Review of Platform Decay by Martha Wells.

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…

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…

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…

spending money that makes me happy

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 ,…

"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…

Revisiting Car Seat's pseudo debut

*** 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…

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…

ALTwatched angel of 17 years with the council (@patron-saints @summerwoodsmoke) and we walked away thinking these two should kiss

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In 1976's imagined version of 2274, do Black people exist? According to Logan’s Run, you’d think the answer is no.

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.

And I think Israel is committing genocide.

"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.…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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……

Hand-painted Ghanaian poster art from Accra for John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, and BLAG 04.

Twenty years after she disappears without a trace, Selena’s sister Julie rings her up.

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…

A bit more protogen silliness, with our resident glass-wearer Mark.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

An approaching storm On a grey, thundery day in 1971 my brother, Anton Gerlach, drove his car south […]

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…

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…

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.…

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

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…

(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…