Comic: May 9, 2026

"The Ocean" by Richard Hawley Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Hawley’s voice has me … every time. You can … I do .. just fall into his songs .. not just the…

30 years. Over 800 releases. 9/11, the dot com crash, Napster, the recession, a global pandemic, and the full arc of the digital music era. Om Records has weathered all of it, and today the San…

Adekunle Gold has been building something significant with his FUJI project, and ‘FUJI XTRA,’ out now on all streaming platforms, deepens that world with 5 new tracks and a collaboration…

Sword Hand

The new TA, if ratified, will bring to a close a nearly 3 month long strike

Made me mad? Sent me to sleep more like! It's nearly always the case that the things that are touted for their supposedly superior musicality, are actually - on inspection - rather meagre, musically…

Sophy Romvari's heartbreaking memory play comes to theaters while Daniel Roher's AI both-sidesism hits VOD.

It’s been a hectic week in the Skald household as spring hit us in full force, bringing with it tons of stuff to do on the homestead. Garden this, ponds that, repairs, birch pollen... You know the…

THE BRAIN (1962) – Freddie Francis directed this black & white film, which was the third movie adaptation of Curt Siodmak’s science fiction novel Donovan’s Brain. The…

Please watch it!! It’s so beautiful and amazing and so gay omg! I love this anime. Even considering buying the manga, tho it’s like 7 volumes, so idk idk. I can’t wait for the second season to…

Romance AudiobookwormsStuff your earbuds day is here!You can download FREE romance audiobooks, across many platforms, for a limited time!This helpful website highlights books with:Black romance and…

A good week for country caps off with an excellent new single from site favorite Mac Cornish. The single comes with news of Cornish’s second studio offering, on the way to the world this September.…

For such a fascinating group of prehistoric girlfriends like Pebbles Flintstone, Penny Pillar and Wiggy Moonstone, bound to have plenty of adventures themselves most tomboyish, spending a few days in…

Prior to this month, all of my posts this year have been for records that I picked up in 2025. Moving into May, it is nice to finally start writing about records that I've bought this year. I've…

This month will conclude with debut performances of two full-evening operas. Fortunately, both will be presented on all three days of the weekend, meaning that there will be no difficulty in seeing…

Serial/NYT's recent season from M. Gessen on unforgivable family is solidly constructed and reported. Is that enough?

You probably already know about this but just in case you don't… Jack Kirby, when he was around twelve years of age, sold newspapers and, at times, fruit in his neighborhood known as "The lower…

Several albums into their career, The Lemon Twigs finally feel unencumbered by expectation. Usually that equation works in reverse, but the band’s early days always felt like they were under the…

🎨 Impressions I came across Mike Monteiro about ten years ago, when a talk of his on design principles made the rounds. At the time, what he said was pure gold for me at my company. He ran a digital…

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A Review of The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham

Some more flicks seen of late. Have you seen them? The Island. A vehicle for beautiful young things Ewan McGregor and Scarlet Johannsen to shine in, this sci-fi actioner hit the spot and even the…

In honour of Julian of Norwich’s night of divine deathbed ‘shewings,’ on this date in 1373, let us celebrate a similar visionary experience, this one shared and attested by…

UFO Contact Igap Journal 1967 - Nice design Source - #Comedy #Space #Design

Robert Johnson recorded just 29 songs and died at 27, yet became the foundation of rock and roll. Discover the real story behind the crossroads myth, his graveyard guitar lessons, and his mysterious…

If it's winter in animanga, the big event has to be Christmas. Read more The post Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo (Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?) – 05 appeared first on Lost in Anime.

Classic investigation boards appear in Dark Light (dir. Padraig Reynolds, 2019).

Every time I speak with wannabe writers or voice actors, I give them a piece of advice that I suspect everyone in my position tells to wannabes. It's sound advice, the kind they may need to hear over…

If Ashley isn't blowing out your speakers with flamethrowing chainsaw guitar, she's drowning you in a torrential downpour of waterworks with a power ballad. Even the more hushed moments come with…

Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips,…

This is an amazing documentation about Art Spiegelman, his most famous work "Maus" and how it was created and how he now looks at his legacy.

Neil Young - Tanderup Farm, Neligh, Nebraska, September 27, 2014Neil Young’s performance at the Harvest The Hope anti-pipeline benefit in September 2014 has come up on two consecutive All One…

I a movie that I recently watched , the weather (a typhoon, to be precise) plays a key role for the progression of the plot. To foreshadow this, weather reports are used as background noise during…

Last of the purchase posts from Sandown Park, it's funny I've mentioned the stash/pile and Battle of the Planets in the last 24/48 hours, and Bushy managed to name-check them both in the last few…

Heading back for a second bite from The Hold Steady 's 2006 break-out album Boys & Girls In America . And, sure, from the first beat it's a made-to-order indie rock anthem, rousing riffs and…

ComicBook's fawning over the news a collection of British comics is being put up for auction, alongside more DC/Marvel back issues, and even harcover compilations: Excalibur Auctions is running the…

The Fritzes award honors the best interfaces in a full-length motion picture in the past year. Interfaces play a special role in our movie-going experience, and are a craft all their own that…

When things start going all Highfalutin,the nerds reappear from their lair, and try and fix the stuff the Alpha-Males did while they were away. Sick of getting ambient sand from the chill out room…

I grew up watching TV in the 90s, which means I grew up watching TV series with 20+ episodes per season, released weekly, and that ran for years and years. Too many episodes, for too long, really.…

Cory Doctorow has been doing important work as a technology critic and activist for decades […]

I know next to zero about Gatchaman. My mate used to collect Battle of the Planets and I guess they're related. Part of a recent car boot bundle of cheap tackle were these two Japanese die-casts,…

    The paperback of “How NOT to Invest” drops this week; to celebrate, this whole week I am running various stories and excerpts about the book. This short, Beatles-related…

Rikki Barnes aka Bucky from the Onslaughtverse is now on Earth 616 working as a dishwasher and trying to stay hidden. She knows Steve Rogers is dead, but when the news pops up about a replacement…

I think viewers as a collective tend not to give this series enough credit for the things it does well - which are a lot. Read more The post Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!? (Gals Can’t Be Kind to…

There was in the former labour of Kneecap a spirit most unruly and untamed, as though some wild host out of the western mists had burst through the gates of the modern soundscape with neither leave…

Critics respond to the latest adaptation of the iconic video game franchise.