This is Now
@thisisnow.bsky.social
A non-consumerist documentary project drifting through the spectacle, noting the marginal, and refusing to let belief limit surprise.
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NYC Producer at VICE, CNN, DISCOVERY, MTV, 2WAY, BIG THINK, yada yada
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NYC Producer at VICE, CNN, DISCOVERY, MTV, 2WAY, BIG THINK, yada yada
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This is Now
@thisisnow.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Dérive Like Jehu
After wrapping principal photography for the initial This is Now in Chicago, with the delightful Thomas Morton in tow, I'm more determined than ever for our show to take viewers to places unbound by t...
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Thankful for the new followers!
FAQ: Shot on a single handheld camera, This is Now breaks from the normie monoform, leaning into authenticity and dérive. No lower thirds, narration, stock music, sound effects, or archival footage—think Slacker meets Dogme 95.
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FAQ: Shot on a single handheld camera, This is Now breaks from the normie monoform, leaning into authenticity and dérive. No lower thirds, narration, stock music, sound effects, or archival footage—think Slacker meets Dogme 95.
open.substack.com/pub/thisisno...
Not the usual freestyle ride but a real slice of NYC
September 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Not the usual freestyle ride but a real slice of NYC
At 63 years of age, I figured it was time to start posting videos of my absurdist bike rides, chatting about whatever comes to mind, near or far—before they put the training wheels back on.
September 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
At 63 years of age, I figured it was time to start posting videos of my absurdist bike rides, chatting about whatever comes to mind, near or far—before they put the training wheels back on.
Hamlet's “the purpose of playing” speech is surprisingly relevant to what I've been circling around with This Is Now. Who knew ;)
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Trace Crutchfield (@agentmule)
In Hamlet, Shakespeare gives us a remarkably concise description of what art is supposed to do. Hamlet explains to the players what he thinks their job is: the purpose of playing is “to hold, as ’twer...
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August 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Hamlet's “the purpose of playing” speech is surprisingly relevant to what I've been circling around with This Is Now. Who knew ;)
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Thankful for the new followers!
FAQ: Shot on a single handheld camera, This is Now breaks from the normie monoform, leaning into authenticity and dérive. No lower thirds, narration, stock music, sound effects, or archival footage—think Slacker meets Dogme 95.
open.substack.com/pub/thisisno...
FAQ: Shot on a single handheld camera, This is Now breaks from the normie monoform, leaning into authenticity and dérive. No lower thirds, narration, stock music, sound effects, or archival footage—think Slacker meets Dogme 95.
open.substack.com/pub/thisisno...
Dérive Like Jehu
After wrapping principal photography for the initial This is Now in Chicago, with the delightful Thomas Morton in tow, I'm more determined than ever for our show to take viewers to places unbound by t...
open.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Thankful for the new followers!
FAQ: Shot on a single handheld camera, This is Now breaks from the normie monoform, leaning into authenticity and dérive. No lower thirds, narration, stock music, sound effects, or archival footage—think Slacker meets Dogme 95.
open.substack.com/pub/thisisno...
FAQ: Shot on a single handheld camera, This is Now breaks from the normie monoform, leaning into authenticity and dérive. No lower thirds, narration, stock music, sound effects, or archival footage—think Slacker meets Dogme 95.
open.substack.com/pub/thisisno...
The Beach Beneath the Street ;)
August 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The Beach Beneath the Street ;)
A few people have described these bike rides as "NYC history tours."
Others as "the first thing that's gotten me to sleep in weeks."
A kind of Yoga Nidra on wheels.
I'll take the compliment.
Others as "the first thing that's gotten me to sleep in weeks."
A kind of Yoga Nidra on wheels.
I'll take the compliment.
June 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
A few people have described these bike rides as "NYC history tours."
Others as "the first thing that's gotten me to sleep in weeks."
A kind of Yoga Nidra on wheels.
I'll take the compliment.
Others as "the first thing that's gotten me to sleep in weeks."
A kind of Yoga Nidra on wheels.
I'll take the compliment.
