Music
Favorite of the blog, Gamazda is back with another stellar transcription to the piano, this time taking on Chop Suey. Tasty!
Cinema
Enlargement, rubber suits, mediocre plots, the creatures and SciFi schlock delights, and creates angst that aligned with public concerns of the era
Front matter: As I have begun to post on most days, I have noticed that I am getting pretty consistent subscriber fatigue as indicated by the number of people unsubscribing from the main newsletter. I get that, email fatigue is real, and what was once 1 or 2 posts a
Politics
Biden tried the restoration thesis. Here's what it taught us.
Music
Eliana Cargnelutti and Strange Kind of Women are back, and kicking arse.
Politics
The infrastructure of distrust was assembled over decades. Some of it was earned. The rest was sold to us.
Politics
If the Democrats are like the messy Protestant universe, the Republicans are pure Catholic hierarchy.
Politics
Next up: How the Democratic party eerily mimics the Protestants in America. Some powerful analogs to explore
Politics
Our politics look an awful lot like the messiness of the main branches of religion in this country, are there solid parallels? Start of a series
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The Spirit Airlines obituary nobody earned the right to write
A mixed bag of topics, something lighter for the weekend.
More on the trash cinema ecosystem: The man that is the epicenter of the phenomena and the AIP studio that defined the genre
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.
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
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 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!
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.
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.
And the bill of sale was signed in 1971, long before most of us were paying attention.
The Broligarchy's Court Philosopher drops a manifesto, and the discourse loses its entire mind
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!
