Animal Farm (Andy Serkis, 2026) 1 out of 5 stars When British author George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in 1945, he had a specific purpose in mind. Inspired by the rise of Joseph Stalin after the…

Clear skies illuminate each note in my headphones of John Coltrane’s Psalm, A Love Supreme. Devoid of any misplacement, pure sound. I gaze towards the sun before I enter my home removing the…

I turn 40 in about 6 weeks. Last night, on a whim, [...]

It's bundled (for free) with my other track star_struck and artwork by the incomparable Transendium ! [chromatite] / star_struck by echo~parallax I've also released its source code, stems, project…

This Month’s picture… Adams B4 No.89 ‘Trouville’ in Southampton’s Docks lined brown livery shunts towards the quayside at Canute Road Quay past a visiting Adams B4 No.82…

14.44 Transcript A: This machine – Penny: Yes, it allows the user to see the other side. You’d really like to try it, wouldn’t you? I know you want it. Penny: Maybe if you…

1 Jitka Šuranská Trio– Pofukuj Větříčku A Maliny 4:16 2 Iva Bittová– Vila 4:33 3 Terne Čhave– More, Love! 2:45 4 Musica Folklorica & Veronika Malatincová– Ej Ženy, Ženy, Poradteže Mi 2:25 5 Ponk –…

Approaching the series finale. Here are the retro reviews of VOY: "Natural Law" and "Homestead" - one a fairly routine episode but with an interesting Prime Directive variation, the other a fitting…

Rough drawing of hair and piano synth music improvisation.

Thoughts on

synth, emotional, cinematic

I'm back with the second installment of my two-part Disney Descendants series!  And I have to admit that this is the review I've been looking forward to the most.  All of the dolls that I'm…

Bought the book 'Information is Beautiful' for 2 Euro at a book fair.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (David Frankel, 2026) 1 out of 5 stars Director David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada—based on author Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling eponymous 2003 novel—came out in 2006…

Show Girl Agnes O’ Loughlin On A 1926 Excelsior Super X Motorcycle The 12th National Bicycle Show New York: Photo shows Agnes O’Loughlin riding the ivory and gold motorcycle which was one…

Some time soon, I'd like to post a bigger thing that would serve as an introduction to Vocaloid and vocal synth culture, and showcase a bunch of the fandom's most iconic songs I've obsessed over…

Over the past decade, Nnedi Okorafor has earned a reputation for challenging and culturally nuanced works of science fiction. Along the way, she’s been shortlisted for five Hugo Awards and won two,…

Escape from Pretoria is a 2020 film directed by Francis Annan detailing the breakout of three political prisoners in 1979 apartheid South Africa. It’s a fun, tense film with no glaring missteps, so I…

The xx – Intro (Live at Coachella 2026) This is obviously not a new song, but The xx haven’t been active for a while and this performance from Coachella is a fun nostalgia trip back into the…

Dr. Annette Bochenek loves to take Hometowns to Hollywood on the road–in person or virtually–to offer fun and engaging presentations about Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her presentations range from…

Side A contains the original SID music from from Noelle composed for the Commodore 64 version, plus a couple of tracks that were composed for the game but never actually used. As well as the dual-SID…

I was perusing YouTube recently (a more enjoyable exercise than perusing network television these days), and I came across a video with 1.6 million views called “The Psychology of People Who Rewatch…

Last year I discovered Proust. It's really one of those things: everyone tells you you have to read Proust, but you don't, until one day you do and when you do you ask "why did no one ever tell me…

Notable albums released each month this year.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund‘s Jeff Trexler caught sight of this headline appearing to announce a very unlikely musical. And since I’m sending something out, let me note that Free…

Apr 29-30, 2026 The Sign by Ace of Base Such a feel good, funky sounding song! I love the music breaks!!

Around three o’clock this morning, reading “The Tiger’s Bride,” Angela Carter’s second, more heterodox take in The Bloody Chamber on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de…

“There’s a competition between them to see who can look the most brutal,” says South African photographer Franck Marshall, who calls his subjects the renegades– ‘an underground…

Prompt list for May’s #writersCoffeeClub prompts.

At Home in Mitford, by Jan Karon, published 1994, fiction, 517 pages. The first in the (fairly long) series. I read this for book club, and I’m glad I did. A cozy, small-town, heartwarming read, with…

‘I wonder if you’ve considered any books from Tibet so far,’ Chris Peacock wrote in a comment on this blog a few weeks back. ‘In recent years, there have been an increasing number…

The Toymakers (2018) 468 pages by Robert Dinsdale Teenage Cathy is pregnant, the father shuffled off by his parents. Her family is going to send her to a place where they’ll keep her until the birth…

The thing is, I didn’t have anyone in my life to tell me, “Ryland, don’t get into a situationship with the seventy year old woman who shot you into space to die.”.

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(Tracks not full lengths) Ke$ha – “We R Who We R” Ke$ha - “Backstabber” Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round" Rangers – “Golden Triangles” Rangers - “Deerfield Village” Die Antwoord, "Jou…

I Swear was a great movie experience for me. Highly recommended. As someone who has Tourette’s Syndrome, it was a tremendously rare and emotional experience to see someone like me portrayed…

Lutt Le Gaya by Shashwat Sachdev Yet to see the movie but I love this! Heard in NC at my little cousin’s engagement party. Selva Selva by ParraforCuva Teleport by Ivan Dorn Permalink . Reply by email…

While getting caught up on my feed again this evening, I read Chad Comello's don't read the book before the movie post. To which I agree with wholeheartedly. Well, unless there isn't a movie yet. I'm…

When last I wrote of Jean Leslie's professor detective, Peter Ponsonby, several years ago ( One Cried Murder ) he was faced with the apparent suicide of a psychology professor that turned out to be…

The fourth installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at the first book in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure series, and how new choices are always possible.

Review of the book Everyone in this Bank is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson, 2025.

The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) is thrilled to announce the shortlists for the 2026 Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) Awards for outstanding health-related comic…

I&#8217;ve put together a slightly-but-not-really eclectic edition of The List today. It features some Vehlinggo stalwarts, along with a wild collab, some horror bliss, a song that isn&#8217;t…