2023-03-29: Forgotten Almosts/Five Feet When the opening lyrics to a record are “My fight or flight is kicking in, and the bad news for you …
2023-03-24: Nihilism in the 21st Century When it comes to plunging into the abyss of existential dread and nihilism, three books stand out in …
2023-03-23: Termination Shock vs. The Ministry for the Future: A Duel of Cli-Fi Novels Neal Stephenson’s fast-paced thriller vs. Kim Stanley Robinson’s introspective political …
2022-08-11: Legion Is Not Your Typical Superhero Story Resistance is futile. While many decry its ascension, “superhero” has become a cinematic genre. Like …
2022-07-21: Revenge by Ellery Twining I met Rich Freitas’ alter ego, Ellery Twining, while on vacation with the Mrs. He was working, …
2022-07-04: Mazatl: A Cut Above I’m fascinated by woodcuts and linocuts. It’s an art form that effectively gets to the essence of …
2022-06-26: What Is a Person? Thoughts are meant to be thought, not embodied. Circumstances are not a constant. Subjectivity must …
2022-06-22: What is Tokusatsuploitation? Tokusatsusploitation is a word I am coining to describe the rushing wave of tokusatsu -based media …
2022-06-20: The Power of Emptiness We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. — Lao Tzu …
2022-06-15: Synchro Anarchy: Voivod steps Forward by Reaching Back While chatting online recently, someone posted, “Have they ever made a bad record?”. I replied, …
2022-06-13: Cheering On Volkssturm Behavior A Serbian friend who is a university student asks me if I saw a video of a young Ukrainian woman …
2022-06-08: Robin Hatch and the Amazing Polyphonic Dream Synth TONTO (a.k.a. The Original New Timbral Orchestra) is the world’s first and largest multitimbral …
2022-06-05: Role-playing Game Systems It seems everyone is getting into D&D 5E lately. Even Jeff Goldblum is into it. I have had a …
2022-06-01: What is Blogizdat? Blogizdat is a post-counterculture lifestyle brand spin-off of Blue Ant. Blogizdat gathers …
2022-02-13: Hello, world.