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“Whereto Whilst Thy Libido Senses?”

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GymboyPiotr, 20
Szczecin

Hi I am Piotr, young and curious about the world, I like to travel, I am looking for a sponsor, I do everything but kiss.

Guestbook of GymboyPiotr

exploringseafarer – Apr 12, 2025
I hired him for a weekend out at sea on my sailboat. Spending time on the boat, what he was wearing as a necessity (oilskin, rubber boots and a lifejacket) also became a kind of fetish over time. Him dressed cold oilskin early morning after they had been hanging up all night and watching the oilskin growing ever more supple as it warmed up was comforting. Hearing the rain droplets forming on the shiny rubbery oilskin and then streaming down the gear looked fantastic. The smell of the oilskin, rubber boots warming up and the salty rubbery smell of the lifejacket was also a massive overload for my neurodivergent senses.

SteveC – March 26, 2025
Travels with Piotr
Cologne – We visited the museums, had a picnic by the lake, went to a jazz concert, then I fucked him really long and thoroughly in the hotel 🙂
Barcelona – We picked up a cute dark blond skinny boy in a bar, retreated to the toilet where Piotr and I actively fucked him hard in several positions and squirted profusely at the end.
Vienna – Hot sex with the sweetest Viennese macho boy with Italian roots where Piotr is passive and we have screwed and screwed him with really intense orgasms.
Prague – Sightseeing then I nailed Piotr on the hotel balcony in all positions, with nice horny banter on his part for once and a great location. Really a great fuck!
Paris – Piotr was grumpy so he jerked off and I pushed an inflatable dildo up his ass and controlled how thick the dildo was in his hole, with a voluminous squirt which I ate.
Brussels – Piotr was still grumpy so I hired a young blonde escort girl and watched him fuck her in the shower, on the floor, under a chair.
Amsterdam – Last day of the trip, final thoughts: Piotr has a great body but it could become so much more. It would be ideal to have his body tattooed piece by piece until he is so inked up he can’t be seen anymore. He has smooth, clear skin that would suit total black inks or maybe mix of red and black.

Body Type Athletic
Body Hair Smooth
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Bisexual Man
Smoker No
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages Polish, English
Position Versatile
Dick XL – Uncut
Fisting No answer
S&M Soft
Dirty No
Kissing No
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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-StuffHard-, 19
Madrid

I’m looking for beneficial sex here not true love.

Send me a picture of your cock and say how many times you can cum in a row.

Guestbook of -StuffHard-

turningthingsaround – Apr 8, 2025
hey what if let’s be friends, and get to know each other, and do things that might be fun

WatchagottaDo – Apr 5, 2025
Caveat that I’m 96% hetero so don’t take my word for it. I have often let my mega hard 11 inches bust his misplaced pussy. Last night I had him kneel on a chair in doggy style and licked his pussy until it was dribbling and then pushed the bolt in all the way in one go then fucked that huffing puffing puss full steam ahead for 45 minutes, choking his throat like a squeaky toy until I rammed my baby maker deep into his canal and sprayed the pussy. I could feel the thick, warm spurts of my premium sperm splashing into his intestines. After I was satisfied, I pulled the still hard monster cock, dripping with sperm, out of his seeded pussy and rammed it down his throat and pumped out a second load while streams of saliva and bile and cum ran down his neck. I love this whatever he is.

thegobbler – Apr 1, 2025
19 years old, 5’9″, 120 lbs, 4 inches circumcised cock if it even matters

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Mixed
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos Yes
Piercings Yes
Languages Spanish, Italian, English
Position Bottom only
Dick M – Uncut
Fisting Passive
S&M Soft
Dirty WS only
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate 150€
Overnight Rate 500€

 

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paymeanduseit, 23
Rio de Janeiro

Friends call me Benny, but in the streets call me Skinny, and you can call me Sk1NNyB3NNy. I’m a former drug dealer and three time convicted felon who finally found a way to stay out of the cage and I like to be throatfucked and choked by generous men.

Guestbook of paymeanduseit

Gentleman98 – Apr 9, 2025
he is suffering from bipolar personality disorder, easily conditioned and manipulated, with obsessive compulsive behaviors.
has a series of dysfunctional behaviors that manifest themselves in a pervasive way, affecting different spheres of life.
unstable interpersonal relationships,
impulsivity,
mood instability,
intense and inappropriate anger,
self-injurious behaviors,
identity disturbance,
chronic feelings of emptiness,
difficulty managing loneliness.
interpersonal instability;
disturbances in self-image and cognitive problems;
emotional dysregulation;
behavioral dysregulation.

and he suffers from bigorexia , compulsive exercise syndrome,
an obsession with his physical appearance, with the belief that a person’s value is tied to their perception of their image in the mirror,
obsessive use of food supplements,
abuse of drugs to improve physical fitness,
depression, caused by constant dissatisfaction with his body,
compulsive exercise, with hours of training, often pushing the body beyond its limits,
eating disorders.

Body Type Athletic
Body Hair Smooth
Ethnicity Latino
I am a Bisexual Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages Portuguese, Spanish, English
Position Versatile
Dick XL – Uncut
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M Yes
Dirty Yes
Kissing Consent
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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iamreallygay, 18
San Diego

I just love older men and I’m looking for big dicks that come with a bag of 💰 and gay sex is the best and I want it so bad.

Guestbook of iamreallygay

Marco_Salvatore – Apr 11, 2025
He would literally only need to lose 3-5 lbs to be the hottest boy ever, but he’s lazy and content to be just another cute Latino bottom, and it’s a missed opportunity that speaks to his character.

iamreallygay (Owner) – Apr 6, 2025
Let me put it this way – I haven’t felt hungry for two days.

Roydel – Apr 6, 2025
Friday morning I finally fed this young pig at breakfast time after storing it up all the day before and it’s a great feeling to know that my Thursday’s food is now being digested a second time.

AssHunterXXL – Apr 2, 2025
When he arrived and we were still clothed and negotiating the price I could not believe my luck, but when it was over and my cum was dribbling down his chin and thighs I thought, What in the hell was I thinking?

Body Type Average
Body Hair Little hair
Ethnicity Latino
I am a Gay Man
Smoker No
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages Spanish, English
Position More bottom
Dick S – Uncut
Fisting Passive
S&M Soft
Dirty Yes
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate 100$
Overnight Rate 500$

 

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Bosie, 18
Manila

Mobile butt sharer – Todays Location – Makati/Taguig

Preferably someone around my grandpa’s age ish

Guestbook of Bosie

The_Lucky_Man – Apr 10, 2025
5’8″ when allowed to stand upright.

