Jay Rubenstein

Two nights, 700+ theaters! Come see Jean Claude (very Belgian) and us (not)!

Congratulations!

A deer in front of a house giving me the eye

Different wildlife on my morning walk right now.

Parent of the decade if you turn him onto Double Nickles on the Dime by the Minutemen.

I think PBS adapted “The Lathe of Heaven” back in the late 1970s

Atlantic Crescent | Alaina M. Morgan | University of North Carolina Press In the period between the twentieth century's two world wars, Black and Muslim people from the United States, South Asia, and the Caribbean collided across a...

At last some good news! Delighted to share that my friend/colleague Alaina Morgan's fantastic book came out this week:
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
🗃️

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

The Rule of Law is officially dead in the US. How do we know? Here, @elienyc.bsky.social explains what the rule of law actually means and how we know it’s stopped functioning.

After a year in England, I’m back in the USA and finally able to watch #Dateline again. My one regret in life is that I was not born Keith Morrison.

Rare image capture from a camera inside Epstein’s cell block on the night of his death. (David Lynch warned us what was coming.) #TwinPeaks

Rare image capture from a camera inside Epstein’s cell block on the night of his death. (David Lynch warned us what was coming.) #TwinPeaks

Laura Palmer’s House Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.

The world has been wrong ever since David Bowie died, and David Lynch was barely holding it together. This essay by Sarah Kendzior gets it and recognizes that the Epstein saga is more a horror story than a political scandal. open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

Laura Palmer’s House Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.

The world has been wrong ever since David Bowie died, and David Lynch was barely holding it together. This essay by Sarah Kendzior gets it and recognizes that the Epstein saga is more a horror story than a political scandal. open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

Album cover, “One Step Beyond”

My brother was always (and still is) ahead of the curve on music and had a copy of One Step Beyond in 1982. When “Our House” came out, we were all like “Madness has made it big!”

Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

The brightly painted Dublin Castle pub in Camden

Plaque over the front door, reads “Madness first performed here in 1979.”

My favorite neighborhood landmark now has its own historical plaque. The pub where Madness debuted their act. Rumor is they got a residency by pretending to be a classical jazz ensemble. I hope that’s true.

The brightly painted Dublin Castle pub in Camden

Plaque over the front door, reads “Madness first performed here in 1979.”

My favorite neighborhood landmark now has its own historical plaque. The pub where Madness debuted their act. Rumor is they got a residency by pretending to be a classical jazz ensemble. I hope that’s true.

For better or worse, they are loaded for bear with early medieval/late antiquity

I think it was 2020, when they hired Felege-Selam Yirga to fill my job. This is to replace a more recent retirement.

Not accurate. Job is available because of a retirement. Your colleagues should apply

Assistant/Associate Professor of Medieval History (1100-1500) - University of Tenn, Knoxville job with University of Tennessee Department of History | 37862790 The Department of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track professor of medieval history (1100-1500).

Medieval History Job Alert! University of Tennessee, where I used to work. Unbelievably strong medieval studies. Unbelievable that they are hiring in this climate! Please share this post. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37862790...

Or, be still my heart, Bohemond?!?

Wish I were going to be in town for this

Oh that mustache!

BBC confirms launch for historical King & Conqueror TRAILER: James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau clash in historical drama King & Conqueror, the story of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy in the build-up to the 1066 Battle of Hastings, which ...

This William the Conqueror series looks a lot like Game of Thrones. That’s not a bad thing, necessarily. dramaquarterly.com/bbc-confirms...

Columbia's tribute payment to the Trump administration exceeds the annual operating budget of Université Paris Nanterre (34,000 students)

Raymond Chandler reading a paperback book in a cameo appearance in #FilmNoir Double Indemnity (1944)...

Always hating on the Dark Ages

YouTube video by Robyn Hitchcock - Topic My Wife and My Dead Wife

Free limited series idea:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYub...

If you see this, post a DC comic cover you love.
I was very fond of this 4-part series when it came out back in 1977. Two-Face was the prosecuting attorney. Rode my bike to Bill’s EZ Out as soon as a new issue hit the stands. Spoiler alert: Batman might not have been dead.

YouTube video by Alex Williams - Topic Look What the Cat Dragged In

I can take or leave outlaw country, and I generally pass on hair metal. But put the two together and holy shit! Alex Williams' "Space Brain" album rawwwwkkkkks! Check out the countrified version of Poison's "Look What the Cat Dragged In." Life changing. Sort of. www.youtube.com/watch?v=17t7...