Weekend Reads: Dream Pop, Evangelion, Massive Attack, Beyoncé, Fake Instagram Celebrities & more Also: “The Expanse,” movie monster science, “The Crow“ ‘s dark legacy, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Blue Velvet,” and what’s wrong the internet. Apr 28, 2018 Reading
May 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: The Bourne Ultimatum, Coco, The Crow, The Elephant Man & more Also: Hellboy, a Danish post-apocalypse, Stallone vs. Snipes, Tonya Harding, Kubrick by way of Spielberg, and classic 007. Apr 27, 2018 TV
A Look at Gmail’s New Design Google’s popular email service gets its first major redesign since 2011. Apr 26, 2018 Technology
Watch The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus Offer Up a “Prayer” The band’s simple, sparse performance is sublime. Apr 24, 2018 Music
Watch The Verve’s Mind-Blowing 1992 Performance at London’s Camden Town Hall This performance is proof that Nick McCabe was one of the ’90s true guitar gods. Apr 24, 2018 Music
Black Panther Meets Outkast in J.PERIOD’s #WakandaForeverEver Mashup The noted producer combines the “Black Panther” soundtrack with selections from the storied hip-hop duo’s discography. Apr 20, 2018 Music
Feeling Homesick for a Place You’ve Never Been Exploring the German concept of “fernweh.” Apr 18, 2018 Miscellany
Weekend Reads: DC’s Injustice, Superhero Origins, Kill Bill, White Male Anger & more Also: Films and God, Facebook’s apologies, Gmail redesigns, the John 3:16 guy, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Pixies, Tolkien, and a new favorite Twitter thread. Apr 14, 2018 Reading
A Dark Place by Tor Lundvall (Review) Tor Lundvall’s first vocal album in nearly ten years blends hushed ambient music with themes of sorrow and longing. Apr 13, 2018 Music
globalWAVEsystem’s Life Equals Death Took Christian Industrial Music to Dark, Distorted Extremes (Review) When I was in high school, I once used this album to scare the little kids in my church. Apr 9, 2018 Music
Yuen Woo-Ping’s Iron Monkey Is Finally Getting a Deluxe Release This campy cult classic about a martial arts Robin Hood features Donnie Yen and some truly over-the-top action choreography. Apr 7, 2018 Movies
Isao Takahata, 1935-2018 The “Grave of the Fireflies” director was one of the founders of the legendary Studio Ghibli. Apr 5, 2018 Anime
The Choir Announce New Album Bloodshot, Tour Dates With The Prayer Chain Choir frontman Derri Daugherty will also release a solo album this year. Apr 3, 2018 Music
Dead Artist Syndrome’s Classic Prints of Darkness To Be Reissued Brian Healy will also perform the album in its entirety at this year’s Audiofeed Music Festival. Apr 3, 2018 Music
Exploring the Strange, Ultra-Futuristic World of Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! Tsutomu Nihei’s manga masterpiece is a journey through a bizarre world filled with nightmarish technology run amok. Apr 2, 2018 Best of Opus Comics