GimmieGimmie – Apr 8, 2025
Mostly just a pot head says he’s not really into drugs but if you do meth he’s a when in Rome kind of guy.

Bosie (Owner) – Apr 4, 2025
*Bosie refers to Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde

cummmmmminside – Apr 3, 2025
No games or drama- just bury it in his arse and let it enjoy itself in there and load him.

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Smooth
Ethnicity Asian
I am a Bisexual Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages Tagalog, English
Position Bottom only
Dick M – Uncut
Fisting Passive
S&M Soft
Dirty Ask
Kissing Consent
Hourly Rate 150$
Overnight Rate On request

 

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AutisticBoy, 22
San Francisco

I’m on the autistic spectrum, and often struggle in day to day life, but the one thing I really do well with is structure and routines. I’ve been interested in prostitution since discovery of it years ago, and have spent the time researching it and developing my interests. I’m highly interested in the customer/product aspect of prostitution as I feel it would pair well with my being autistic in providing high quality service to customers while simultaneously providing the structure that I’m looking for/need in order to be able to live a more normal life that others enjoy. If you’re reading this and are familiar with autism, or you’re not, we tend to be very task oriented, routine, and autonomous, but a little quirky from time to time.

Guestbook of AutisticBoy

emptymyballs – Apr 8, 2025
His butt is memorizable.

Infinite – Apr 6, 2025
Super hyper and neurodivergeant. Obsessed with Star Wars (refers to himself as Darth Gizmo) and recently participated in (and gained the loremaster title) a 48 hour discussion/debate on the extended lore (his controversial opinion…Anakin was the re-embodiment of the Father).

chillguy – Apr 4, 2025
just trying to make some friends that are also sometimes inside him.

Body Type Athletic
Body Hair Smooth
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Bisexual Man
Smoker No
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages English
Position Versatile
Dick L – Cut
Fisting No
S&M No
Dirty No
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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mostlyharmless, 19
Paris

Whereto Whilst Thy Libido Senses?

Guestbook of mostlyharmless

blowjob_express – Apr 2, 2025
I will meet you but need to know what I’m getting into cuz some twink only letting you give him a half-hearted fisting is dismal.

mostlyharmless (Owner) – Apr 1, 2025
I am actually working on my very own novel. I appreciate anyone who also loves to write and wants to share tips & tricks, btw.

WorshipU – Apr 1, 2025
Session 1: I held a repeated three days’ hot-wax-session with him during 26 to 29 February. Together we lit 19 plus 45 candles, prayed one hour for the Japanese victims of Hiroshima in silence. After he was covered in the hot wax of the candles, he was sucked by my boyfriend who had been under cum control for three weeks. While he was sucked, I folded 6 plus 9 paper cranes for commemoration. The boyfriend and I double penetrated him from behind and we came together his rectum …

Session 2: A friend from Pakistan asked me to celebrate his Independence Day with him and this escort in a two days’ session. Wrapped the escort in a Union Jack flag then he was cock-fed and fucked by us. Afterwards the escort and Pakistani were bound in 69 position, licked and sucked and rimmed each other until dusk when I covered them in a safran-coloured mango-orange juice while the escort endured painful alligator nipple clamps to the repeated sound of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” …

Cocktopenetrate – March 20, 2025
He is a scrawny, pimply boy just begging to be used to the max in every way possible and the ass is pfffff 🍑🔥

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos A few
Piercings Yes
Languages French, English
Position More bottom
Dick M – Uncut
Fisting No answer
S&M Yes
Dirty Ask
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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Twisterx, 24
Amsterdam

bisexual young twink androgyn masc love to fuck
travel a lot around the world and need sex everywhere
sex only with other young twink boys or girls
so if you are not a twink or hot girl or don’t bring one with you don’t ask me for sex
i’m open minded for friendship too but only with twinks
i want to be brought to a coffee shop and shopping
please don’t make anything but sex your biggest concern
warning: if you’re thinking humanity or feelings without sex, i’m the wrong person

Guestbook of Twisterx

Narcos777 – Apr 7, 2025
He’s mainly top so he has kind of a virgin butt so there’s food for thought.

Twisterx (Owner) – Apr 5, 2025
if you’re a twink and don’t want me to fuck you you are either straight or dead

ilomilo – Apr 3, 2025
What do you call an old twink who hasn’t got thicc? A twas.

Twisterx (Owner) – Apr 3, 2025
the twinks and girls i prefer to spend time with are intelligent articulate the offspring of very wealthy parents and as discerning in their taste for other twinks and girls as i am

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Mixed
I am a Bisexual Man
Smoker No
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages Dutch French, English
Position More top
Dick XL – Uncut
Fisting No
S&M No
Dirty WS only
Kissing Depends
Hourly Rate 250€
Overnight Rate On request

 

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Pozz_for_money, 22
London

Real toxic virus shooting pig, giver & receiver.

Hard limits: scarring, crime, insanity.

Guestbook of Pozz_for_money

hunter2354 – Apr 12, 2025
You can see his death looming in his eyes.

Pozz_for_money (Owner) – Apr 9, 2025
YOU STUPID FUCKS FUCK EVERYTHING!!!! 🤮

Andronicus – Apr 9, 2025
I recognized him, just more threadbare around the cheekbones and eye sockets.

rodneyadkinsrapist – Apr 7, 2025
what’s cooking good looking?

billwantsfun – Apr 7, 2025
His AIDS is more visible than in the photos.

YourDad – Apr 7, 2025
Um have you looked in a mirror lately?

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages English, Danish
Position Versatile
Dick L – Uncut
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M Yes
Dirty Yes
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate 300€

 

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ItsBritneyBitch, 19
Beyoğlu

The little angel👼 is visiting📍 Istanbul 🇹🇷, I’m here for you🫵, come privately to take joy and unforgettable moments🎈🧁, I’m ready for all movements, Down 👇or Higher👆, As long as we listen to Britney while doing it🦹‍♀️, Despite my young age, I have a ravenous dick😎, Yes yes yes it’s small☝️, I’m a femboy, at least I know I am🎪

Guestbook of ItsBritneyBitch

funnyname – Apr 4, 2025
I’ve never had sex but I’ll have it as many times as you want.

fillitup – Apr 4, 2025
The sluttiest slut who ever lived.

Facingfloor – Apr 4, 2025
Criminal creep, scary cabinet, sick Southern European specialist and total scum.

tospendmoney – Apr 4, 2025
I want to pin you down and to cover your mouth and nose with my mouth and breathe in your breath. I also want to lick your face, suck on your ears, sloppy kiss, and I want you to pee up my ass.

