The Ghosts are Here!!
Well, this is an exciting day. The Kickstarter for my three new A Ghost’s Memoir Short Story Collection books is live!! That's 29 first-person ghost stories collected into three themed books. The…
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun (2021) 303 pages by Kazuo Ishiguro My friend told me the movie was coming out and I found the book. We are looking at the world through Klara’s eyes. She is an Artificial Friend, in…
Miss Wellington
The Typewriter and Phonographic World (New York, NY), March 1903 – * This was written “Fraternity” in the original, but ye editor happened to think of Mr. David Wolfe Brown and of…
Last night we watched “Return of the Archons,” and that m...
Last night we watched “Return of the Archons,” and that means tonight is “Space Seed” in the periodic re-view of TOS. That means it’s also time to rewatch The Wrath of Khan. That means it’s probably…
today's jams: tUnE-yArDs
Today my favorite thing about tUnE-yArDs is that if I didn't like this band, it would be completely un-listenable. It's a sensory seeking assault.I'm especially fond of the the saxophone part in this…
Under-recognised moments in jazz: Victor Feldman turns down Miles
In 1963 Miles Davis asked Victor Feldman to join his band, and Feldman said no. Unusually for a jazz what-if, we can hear something close to the band that didn't happen, recorded a month before the…
What Chobits Can Teach Us About Living With AI in 2026
The anime-only episode where Chii buys panties is a rare improvement over the manga As I wrote about in my previous blog post, I read the Chobits manga for the first time after rooting an Android…
Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Review of Twenty-Nine Goodbyes
I’m very pleased to have this review published today in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, a publication I’ve long admired. The review is of Timothy Billings’s wonderful Twenty-Nine…
The Correspondent [book]
A lovely story that held all the marks of a real person full of real faults, discovering late in life that there's still more to be seen. I can't remember the last time I shot through a book so fast.…
Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the editor in exchange for an honest review. Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction was released on October 22,…
Power Word Kill is a first-level spell
The human body is resilient, but not nearly as resilient as anyone would hope. Consider all the myriad ways it may be broken beyond repair by accident and happenstance; while evolution has seen fit…
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Right now I am facing a tiny, trippy question: am I listening to Billy Joel’s A Minor Variation […]
Remembering Steve Allen
2027 will be here before you know it, and as each new year takes us further away from the earliest days of television, the likelihood intensifies of its pioneers being forgotten. It’s unfortunate…
The state of progressive house in 2026
I’ve been a progressive house guy for as long as I’ve been a DJ. Deep driving basslines that make you feel like you are going somewhere you will never reach, and twenty-something years…
Thoughts on a terrific new book about TV visionary Rod Serling
I watch television for characters, relationships, emotions, and pitched battles in outer space.Okay, more than just those four things bring me pleasure, but those are some of the big ones. And not to…
Josh Rigo on Spring Awakening & Bringing Elevator Theatre Company to Halifax
There is a new theatre company in town, and Elevator The post Josh Rigo on Spring Awakening & Bringing Elevator Theatre Company to Halifax appeared first on The Way I See It Theatre & Music…
Jerry Seinfeld Ruined Seinfeld, but Whatever.
I loved Seinfeld for decades. Jerry Seinfeld's remarks about Palestine, the KKK and the Gaza genocide have made it impossible for me to enjoy it anymore.
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