Boff Whalley's Commoners Choir www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHZ...
Call It A Genocide – Commoners Choir
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July 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Boff Whalley's Commoners Choir www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHZ...
Andor isn’t just the best thing Star Wars has done—it might be some of the most vital art of the 21st century. A radical story about revolution, sacrifice, and ordinary people as history comes knocking. Creator Tony Gilroy talking revolutionaries ;)
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May 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Andor isn’t just the best thing Star Wars has done—it might be some of the most vital art of the 21st century. A radical story about revolution, sacrifice, and ordinary people as history comes knocking. Creator Tony Gilroy talking revolutionaries ;)
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"It doesn’t open with spectacle exactly—just the rumor of a dead body, a bizarrely on-point Bette Davis line, and a setup so perfect it begged for an NSFW joke. We’re not back to explain the world. We’re back to be in it."
Some people thought Series Two might never see the light, especially after everything that unraveled post-DNC Chicago. But This is Now was never about sticking to the script.
April 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"It doesn’t open with spectacle exactly—just the rumor of a dead body, a bizarrely on-point Bette Davis line, and a setup so perfect it begged for an NSFW joke. We’re not back to explain the world. We’re back to be in it."
Some people thought Series Two might never see the light, especially after everything that unraveled post-DNC Chicago. But This is Now was never about sticking to the script.
April 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some people thought Series Two might never see the light, especially after everything that unraveled post-DNC Chicago. But This is Now was never about sticking to the script.
Dreaming is Free www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...
Blondie - Dreaming
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April 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Dreaming is Free www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...
"We have seen the optimism of Russia opening up, and the tragedy of it closing down."
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‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’
They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady da...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"We have seen the optimism of Russia opening up, and the tragedy of it closing down."
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Talking Heads Psycho Killer Old Grey Whistle Test
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March 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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I said it then, I’ll say it again. If you weren’t pro-Occupy Wall Street, you were anti-democracy.
America is finally being run like a business: a business acquired by private equity, leveraged to the hilt, its assets gutted, workforce slashed, and pensions raided before it gets offloaded in a fire sale. Hope you like working gig jobs for stock options in a company that won’t exist in five years.
February 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I said it then, I’ll say it again. If you weren’t pro-Occupy Wall Street, you were anti-democracy.
America is finally being run like a business: a business acquired by private equity, leveraged to the hilt, its assets gutted, workforce slashed, and pensions raided before it gets offloaded in a fire sale. Hope you like working gig jobs for stock options in a company that won’t exist in five years.
February 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
America is finally being run like a business: a business acquired by private equity, leveraged to the hilt, its assets gutted, workforce slashed, and pensions raided before it gets offloaded in a fire sale. Hope you like working gig jobs for stock options in a company that won’t exist in five years.
The mighty Chumbawamba
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Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died
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February 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The mighty Chumbawamba
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A dive into a few of my favorite things. shwep.net/2020/07/30/j...
John Crowley on the Ægypt Cycle – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
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February 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A dive into a few of my favorite things. shwep.net/2020/07/30/j...
Thoughtful article examining how two seemingly incompatible novels "True Grit" and "The Crying of Lot 49" immerse their protagonists—and us—in systems that are unstable, inscrutable, and often indifferent. #booksky 💙📚
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He Got Away With Everything: Reading True Grit After the Reelection of Donald Trump
In the days after the election, as the list of cabinet appointments seemed to confirm the likelihood that Trump would make good on the worst of his promises and threats; as House races ticked close…
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February 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thoughtful article examining how two seemingly incompatible novels "True Grit" and "The Crying of Lot 49" immerse their protagonists—and us—in systems that are unstable, inscrutable, and often indifferent. #booksky 💙📚
lithub.com/he-got-away-...
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First come the tariffs, then the saber-rattling, and before you know it, someone’s calling in airstrikes over a truckload of Canadian unpasteurized cheese.
February 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
First come the tariffs, then the saber-rattling, and before you know it, someone’s calling in airstrikes over a truckload of Canadian unpasteurized cheese.