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Arab
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings Yes
Languages Turkish, Farsi, English
Position Bottom only
Dick S – Uncut
Fisting Passive
S&M Ask
Dirty Ask
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate 60€
Overnight Rate 250€

 

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prettyfacedontcare, 19
Toronto

Radiohead fan looking for top$

Please be under 50, unless you’re very wealthy

Guestbook of prettyfacedontcare

DirtyManc – Apr 10, 2025
HERE’S MY BUKET LIST. WANNA HELP?
GIVE DP
BE AN TWINK’S TOILET
GET FUCKED DICK BIGGER THAN 9
GIVE PISS FUCK
GIVE MORE THAN 4 LOADS IN ONE ASS
OPEN FOR SUGESTIONS.

Fatiiiiiii – Apr 10, 2025
His name is Jordan, and he likes to be taken from behind abruptly.

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Little hair
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Gay Man
Smoker No
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages English
Position Bottom only
Dick M – Cut
Fisting Passive
S&M Soft
Dirty WS only
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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druggedupbot, 23
Frankfurt

My bf prepared my slams for today a weekend full of t,g and h. Also another k hole 🐷 no meds no tests no regrets. Worst of the worst msg me. V open minded 😈 I don‘t report.

Guestbook of druggedupbot

druggedupbot (Owner) – Apr 10, 2025
Spun af rn 8 slams deep 😈 need ☣️ dick bad going to pass out on purpose now

druggedupbot (Owner) – Apr 9, 2025
🐷😈😈 my first .5

mass1m0 – Apr 9, 2025
I did him for 3 hours and that was only because I had to catch a flight.

Alex_XXL – Apr 8, 2025
Germany needs more skilled workers like him.

druggedupbot (Owner) – Apr 8, 2025
Bf slams me daily and sells my twink body. The more gross the guy the less they pay. Money goes to my bf and he uses it for bigger toys and T.

never – Apr 8, 2025
Be either exceedingly careful or go completely nuts with this drug addict. I chose the latter and I can’t believe what I encountered.

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages German, English
Position Bottom only
Dick L – Uncut
Fisting Passive
S&M Yes
Dirty Yes
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate 10€
Overnight Rate 10€

 

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Emdash, 18
Glasgow

Not fem, no facial hair, straight teen, white.

I’ve never met a guy who is into teens who isn’t in me.

Still in high school but I’m 18.

Hit me up if you’re not afraid to spend.

I’m trying to make up to 5000€ then I’ll disappear.

Next availability, 4 pm tomorrow.

Guestbook of Emdash

M_xxx – Apr 10, 2025
Breathtaking boy, his appearance, his proximity, his voice, smile, smell, and his limited availability drives you crazy like I was nibbling Gustav von Aschenbach`s Tadzio in the novel “The death in Venice” (Thomas Mann).

Anonymous – Apr 3, 2025
What a mental handicap, go to doctor or come to drink my piss. You won’t get better. 350/h, I guess you grew up in a public toilet!

Emdash (Owner) – Apr 1, 2025
You mad you can’t afford me, poor bitch??? Yeah it’s however much I want it to be, go cry on the street you fucking retard. Every € is worth every second with me, you never tried so you can’t talk, loser.

Anonymous – Apr 1, 2025
Get a real job and stop taking your frustrations out on other men by pretending to be an escort cause you’re not!

Emdash (Owner) – March 26, 2025
Put your name on it, and don’t hide, you pussy. Everyone has its own way of doing things, this is mine. You’re mad cause you can’t get my dick?? Go pay for a dick that has a price, mine does not!

deadmemory – March 26, 2025
I wonder if a useful starting point to our ‘discussion’ of our evening plans, once your hands are tied, is to calmly yet firmly place my hand over your nose and mouth?

Emdash (Owner) – March 22, 2025
Just broke, man. If I met ONE who got a lot of patience and understanding, I would stick with him.

marko000000 – March 22, 2025
Pretty safe to assume those guys he mentions have never seen him naked.

Body Type Athletic
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Heterosexual Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos Yes
Piercings No
Languages English
Position Prefer not to say
Dick L – Uncut
Fisting Active
S&M Yes
Dirty Yes
Kissing No
Hourly Rate 350€
Overnight Rate 650€

 

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UnforgettableBtm, 19
Eindhoven

Dipping my toes back into the escorting business after 2 years of only having sex with guys I was attracted to. Guess I’ll find out if it’s like riding a bike.

Guestbook of UnforgettableBtm

HotAnalSex – Apr 11, 2025
His butt swallowed every toy in my collection. Two hours turned into five. He gushed all over the place. I’m ugly as shit. Safe to say he’s back.

Nabil1006 – Apr 9, 2025
I’m actually straight. At first I wasn’t sure, but when I saw this sneering little fag meat in the hotel all my doubts were gone. I ate his mouth until I tasted stomach acid. I got creative with his nuts until his dick spat. I deepthroated him until his head was teetering like a boulder. I fucked him so hard his ass could’ve played the saxophone. I’ve had a lot of bio women before but he beat them all.

HighBear – Apr 5, 2025
Self-aware enough to have identified his most valuable asset. Enough of a cokehead to need more income than his retail job provides. And so forth.

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Shaved
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings No
Languages Dutch, Norwegian, English
Position Bottom only
Dick M – Cut
Fisting Passive
S&M Soft
Dirty Yes
Kissing Yes
Hourly Rate 150€
Overnight Rate 2000€

 

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entropically, 19
Šilutė

1? yo🫣 you tell me
Looking urgently for money.
I am from Šilutė, but I can come to other cities (pay for the ticket).
I also sell my clothes.
Even if I have no idea what you’re talking about, I’ll listen attentively.

Guestbook of entropically

DaddySuper4Scumbagpig – Apr 9, 2025
smells horny

CrachatLover – Apr 8, 2025
Overly lackadaisical

DaddyYo – Apr 5, 2025
not sure what was in the vape he kept sucking but it sure the hell wasn’t tobacco. not a criticism.

Nicht_Anschreiben53 – Apr 3, 2025
Do not be afraid of making assumptions about him

Abrakad_abra – Apr 2, 2025
soft ass

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Smooth
Ethnicity Mixed
I am a Bisexual Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings Yes
Languages Lithuanian, Romanian, English
Position Versatile
Dick L – Uncut
Fisting No answer
S&M No answer
Dirty No answer
Kissing No answer
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate 1000€

 

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Mati_18, 18
Brighton

Temporary in Brighton and looking for sex in the morning between 7:30 and 8:00 with wealthy friends or something

Guestbook of Mati_18

Mati_18 (Owner) – Apr 12, 2025
We can haggle but don’t try to low ball me

FunSoon – Apr 10, 2025
I bought him breakfast, I took him home, I got him high and raped him, then we watched a horror movie.

