In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Picked this up on International Women’s Day while sitting among actual cheerful ladies. The title promised warmth and friendship, what I got instead was… well, a bit of a jumble.
2026 Oscars Thoughts
My reaction to the award winners and the 2026 broadcast. I always love watching the Oscars. Sure, it’s self-important and The Academy can make bizarre choices that make no damn sense. Compels me…
Taurice Radio Ep 1:: 031426 - Jessica White
Ep 1! Today Jessica and I went track for track from our record collection. Track listing below! Make sure to support the artists J: Monika - Secret in the Dark - Secret in the Dark (2015) R: Mitski -…
The second Tolkien Tagung in Zurich, Switzerland – another amazing conference
2025 saw the first edition of the Tolkien Tagung Schweiz in Zurich (see my report) and 2026 it returned to the beautiful Asien-Orient-Institut at the University of Zurich again. And yes, it…
War Machine (2026) ★★½
This movie was one long testosterone fuelled promo advert for the US Army Rangers, what with all the machismo and chest thumping, gruff voices, and lone-wolf attitudes. Over baked and undercooked,…
Radio Plays Are The Past…& The Future?
I love radio plays, so I agree with Dan Pink on this: Here’s a prediction: The next frontier in audio won’t be more podcasts. It’ll be theater without a stage. They’re more engaging than a single…
ROOSTER – Review by Abby Perkins
Parents are supposed to help their children through all of life’s struggles, especially the struggles they’ve been through themselves. However, what do you do when your child faces their biggest…
Audiobooks Or Real Books?
I have an odd situationship when it comes to audiobooks. I used to swear by them. I still enjoyed actually reading the words, but when I worked out in the public, I would almost always have an…
South from Granada
Seven Years in an Andalusian Village A British writer travels to Yegen, a remote village in southern Spain, in the 1920s. He rents a house there and integrates himself into the community, leading to…
The Movies, 2025
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Nine Inch Nails secret shirts
For the 2026 leg of the Peel It Back tour, it appears like some folks from the Nine Inch Nails team have been handing out unreleased t-shirts to members of the audience. These are very similar to the…
Griffin McElroy On Writing His CYOA Book The Stowaway
I got to see Griffin at his only event about his new book The Stowaway where he did a live reading and gave advice on writing a CYOA book.
We’re Stuffed
The week’s Bizarro cartoons and a link to a free article from my subscription creative writing project!
Flying to Florida for 'The Flying Fleet,' then back to Boston for 'The Blot' at the Lois Weber Festival
Ramon Novarro poses with a prop in 'The Flying Fleet' (1929). Heading down to the Sunshine State this morning for an unusual gig: doing live music for a screening of 'The Flying Fleet' (1929) at the…
Books I've read. March '26
Another batch of book reviews - 14 books this time, the longest list yet! The list is longer than usual this time - partly because I got carried away with a few authors, and partly because it has…
92. The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite (Rough Trade)
Four weeks at number one from 14th February 1987 Oh, how we laughed when the assistant in our branch of Woolworths played this song on a busy Saturday afternoon. He was proudly ensconced behind the…
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