Brent Simon

"A Sort of Homecoming" will never not just send me to a special place. 🎵

In a fantasy sequence, much circulated online, Cleveland Brown bounces joyfully on the knee of Gus the Bartender (voiced by David Lynch) in "The Way the Cookie Crumbles," the sixteenth episode of the second season of the animated series THE CLEVELAND SHOW.

Fifteen years ago today, in a March 13 episode of THE CLEVELAND SHOW, Gus the Bartender (voiced by David Lynch) frolicked with Cleveland as the latter imagined Gus as his father. My book THE DREAMER'S PATH unpacks the surprising roots of this scene, and every Lynch acting performance! bit.ly/3NpYWqA

So excited to have my copy of Brent Simon’s @shareddarkness.bsky.social new book, a close examination of David Lynch’s body of work as an actor. Congratulations on this work Brent, it looks amazing!

Thank you so much Dani, I appreciate that! Really hope that you enjoy it, in all its deep-cut glory!

“We hear the feedback and recognize we fell short on this,” says CEO Shishir Mehrotra, announcing a “rethink” of approach.

Umm, my dude, you gave platform to something akin to a winning entry in a brand-destroying contest and want to just say, “Whoops!” How are CEOs this fundamentally clueless?

We live in terribly dystopian times, it’s true, but @theonion.com is out there just absolutely killing it every single day.

I agree, it's such a little gem. It pushes well past the unambitious shape and plotting of numerous similar "character studies," touching both the profound and the mystical, with a blend of small, just-so moments, artful symbolism and intriguing ambiguity.

David Lynch (left) and Harry Dean Stanton sitting at a bar in 2017's stirring and sublime LUCKY, directed by John Carroll Lynch. Not pictured: the escaped President Roosevelt the tortoise.

Nine years ago today, March 11, 2017, LUCKY, starring Harry Dean Stanton and featuring #DavidLynch, made its world premiere at #SXSW. Afterward, tortoises never seemed the same! Packed with 70+ interviews, my book THE DREAMER'S PATH details every Lynch performance, big and small. bit.ly/3NpYWqA

Our societal systems have elevated to untold power and wealth the most bent and twisted humans among us, people who exploit their fellow humans to such a degree they learn to scorn humanity. Little wonder the tools they build seek to eliminate the problem of humans from the equation of society.

👏🏼 Congrats, Jason — very much looking forward to this!

So we at least know that *someone* in the administration has a word-a-day calendar.

BLONDE is way up there in terms of “I’m reviewing and/or reacting to the film I *want* this to be in my mind, instead of what is actually onscreen.”

Presently staring off into the middle distance in contemplative silence, haunted by the incongruity of the lyric in “It Takes Two” in which Rob Base says he stands alone, and doesn’t need anyone.

The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

It’s a brutal landscape Matt, but you have a devoted readership and sterling reputation. Hang in there, and try to keep your eye on the donut and not the hole. Onwards and upwards!

Probably not wrong, but it’s surely no coincidence that Noem and Bondi could be the first two servile mouthpieces to suffer actual consequences, right?

New audio drama from your boy! There's nothing like getting to write for @thetruthfiction.bsky.social. "Garden Of Evan" started as me interrogating myself about why I hate taking out the compost so much... and goes to some pretty deranged places from there.

Director David Lynch as director John Ford in director Steven Spielberg's THE FABELMANS, holding what may or may not be a superimposed bag of his favorite crunchy cheese snack on National Cheetos Day.

Today, March 5, is National Cheetos Day! David Lynch fans know of his love for the snack and request for it on THE FABELMANS' set. I can confirm my book THE DREAMER'S PATH, which unpacks his every on-screen role and naturally includes a chapter on the film, pairs well with Cheetos. bit.ly/4rsFNn9

I’ve known Brent Simon since we were both 14, and weirdly he was a damn good writer even then. If you love Lynch or even you just love a damn good read, get your ass to the pre-order button.

Incredibly kind Mac, many thanks!

I’ve mentioned this to folks over the years but it’s come up again a lot what with <gestures around wildly>: consumed media is one of the most important ways kids absorb ideas and values, and no one unpacks this better than Drew in his ongoing Film Nerd 2.0 work… which is now entering a new phase!

Same! In my bio. Honored to share with you.

10/10, no notes, would watch.

March 2, 2024. #twinpeaks #palmerhouse

Love this photo, Mary — mesmerizing!

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

Thanks Brent! And congrats on your new book. Glad to have it in my library!

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Many thanks John, I hope you enjoy it!

It was a wonderful time, Vinnie — thank you to you, and everyone else, for all that you do! 🏔️🏔️