Ilikeyouwowww – Apr 6, 2025
Prime quality Polish arse meat.

Mati_18 (Owner) – Apr 4, 2025
To fuck me, bring some lube and napkins.

Bo_oh – Apr 2, 2025
If you eat his butt he acts like a flat chested girl with a deep voice.

Body Type Slim
Body Hair Little hair
Ethnicity Caucasian
I am a Gay Man
Smoker Yes
Tattoos No
Piercings Yes
Languages Polish, English
Position More bottom
Dick M – Uncut
Fisting Ask
S&M Soft
Dirty Ask
Kissing Ask
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

 

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p.s. Hey, everybody. I’m back and very jet lagged, so this will have to be a lowkey restart. Hopefully you’re back and presumably not jet lagged? Let’s go. ** Misanthrope, Hi, George. Yes, David, it’s very sad. And I just saw your email with the very sad news, and I’ll write back to you as soon as I get some sleep. I hope you had the best month possible under all the circumstances. ** jay, Hi, jay! How have you been? It’s not for sure about the London screening, but we’ll show it there one way or another. Yeah, what’s going on? Let’s catch up. Hopefully my brain will be more empowered by tomorrow. ** Dominik, Hi!!!! Thanks, thanks! I haven’t had the opportunity to explore the new SCAB yet, but I’ll do that as soon as my brain cells let me. But extreme yay in advance! Thanks for the shouldered love. For today, mine is sitting on yours and catching up, G. ** Tyler Ookami, Hi, Tyler. Give me a day to think about the composer question. I’m a little zoned out this morning. And thanks a lot for the Johannes Kreidler links. I’ll fully investigate. I still haven’t seen ‘Anora’. If it had been on my plane, I would’ve. Instead I was stuck with ‘The Batman’, ‘Meg 2’, ‘Napoleon’, and ‘Gladiator 2’, none of which I recommend to put it mildly. ** Sypha, Hi, James. I’m assuming you’re happy that everyone seems to think Gaga’s set at Coachella was the second coming of Christ. ** NLK, Thank you. The premiere went really well. We’re very happy. ** James, Hey, there. I trust you had a very momentous month. Thanks about the film. Can’t wait for you to see it. Oh shit, I just saw your comment and missed Larry Stanton’s LA show. There were probably paintings of me and of one of my ex-boyfriends in it. Alas. Anyway, I’ll be a more fresh blog correspondent once I get some severely needed shut eye, so hopefully starting tomorrow. Great to see you! ** Malik, Hi, Malik! How great to see you, albeit rather hazily on my part. I’m almost literally dying to see ‘Baby Invasion’. Someone said it’ll be streaming on his site or something soon? I hope you’re doing really great. ** Steeqhen, Hi, S. There is no set London screening yet, but we’re working on it, and something will happen. I’ll say more and read  you more cogently next time. For now, happy to be back in touch. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, B. Yes, very sad about David. Are Leeds continuing to allow you to dream, I hope? ** Justin D, Thanks, Justin. LA was really good and the premiere seems to have been a smash, so, yeah, onwards and upwards. I hope you had a super swell month. So, did you? ** ellie, Hi, e! The film is submitted to a Chicago film festival, so fingers crossed, and we’re working on a NYC screening. Something’ll happen. Thanks! How are you? ** fervorxo, Indeed. ** rene, Hi, rene. Lovely to meet you. Sorry that my brain is clouded over for our first encounter, but I’ll get better. Thank you for those really kind words, and I’m totally thrilled and honored of my stuff helped you write yours. Can you say more about your novel? Only if you want to, but I’m most curious. Take care, I hope to see you and talk with you again. ** Montse, Hi hi, Montse! Yes, heartbreaking about David. LA went very well. The premiere seemed to be a big success, and we’ll see what comes of it. Yes, do come back. I promise I’ll be at least a little more awake by then. Love, me. ** Brendan, Hey, buddy! It was so nice to get to see you in LA! xoxo. ** scunnard, Thanks a lot, J! You good? ** Gabriel Hart, Greetings, Gabriel. Thanks, I will. It would be so great to show it in the high desert where it was born. ** Darbz, Darbz! There you are! I’m here but rather vaguely so at the moment. I’ve never taken meds, but everyone I know who does always ends up being very grateful for their assistance. I hope and trust you’re past the initial sickness phase. Is everything okay with your job? And that gig you attended sounds fun. LA was good. Yes, I ate a shitload of burritos. Mostly very solid ones. I never saw Joy Division. I got into them in a big way just a little too late to have caught them live. Love from me! ** politekid, Hi, Oscar! I know of ‘Discomania’ but never read it, but, given its unpublished nature, that would make sense, I guess. Wonderful news. How are you, pal? ** Bill, Hey B. Are you back in SF? Speaking of, I need to be cryptic right now, but let’s just say you will be able to see ‘RT’ in your local environment in not too long a time from now, if you want. News forthcoming. xo. ** Steve, Hi! Everyone, Steve’s March “Radio Not Radio” show is now up. Oh, Steve, I’m so sorry to hear about your Dad and about your mom’s ongoing issues. I hope you’re surviving all of that and doing as well s you possibly can. Lots of hugs from me. ** Sarah, Thanks, Sarah! You good? ** Billy, Hey. RIP for sure, and thank you re: the film. ** Arno, Hi, Arno! We’d love to show the film in Belgium, thanks. Yeah, that wrong day blog problem is inexplicable (to me, a least) and persistent. Sorry. Writing picking up is really good news. How so? ** Nicholas, Hi! No, I just arrived. Technically at least. The trip was nice. The movie is very excellent, to be as objective as I can. Yeah, let’s talk more once I actually get enough to sleep to actually wake up. ** Thomas H., Hi! I’m sorry about my strangely hungry blog. I’ve tried fixing it and punishing it, and nothing works. But here you are. I hope you’ll get to see it too, or in a theater where it’s at its best, I mean, rather than eventually via streaming. xo. ** Måns BT, Hi, Måns! Really good to see you! I’m feeling very, very sleepy but good otherwise. LA was all that was going on, plus the film premiere pretty much of late. Thanks about our films, man. That’s so cool. We’d love to show the film in Stockholm, and now we’re finally in a position to do that. Anyway, let me know if you want to talk about that. And thank you! What have you been busy with? ** HaRpEr, HaRpEr! I am zonked with jet lag, but I really am ok otherwise. Last class, wow. Congrats, right? How’s the writing proceeding? Sparks! I got tickets to see them here this fall. They must be playing there too. I forget if you’ve seen them, but, if not, it’s a very joyous experience. I would so extremely love to have that Sparks post! Yes, please! And thank you, wow. What are you favorites of their albums? I think mine might be ‘Indiscreet’, ‘Little Beethoven’, and ‘Angst in My Pants’ maybe? I really look forward to catching up!!! ** Right. So we’re back in gear. And today you get the month’s escorts a couple of days late. See you tomorrow.

