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Thursday, January 30, 2025

By Any Other Name

 


By Any Other Name by Tosh Berman

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Monday, January 27, 2025

I'm a Snowflake, Woke, Hipster

 


I'm a Snowflake, Woke, Hipster

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Mishima and Dazai

 


Mishima and Dazai by Tosh Berman



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Saturday, January 18, 2025

Playpen

 


Playpen by Tosh Berman

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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Fire Walk With Me

 


Fire Walk With Me

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Easy Come Easy Go by Tosh Berman

 


Easy Come Easy Go

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Disruption

 


Disruption

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

Jeu de l'oie

 


Jeu de l'oie by Tosh Berman

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

The Past Is Never Dead; It's Not Even Past

 


The Past Is Never Dead; It's Not Even Past

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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
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  • David Bowie - “Mercury Demos” (Parlophone) 2019
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  • 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
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