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Rob Christopher

@randomcha.bsky.social

Sporadic filmmaker. ROY'S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD'S CHICAGO is streaming! (Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor.) New film: MY LAST MARTINI. Some stuff I scribe: #Chicago, #movies, #cocktails, #music, #books. And yup: I'm #gay. https://linktr.ee/randomcha

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All-timer.

05.02.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does it exist?

05.02.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've all been there.

05.02.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A coffee mug, a potted succulent, and the book My Last Martini by Barry Gifford on a wooden table

A coffee mug, a potted succulent, and the book My Last Martini by Barry Gifford on a wooden table

It’s a three mugs of coffee morning β˜•οΈ

02.02.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after β€’ Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.

"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."

A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.

Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.

04.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2903    πŸ” 1211    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 92

Thanks for the tip!

05.02.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! Where can I get one?

04.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Eternally Chicago-faced

04.02.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!!!

04.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Text from Ian Penman’s book on Satie:

LOW
Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004). American composer, performance artist, playwright and poet. Inspired by John Cage; worked with Arthur Russell. Big fan of chance operations.
During the Art & Technology Project held in Los Angeles 1967-1971, after listening to certain fugues by Bach, Low wrote and programmed 19 "impersonal" poems about the sun and moon. In 1961, with La Monte Young, he co-edited the book An Anthology of Chance Operations. Its full title is: An Anthology of chance operations concept art anti-art indeterminacy improvisation meaningless work natural disasters plans of action stories diagrams Music poetry essays dance constructions mathematics compositions.
{See also: CAGE; CHANCE; COUNTERPOINT; FUGUE

Text from Ian Penman’s book on Satie: LOW Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004). American composer, performance artist, playwright and poet. Inspired by John Cage; worked with Arthur Russell. Big fan of chance operations. During the Art & Technology Project held in Los Angeles 1967-1971, after listening to certain fugues by Bach, Low wrote and programmed 19 "impersonal" poems about the sun and moon. In 1961, with La Monte Young, he co-edited the book An Anthology of Chance Operations. Its full title is: An Anthology of chance operations concept art anti-art indeterminacy improvisation meaningless work natural disasters plans of action stories diagrams Music poetry essays dance constructions mathematics compositions. {See also: CAGE; CHANCE; COUNTERPOINT; FUGUE

Jackson Mac Low prefiguring the keyword-laden nonsense that is product naming in the 2020s.

04.02.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A man sitting at a desk, holding a piece of paper, with scattered documents in front.

A man sitting at a desk, holding a piece of paper, with scattered documents in front.

3 things about Mark Obenhaus & Laura Poitras’s COVER-UP
[2025]

1. β€œHis notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between β€œabuse” and β€œtorture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.

#3things #movies #documentaries #war #vietnam #politics #journalism #cinema

03.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember who this celebrated woman is

02.02.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Does Not Take Reporters' Questions After Signing Executive Order In The Oval Office
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News Trump Does Not Take Reporters' Questions After Signing Executive Order In The Oval Office

The comments on this video are all over it lmao. It happens at 0:33 seconds, you can hear it, the woman in green immediately notices, and they end this event in an EMERGENCY.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...

01.02.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 749    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 137

I was lucky! That first afternoon I left work at 2, caught the L to Belmont, had my usual gym workout and walked home.

02.02.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, the 50s!

02.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of those movies with a short running time, but it's astonishing how much they pack in!

02.02.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I support the Papal Groundhog of Woodstock, not that heretic Punxsutawney Phil

02.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Okay campers, rise and shine! And don’t forget your booties cause it’s cold out there today!

Happy Groundhog Day! Be like Needlenose Ned here and grab a shirt that I designed while you can! #groundhogday

02.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait to see this when it comes to Chicago!

02.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That is freakin' cool!

01.02.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ingrid Hoeben β“‹ πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ (@IngridHbn@mastodon.online) People not in the Epstein files: - drag queens - transgender athletes - librarians - Black journalists - β€œradical leftist scum” - hungry family needing SNAP benefits - workers on strike - the cast o...

mastodon.online/@IngridHbn/1...

People not in the Epstein files:
- drag queens
- transgender athletes
- librarians
- Black journalists
- β€œradical leftist scum”
- hungry family needing SNAP benefits
- workers on strike
- the cast of Sesame Street

01.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chicagoans! One day left to vote for who will replace the statue of Columbus in Little Italy. Please vote for anyone but Scalia! I voted for Florence Scala, an activist who fought against Daley’s urban renewal wrecking ball in Little Italy. Vote here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Kenmei Rice Bran Cereal

www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detai...

31.01.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" EMMA THOMPSON!

31.01.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
'Keep Warm, Keep Well' Public Information Film 60s Commercial - 1991
YouTube video by UK TV Commercials – Vintage Ads Archive 'Keep Warm, Keep Well' Public Information Film 60s Commercial - 1991

PSA for Chicago:

youtu.be/8zkco3UGblo?...

31.01.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(Yes, I'm still furious about the hot garbage known as WICKED.)

31.01.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Caught up with Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY and it was remarkably refreshing to watch a filmmaker who knows how to block and shoot musical numbers!

31.01.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.

Guys, just flunk them. We don't need a whole think piece about this.

30.01.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12

did i ever tell you that Barry Gifford is among my favourite american post-modern writer ... Port-Tropique, a dry martini of a book.

18.01.2026 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
David Lynch speaking or singing into a microphone, with added text β€œFRI-DEE-NIGHT” as though he’s performing the Friday night song from ITYSL

David Lynch speaking or singing into a microphone, with added text β€œFRI-DEE-NIGHT” as though he’s performing the Friday night song from ITYSL

30.01.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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