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A TASTE OF TASTE WITH...

MIKE MILLS

The Los Angeles-based writer, director, and artist stops by to tell us what he's been into.

MIKE MILLS
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June 6, 2025

Mike Mills is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and artist. An Academy Award nominee, Mills has a wide-ranging body of work– from music videos for artists like Air, Pulp, and Everything But The Girl to acclaimed feature films like Beginners and 20th Century Women. His latest project is a new anniversary video for Talking Heads’ classic “Psycho Killer”, which he directed and shot himself, starring Saoirse Ronan. It dropped yesterday, and you can check it out here. Lucky for us, Mike’s here to tell us what he’s been into.

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Youtube video of the Talking Heads Remain in light tour in Rome 1980
(Oh to have been there!)… with Adrien Belew and a big afro-funk band. Amazing to think how much they grew, challenged themselves and evolved from their Talking Heads: 77 Debut. 
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Porridge Radio song Sorry
my version of a banger.
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Alias Books in atwater village.
Long live Alias books. 
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Anything IDLES
Speaking of crying, this moment with IDLES
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Hans Haacke’s art work tracking the owners of Manet's white asperagus
In 1974, conceptual artist Hans Haacke created "Manet-PROJEKT '74," which traced the ownership history of Édouard Manet's "Bunch of Asparagus". This project revealed how the painting passed from a Jewish art collector to Hermann Josef Abs, a financial advisor to Hitler. Haacke's work aimed to highlight the political and social implications of art ownership. The project was rejected by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne due to its connection to Abs. 
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Breda restaurant in Amsterdam
I’m not a foodie, but OMG this was mind blowing. 
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Dean Spade “Love In A Fucked Up World”
what a life saving book. 
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Blonde by Frank Ocean.
Still and forever 
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This playlist
A playlist of all the samples from Paul’s Boutique in the order they appear on the album. Genius. 
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