Review: Platform Decay
Review of Platform Decay by Martha Wells.
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Silence (2010) 438 pages by Becca Fitzpatrick Hush Hush #3 Nora wakes up in the cemetery with no memory of the past five months, i.e. anything we learned in the first two books (April to June) and…
SLL-P1 Page 8
Panel One and Two- Chance looks at his phone then at Piper Panel Three - Chance with an Embarrassed Face Chance: *embarrassed laugh* Ahaha….Piper? Panel Four - We see both Chance and Piper with…
Movies: Ray (2004)
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom…
book fest book haul
spending money that makes me happy
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8) [book]
Solid entry into the series. I've read all the previous Murderbot books, but since the last, I also watched the TV series - which I equally enjoyed, but…or put a weird spin on reading this latest…
Marilyn Monroe @ La Cinémathèque française
A date with Marilyn Monroe at La Cinémathèque française to celebrate her 100th birthday (1926 - 2026) during a heavy parisian heatwave days? Bad idea, sure. But somehow it fits. I guess some folks…
TouhouFest 2026 Retrospective
Hello everyone, I'm James. For the past 3 years, I've been serving as TouhouFest's Programming Manager. Every year we've been hard at work to provide the best possible experience to the international…
🎵 New Release: Letters Never Sent
guitar, synth, atmospheric, ambient, lofi melancholy, lofi, cinematic, nostalgic, mystery, piano, reflective, sad, solitude, soundscape, melancholy
Ghost Hunter Gaurav Tiwari
This blog is moving to another domain Please update your feeds. I remember during my college years (10 years ago) hearing about so called ghost hunter, Gaurav Tiwari. He died in his bathroom after…
A Few Good Men
Movie Poster A Few Good Men was a movie I’ve quoted throughout my life but had never seen. Quick summary, a marine, Santiago is found dead in Guantanimo Bay. Two other marines are arrested and…
"you're a liar!"
snipped some parts of my movie review of the movie The Florida Project (2017) by Sean Baker. !! spoilers ahead context: the movie follows a 6-year-old girl named moonee and her daily life in a cheap…
Godspeed Ronnie Schell
Ronnie Schell, best known for playing Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 94. He was also a voice actor on several cartons. Ronnie Schell was born on December…
Getting Reacquainted with The New Avengers
Last year I mentioned a company in Australia called Imprint that has been putting out some impressive Blu-rays of classic television shows. One of their more recent releases was The New Avengers ,…
Supergirl
"We haven't been formally introduced." Superman’s cousin, Supergirl (Milly Alcock), goes on the warpath when Krypto the Superdog is poisoned by a bad guy (Matthias Schoenaerts). Look it’s a heat wave…
Revisit of the Week: Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style (2015)
Revisiting Car Seat's pseudo debut
R.F. Kuang - Katabasis
*** Spoilers ***Apparently R.F. Kuang explained the origins of her latest novel Katabasis on noting that "academia is hell" and extending this to what if academia was hell. In this sense it is a…
Moris Tepper interview #3
Welcome to the third part of my series of interviews with Magic Band guitarist Moris Tepper. We have now reached 1978 and discuss the productive few years that saw the release of Shiny Beast and Doc…
watched angel of 17 years with the council (@patron-saints @summerwoodsmoke) and we walked away…
ALTwatched angel of 17 years with the council (@patron-saints @summerwoodsmoke) and we walked away thinking these two should kiss
[14.52] Distant Relation (III)
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O My Body
In 1976's imagined version of 2274, do Black people exist? According to Logan’s Run, you’d think the answer is no.
Modern Family
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
I still listen to Radiohead
And I think Israel is committing genocide.
The Masks of Cthulhu & the Cthulhu Mythos
"The vast, terrible enity from beyound time and sapce who waits brooding in his cyclopean home in sunken R'lyeh symbol and actuality of inimaginable nightmare - the greatest creation of H.P.…
June 23rd & 26th, 1976 - Marvel UK, 50 years ago this week.
Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon . *** W e're all wallowing in the highs and lows of the World Cup, right now, as our favourite…
this is a Chris Granner appreciation post
this is a Chris Granner appreciation post
Deep In The Scatter
Squarepusher “K10 Terminus” I’ve been thinking about how so many of the people we’ve been calling “electronic” producers and artists since the 90s really should’ve been classified as…
Ridiculous Album Party!
I’m doing a show on 19th September at the Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol! I’ll be playing songs from my album Ridiculous Songs for Kids! and there will be participatory chaos and musical…
The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor
While Andrew Taylor beautifully evokes the stifled atmosphere of New York City under siege during the War of Independence (also referred to as the ‘Revolutionary War’). And gives us a…
Reread: Lord Valentine's Castle
Humble bundle had a collection of Robert Silverberg's books on sale, and I had fond memories of Lord Valentine's Castle , so I bought them and started reading the book I had fond memories of. The…
During a preview of The Walt Disney Studios area at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (yes, both are called…
ALTALTDuring a preview of The Walt Disney Studios area at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (yes, both are called that; formerly Animation Courtyard), these white cans made their debut. They are……
Coming to America (Again): John Oliver × Deadly Prey
Hand-painted Ghanaian poster art from Accra for John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, and BLAG 04.
The Rift
Twenty years after she disappears without a trace, Selena’s sister Julie rings her up.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Not Giving a F*ck by Oliver Turner – Non-Fiction, Self-Help
Nonfiction / Self-Help Publication Date: October 9, 2025 What happens when life strips away everything you thought defined you? In Welcome to the Wonderful World of Not Giving A Fck*, Oliver Turner…
Mud on ones face
A bit more protogen silliness, with our resident glass-wearer Mark.
Kitschkrieg feat. Blumengarten & Shirin David – Gut genug…
Heute hab ich mal was ganz Spezielles für euch. Ein Track der momentan in aller Munde ist, nämlich „Gut genug“ von Kitschkrieg feat. Blumengarten & Shirin David. Also Boombap ist es…
Snoopy’s Book Cafe and other show-off items
We just purchased a (used) display case, so it finally became time to put together the set of Japanese Snoopy’s Book Cafe miniatures that I’d purchased a couple years back. Rather than…
Keep Your Cool: A Guide to Surviving Hot Weather According to Film
As an historic, record-shattering heat dome pushes hot weather across the UK and Europe, we’re taking inspiration from film on how to keep cool. When the mercury rises, film characters know…
Back to the Gypsy That She Was
The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance May Agnes Fleming Chicago: Donahue, n.d. 250 pages Not to suggest that he didn't deserve it, but has there ever been a more tortured soul in all of…
Pressing Concerns: Spacemoth, Sea Moss & Miscomings, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Unlettered
It’s a Thursday Pressing Concerns! It features new albums from Spacemoth, Some Velvet Sidewalk, and Unlettered, plus a split LP from Sea Moss and Miscomings, all of which are out tomorrow (June…
The Night Parrots — Stephen Orr
An approaching storm On a grey, thundery day in 1971 my brother, Anton Gerlach, drove his car south […]
i watched the gay bdsm biker movie so you don't have to (and other film reviews)
Just in time for pride month, wow. [canned studio laughter] I'll admit, this one took longer to write because it's longer than my usual film reviews. In the past, even before this blog, I'd just do…
The band of Theseus
My wife and I went to see the band Foreigner yesterday. If you’re not familiar with the band…like…have you been living under a rock!?!?! I promise you that you could have gone to…
Aren Anime: The New Realm by Jerry Craft
Happy, happy Thursday! I'm SUPER, SUPER excited Newbery Medalist Jerry Craft stopped by Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences! We discussed Aren Anderson, Anime Academy, superheroes, and more.…
Predictably Irrational
I don't have my highlights from this book but I'll circle back and include some notes here soon. I reference this book in my longer post FREE...It May Cost You Your Startup
Origins
Last week was the Origins game con. The folks running it seemed pretty disorganized this year and I was tempted to bail after the train wreck of…
LEGO Batman Forever Batmobile Review
(Written by William) With the 20th anniversary of LEGO Batman, LEGO is paying homage to the various Batmobiles we’ve gotten over the years. In the most recent release in March, we’ve seen a whole…