Brian Flota

To celebrate #Noirvember (belatedly), I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day (or thereabouts).

TOUCH OF EVIL (1958; dir. Orson Welles)

Record #1232: Buzzcocks, Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978, 12”, UK, United Artists Records)

To celebrate #Noirvember (belatedly), I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day (or thereabouts).

TOO LATE FOR TEARS (1949; dir. Byron Haskin)

Surprised by the amount of GenAI citation slop I see in the published scholarship of librarians and LIS researchers, I thought surely our field would be adamant about good citation practices

Record #1231: Donald Byrd, Ethiopian Knights (1972, 12”, US, Blue Note Records)

Love this one!

To celebrate #Noirvember (belatedly), I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day (or thereabouts).

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957; dir. Alexander Mackendrick)

Record #1230: Cage / Posseur / Babbitt, Musique Electronique Nouvelle (1968 reissue, 12”, France, CBS Records)

If hurt people hurt people, what do alert people do?

To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.

SUNSET BLVD. (1950; dir. Billy Wilder)

Found one of these beauts out in the wild! #OrvalTrappistAle

To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.

THE STRANGER (1946; dir. Orson Welles)

Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

Record #1229: Buck Gooter, 100 Bells (2017, 12”, US, Ramp Local Records)

Another Yellow Brick in the Wall

Record #1228: The Wizard of Oz—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021 reissue, 3x12”, US, Mondo)

To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.

THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946; dir. Lewis Milestone)

Record #1227: Bessie Smith, Empty Bed Blues (1971, 2x12”, US, Columbia Records)

To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.

SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (1948; dir. Anatole Litvak)

To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.

THE SET-UP (1949; dir. Robert Wise)

Record #1226: Slowdive, Souvlaki (2011 reissue, 12”, EU, Music on Vinyl)

Record #1225: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, 2 Kindsa Love b/w Let’s Smerf (1995, 7”, US, Matador Records)

A sign on a front door with a photo of a fluffy grey cat that says CAREFUL! DO NOT LET PIP OUT… No matter what he tells you

They’re trying to hold my man back from greatness

Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
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Record #1224: The Beatles, Yesterday … and Today (1971 reissue, 12”, US, Apple Records)

To celebrate #Noirvember, I'm going to share with you my thirty favorite film noir movies (in alphabetical order). One each day.

SCARLET STREET (1945; dir. Fritz Lang)

Record #1223: Siouxsie and The Banshees, Peek-a-Boo (1988, 12”, US, Geffen Records)

Great album!

Record #1222: Paul Woznicki, Woz (1981, 12”, US, Ulterior Records)

Staring at the Silence | Jill Talbot - Sonora Review Stepping through the back door, I squint against the shadows before sliding into the corner booth of the bar section. The restaurant’s near empty, the way I like it. Every few weeks, I drive the seven...

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