Katie Reed

I can’t hear Graceland without feeling my dad near, even after four years without him.

Two vintage sewing patterns for men’s shirts

A 1960s sewing pattern for a groovy jumpsuit

Gregory said “it’d be cool if you could copy this shirt/jacket I love”
But I heard “it would cool to shop for vintage MENS patterns!”
(And then I got one for myself, too)

Prehistoric Man?

YouTube video by Andi LB Gene Kelly dancing in The Pirate: Pony

I’m prepping to teach MGM musicals tomorrow, so I present to you the greatest/most ridiculous edit on the internet.

My list: 10 horror movies to get to know me! (Subject to change)
1. Rosemary’s Baby
2. The Innocents
3. Crimson Peak
4. The Bride of Frankenstein
5. Candyman (1992)
6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
7. Night of the Hunter
8. The Changeling (1980)
9. Daughters of Darkness
10. Don’t Look Now

The Hollywood Bowl stage, lit in red with the word LOVE projected in capital letters

Pulp at the Bowl. What a show!

YouTube video by PulpVEVO Pulp - Mis-Shapes

Cannot wait to see style icon/supreme dance inspiration Jarvis Cocker at the Bowl this weekend.

Velvet Goldmine

It’s official: my Velvet Goldmine book is available for preorder! (Book cover still a mystery, get excited)

Reading @silviamg.bsky.social’s The Bewitching and loving it! What academic hasn’t had nightmares of getting crushed in the stacks?! By the time I got to the Bowie “Strangers When We Meet” mention, I was convinced this book was written for me. ❤️ I haven’t finished yet, but already highly recommend!

Shelves with IKEA magazine files. The files have smiley faces.

Closeup of magazine files smiley face: perfect white patterns show through like teeth

Closeup of magazine files smiley face: yellowed patterns show through like teeth

Closeup of magazine files smiley face: a single pattern pokes out, like a hockey player’s teeth after a fight.

To stave off the fall semester stress dreams, I’ve started organizing my home office. Today was sewing patterns! This project was both satisfying and hilarious. (Love these weird smiles)

Dario Argento’s Tenebrae has one! (And a class listening scene featuring some Nabucco)
Also, Liam Neeson might be a musicologist in Chloe (he gives a lecture about Don Giovanni, I think? Could be misremembering that one)

David Bowie and the Moving Image The central image of David Bowie's “Life on Mars?” could have been ripped from his own experience: a child sits “hooked to the silver screen,” reliving fantasti…

It’s paperback publication day! 🎉🎉

If you thought to yourself, “DB and the Moving Image sounds great, but a hardcover is too unwieldy,” today is your lucky day. Available widely, and directly from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social

www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-bow...

A blonde woman in a pink chiffon tent dress looks offscreen and is reflected as a different brunette woman in the mirror behind her. A still from LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

Rewatching LAST NIGHT IN SOHO and man, I still love this weirdo movie. I get why some people don’t, but it all works for me.

I have a lot of love for Into the Night

After 12ish cross country drives, I’m prepared to released my definitive* ranking of regional gas stations:
1. Stewart’s
2. Sheetz
3. Casey’s
4. Maverik
That is the entirety of my ranked list, no criteria provided for this very scientific ranking.
*our route does not go through WaWa territory

I love DOWN WITH LOVE so much! It really needs a nice 4K release.

A NYT top 10 film list, featuring Phantom Thread, Mulholland Drive, The Velvet Underground, Tree of Life, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Fruitvale Station, Magic Mike XXL, Crimson Peak, Down with Love, and Us.

I made one, but I don’t feel good about it. (10 is not enough! It’ll change in a moment!)

(I mean, I am wearing a “BeLeaf” shirt I’ve owned since high school. 20 minutes of bad hockey won’t break if the last 20 years didn’t.)

A man in a Toronto Maple leafs jersey hold a handwritten sign: “I am ready to get hurt again”

Life of a leafs fan (I still have hope, because again, life of a leafs fan and it’s only halfway through the game):

“…trippingly”

Movies you've watched more than six times using gifs

Five comedies to get to know me:
The Philadelphia Story
Clueless
The Awful Truth
Down with Love
It’s Always Fair Weather

Maxwell, a scruffy schnauzer mix, hides from the sound of the hockey game

One member of this household is less excited about hockey noises.

The Leafs are… winning? Again? What is this feeling??

As a Leafs fan, I am ready to be hurt again, but tonight we celebrate!

MITCHELLLLLLY MARNER

a mascot for the maple leafs is standing on a ledge Alt: a mascot for the maple leafs is dancing on a ledge

Leafs draw first blood in the Battle of Ontario!!
GO LEAFS GO

Zoom’s outage managed to coincide exactly with my scheduled meetings for the day. I’m … free?

YouTube video by Existentia Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) - The Last Supper

Then when we retire, we can write the gospels
so they’ll still talk about us when we’ve died

YouTube video by JuanRa Rivas Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) - Heaven on their Minds (Carl Anderson) ENG Sub - A. Lloyd Webber

It’s Palm Sunday, which means MY MIND IS CLEARER NOW