Nov 29, 2023 Building a Better Social Media Post with Semantic HTML I’m trying to push back against an ongoing trend in web development to over-complicate… well… everything.
Oct 28, 2023 The Official Movie Magazine for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Is a Blast of Trekkie Nostalgia Long before the internet, we relied on magazines like this for information about our favorite genre movies.
Sep 23, 2023 The Dark Ambient Sci-Fi Storytelling of Alistair Rennie’s Ruptured World The Scottish author interweaves ominous soundscapes with broadcasts and audio journals to create a disquieting cosmic horror narrative.
Aug 14, 2023 36 of the Best Titles Currently Streaming on Kanopy And all you need to watch them is a library card.
Jun 8, 2023 Concert Review: The Cure and The Twilight Sad (June 6, 2023, Denver, CO) It took me more than three decades to finally see my favorite band of all time, but it was well worth the wait.
Jun 6, 2023 30 Years After Its Release, Eating the Sea Remains a Darkwave Classic Three decades after its release, Soulwhirlingsomewhere’s debut album remains as haunting and affecting as ever.
Apr 7, 2023 How does the world work in the John Wick movies? Do politics, religion, and the insurance industry still matter in a world ruled by the High Table and its killers?
Mar 14, 2023 32 of the Best Comics Currently Available on Hoopla And all you need to read them is a valid library card.
Feb 21, 2023 36 of the Best Movies Currently Streaming on Hoopla And all you need to watch them is a library card.
Jan 15, 2023 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 1, 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.
Nov 6, 2022 Remembering Mimi Parker’s Beautiful, Blessed Voice Parker’s voice could be world-weary, heart-breaking, and transcendent all at once.
Sep 9, 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.
Aug 15, 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 8, 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.
Jul 24, 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 12, 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.
Apr 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.
Mar 19, 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 2, 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.