Ryan Spencer

DTA NEWS!

THIS SATURDAY 2/28, 3-4PM IN LOS ANGELES! I will be signing books at the TBW BOOKS table at the new photography fair, SHOW LA at THE REEF! If you are around say hey 🖤
www.show-la.com

M.E. is probably the greatest song about the future written in the past that speaks to our present.

As a fellow Iron Maiden fan, I eagerly await your response to this film!

ICE in their own words

It's a puzzle about aliens, dolphins, and acid. You just have to crack the code. 👽🐬🫠

Hardly Wait (4-Track Demo Version) YouTube video by PJ Harvey - Topic

Great playlist! Any while she has released demo versions of almost all of her albums, I think I still love this song on 4 Track Demos the most: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaaR...

ICE OUT OF LA & EVERYWHERE
01/10/2026

HAPPY MMXXVI

BEST of 2025 My favorites of the year, in no particular order.

You guys like movies? My best of 2025 (so far):

Happy Friday from your friends DEVOUR THE AIR!

There Is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel Is Made Paperback with colored edges272 pages, 124 plates4.25 x 7 in. / 108 x 178 mmEssay by Rebecca BengalIllustrations by Chummy Alexanian2024ISBN 978-1-942953-63-0 In 1996, rock band The Afghan Whigs relea...

Hey photo book friends - my book, and all the great TBW titles, are 25% for Black Friday, use discount code: BLACKFRIDAY25 at checkout 🖤📚🤘

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We used to have it all: Once upon a time in NYC on Houston between 1/2 Ave there was a bar with full-on airplane decor, including tiny airplane bathroom and in seat ashtrays (*ciggies: $6/pack*), called Idlewild. I grabbed this menu in 2001 or 02.

Made some CD-Rs for you guys like it's 2003. 🤘

For those who observe:

For all the real ghouls, my band @devourtheair.bsky.social is releasing our first LP. I printed, sliced, stickered and burned all the CDs. Imperfect, maybe, but made with love 🖤

I know Shelto, and he's never been lighter.

Elliott Smith was incredible, and Granddaddy playing The Beatles... for $15.

Tomorrow night in Brooklyn!

we used to have it all

New DEVOUR the AIR (me + Ben Lasman) record DESTROYERS drops 12/5! Listen to our new song, buy a handmade CD.

Hal Hartley on 'Where to Land' and Making Movies His Own Way Hal Hartley discusses the origins of 'Where to Land,' fundraising, drawing from his own life, and plenty more.

'Where to Land' is a gift for my real Hal Hartley heads out there. Great interview in @slantmagazine.com

"I think a lot of the time people equate irony with cynicism, which I’ve never been involved with. Irony is interesting because it highlights contradiction, and that’s what I’m interested in."

T O M O R R O W - Saturday, 10/3, 3-4pm, I'll be at the TBW BOOKS table at the ICP PHOTO BOOK FEST signing books and hanging out. This will be my last NYC event for the foreseeable future so, I dunno, come say hi :)

Thanks, Public Books! The brilliant A/S/L is available now from @sohopress.bsky.social!

“Conjuring and Reality”: An Interview with Jeanne Thornton - Public Books “Pronouncing a sentence about a person, wrapping them up in your narrative, can be a very gracious action, or a cruel one, or probably most often both.”

A/S/L is at the top of my favorite books of 2025, so I was thrilled to engage @jeannethornton.bsky.social in conversation for our friends at @publicbooks.bsky.social. A must read for my real heads and the soon to be converted alike. Thanks, Jeanne!

Doing some long overdue maintenance on my archive, I came across some photos from (I think?) 1999 seeing Wesley Willis in Denver. I will cherish his head butt forever. Rock N Roll Will Never Die!

Hey gang it's been a minute. But TODAY, SATURDAY SEPT. 13, I'll be at the PRINTED MATTER NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR at MoMA PS1 hanging out with the TBW BOOKS crew and signing books from noon until 1pm (or so). Come say hi :)

I'm sorry if I just wasted hours of your life.

WOL Project The Walk of Life Project Hypothesis: Walk of Life by Dire Straits is the perfect song to end any movie. Created by Peter Salomone http://twitter.com/wolproject http://instagram.com/wolproject http:/...

Yeah I always figured it was Mack the Knife; there are references to oldies by Ray Charles and Gene Vincent so maybe it’s talking about Bobby Darin’s version? But this is the main thing I think of now when I hear or think about this song: m.youtube.com/@wolproject2...