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Substack, Tosh Berman

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

"Graphomaniac" by Tosh Berman

 


Graphomaniac by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Anaïs Nin, Critical Writing, Graphomaniac, Honoré de Balzac, Substack, Thomas Wolfe, Tosh Berman, writing

Monday, September 29, 2025

The Quiet Visionary From Yorkshire: Book Review: "And So Did I " by Malachi Whitaker (Recovered Books/Boiler House Press, 2025 ISBN: 9781915812759

 


Book Review: "And So Did I " by Malachi Whitaker (Recovered Books/Boiler House Press, 2025 ISBN: 9781915812759

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Labels: And So Did I, Boiler House Press, Book Review, Malachi Whitaker, Recovered Books, Substack, Tosh Berman

Monday, September 22, 2025

Why I Read by Tosh Berman

 


Why I Read by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Andre Breton, Book Reviews, City Lights Books, Into The Weeds, Lydia Davis, Substack, Tosh Berman, Why I Read, Yale University Press

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Jumping Back Into The Surrealists : a book review on Mark Polizzotti's "Jump Cuts"

 

Jumping Back Into The Surrealists

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Labels: Andre Breton, Book Review, Jump Cuts, Mark Polizzotti, Max Ernst, Paul Eluard, Substack, Surrealists, The Song Cave, Tosh Berman

Sunday, September 14, 2025

The Only Thing Left is to Try Again

 


The Only Thing Left is to Try Again by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Paris Commune, Politics, Substack, The Only Thing Left is to Try Again, Tosh Berman

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Yokohama BJ Blues (1981) Drifting Through Yokohama: Watching Yūsaku Matsuda’s Noir

 


Yokohama BJ Blues (1981) Drifting Through Yokohama: Watching Yūsaku Matsuda’s Noir

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Labels: 1981, Film Review, Japanese Noir, Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye, Tosh Berman, Yokohama BJ Blues, Yusaku Matsuda

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Joe Meek: A Review of "Love and Fury: The Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek" by Darryl W Bullock

 


Joe Meek A Review of "Love and Fury: The Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek" by Darryl W Bullock

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Labels: 1960s British Pop Music, Book Review, Darryl W. Bullock, Joe Meek, Love and Fury: The Life Death and Legacy of Joe Meek, Substack, Tosh Berman

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Point of No Return (Crossing Shibuya with Ashes, Anxiety, and a Cookie)

 


Crossing Shibuya with Ashes, Anxiety, and a Cookie

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Labels: Anxiety, Japan, Shibuya, Shibuya crossing, Substack, Tokyo, Tosh Berman

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Tosh's Jukebox Tunes Volume 4

 


Tosh's Jukebox Tunes: Volume 4

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Labels: Annie Cordy, Danger Man Theme, Duke Ellington, Jarvis Cocker, Joe Meek, Screamers, Sparks, Substack, The Herd, The Shadows, The Who, Tony Christie, Tosh Berman, Tosh's Jukebox Tunes, Volume 4

Monday, August 25, 2025

71 Today: Compression Socks, Gaza, and Proust

 


71 Today: Compression Socks, Gaza, and Proust

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Labels: aging, Gaza, Joe Meek, Marcel Proust, Politics, Reading Proust, Substack, The Writing Life, Tosh Berman

Sunday, August 24, 2025

La Commune (Paris, 1871) A Film by Peter Watkins, 2000

 


La Commune (Paris, 1871) A Film by Peter Watkins, 2000

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Labels: Gustov Courbet, La Commune, Paris History, Peter Watkins, Revolution, Substack, The Commune, Tosh Berman

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Two Books, One Film: A Hundred Years of Wallace Berman

 


Two Books, One Film: A Hundred Years of Wallace Berman

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Labels: 100th Birthday, 2026, Kohn Gallery, Substack, Tosh Berman, Wallace Berman, Wallace Berman Catalog

Saturday, August 9, 2025

"Rip It Up" by Kou Machida

 


"Rip It Up" by Kou Machida

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Labels: Book Review, Daniel Joseph, INU, Japanese Punk Rock, Kou Machida, Machida Machizō, Mercurial Editions, Rip It Up, Substack, Tosh Berman

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Chris Marker: Eternal Current Events, Early Writings

 


Chris Marker: Eternal Current Events, Early Writings

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Labels: Book Review, Chris Marker, Eternal Current Events: Early Writings, French Cinema, Inpatient Press, Mercurial Editions, MIT Press, Substack, Tosh Berman

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Have You Ever Been Lonely...Hungry? : Gaza, Histoire(s) du cinéma, and my role as a writer

 


Have You Ever Been Lonely...Hungry?