Room Temperature Day

 

One night every year a family transforms their home and yard into a haunted house and invites their neighbors to walk through it. What used to be a group effort has increasingly become the dad’s obsessive fantasy that his family is expected to enact.

‘The new film from legendary underground novelist Dennis Cooper and visual artist Zac Farley is a side-eyed, tonally unpredictable portrait of a family-run haunted house in the California desert, with an undercurrent of menace that evokes the early films of Bruno Dumont. In the lead-up to Halloween, a family transforms their home and yard into a haunted house and invites a local high schooler (Chris Olsen) to walk through it, but it appears the father’s (John Williams) increasingly obsessive fantasies are taking a toll on the family. Willfully eccentric, full of left turns but always controlled and precise, Room Temperature marks an exciting creative breakthrough for one of America’s living masters of regional transgression and surrealism.’ — LAFM

WORLD PREMIERE @ LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL OF MOVIES (LAFM)
– Date: Saturday, April 5th
– Time: 8pm
– Location: 2220 Arts + Archive
2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90057

2ND SCREENING @ LAFM
– Date: Sunday, April 6th
– Time: 1pm
– Location: MUBI Micro Cinema @ Vidiots
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd Los Angeles 90041

Information & tickets: https://lafestivalofmovies.org/room-temperature

 

Credits

ROOM TEMPERATURE (2025)
Running time: 1:32:16

Written and Directed by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley
Main cast: Charlie Nelson Jacobs, John Williams, Chris Olsen, Ange Dargent, Stanya Kahn, Virginia Adams
Supporting cast: Lili Tanner, Aiko Hachisuka, Atlas Mole James, Edwin Mohney, Benjamin Weissman, Mitchell Schlickenmayer, Lenny Dodge-Kahn, Sabbath Taylor, Desmond Cassidy, Lecia Dole-Recio, Karin Gulbran, John Tuite, Syd Wasif, Zyanya Ortiz-Thorson
Executive Producers: Stefan Kalmar & Raoul Klooker
Producers: Nicolas Breviere (Local Films), Luka Fisher, Charles De Meaux (Anna Sanders Films), Marcus Chang, Cara Braglia
Director of Photography: Yaroslav Golovkin
Assistant Director: Rob Rice
Score: Puce Mary
Additional music: Chris Olsen, 7038634357
Production Design: Kristen Dempsey
Wardrobe & Costumes: Edwin Mohney
Casting: Erin Cassidy
Make-up: Morgan Walsh
Color Correction: Julia Mingo
Sound Mix: Bruno Ehlinger

 

Trailer

 

Main Cast & Crew


(l. to r.) John Williams, Karin Gulbran, Stanya Kahn, Charlie Nelson Jacobs, Chris Olsen, Atlas Mole

CHARLIE NELSON JACOBS (Andre)
Charlie Nelson Jacobs is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. He makes his feature debut in Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley’s latest film, Room Temperature, after starring in the short film Pee, directed by Sundance Fellow Paloma Lopez. Charlie studied acting at the University of Puget Sound, where he was awarded the Theatre Arts Scholarship. On the development side, Charlie has written a TV pilot optioned by Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.

STANYA KAHN (Beatrice)
Stanya Kahn is an interdisciplinary artist working in film/video, drawing, painting, sculpture/installation, sound and writing. Her most recent film No Go Backs shows in the upcoming California Biennial 2025. Select solo exhibitions include ICA/LA, Wexner Center, MoMA/PS1, New Museum/NY, British Film Institute/London Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Marlborough Chelsea/NY, Weiss Berlin, The Pit/LA, Cornerhouse/Manchester. Select group exhibitions include Yokohama Triennial (2024), Stoschek Foundation, Gwanju Biennial (’18), Hammer Museum, New Museum, MOCA/SD, Fernley Astrup/Norway, California Biennial (’10). Kahn’s collaborative work with Harry Dodge has shown at Elizabeth Dee Gallery/NY, the Whitney Biennial (08), Sundance Film Festival, MOCA/LA, MoMA/NY, ZKM/Karlsrüh, among others. Kahn was a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow in Film/Video and a contributing writer and actor in feature film By Hook or By Crook. Her work is in the collections of the Hammer Museum, MoMA/NY, LACMA, the Walker Art Museum among others.

JOHN WILLIAMS (Dad)
John Williams (b. 1975) is an artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his Master of Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts in 1999.  Recent notable exhibitions include: High Anxiety, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (2017) Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles (2016), Halved and Quartered, Brennan & Griffin Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY (2015), They Might Well Have Been Remnants of a Boat organized by The Calder Foundation, New York (2013), Teenage Hallucination at the Pompidou Center, Paris (2012) The Mass Ornament at Barbara Gladstone, New York (2010), and Record Projection at The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2009).

CHRIS OLSEN (Paul)
Chris Olsen is a 23 year old musician and visual artist. His musical work includes the albums Dark Ride (2024) and Human! Sound! (2022), and one of his tracks is featured in Room Temperature’s soundtrack. Most recently, he was an artist-in-residence at Automata Arts in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. While in residence he presented an installation work entitled My Galveston. He works and resides in Los Angeles.

ANGE DARGENT (Extra)
Ange Dargent is a 24 year old actor and writer. His first acting experience was at the age of 14 as the star of Michel Gondry’s 2015 film Microbe and Gasoline. More recently, he played the lead role in Michael Salerno’s film The Masturbator’s Heart. A book of his poetry The Others Lived as Me was published by Kiddiepunk Press in 2023. He is based in Paris and is currently writing his first novel.

VIRGINIA ADAMS (Marguerite)
After appearing in a number of plays at The Sequoyah School in Pasadena, Virginia decided to take her acting further by studying at the Young Actor’s Studio in North Hollywood. Soon after, she was cast in Room Temperature, which is her film debut. She loved every day on set despite the cold and wind. And, inspired by Zac and Dennis, she co-directed her 8th grade play.

YAROSLAV GOLOVKIN (Director of Photography)
Yaroslav Golovkin is a cinematographer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Originally from Russia, he moved to the U.S. three years ago. He studied cinematography at the Moscow School of New Cinema and has collaborated extensively with artists working in moving image and contemporary visual arts. Among his credits as Director of Photography are Lika Nadir’s Captive (2023), The Struggle is Real by Ragnar Kjartansson and Curver Thoroddsen (2021), as well as numerous short films. Room Temperature is his first feature film in the United States.

