Rip Bozo. Thank you ladies, gentlemen, every and all genders in between, and also of course the patrons for seeing this show to the end!: Roque Mapache, Vidani, Buttercup, Joe, River Buizel, Sherry,…

Debut EP Body fuses muscular EBM, darkwave, and lush modern synthpop. The post ARMOURS flex muscular beats and mysterious vocals appeared first on Synthpop Fanatic.

Maybe it’s just me, or perhaps it’s the song itself, but I find that the inexpensive Czech Delicia accordion shown at the start sounds the best. It might be the high-sounding reeds (which means its…

We’re just adding categories to this blog now aren’t we? Cooking with gas. Great gig last Tuesday, got me out of the house on a weekday evening which was nice. It also made me realise my…

I published a new episode of Cortex today:Myke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an…

I have been hard at work putting together some free downloadable materials for my most recent middle grade book, My Brother Oliver, that teachers, parents, counselors, and book clubs can use in their…

Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld is a an animated series created by Echo Wu. It tells the story of the titular character, Jentry Chau, a sixteen year old girl who has to fight forces of the Chinese…

I think hiphop entered, if briefly, into a "post-sampling era" in the late 80s and 1990s. Anecdotally, in the music i listened to, I noticed an effort to avoid the legally grey area of sampling, but…

A short documentary about music formats, streaming, and the quiet thing that disappeared when your library became endless. Oh, and a musician (me!) trying to work out whether the music changed, or I…

Rooster is the latest series co-created by TV genius Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Ted Lasso, Shrinking) and Matt Tarses (who was a producer on Scrubs, as well as Sports Night). The show stars Steve Carell…

Some of my favorite baroque music pieces.

POP Goes : Dick Tracy Detects , Hombre Means Man , Tides are Passionate , and Groucho Goes Motoring <a…

As always, thanks for considering&nbsp;joining my Patreon, where you can get early access to comics and exclusive commentaries; and for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US,&nbsp;UK,&nbsp;Canada). As…

A review of the vehicle registration plates of Taiwan. The first of an ongoing series.

Check out&nbsp;Instagram.com/simonreynoldswriter/&nbsp;for the latest news about the book#1 Best Sellerin Punk Music&nbsp;(Amazon.co.uk)!NEW!Great in-depth chat with Luke Clancy for his radio show…

We're no strangers to the glory of the Icelandic black scene, which has always aimed for production of music with ever-present ferocity, and continental significance. Most of the bands active during…

This week’s “Dark Wave” featured music by Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Danse Society, Psychic TV, Nitzer Ebb, Shriekback, Specimen, The Cure, Lowlife and more. The post Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark…

I'm not going to spend much time describing the Marvel and DC movies, as they're blockbusters and everyone knows them. Although I'll at least try to point out why I think they stand out. Far more…

It&#8217;s 02:39 in the morning, and having watched Project Hail Mary with the family this evening (great film by the way), and a couple of episodes of Welcome to Wrexham before that, I have…

One of my big goals for 2026 was to read more. As a kid/teen I devoured books. I'd read anything I could get my hands on. This year I wanted to read like that again. So I set myself what I thought…

Booster packs were $2-3 back in 2000 and I remember GAMEWORKS of all places even got in on selling cards but they wanted $5 for a pack! FIVE DOLLARS. Highway robbery. (Click to expand)

In the world of literature, archetypes are elemental figures or symbols that recur throughout stories, embodying universal patterns and themes...

If you read my last post: I survived! That's all I want to say for now. Back to your regularly scheduled programming… I recently watched the docuseries called Keep Sweet Pray and Obey . It chronicles…

This is the third China Miéville novel I’ve read, behind The City and the City and Railsea . One thing I really like about Miéville’s work is that he manages to make every novel so different from the…

I watched this at the independent cinema on the sweltering night of the 22nd of June, 2026.…

My impressions about Capão Pecado, by Ferréz, a direct and authentic introduction to Brazilian marginal literature.

Charles Bronson may be one of Hollywood history’s more unlikely movie stars, but one can [&#8230;]

Ever since the glory years of HBO in the early 2000s, there always seems to [&#8230;]

David Byrne, Bruce Nauman, and outsiders

Vamp legend Theda Bara returned to the screen in an espionage comedy, playing an American agent with an explosive egg being pursued and hampered by Hal Roach luminaries like James Finlayson and…

You'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise, given the corpus of games that I generally play, but I am very much NOT an anime person. A lot of stuff inspired by anime, yes, but broadly speaking, my…

The week’s Bizarro cartoons plus an excerpt from my latest humor article titled, “How to Avoid a Horror Show Marriage.” I should know, I’ve had two.

Skip the 'idea books' and pick up a novel

Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Children's Delight (Young's Pier in background)." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

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After everything I wrote last post, you might need a record that doesn't apologise for itself. Not that I am the best source, but One of Wun by Gunna is a staple in my playlist. It came out in 2024,…

This post is not sponsored nor endorsed by GLITCH or any other business/organization. All views are the author&#8217;s own. I was a bit late to the bandwagon that was this fandom; but that does not…

Hollywood has always thrived on the electricity between its stars—the glances that linger a second too long, the chemistry that feels almost too real. Few pairings embodied that quiet spark more…

vou aprender a ler pra ensinar meus camaradas Trecho da letra de &#8220;Yá Yá Massemba&#8221; de Jose Carlos Capinam e Roberto Mendes. Eternizada na voz&#8230;

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Make sure to read a book and save the date, says Diana Benner. TCEA’s Librarian Conference is taking place this week, and here is the latest in the “Read a Book” poster series featuring folks…

Snip and Snap , D. C. Thomson's original duo of postman-pillorying dogs, enjoyed a stint in the Sparky for just shy of two years, from October 1972 to August 1974. As you may have immediately guessed…

One week at number one on 14th November 1987 On a scorching summer day in the mid nineties, I was sat in the park with an ex-goth, swigging from a cheap bottle of wine, testily asking him about the…

I&#8217;ve been thinking about genre again, pondering Romance and horror as two sides of a coin. I compared notes* with a friend who reads a lot of horror, and we were surprised how much they served…

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Tyrone Power &#38; Sonja Henie Dining -1937 Skating Star &#38; Actor Who Are Romancing Beverly Hills, CA &#8211; Sonja Henie, famous figure skating star, at present working in pictures in Hollywood,…

I like old-school flyers. I especially like the ones you hold onto for whatever reason. I have one here. It’s for a film, a work in progress, called Soul Searchin’ , a documentary by Jesus Cruz and…