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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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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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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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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
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  • “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)
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  • “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)

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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

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