Charlie Bertsch

I have a new piece at @BattlegroundEU about revisiting Wim Wenders’ 1991 film Until the End of the World. https://t.co/99QFGXrf7b https://t.co/U1pmVND45V

I have a new piece up at @BattlegroundEU , the second installment in a reexamination of Susan Sontag's legacy. This one focuses on her willingness to be a traveler, in every sense. https://t.co/XiDd0Y3W6x

RT @riotgoy: The best #culture comes from the margins. Geographic, and political. And is often in danger of being forgotten. @cbertsch, on…

My first book Listening to the Future: Music for Europe, from @BattlegroundEU’s press, is now available in digital form from leading retailers: “The music I write about doesn’t need to be redeemed; it needs to be registered.” https://t.co/3KOvT6dfub https://t.co/kslRikX1nh

I’m doing a longer piece for @BattlegroundEU about reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain over a seven-year stretch eerily like the one its protagonist spends at an alpine sanatorium. This is the second installment: https://t.co/Zi4wxh8HjD https://t.co/Lq2uWcWgGE

I wrote about the fabulous new album Test Systemu by the Polish punk band Baraka Face Junta. You can check the album out on Bandcamp or other streaming platforms. Here’s the link: https://t.co/jlkKBL9aTU https://t.co/8bHPj71lWv

Remembering that the Dwight side of People’s Park is a good place to find a spot, because the park scares off some individuals and having to parallel park on the left side of the street dissuades others.

Life hack of the today: If you’re in a supermarket that sells “homemade” soup, find the one that seems best and buy a bunch of cilantro — or other herb of your choice — and green it up.

I was driving up Oracle in a depressed state just now, when the slant of the low October sunlight combined with tracks from the forthcoming @Pipblom album I’m reviewing for @BattlegroundEU to take me to a much better place.

I am delighted to announce that my first book Listening to the Future: Music for Europe, from @BattlegroundEU’s press, is now available in digital form from leaading retailers: “The music I write about doesn’t need to be redeemed; it needs to be registered.” https://t.co/ZW7KexQLiV

I want to update those of you not on other platforms. I am still in the hospital — after a brief stint in a post-acute care facility — but hope to go home soon. I’m looking at a long recovery, but hope to be able to work and travel by January. Thank you for your support!

RT @normative: If you’re a bartender & checking your customer’s credentials is a novel and disturbing experience, I worry you’ve been doing…

RT @BattlegroundEU: It's about defying stereotypes. @cbertsch, on @FatimaAlQadiri's Medieval Femme, and knowing where you come from @Hyperd…

“Either you’re good or the world is bad.”

My daughter today: “Congress is like someone with a leaf blower, moving dirt around the same tiny front yard for hour after hour.”

I’ve decided to recount things I’ve learned during the pandemic, one per day. I begin with a kitchen tip: 1) If you make your pancake batter a little too liquidy, then add Cream of Wheat, Malt-O-Meal, or equivalent hot cereal to thicken it up again, good things happen.