who and where i am

My name is Connor Bell (b. 1979 in Oshkosh, WI USA). Right now I’m living in Beechmont, a beautiful neighborhood in south Louisville with two wonderful little dachshunds that bring so much joy to my life. I’m a passionate person and spend my time pursuing knowledge and creativity. My curiosity feels insatiable and being creative, primarily through music, is an outlet for all that can’t be expressed so easily in life. After all, words are only one way to communicate.

I’ll keep an archive of these little essays linked with my writing samples. I didn’t really intend this to be a blog, and it’s certainly not a regular update, but I do like that I can trace a bit of a line by looking these over.

26.07.21:
Continue to be in a good routine. I finished (heh, could read it twenty more times and not feel like I get it completely) “A Thousand Plateaus”. Really provocative book and beautiful writing. I look forward to returning to it down the road. I’ve been journaling for the past few weeks throughout the day, so maybe I have less to say.

I’ve been dealing with a roof leak and figuring out a full replacement soon. Life is good overall, but music has felt a bit aimless lately.

Onward!


spring/summer 2026 currents

listening

  • Boards of Canada Inferno
  • Jeff Parker ETA IVtet Happy Today
  • Burt Bacharach Living Together
  • Tony Banks The Fugitive
  • Blir Any and all
  • Katie Porter / Christine Tavolacci Malosma
  • Tony Banks The Fugitive
  • Disjecta Any and all
  • In Camera Arrival
  • Max Eilbacher 7 Runs (In Arc Mental Styling)
  • Melvins Any and all - mostly in the car
  • Paperclip Minimiser Any and all
  • Patricia Y Try
  • Soundgarden Any and all
  • Van Halen Zero Demos
  • Zoviet France The Gate is Open
  • Pierre Henry Labyrinthe!
  • Stephan Mathieu Sad Mac Studies, The Sad Mac, and Full Swing EP
  • Beatriz Ferreyra A Distracted God
  • watching

  • Dark Winds, s4 (TV, 2026)
  • Adventure Time, s3 (TV, 2011)
  • The Rise of the RHCP: Our Brother, Hillel (movie, 2026)
  • Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (movie, 2021)
  • Happyend (movie, 2024)
  • Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto (movie, 1985)
  • Bad Day at Black Rock (movie, 1955)
  • Nightfall (movie, 1956)
  • Ride in the Whirlwind (movie, 1966)
  • David Cross: The End of the Beginning of the End (comedy, 2026)
  • The Shooting (movie, 1966)
  • Out of the Past (movie, 1947)
  • Magellan (movie, 2025)
  • Berlin Express (movie, 1948)
  • Hulk Hogan: Real American (movie, 2026)
  • The Big Sleep (movie, 1946)
  • Point Blank (movie, 1967)
  • The Maltese Falcon (movie, 1941)
  • Widow's Bay, s1 (TV, 2026)
  • Between the Lines (movie, 1977)
  • The Thing From Another World (movie, 1951)
  • The Shepherd and the Bear (movie, 2024)
  • High Noon (movie, 1952)
  • The Naked City (movie, 1948)
  • Marty, Life is Short (movie, 2026)
  • Bait (movie, 2019)
  • Enys Men (movie, 2023)
  • The Love That Remains (movie, 2025)
  • Exit 8 (movie, 2025)
  • Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (movie, 1972)
  • The Chestnut Man, s2 (TV, 2026)
  • The Outfit (movie, 1973)
  • After Hours (movie, 1985)
  • We Who Dwell in the Mountains Cannot Be Blamed for Being There (movie, 1974)
  • Normal (movie, 2025)
  • Hokum (movie, 2026)
  • Repo Man (movie, 1984)
  • The Muppet Show, s3 (TV, 1978)
  • Mikey and Nicky (movie, 1976)
  • The Searchers (movie, 1956)
  • The International (movie, 2009)
  • Vigilante (movie, 1982)
  • Are We Good? (movie, 2025)
  • Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (movie, 2012)
  • Farewell, My Lovely (movie, 1975)
  • Two Prosecutors (movie, 2025)
  • Straight Time (movie, 1978)
  • The Big Clock (movie, 1948)
  • Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC (movie, 2022)
  • Violent Saturday (movie, 1955)
  • Home from the Hill (movie, 1960)
  • Desert Fury (movie, 1947)
  • Bad Influence (movie, 1990)
  • reading

  • "The Wall" by Marlen Haushofer
  • "Bill Evans: How my Heart Sings" by Peter Pettinger
  • "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History" Manuel de Landa
  • "Steely Dan FAQ" by Anthony Robustelli
  • "America" by Jean Baudrillard
  • "The Revenge of Reason" by Peter Wolfendale
  • "The Future of Truth" by Werner Herzog
  • "A Screaming Life" by Kim Thayil
  • "Kicking a Dead Horse" by Josh Mason