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.
Jan 1, 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.
Dec 27, 2021 My 2022 Pop Culture Outlook Just a few of the albums, movies, TV shows, and books that I hope to enjoy in 2022.
Nov 29, 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 15, 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 8, 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.
Sep 1, 2021 Did Facebook deplatform my church? Or, reflecting on my recent Facebook experience in light of the latest “Big Tech” controversy.