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Labels: Gaza, Histoire(s) du cinéma, Israel, Jean-Luc Godard, Substack, Tosh Berman, writing

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Windmills of Space: Reading Merleau-Ponty Through Cézanne

 


Windmills of Space: Reading Merleau-Ponty Through Cézanne

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Labels: Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Gaza, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Legrand, Paul Cézanne, Substack, T.J. Clark, The World of Perception, Tosh Berman

Monday, July 21, 2025

The Rats In Control: On Harry Lime, mercenaries, and the privatization of death in Gaza

 


The Rats Are In Control: On Harry Lime, mercenaries, and the privatization of death in Gaza

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Labels: Gaza, Harry Lime, Israel, mercenaries, Substack, The Third Man, Tosh Berman, UG Solutions

Thursday, July 17, 2025

When The Wall Speaks Back: On T.J. Clark, Art, and the Lives of Paintings

 


When The Wall Speaks Back by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Eugène Delacroix, Hieronymus Bosch, Jackson Pollock, Jacques-Louis David, L.S. Lowry, Mark Rothko, Rembrandt, Substack, T.J. Clark, Those Passions: on Art and Politics, Tosh Berman

Monday, July 14, 2025

When The Artist Leaves The Room by Tosh Berman

 


When The Art Leaves The Room by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Jackson Pollock, Jacques-Louis David, Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, Rothko Chapel, Substack, Tosh Berman, Wallace Berman, When The Artist Leaves The Room

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Jean-Luc Godard Music by Tosh Berman

 


Jean-Luc Godard Music by Tosh Berman

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Labels: French New Wave, French Soundtrack, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Godard Music, Michel Legrand, Soundtrack Music, Substack, Tosh Berman

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Tosh Berman on Geoff Dyer's Memoir "Homework" (FSG, 2025)

 

Tosh Berman on Geoff Dyer's Memoir "Homework" (FSG, 2025)

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Labels: 2025, Book Review, FSG, Geoff Dyer, Homework, memoir, Substack, Topanga Canyon, Tosh Berman, UK Literature

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Richard Sharpe Shaver: Some Stones Are Ancient Books

 


Richard Sharpe Shaver: Some Stones Are Ancient Books



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Labels: Andrew Lampert, Artbook/DAP, Christne Burgin, Dero, E. van Vogt, Further Reading Library, Philip K. Dick, Richard Sharpe Shaver, Science Fiction, Some Stones Are Ancient Books, Substack, Tosh Berman

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Thomas Wilfred: Clavilux and Lumia Home Models Christine Burgin|Further Reading Library, 2025 (ISBN: 9780997645637 )

 


Thomas Wilfred: Clavilux and Home Models Christine Burgin|Further Reading Library, 2025 (ISBN: 9780997645637 )



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Labels: Andrew Lampert, Christine Burgin, Clavlux, Further Reading Library, Lumia, Substack, Thomas Wilfred, Tosh Berman

Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Gentleman Who Let Go ("Gentleman Overboard" by Herbert Clyde Lewis (Boiler House Press) 978-1-913861-23-0)

 


The Gentleman Who Let Go by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Boiler House Press, Book Review, Gentleman Overboard, Herbert Clyde Lewis, Substack, Tosh Berman

Friday, June 27, 2025

Radium and Reverie Loïe Fuller: Lecture on Radium (Christine Burgin | Further Reading Library, 2025)

 


Radium and Reverie Loïe Fuller: Lecture on Radium (Christine Burgin | Further Reading Library, 2025)

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Labels: Andrew Lampert, Christine Burgin, Further Reading Library, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Loïe Fuller, Marie Curie, Stéphane Mallarmé, Substack, Thomas Edison, Tosh Berman

Thursday, June 26, 2025

"Same is Always Different" (No Title" by Richard Foreman (Christine Burgin|Further Reading Library, 2025)

 


"Same is Always Different" on Richard Foreman's "No Title"

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Labels: Andrew Lampert, Artbook/DAP, Avant-Garde theater, Book Review, Christine Burgin, Further Reading Library, New York City, No Title, Richard Foreman, Richard Foreman: No Title, Substack, Tosh Berman

Monday, June 23, 2025

I Am The House I Dream Of by Tosh Berman

 


I Am The House I Dream Of by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Dreams, Foyles Bookshop, I Am The House I Dream Of, London, Los Angeles, Original Farmers Market Los Angeles, Substack, Tosh Berman

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Argentine Ants in Blue Jeans

 


Argentine Ants in Blue Jeans

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Labels: Argentine Ants, ICE, Immigration, Los Angeles, Political Opinion, Revolt, Substack, Tosh Berman

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Lutz Not Forget

 


Lutz Not Forget

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Labels: Book Reveiw, Garielle Lutz, Gary Lutz, Lutz Not Forget, Raymond Roussel, Substack, Tosh Berman

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Bryan Ferry's Subconscious by Tosh Berman

 


Bryan Ferry's Subconscious by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Album Review, Bryan Ferry, Instrumental music, Loose Talk, Roxy Music, Substrack, Tosh Berman

Friday, June 13, 2025

The Lost Boys: Brian Wilson and Sly Stone

 


The Lost Boys: Brian Wilson and Sly Stone by Tosh Berman

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Labels: American Pop Music, Brian Wilson, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Substack, The Beach Boys, Tosh Berman