LUKA FISHER (Producer)
Luka Fisher is a queer woman of the trans experience. She is an artist, composer and cultural producer known for her work with queer musicians and performance artists. She holds an MFA in photo/media and integrated media from CalArts. She served as an associate producer and actress in Lyle Kash’s majority trans cast and crew feature film Death and Bowling. Most recently she has been the producer and music supervisor for The Lovers a queer web series by Daviel Shy that explores intimacy and community during the early days of the pandemic. She is currently pursuing her MA in curatorial studies and a sex change from USC.

PUCE MARY (Score)
Puce Mary (Frederikke Hoffmeier) is a Danish experimental musician, composer and sound artist. Her albums include Success (2013), Persona (2014), The Spiral (2016), and The Drought (2018). She has collaborated with Yves Tumor, Drew McDowell of Coil, and Loke Rahbek (Croatian Armor). In 2020, she scored Jeanette Nordal’s film Kød & Blod, which premiered at the Berlinale. In 2024, she scored the Polish/Danish feature film The Girl With The Needle, which premiered at Cannes and was nominated for Best Foreign Film by the 2025 Academy Awards.

KRISTEN DEMPSEY (Production Design)
Kristen Dempsey is an artist working in painting, production design, sculpture, and costume. Based primarily in New York and London, she collaborated on over 30 opera and theater productions. Dempsey’s practice uses familiar stagecraft techniques and mundane materials to create a bridge between the commonplace and the otherworldly. Her feature films Playland (2023, Tribeca premiere) and Room Temperature are each built with surreal and tactile detail. Kristen was selected as a Berliniale Talent in Production Design in 2024, and is a proud member of Local 829. Her scenic painting has appeared in Vogue, W Mag, and A24’s Horror Caviar.

EDWIN MOHNEY (Wardrobe And Costumes)
Edwin Mohney is a multidisciplinary artist known for their contributions to fashion and costume design. Known for their inventive approach, Mohney explores the intersection of art, fashion, and everyday objects, reimagining traditional fashion collections as dynamic expressions of creativity. Mohney holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Central Saint Martins Fashion Program. With a passion for transforming fashion experiences, Mohney seeks to blur the lines between art and design, shaping the future of fashion with each creation.

ROB RICE (Assistant Director)
Rob Rice is a filmmaker from western Massachusetts, based in LA. He did an MFA at CalArts and, before changing careers, worked as a CRISPR engineer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His feature debut, Way Out Ahead of Us, was produced by Matt Porterfield and premiered at the 2022 FIDMarseille before going on to screen at RIDM, UNDERDOX, Black Canvas, São Paulo and many others. His second feature is currently in post production.

 

Directors Statement

 

Our new film Room Temperature concerns and is set in a home haunt being constructed by a family, in an isolated area of the United States. The film begins with the initial building of the haunt attraction and concludes with its enactment for the public and the event’s immediate aftermath.

We’ve both been fascinated by home haunts for many years. As a young teenager, Dennis built and hosted haunts in the basement of his family home yearly on Halloween. We’ve made trips annually at Halloween to Southern California where the home haunt is most popular, visiting and studying hundreds of examples. With Room Temperature, we believe we have finally found a concept, form, and story to articulate the haunt’s unique appeal within a film in a complex and original way. Our intention is to not only represent a home haunt physically but also translate its physical limitations and strengths into our film’s forward motion. Just as a home’s simple layout and architecture necessitates that “haunt” makers employ ingenuity, unpredictability, and creativity to build suspense and interest. The unfolding of our film’s narrative and trajectory has a similarly wandering but very focused and riveting maze-like build.

One great appeal of the home haunt is how it moves people excitingly through a defined space without the use of a cogent storyline, calculatedly building tension, or the promise of a mystery being solved. Due to their ramshackle, handmade nature, visitors always know they are wandering through a private home whose rooms, hallways, kitchen, bathroom, and so on are decorated with intended scariness. The feeling of consensually invading someone’s privacy is always more present and affecting than the fantasies superimposed upon the building.

Our film uses that quality and trajectory as the informing structure for its narrative and build. Room Temperature is both about its characters, the world in which they live, and about the fantasy personas and world they are trying to replace their lives and selves with. The film is a kind of “walkthrough” attraction in and of itself, carefully constructed, full of tension based both in the characters’ real lives and in the theatrical context they intend. They are not mere tools or functionaries of the narrative as in, say, horror films. Rather, the film’s tensions and mysteries and meaning result from how closely the film follows and pays attention to them.

 

Stills

 

Interview
by Derek McCormack

 

