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MUSIC // xilf: stikklemuzick
“soon, this fugly world will be my brackish wonderland.”
Jan 13 • mark iosifescu
MUSIC // nye on ckut
“on whose airwaves I first popped a plosive”
Jan 6 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // anarcho comik-book
“wishing you happy holidays and a relaxing vacation from the hot summer of 1968”
Dec 23, 2025 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // year in review
“historically, this is not an altogether rich area for me.”
Dec 16, 2025 • mark iosifescu
ESSAY // the misbegotten situationist
“what do I care about vietnam, when I have orgasm difficulties?”
Dec 2, 2025 • mark iosifescu
ESSAY // shadow ticket
“as our gumshoe might say: ‘howzat?’”
Nov 25, 2025 • mark iosifescu
INTERVIEW // drainolith
“yeah. ASSASSIN’S CREED: MONTRÉAL 1990. that would be my game.”
Nov 11, 2025 • mark iosifescu
ESSAY // radu jude’s dracula
“the brutal, stupid regime we see onscreen is, has always been, our own”
Nov 4, 2025 • mark iosifescu
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