So in all that crazy amounts of free time I have, I’ve been poking through the supplement book in the Crisis on Infinite Earths slipcased edition. Among other things (like the constant drubbing…

As I do keep saying, books lead to other books… I was unsure what to pick up after the Borges/di Giovanni and did spend a little time reading up on the state of Borges’ literary estate.…

One more week at number one on 16th April 1988 You can't keep a brilliant track down it seems, and The Wedding Present returned to the number one slot for a further week once Erasure's sales…

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The Oubliette has dominated Mega-City One for the last few months, and this week we have two stories connected to the Mega-Epic inside the Prog, as both Dredd and The Finders are drawn closer and…

August 19, 2026 Collective of Worlds 0025 – Gen Has a Plan CAST: Cole Bland, Gen Android LOCATION: Dr.Lumen’s lab in abandoned zeite mining facility Z13 in the Arine Belt The post 3614 Sneakers…

The Dragon Award winning novel Gun Runner, by Larry Correia and me, is being adopted into a graphic novel by Hound Dog Media. The writer is the legendary Mike Baron (The Punisher, Nexus) and the art…

From the firsthand experience of watching Niu Lai to the The Room moment in contemporary Chinese cult cinema.

I heard this song for the first time listening to the soundtrack of the Natural Born Killers movie. I was in this Trent Reznor phase in high school and he produced the soundtrack. This Cowboy Junkies…

I visited Broadway Cinema twice this weekend to see restorations of The Sacrifice and Nostalghia, two films by my favourite director, Andrei Tarkovsky. Somehow, despite going to art school, sitting…

I'm trying to get back in my blogging habits, and a good way to do that is to continue doing Top Ten Tuesday posts. I had almost forgotten about them until I saw someone else's post on my RSS feed.…

Charlie Haden: Sheet Music, Pt. 5. Ornette ColemanContents of a 1966 notebook and a 1978 envelope

Dick Simnel, a man who knows exactly how a slide-rule works, has invented the steam engine. Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is at the centre of a transport revolution, as journeys across the Sto Plains that…

Am I posting too many film reviews too often?

As time trundles on, we forget places that once seemed important and then quite often find out decades later that they are gone. I recently discovered that the Lyric Hotel in Blackpool was demolished…

I watched Mic the Snare’s latest video on his top 20 songs for the Summer of 2026. I was particularly interested in watching this video (although I admit I do just watch everything he puts out…

Below is the list of the last 30 movies I’ve seen, very roughly sorted by how much I enjoyed them (least favorite at the top, favorite at the bottom). Commentary included for select movies. [Swedish]…

Logic1000 & Jam City – “Jersey” Young Muscle – “Looney Choon” Fellsius – “HIGHNOTE” The post New Hots Hots 29 first appeared on Palms Out…

Welcome to Trans Tuesday! It’s time to see how wishing your transness away will never... The post THE IMPERFECT TRANS ALLEGORY OF KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, part 2 first appeared on Tilly's Trans Tuesdays.

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Vidět Amélii z Montmartru (2001) od Jean-Pierra Jeuneta ve dvaceti působí jako únik do roztomilé, akordeonem podbarvené pohádky; pustit si ji znovu s reálně odžitými zkušenostmi je spíš jako sledovat…

For a brief period in the 1940s and 1950s, mass market paperback books had covers with sultry women, shadowy detectives, and thrilling action, sold for a quarter at newsstands and drug stores across…

It's like looking in a mirror only... not.

Kinda wild that the second chapter of this book has the same name as the second chapter of the Holy Bible. I hope God is…

A few days after I posted here about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, The Atlantic published another article by translator Emily […]

View of the flight deck from the bridge The Pacific War was an aircraft carrier war, and nearly all of the naval combat was carried out through carrier-borne air strikes. While the Japanese suffered…

One of my favorite Star Wars toys was the Kenner Power of the Force Tatooine Skiff from 1985. I don’t remember the circumstance of getting it–was it a present or did I purchase…

I mentioned in a previous post that some aliens I’ve written bear a superficial resemblance to the Eridians from Project Hail Mary. It’s compare and contrast time! I’ll give a general overview of…

This book is an odd one. Is it written for children? Most of the text focuses on invention case studies that are presented like math-olympiad puzzles for precocious ten-year-olds. Altshuller eggs the…

Wer ein Auge auf lesbische Popkultur hat, weiß es wahrscheinlich schon. Für alle anderen: Diesen Sommer gab’s die erste chinesische, lesbische Datingshow. „LeLaLes: Fluid Love“ in…

The latest single from the fine folks at MFMF. delivers exactly what fans have come to love from the collective: smooth, modern R&B anchored by sharp, contemporary storytelling. The track…

You can watch all of ZZ Top at Rockpalast 1980 on YouTube.

David Allingham, 2010 I find that a terrible movie that broadcasts its amateur maker’s steep learning curve is usually more interesting than a terrible movie made by a professional for whom it was…

1972 Poitier Western is worth seeing.

I meant to come back to say that the Sector General books about the giant space station hospital (and interstellar ambulance) actually IMPROVED past book 6 or 7. That’s rare for a long running…

A ridiculously under-recorded guitarist from Mali I heard Bouba Sacko on this comp Went looking and was surprised how little there was to be found Most of it as a sideman or accompanist to a star…

Spiderman : Brand New Day (2026) is the latest instalment in the Spiderman franchise. It’s the 38th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s reasonably well written, well acted and…

Shaped by fear, war, and ambition, four very different creatures pursue very different visions of power. Some discover that becoming strong enough to survive can create problems of its own.

As far as media goes, I don't generally talk about anything other than games on here. I might drop the occasional wrestling post , but I usually keep those posts hidden in the secret vault . I have a…

Obsession is a 2026 Horror film about a Nice Guy™, Baron (Bear for short) Bailey who makes a wish that, “Nikki Freeman would love me more than anyone else in the entire fucking…

hi, it’s me! of all the slop i’ve written over the last stretch of summer, I have faith in this one. I think this one will make it to the blog, but we’ll see. the title comes from the sophomore album…

This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Preaching to the Choir was released on August 11, 2026. I first read…

I came upon a list of lesser-known Cumberbatch film performances, and decided to watch a few, mostly late at night in between fitfully trying to get to sleep. So my evaluations may not be totally…

The Odyssey received a Hollywood adaptation, but is it EPIC? Jai discusses the original poem, the musical, Nolan's film & the dilemma of adaptations.

There’s a tribute album of Smashing Pumpkins covers that has some gems. Smashing Pumpkins were a formative band for me, and Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness will always…

Last week I finished Brandon Sanderson’s Isles of the Emberdark. I really enjoyed it and it was cool finding out more about the world hoppers and space-age Scadrial (where Mistborn was set).…

Jungle “Where Are You Now“ Jungle default to making music that sounds like paradise. The grooves are relaxed, the sound is sleek, the arrangements are so harmonically satisfying that they…