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Gina Arnold

@ginanarchy

...Nearby is the country they call life. Author: "Route 666," "Kiss This," "Exile in Guyville," "Half a Million Strong". Substack: Bring Me Giants. https://gina19e.substack.com/

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Analog Days Ray Davies at the Fillmore, 10-12-95

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a column about death. And the Kinks. Thanks as always for checking it out...

03.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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AI translation just keeps getting better! This woman actually said: "5 billboards along the 880."

27.02.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it!

21.02.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Skiing Milan, music and maybe some miracles at the Winter Olympics.

I wrote about Alysa Liu and the winter Olympics because of course I did! Thanks for checking it out...it's free! open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...

21.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Money Changes Everything Bad Bunny at Superbowl Sixty, Feb. 8, 2026, Santa Clara, CA

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Only four days late with my thoughts on Bad Bunny. I know, it's not necessary, but it's always worth thinking about things from a Marxist perspective...thanks for checking it out!

12.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Query. Is Mariah Carey Italian? #olympics

07.02.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Muddy Waters Letter From London Pt. 2: A visit to Eel Pie Island

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about going to Eel Pie Island. Thanks for reading, as always - it's free!

26.01.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Riot Of My Own Letter from London, part 1

gina19e.substack.com/p/a-riot-of-... I wrote a review of "Riot Women" currently on britbox. I wish I liked it more! Thanks for reading. It is free!

21.01.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pass this way Bob Weir, R.I.P.

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Check out my obituary for the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, R.I.P.

14.01.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2020 Academy of American Poets Prize On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by RenΓ©e Nicole Macklin

poets.org/2020-on-lear...

08.01.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Real Gone Notes on the new film "Song Sung Blue" (currently playing at a theater near you.)

gina19e.substack.com/p/real-gone?... I wrote about the new movie "Song Sung Blue"..thanks for checking it out!

30.12.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapbβ€”"

You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

27.12.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 16112 πŸ” 3298 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 42
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Hi. We're puffins. Cream puffins

26.12.2025 05:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To Be Jolly What I think about when I think about 2025

Trying to be more positive about the past as we head into the future, so I wrote about my wonderful trip to a desert island back in January. Thanks as always for checking it out! 'tils free, as always. open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...

22.12.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am on a train to SF and there are a number of noisy young ladies in my car who are clad in their undies.

20.12.2025 02:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks so good Holly! Congrats!

13.12.2025 05:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your back is up against the wall. All looks lost. Who is coming to save you? Film stills only. #filmsky

10.12.2025 05:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Baby Ivy is excited for the weekend.

05.12.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The horror the horror "Whatever Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To", and other books that describe the way we live now.

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a new stack on a couple of memoirs - and the times we live in. Thanks for checking it out - it's free!

04.12.2025 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I teach both the Postman and Winner texts mentioned herein. And have just been laid off. Good times.

03.12.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please enjoy this picture of my cow kitten. Her name is Ivy and she is 6 weeks old and weighs 1.3 lb.

29.11.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small world after all Tsunami's Loud Is As and the old weird world of my youth

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Thanks for checking out my stack - it's free!

10.11.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I recently had a book proposal rejected by an editor which included the line, 'this is all very interesting but who really cares about the Pixies?' Or words to that effect. Sigh.

30.10.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

don't you mean "AND" not but? I would love to see Gilbert and maybe Pavlov too just for the fun of it.

19.10.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly I sort of enjoyed it.

18.10.2025 02:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Give the past a slip Devo and the B-52s at Shoreline Amphitheater, Oct. 16, 2025

open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about losing my job and seeing the B-52s on the same day. Sorry for the melancholia, the times are not so great. Thanks as always for checking it out, it's free! :(

17.10.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Because the world is so kooky I made cookies that look like sliders today.

01.10.2025 05:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Someone is impersonating me on Xtwit. If you, or anyone you know, gets an email purporting to be form me, and saying I will write an article about you if you pay me, please know that it is fake.

29.09.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Song Remains The Same "Spinal Tap: The End Continues" - at a theater near you.

The other day I had the choice of seeing the Who live, or "Spinal Tap: The End Continues" at the movie theater. Do you think I made the right decision? Thanks as always for reading! open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...

25.09.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you think they mean "dogpatch"? Get a human copy editor, #sfchronicle. #typos

31.08.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0