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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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 Orchid Stories” by Kenward Elmslie (Song Cave)
  • “The Sundays of Jean Dézert” by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (Wakefield Press)
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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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