Into the Manifold: Exploring the Philosophical Sci-Fi of David Zindell’s Neverness Novels With striking imagery, heady metaphysics, and meandering plots, David Zindell presented a fascinating (and frustrating) vision of the distant future. Jan 15, 2023
My Favorite Songs From 2022: Asunojokei, LN, Ronnie Martin, Steve Roach, Sally Shapiro & More This year brought blackgaze, somber dream-pop, sacred synth-pop, ambient masterworks, italo disco, and so much more. Jan 1, 2023
Remembering Mimi Parker’s Beautiful, Blessed Voice Parker’s voice could be world-weary, heart-breaking, and transcendent all at once. Nov 6, 2022
Your Favorite Pop Culture Has Just Gone “Woke.” Now What? Accusations of “wokeness” are fascinating, not because I agree with them, but because of the semblance of legitimacy that surrounds them. Sep 9, 2022
Mount Eerie’s A Crow Looked at Me Confronts the Horror of Death (Review) After all, grief isn’t rational or given to nice, neat organization. Aug 15, 2022
The Expanse Is Epic Sci-Fi Storytelling at Its Very Best The series’ nine novels and related short stories spin an exciting, richly detailed, and thoughtful story that spans the solar system and beyond. Aug 8, 2022
Diane Duane’s The Wounded Sky is Star Trek at Its Most Bizarre and Breathtaking (Review) This 1983 Star Trek novel contains a threat to two universes, bizarre alien technology, and a deeply emotional view of the Enterprise crew. Jul 24, 2022
Macross 101: An Intro to the Legendary Anime Franchise Macross is one of anime’s most storied franchises, but it’s been largely unavailable to Western audiences. Until now, that is. Jul 12, 2022
Republicans vs. Twisted Sister, or the Need for Good Cultural Hermeneutics You can enjoy whatever you want. Just don’t try and make it mean whatever you want. Apr 12, 2022
Revisiting Some Classic Choose Your Own Adventure Books I recently bought some of my favorite childhood books. Were they worth the money, or just a nostalgia trap? Mar 19, 2022
Some Belated (and Extended) Thoughts on Halo Infinite The latest chapter in the Master Chief’s never-ending battle leaves me wanting more, in both good and bad ways. Mar 2, 2022
My Favorite Songs of 2021: Daygraves, Deafheaven, Japanese Breakfast, Low, Lycia, Angel Olsen & more 28 songs that helped get me through the year that was 2021. Jan 1, 2022
My 2022 Pop Culture Outlook Just a few of the albums, movies, TV shows, and books that I hope to enjoy in 2022. Dec 27, 2021
Halo’s Master Chief Campaigns Ranked, From Worst to Best In preparation for Halo Infinite, I played through the previous Halo games to see where they succeed — and fail. Nov 29, 2021
Halo Mythology 101 The popular first-person shooter series is built atop some surprisingly deep and complex lore. Let’s break it down. Nov 15, 2021
Exploring the Depths of The River of Appearance, vidnaObmana’s Ambient Masterpiece To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of my favorite ambient albums, I wrote about each one of its beautiful songs. Nov 8, 2021
Did Facebook deplatform my church? Or, reflecting on my recent Facebook experience in light of the latest “Big Tech” controversy. Sep 1, 2021
Sayonara, Evangelion Hideaki Anno’s “Rebuild of Evangelion” ends the iconic anime series with one final apocalypse. Aug 20, 2021
Updating From ExpressionEngine 2 to ExpressionEngine 6 The process went more smoothly than I’d anticipated, but it was not without some hassles. Apr 26, 2021
40 Years of Faith: The Cure’s Melancholy Masterpiece Still Rings True Even after four decades, The Cure’s third album remains one of their most powerful and poignant releases. Apr 14, 2021