Mark Sussman

Big ups to the guy at the library who's just watching The Fugitive.

I started a Substack with @marksussman! It's called Imperialist Realism. The first piece is on the connections between empire, grunge, and Kurt Cobain! Link below.

You have very little time to read my pre-Odyssey post on adaptation and translation in preparation for my forthcoming definitive post on The Odyssey. marksussman.substack.com/p/i-will-not-g…

Finally going to see THE ODYSSEY this afternoon. Prepare to have all debates SETTLED.

Reviewed 'The Odyssey' for 'The Nation'. thenation.com/article/cultur…

Mark Sussman, a writer I first hired in college and have read ever since, finally has a Substack. First post is on bandwagoning as identity: Phoenix in the Barkley years, Knicks in 5, and what it means to be from somewhere when you just got there. marksussman.substack.com/p/bandwagon-ci…

Working on a recipe for boiled salad. It's going to be disgusting.

You should probably subscribe, too. marksussman.substack.com/p/bandwagon-ci…

On the Knicks in '26, the Suns in '93, the dialectical image, and New York, Bandwagon City. (link in next tweet)

Gender-flipped Odyssey… who plays Helen

I like the idea of "installing" a head of state or leader. Like you had him delivered by FedEx but you don't know how to get him into your window safely, so you pay a couple guys from the garage down the street to come over and do it for you.

@collnsmith I wash my hands a truly ridiculous number of times per day. Part NYC grime, part cat-petting, part fear of death. The secret recipe.

@collnsmith We're still working our way through panic-purchased lockdown-era hand soap.

Currently repeating the phrase "I'm Mr. Pibb, bitch" in my head, not sure why.

@HerecomesDrBob As long as the bathroom is a -3 out of 10 for cleanliness, its spirit is alive

CBGB didn't close, it's just hiding out in the decidedly un-punk confines of Carolina Beach.

Every frame of this is repulsive: Tom Cruise "aging up" to his actual age, a grotesque CGI cat created in order to depict an animal (comically???) suffering, so much noise and yelling, and so on. youtube.com/watch?v=qORTe1…

Read it and weep, and then subscribe. marksussman.substack.com/p/i-will-not-g…

Who wants a “faithful” translation or adaptation, anyway? In which I attempt to talk myself down from getting too mad about a movie trailer—link below.

why, yes, I listen to “intelligent dance music,” “sophistipop,” “progressive rock,” and, of course, “ska for geniuses”

THE FACE OF BARNES marksussman.substack.com/p/the-face-of-…

In my ongoing failure to be Normal, I launched a Substack. The first post is about the most important bus stop advertisement I've ever encountered. (link below)