Joshua Coonrod

English instructor at Jefferson Community & Technical College. PhD in Communication & Culture from Indiana University. Horror writer. Dog dad. BBQ/AEW/punk rock

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Only 9 days until Halloween. If you’re looking for a fun set of creepy tales, my book - October 31, 1985: Six Tales Of Halloween - is available on Amazon. It’s meant to be quick, spooky reading for the season.

If you read it, let me know what you think!

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I love Succession, but if Better Call Saul beat it for Best Drama, it would be the greatest awards show twist ever and put a smile on my face miles wide.

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@RichJuz @RottenTomatoes Might be worth pointing out because there’s definitely an insidious ongoing attempt to boost ratings for that movie. Someone had to choose the quote they used to make the review seem positive and mark it as positive. Not sure if Rotten Tomatoes is just taking money to do that now

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Do critics choose if their @RottenTomatoes reviews count as fresh or rotten?

It’s weird that @RichJuz’s review for Sound Of Freedom is counted as fresh despite him mainly calling it paranoid QAnon trash dressed up as a social commentary thriller with some competent filmmaking.

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I got to meet Coy in the spring when he spoke to a group of students at @PHITHETAKAPPA’s regional event (an honors society for two-year college students) in Kentucky.

He was kind, forthcoming, and thoughtful in all his discussions. I look forward to reading more of his work!

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Blew through @CoyHallBooks’s A Pantheon Of Thieves in no time.

Perfect if you’re looking for some grimy, disturbing historical horror.

More than one of these would make for a great episode of @RealGDT’s Cabinet of Curiosities.

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I can’t shake the feeling that this whole “Tom Cruise saving cinema” thing is not the blessing some people make it out to be.

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John Darnielle loving the new Fall Out Boy album just seems like it would frustrate a certain kind of person that I really enjoy seeing frustrated.

[The Mountain Goats @mountain_goats]

btw I'm actually just fine & this joke comes from love, this year's FOB album is terrific and I won't hear otherwise

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I can’t emphasize this enough

Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny >>> Top Gun : Maverick

By a lot

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The older you get, the more you listen to Jar Of Flies, the less you listen to Dirt.

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I had a lot of fun with it - even the initial de-aged CGI scene that I was so worried about.

Everyone pretty much agrees that there’s some wonky special effects and that big final sequence could have been handled better. So much of the rest works that it doesn’t matter, though.

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Really curious if the initial bad buzz for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be outweighed by the fact that every single person I know who has seen it has genuinely enjoyed it.

The box office nerd in me is watching the charts real hard to see if word-of-mouth saves it.

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What’s an album you love by a musical artist that their fan base views as “the bad one”?

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It’s weird to go from being annoyed that Jamie Lee Curtis got an Oscar to being annoyed that she might not get an Emmy.

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@WFPK - what’s the scoop on @theholdsteady show tonight? Is it still going on, or is it up in the air because of the air quality?

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Really need to know if this outdoor @theholdsteady show tonight in Louisville is getting canceled because of all the stupid smoke in the air.

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Half my TikTok feed is just that little girl dancing to “Swing Swing” and the other half is Taylor’s cabaret dance remixed to the dirtiest lyrics possible.

I’ll let you decide what that says about me.

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I didn’t think I’d ever spend so much time relying on a YouTube account called Gal Godonut, but here we are.

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This is a crazy list to look back on - partially because I could sing the chorus to almost every song in this Top 20, but “Tahitian Moon” is a complete black hole in my memory.

Also, the fact that “Mother Mother” by Tracy Bonham did multiple weeks at No. 1 is bonkers.

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What candles do I have to light to which gods to make sure @mountain_goats plays “Training Montage” at their Louisville show?

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This picture takes on a whole different vibe when you realize Diedrich Bader doesn’t have any kids.