The Man Who Made Everything: Roger Corman and American International Pictures

More on the trash cinema ecosystem: The man that is the epicenter of the phenomena and the AIP studio that defined the genre

The Bait and Switch (TFG Pt 3)

The third and final episode of this trainwreck: I look at what this passel of chucklefucks is doing to smaller writers as they shred any fidelity remaining to their original mission statement. It's all about the bucks.

The Comforting Fiction of Clean Money

If only it were so easy as to just reject the mega dollars from corporate villians, alas, there are plenty of other factors that sully that dream

The Algorithm Is the Policy (Or: Nazis, Then Tate, Then Whatever's Next) (TFG pt 2)

Part 2 of the TFG Trilogy: the algorithm makes the shittiness endemic, and the progression of nazi -> Andy Tate -> (who the fuck knows what is next, but it ain't gon' be good) Yay, capitalism.

The Other Country: How the Obscenely Wealthy Live in a Different Physics

The wealthy are different from us. Most people don't realize how different. Let's dive into this topic, and try to understand people like Musk, Ellison, Zuckerberg, and even Trump are. It's a ride, strap in!

These Fucking Guys: Substack and the Original Sin (pt 1)

My history with Substack, fleshed out, and the realization that the founders are really pieces of human filth. The first of three posts (three founders) on these fucking guys, and how a noble idea gets ratfucked in Silicon Valley.

Glorious Garbage: A Defense of the Films Nobody Was Supposed to Take Seriously

There's a genre of film that arose in the early 1950's and evolved into several threads, but it has some common themes: Cheap to produce, frough edges, and more than a little sleaze. Delightful.

The Democrats Didn't Lose Their Brand. They Sold It for a Song

And the bill of sale was signed in 1971, long before most of us were paying attention.

This Fucking Guy: Alex Karp (Reprise)

The Broligarchy's Court Philosopher drops a manifesto, and the discourse loses its entire mind

No Undo, Part 2: The World Has Moved On Without Us

The allies are rapidly building a post-America order. The nuclear world is getting more crowded. And the progressive left is gearing up to do what it does best: snatch defeat from the jaws of opportunity. What a time to be alive!

No Undo, Part 1: The Honest Assessment of What We've Lost

Before anyone sells you a recovery plan, you need to understand what's actually broken. Spoiler: it's a lot, and some of it isn't coming back.

Music: Nothing Else Matters how you've never heard it before

It's been a while, but the incomparable Anneke van Giersbergen is a true treasure, inspired by a cover of Nothing Else Matters by Ms. van Giersbergen and the Dutch National Orchestra, this is a hat tip to Anneke