Peru’s Resplandor helped open my eyes to the true global nature of shoegaze.

What happens when we make ourselves the highest goal of our own existence?

I’m itching to relive the Top Gun and Iron Eagle fantasies of my inner fourth grader.

Coming soon: Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece, Ben Affleck’s modern noir, Tim Burton’s Dark Knight, Atreyu, TGIF, and many more.

Sparse, intimate folk/slowcore, nocturnal cinematic ambient, airy electronic music, and anime-inspired future funk.

Also: Waiting for your favorite authors, the allure of magic, publishing trends, shoegaze protest, and the dark matter enigma.

1998’s “Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys” and 1999’s “The Cycle of Days and Seasons” can be ordered from Norman Records.

Also: Novelists tussle on Twitter, improving Apple’s Safari browser, Facebook and the Church.

Think of a webpage as a collection of discrete, self-contained blocks of content — and edit it accordingly.

The simple fact is that any new music from Lee Bozeman is a gift.

Also: Your new favorite typeface to hate, revisiting David Lynch’s Dune, gritty modern reboots, whither Google Fiber, and the downside of constant communication.