Thursday, June 12, 2025

We Need More Pulp in Dangerous Times

 


We Need More Pulp in Dangerous Times by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Album Review, Jarvis Cocker, Los Angeles, Mark Webber, Pulp, Substack, Tosh Berman

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Blue Part of the Flame

 


The Blue Part of the Flame

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Labels: Japan, Lun*na Menoh, memoir, Substack, The Blue Part of the Flame, Tokyo, Tosh Berman, Writing Memoir

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Cinema Died With Fassbinder

 


Cinema Died With Fassbinder

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Labels: Film History, Fox and his Friends, New German Cinema, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Substack, Tosh Berman, Venice Fox Movie Theater

Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Writing Life (as imagined)

 


The Writing Life (as imagined) by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Substack, The Writing Life, The Writing Life (as imagined), Tosh Berman, writing, Writing Community

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Sparks - MAD!

 


Sparks - MAD!

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Labels: Album Review, MAD!, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Substack, Tosh Berman

Friday, May 23, 2025

You'll Never Walk Alone by Tosh Berman

 


You'll Never Walk Alone by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Gerry and the Pacemakers, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Substack, Tosh Berman, You'll Never Walk Alone

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The Beautiful Teenage Chaos by Tosh Berman

 


The Beautiful Teenage Chaos by Tosh Berman

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Labels: Banality Attack, Harajuku Style, Japan, Japanese Design, Substack, Takeshita Street, Tokyo, Tokyo Drift, Tosh Berman, Writer in Japan
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Favorite Books at the Moment

  • “Another Ventriloquist” by Adam Penn Gilders (J &L Books)
  • “Curl” by T.O.Bobe (Wakefield Press)
  • “Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventues in Filmland” by Duke Haney
  • “Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words” by Morricone and Alessandro De Rosa (Oxford University Press)
  • “Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne” by Roland Topor (Atlas Press)
  • “I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going: The Art Scene and Downtown New York in the 1980s” by Peter McGough (Pantheon Books)
  • “In Black and White” by Junichiro Tanizaki (Columbia University Press)
  • “Intelligence for Dummies: Essays and Other Collected Writings” by Glenn O’Brien (ZE Books)
  • “Life for Sale” by Yukio Mishima (Penguin Classics)
  • “Mac’s Problem” by Enrique Vila-Matas (New Directions)
  • “Nada” by Jean-Patrick Manchette (NYRB)
  • “Punk Rock is Cool for the End of the World” by Ed Smith
  • “Rebel Rebel” & “Ashes to Ashes” by Chris O’Leary
  • “The Alley of Fireflies and Other Stories” by Raymond Roussel (Song Cave)
  • “The Artificial Silk Girl” by Irmgard Deun (Penguin Classics)
  • “The Man Without Talent” by Yoshiharu Tsuge (NYRB)
  • “The Orchid Stories” by Kenward Elmslie (Song Cave)
  • “The Sundays of Jean Dézert” by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (Wakefield Press)
  • “Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays” by Tom McCarthy (NYRB)
  • “When I Was a Wolf: Outlaw Takes on Fables and Fairy Tales” by Shuji Terayama (Kurodahan Press)
  • “Year of the Monkey” by Patti Smith (Knopf)

Favorite Blogs

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    6 years ago
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Tosh's favorite recordings while working in its office

  • Annette Peacock - “I’m The One” (Future Days Recordings) Reissue, 2016
  • Daevid Allen - “Banana Moon” (Get Back) Reissue, 1999
  • David Bowie - “Mercury Demos” (Parlophone) 2019
  • Extended Organ - “Vibe” (Important Records) 2019
  • Giles, Giles and Fripp - “The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp” (Cherry Red) Reissue, 2013
  • Henry Cowell - “The Piano Music of Henry Cowell” (Folkways Records) 1963
  • Jean-Pierre Melville - “Bandes Originales 1956-1963” (Jeanne Dielman) 2018
  • Kenny Graham and his Satellites - “Moondog and Suncat (Trunk Records) 2010
  • Lesley Gore - “Boys, Boys, Boys” (Mercury) 1964
  • Manfred Mann - “Soul of Mann (Instrumentals) - (Umbrella)
  • Mark Hollis - “Mark Hollis” (Universal) 2011
  • Matthew Edwards and The Unfortunates - “The Birmingham Poets” (December Square) 2019
  • Mortimer - “Mortimer” (Philips) 1968
  • Sparks - “Gratuitous Sax & Seseless Violins” (BMG) 2019
  • Talk Talk - “Spirit of Eden” (Parlophone)
  • The Graham Bond Organization - “The Sound of 65” b/w “There’s A Bond Between Us” (Edsel Records)
  • The Soft Machine “Jet-Propelled Photographs” (Replay) Reissue, 2018
  • Twice as Much - “Own Up” (Outline Records) 1982

Lun*na Menoh and Jean Paul Yamamoto Website

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