Image of the Month — DECEMBER 2024

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FILMS — NOVEMBER 2024

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(Waters 1994) Ser­i­al Mom
(Mack 1930) Night Work
(Neg­ule­sco 1950) The Mudlark
(Wilder 1954) Killers from Space
(Ulmer 1944) Bluebeard
(Boet­tich­er 1953) City Beneath the Sea
(Nel­son 1964) Fate Is the Hunter

First-time listening for NOVEMBER 2024

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26791. (Johann Nepo­muk Hum­mel) Piano Con­cer­to #4 in E “Les Adieux”
26792. (Doja Cat) Plan­et Her
26793. (Bil­ly Fury) The Com­plete Collection
26794. (Curved Air) Air Conditioning
26795. (Michael Bolton) Great­est Hits 1985–1995
26796. (Johann Nepo­muk Hum­mel) Piano Con­cer­to #5 in A‑f
26797. (Cass McCombs) Tip of the Sphere 
26798. (Tasaval­lan Pres­i­dent­ti) Live at Kuus­rock Fes­ti­vaali, Oulu 1990
26799. (Mis­sis­sip­pi John Hurt) Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington

READING — NOVEMBER 2024

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25335. (Grace Blake­ley) Vul­ture Cap­i­tal­ism ― Cor­po­rate Crimes, Back­door Bailouts, and the 
. . . . . Death of Freedom
25336. (Quinn Slo­bo­di­an) Crack-Up Cap­i­tal­ism ― Mar­ket Rad­i­cals and the Dream of a World 
. . . . . With­out Democracy
25337. (Ben­jamin Isakhan & James Bar­ry) Iraqi and Syr­i­an Respons­es to Her­itage Destruction 
. . . . . under the Islam­ic State [arti­cle]
25338. (Wayne E. Lee) The Cut­ting-Off Way ― Indige­nous War­fare in East­ern North America, 
. . . . . 1500–1800
25339. (Andrew Du, et al) Pat­tern and Process in Hominin Brain Size Evo­lu­tion Are Scale-
. . . . . depen­dent [arti­cle]
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Image of the Month

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Karlovy Vary, Czechia

FILMS — OCTOBER 2024

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(Lumet 1957) 12 Angry Men
(Dod­son 1993) Quest of the Delta Knights
(Pow­ell & Press­burg­er 1944) A Can­ter­bury Tale
(Aldrich 1964) Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(Thomas 1959) The 39 Steps
(For­man 1984) Amadeus [director’s cut]
(Demme 1993) Philadelphia
(Wilder 1960) The Apartment
(Spiel­berg 1989) Indi­ana Jones and the Last Crusade

First-time listening for OCTOBER 2024

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26781. (Hayes Car­ll) Trou­ble In Mind
26782. (Rustin Man) Out of Sea­son [w. Beth Gibbons]
26783. (Buoys) Gold­en Classics
26784. (Ben Howard) Noon­day Dream 
26785. (Lana Del Rey) Lust For Life
26786. (Leon Bridges) Good Thing
26787. (Kataklysm) Meditations
26788. (Eivør) Trøl­labundin [with Dan­ish Radio Big Band]
26789. (Bil­lie Eil­ish) Don’t Smile at Me EP
26790. (Mod­e­se­lek­tor) Mod­e­se­lek­tor Vol. 04

READING — OCTOBER 2024

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25222. (Dan Davies) Lying for Mon­ey: How Leg­endary Frauds Reveal the Work­ings of the World
25223. (Zek Faux) Num­ber Go Up ― Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Stag­ger­ing Fall
25224. (John Ken­neth Gal­braith) The Great Crash, 1929
25225. (Chuan-Chao Wang, et al) Ancient Human Genome-wide Data from a 3000=year Interval 
. . . . . in the Cau­ca­sus Cor­re­sponds with Eco-geo­graph­ic Regions [arti­cle]
25226. (Andrew Collins) Kara­han Tepe ― Its Three Inter­con­nect­ed, Rock-cut Struc­tures Examined 
. . . . . [arti­cle]
25227. (Ben­jamin McKen­zie) Easy Mon­ey ― Cryp­tocur­ren­cy, Casi­no Cap­i­tal­ism, and the Gold­en Age 
. . . . . of Fraud
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Image of the Month

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FILMS — SEPTEMBER 2024

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(Tong 1995) Rum­ble in the Bronx
(Nishi­tani 2022) The Orbital Chil­dren [地球外少年少女]: Ep.3 ― Lunatic Seven
(van Groenin­gen 2018) Beau­ti­ful Boy
(Sig­norel­li 1988) Elvi­ra, Mis­tress of the Dark
(Nishi­tani 2022) The Orbital Chil­dren [地球外少年少女]: Ep.4 ― Seven’s Pattern
(Hawks 1940) His Girl Friday
(Nishi­tani 2022) The Orbital Chil­dren [地球外少年少女]: Ep.5 ― A Sto­ry Ends
(Nishi­tani 2022) The Orbital Chil­dren [地球外少年少女]: Ep.6 ― A Sto­ry Begins
(Cor­man 1960) Lit­tle Shop of Horrors
(Guest 1954) The Run­away Bus