Derek McCormack:  I have to tell you that until I had Halloween with you one year in LA, I had never been to a home haunt. It’s the most American thing. I grew up in Canada and we had haunted houses, but they were more professionalized, or pretended to be—they were in the YMCA or at schools or church basements. I didn’t know that so many people turned their own homes into attractions.
Dennis Cooper:  Zac and I both really love home haunts. And we love how they fail. They have these extremely high aspirations that they can’t realise and we love them for trying so hard. And we wanted to represent how sweet and sad they are, how empathetic they are.
Zac Farley:   The people who actually make home haunts, they build those all year. So they get to live Halloween 24/7, and not just once a year, which is so lucky. And home haunts are like total works of art. They’re immersive and have a complex relationship to narrative : they often have an element of story which could be quoting a horror film or something more thematic like summer-camp, but the good ones also work the actual home and family members into the fabric of the story in more or less obvert ways. There are sets, actors in costumes and make-up, sound effects, music, architecture… and they’re really a group endeavor. They have to address a public that is a given and extremely local, their friends and neighbors, but they also try to appeal to a broader community of haunt builders and hardcore fans. In some of these ways home haunts are not so different from films.
Dennis Cooper:   I’ve never seen a film represent a home haunt for what a home haunt is. It’s a very tender film in a way. It’s a very emotional and personal but also comedic film. So you feel how much the family, or at least the father, who’s kind of the home haunt’s evil mastermind, want it to be good. And you feel how not good it is and how disappointed by it everyone is.
Derek McCormack:   So let’s talk about the making of the film. You two conceived it, co-directed it, shot it together. You also wrote it together?
Zac Farley:   Dennis does the heavy writing. He’s a great writer and I’m not.
Dennis Cooper:  Before I write, we sit down and we talk about, Okay, so what should we do with this? I’ll go home and do it and then show it to Zac and he’ll say, I like this, I don’t like this. Zac is an visual artist. I’m not. So he can say, This would be very difficult to film, maybe change it and make it easier to transfigure into visuals.
Zac Farley:   Well, when we write them, we don’t know who’s going be in them or where we’re going shoot them. I think some people actually have that power to have a perfect planned picture of what it will be. And I’m not like that at all. I actually make an effort to not do that. I’m more interested in being surprised by the thing as we’re doing it. I mean, we work with people who aren’t actors or we don’t cast them based on the way they look or whatever. We’re more interested in finding collaborators who are going to be excited about the project and will bring something to it that might surprise us.
Derek McCormack:  I admire that. I admire that you find the openness exciting, because I feel so controlling about my work.
Dennis Cooper:  We’ve always worked with non-actors, and we’ve found that not specifying their appearance, age, or even gender is a more practical way to approach the characters. What we want is someone who has a particular kind of charisma and quality, you know? And you don’t know that till you see them. For instance, for the father in the film, we had this original idea to go in a certain direction and audition these guys who were a bit tougher. But then there’s this friend of mine who’s a visual artist and a sculptor, John Williams, who’s absolutely nothing like that. When we tried him, we were like, Holy shit, he’s perfect. That happened a lot.
Zac Farley: What’s really nice about working with people who are not actors is that they don’t have tricks or habits to fall back on and they’re not so self-conscious about the way they look when they’re emotional, so they have no choice but to be really sincere.
Dennis Cooper: What was nice with this film is that really the whole cast was made up of people who are artists or musicians. So they’re all thinking about the roles in the same way that we think about them, pretty much in these conceptual ways. Asking a group of like strange, smart, conceptually-minded people to embody extremely odd characters. What could go wrong?
Derek McCormack: It sounds like nothing could go wrong.
Zac Farley: All kinds of things did go wrong, but not the film.
Derek McCormack:  Were there thoughts of filming it in France? Was it always something you wanted to do in the United States?
Dennis Cooper:  We thought about filming it in France, which excited me because I like the idea that no one would understand what the hell these people are doing. In France, there are no home haunts, and I could imagine that the neighbors would think these people are insane. What are they doing?
Zac Farley:  It was definitely the right decision to shoot in the United States. Our films are written in English, and while we made filming in French a feature of Permanent Green Light that really excited us and that we anticipated, it would have been different with Room Temperature.
Dennis Cooper: The way I write is very involved with the intricacies of how the English language works. I like to play with inarticulation and deflections in a way that only works fully in English so I could play with that kind of detailing in a way that is key to how my writing succeeds.
Derek McCormack:  And there’s still so much strangeness. There’s still the sense of, Who are these people and what are they doing? I don’t know who’s in this house. I don’t know why they’re in this house together.
Zac Farley:  They’re very much a family. They refer to each other that way. Except for Extra. Making it with a cast of native English speakers also had the effect of making the one French performer, Ange Dargent, who plays Extra, stand out even more through his accent.
Derek McCormack:  Extra is extra. There’s a character called Extra which is the greatest thing. Extra is one of the oddest kids and one of the oddest things in the film. There are so many references to him getting hit.
Dennis Cooper:  Yeah. It’s important that he gets hit all the time.
Derek McCormack:  He’s like a little pocket of confusion—what he is, who he is, where he comes from, what people think of him. He strikes me as a ghost trapped in a kid’s body. Or he’s a ghost trapped in a ghost body as it turns out. A puzzling, puzzling character.
Dennis Cooper: He definitely comes off extremely odd. And he’s the character that really wants the haunt to work, he wants everything to be great. I totally relate to him. He’s the one that has these huge dreams and ambitions. He thinks this whole thing is stupid. And he gets punished for it. For his ambition. So, I mean, in that way he’s a very relatable character.
Derek McCormack:  Extra is murdered because the family thinks that an actual murder will add to the haunted experience. But in the end, he does make it greater — he becomes a ghost.
Dennis Cooper: Actually, as a ghost Extra is very serene and observant, and he becomes very emotional at certain points, but he’s not scary. He doesn’t make the haunt scarier at all. He’s just like one of the haunt’s animated props that no one can see.
Derek McCormack:  At the risk of getting out of my element, because I don’t know my Blanchot like you do, I’ll say that it reminded me of the passage where Blanchot says if you take a corpse to a funeral and bury it, it becomes something, something formal, something acceptable. But if you keep it at home, if you leave it in the home, it becomes something else. It changes, it changes the house and it changes the people who see it. I thought, well, that’s what that dead kid is doing. He’s a storm, a change of weather, like his corpse is a fog. When the movie ends, the camera follows these other characters home, the characters who came to the haunt. And the atmosphere follows them. I said horror before and I shouldn’t have, because it’s more affecting than horrific, but I don’t know which emotions it calls up, or if they’re something else costumed as emotions.
Dennis Cooper:  I don’t even really know either. It’s hard to describe. It has to be seen.
Derek McCormack:  Dennis, I pulled out a piece you wrote about home haunts for Nest magazine. It has a lovely line in it: “we long for the things that are familiar to scare us.” A home haunt means taking a home, the most familiar thing in the world, and making it scary to other people and maybe to the people living there? Although the other side of that is that homes are always scary in a way. Why do we want things that are familiar to scare us? Why?
Zac Farley:  Yeah. I think that’s my way to think about it. Homes are actually completely terrifying. And so the home haunt is showing the thing that’s always there, but showing it in this completely inept way and, and building something else out of it.

 

Behind the scenes

1. Photos by Estelle Hanania

 

2. Photos by Brendan Lott

 

 

