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…

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…

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…

The story of a woman scorned This story takes you to a region north of Calicut and introduces you to two flamboyant art forms of North Malabar, namely Thira and Theyyam. Many studies examine these…

My summer travels completed, I come bearing a list. I admit I'm a little surprised I had any time for reading at all, what with all the things I was doing and seeing and enjoying. Jam-packed was the…

Josh Haden’s Mémoire Podcast episode 78: Charlie Haden CassetteJosh Haden’s Mémoire Podcast episode 78: Charlie Haden Cassette

Ayo what the fuck man? Who does that? I was re-arraigning my books and was casually flipping through some of them when I found this. It was a copy of Milton's Paradise Lost. I bought a used copy…

When I picked up a few Frostbite records earlier this year, I didn't expect it to spin me into a full-on early 2000 hardcore obsession... but here we are. Tear It Up were a big deal in the early…

Also published on Letterboxd Most different than other “anti-war” war films, but also plays on a very thin line between philosophical meanderings versus armchair intellectualism. One of…

Early warning signs.

I first read Great Expectations when I was in middle school and thus had not yet had any “vivid and broad impression of the identity of things.” Naturally, given how young and stupid I was, I skimmed…

6 books to get acquainted with distinguished authors from 19th century England. Note: Although Jane Austen was born in the 18th century, her works were published in the 19th. Emma by Jane Austen Emma…

New releases and under appreciated gems from the past that inspired the creation of my upcoming fantasy zine, Forgotten Keep. Onward by Lammoth If black metal is usually the soundtrack of lone…

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Last weekend, I finally saw the movie Perfect Days . I'd known about its existence for a long time, but never got around to watching it. Whenever I mentioned it in a conversation though, I heard…

The Fokker 50 was one of JC Wings earliest moulds being first produced in 2008 but its usage has been […] The post Friendships Plus: A Fokker 50 Wishlist first appeared on YESTERDAY'S AIRLINES.

Michael Robartes and the Dancer WB Yeats Cuala Press 1921, reprinted 1998 Michael Robartes and the Dancer" is a collection of poems by WB Yeats. It was self-published in 1921 and many of the poems…

It was good fun last week to share my experience of unpacking my new book, The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis. The front-porch video got a few thousand spins on social media and hundreds of…

Started Reading: Aug 10, 2026 Finished Reading: Aug 15, 2026 What an interesting blend of genres — a literary psychosexual thriller, ghost story, and sci-fi time-travel adventure all rolled into one.…

My journey into latter day Black Eyes Peas songs continues with another banger. The song is great. I’ve been loving the last few albums constant mixing of English and Spanish. The art direction…

Transferring to the West End just a few days after Alan Ayckbourn’s excellent 1970s-set How the Other Half Loves, the Stratford East Theatre production of Abigail’s Party continues an…

Hooked – Asako Yuzuki Written before Butter, but translated to English only recently, after Butter became a sensation. Hooked explores similar themes of what it means to be a woman in Japanese…

Emily Yeats is a witch in a magical cyberpunk setting. After she's stiffed out of a contract by a jealous rival, she crosses a line and agrees to do an illicit heist where everything goes wrong...

Look, I don’t buy LEGO sets that much anymore. I fawn over them, look at photos of them, but resist the urge to buy them. But this one got me. I could not resist. One hour ago, I didn't know this set…

A short travel and concert report from seeing Deftones live in Vienna on August 16, 2026.

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‘007 never had any respect for government property,’ said Q after Bond casually tossed his trilby to Moneypenny at his wedding in On Her Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service. This hat belonged to Bond’s…

Black Christmas (1974) dir. Bob Clark (A Canadian gem) Growing up, the most consistent trait of my personality was being afraid of probably almost everything. Person, place, thing, idea; I was…

Happy, happy Monday! I'm grateful Dana Alison Levy stopped by Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed foxes, nonfiction books, writing, and more. I wrote the words in purple, and…

Time to revisit Joss Whedon’s ill-fated science fiction 2002-2003 TV series Firefly . I disliked it at the time but perhaps I’ve mellowed since then. It is possible that at the time was suffering…

My impressions about Abusado, a detailed and immersive portrait of Santa Marta and the story of Marcinho VP.

Soundtracks, Tarantino, and Meta all come together

Daniel Mason’s *Country People* is a witty, warmhearted novel about family, eccentric neighbors, and belonging—and it made me laugh out loud.

Read on ign.com · View original Mastodon post Here is another example of what I was talking about in a recent blog post TV Isn't What It Used to Be . According to IGN, the first season came out 3.5…

With this week’s Bizarro cartoons comes a simple way you an help me get my graphic novel published that won’t cost you more than a few seconds of your time.

A review of the Chair written by Zach Vaupen (emo sludge) and with art by Zach Vaupen

Shhh… don’t tell my reading group, but I’ve also been seeing other books. In fact, I just got done with a pair of books by British writer Jem Calder.&nbsp; Reward System (2023) is a set of…

i know this is supposed to be ironic but i can't get out of this music video. it's so funny but also so good 😭. almost makes me wish i was a divorced dad. the mean time - your monster (the beast…