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p.s. Hey. I thought I would leave you with a post dedicated to Zac Farley’s and my new film partly since it’s the reason the blog is going away for a while. So, you have a month to get a sense of what Room Temperature is all about. As I said the other day, the blog will now be on vacation for about a month. It will return live on April 17th when I will be freshly back in Paris. Feel more than free to leave comments here and/or talk with each other to your hearts’ content for the duration. I’ll respond to any comments directed towards me upon my return. I’ll miss you guys. Last and definitely not least, I’m very sad to tell you, and especially those of you who’ve been reading the blog for a long time, that the writer, critic, film scholar, bon vivant, very long term member of the blog’s commenting community and very great person David Ehrenstein died yesterday. I don’t know the cause. He was in an assisted living situation at the time. A great man, a great loss. ** Dominik, Hi!!! All cred to _B_A. Listening to Nancy Sinatra day and night was a bit of a test, I must say, yes. Gosh, have a great month, my friend. And there’ll be a new SCAB soon too, yes? Yippee! Bronski Beat. Goodness gracious. I’ve had the blues, The reds and the pinks, One thing for sure, (Love stinks), G. ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. I don’t know if you saw David Ehrenstein died. A kick in the head. He was here commenting until maybe a month ago. Sad world on so many fronts. I hope everything’s well sorted for you when I see you next. ** jay, Hi. I too was a ItaloSadDisco mostly virgin until Ben brought his wisdom and knowledge here. I think I’ve seen the ‘wings’ before, I mean in mainstream-y places and not just in Guro. No, no venues in mind, or, well, some ideas, I guess. We’ll see who wants to pony up for our film. Hopefully with help. I promise that you will kept fully abreast. Gosh, have a really good and heathy and fun and productive series of weeks, and I’ll see you on the other side. xo. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi. It seems to have been quite a hit, pal, so thank you ever so much yet again. All the luck on the tooth extraction, and here’s hoping my prediction that it won’t be ultra-hampering comes true. And have a fine next weeks, my pal. ** James, Thank you for being Ben’s shimmying audience. Sunny here too, but cold sunny. But I’m off tomorrow to a place where the sun almost never doesn’t shine, for better or worse. Reading before writing definitely helps, and probably during if your brain runs on multitracks. Oh, you’re one of those kinds of bowlers. There’s always one in every group. Kind of like the group’s bowling mascot or something. No doubt you’ve made the games less boring and workmanlike. I carry a little notepad around with me in case of random muse strikes. I guess most people just type madly in their phones. When I do forget to pack something it’s usually toothpaste or deodorant, not so drastic. Elvis Costello rocks indeed, especially early on. Dude, big congratulations on the Edinburgh acceptance! That’s awesome! I was there a couple of times, and it seemed pretty and gloomy. Everyone, James has been accepted to university at both Durham and Edinburgh, and he’s feeling torn about the choice. Anyone around here have any helpful thoughts or advice about the dilemma to help him choose? Would be cool if you do and can share. I’m sure you’ll have an exciting month, you of all people, but do that and give me the highlights when I’m back in the saddle, please. ** Bill, Hi, B. I too am one on whom ‘Blue Velvet’ had to grow. Strange to try to remember. I am finally writing to you today. Sorry for the delay. Lots of pre-trip madness. I hope we both extremely enjoy our times away from this place. ** Steeqhen, That’s quite a long friends stint there. Nice, tiring, nice. I hope you heard back by the deadline. Jeez. People at the top can so utterly suck. And, sir, have a very good month ahead, and I suspect your month will be very momentous. ** Sypha, I would have bet a million dollars that you were very happily in a Gaga hole, and so you are!!! ** Steve, Happy that things seem less vexing as you head off, and I hope it all goes as well as possible. Everyone, Here’s Steve with some reading material for you: ‘For Gay City News, I wrote about the Maria Schneider biopic BEING MARIA and about the Museum of the Moving Image’s “First Look” festival. Virgil Vernier’s 100,100,100,100,100 was the highlight at “First Look.” I liked the Russell bio. See what you think. And ultra-best wishes for you for the month ahead, my friend. ** Tyler Ookami, Wouldn’t surprise me, yeah. I’m guessing the ‘Terrifiers’ get wackier and that it’s not just a matter of more funds = better cgi. Or that’s the hope. I don’t think I know Drowse, but I like what you’re making them sounds like, obviously. I’ll hunt them. Stay well and well-fed aesthetically and otherwise until I get to speak with you next. ** Jeff J, Hi, Jeff! It seems like the Cloudflare problem is waning, or I’m not hearing complaints much any more at least. Thanks, yeah very excited and nervous for the premiere. Let’s catch up afterward, yes, would be great. You finished the trilogy! Wow! Talk about a long journey’s end. That’s amazing. Huge congratulations. I hope the business part of it goes as smoothly as something like that can. Great too about the music and the film series. You’re manoeuvring through the horrible new USA very deftly, man. Take care, and, yeah, let’s sort a Zoom. ** Justin D, Hey, J. Thanks a lot, pal. You make the very best of your month too so we can brag and congratulate each other, what do you say? xo. ** politekid, You have the right attitude and gifts in combination. I have no worries whosoever about you, at least on those fronts if not even on them all. Good enough days there, more open to the forces than mine, which are only about tying up loose ends and putting things in a backpack. Um, you make something interesting happen by realising that everything is something inherently interesting that’s just waiting to happen? Thanks for the spare crossed finger. Ten never seems like enough. I will do whatever it takes to make the LA sojourn something worth talking about, and you will be the recipient either way. Take good care, O! ** HaRpEr, I’m extremely fond of this one melodramatic Italo Electrodisco song that Ben didn’t include in his array if you want to hear one more. Matia Bazar ‘Ti Sento’. I have to say your dad having Mark E Smith as a god does raise him up in my estimation to some degree. Sentimentality can be useful but is good to avoid, I think, and besides, it can’t be avoided but merely kept somewhat under control. I hope everything pans out for you lustrously while I’m off doing my film thing, and I do look forward greatly to catching up. Stay amazing. ** Darby𓃰, Hi, D. I did like the track, yes, good ear. You make your mission sound very rich and atmospheric, so that’s a good start. Anyone going to see our film expecting gore will be extremely disappointed. There’s some fake blood and some crappy gore Halloween props, and that’s about it. I am going to LA tomorrow in fact. For a month. And I will ask my roommate about the package as soon as I have some wake up coffee and walk in my front door. Have a really fine month, my dear friend, and stay tough and on top of things. xoxo. ** Joshua, Hi, Joshua. You might like the track i Linked to in HaRpEr’s comment if you don’t know it maybe. Yeah, licensing issues. They’re the bane. In our film we originally wanted to use this extremely unknown very early track by Fleetwood Mac before they turned into what everybody knows them as, but whoever owns Fleetwood Mac also owns every tiny little thing they ever did even before they were anybody and wanted $100k to use it in our film, so that got cut pretty fast. Ridiculous. Good about the job. Having those skills will obviously benefit you in your creative work and everything else. Classical piano, very interesting. Your musical work sounds very exciting. I’m very much on your side about contemporary composers’ work being undervalued and recorded/performed. There are, yes, so many extremely interesting composers alive and at work. It’s nuts, but I guess it always comes down to people’s unadventurousness which comes down to their lack of exposure and it’s such a vicious circle. Ugh. I hope the balance you seek is well in place by the next time I get to talk with you. Success to us both, and see you before too long, and take good care. ** HaRpEr, The newified site looks terrific. Kudos! Early spring allergy stuff? I hope you dry out asap. I’m going to make buying a box of Junior Mints a top priority upon finding my feet on Junior Mints-friendly ground aka the USA. Stay wild and happy. ** nat, Hey, nat! Your novel just sounds more and more enticing. Ah, ‘Mario 64’, can’t argue with that. You made it in time, obviously, and I’ll store up some stuff to tell you post-trip. You too? ** Okay. Be with ‘Room Temperature’ as much or little as you wish until I see you all next on April 17th. Have a really, really great month, everybody. See you in a bit.

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