The Prequel Effect Is Just Fandom Coping
TrueFansTM always find reasons to retain their devotion: I almost never comment on YouTube videos, but I did on this … Continue reading The Prequel Effect Is Just Fandom Coping
On Art and Freedom
I subscribe to 32 Poems, which is put out semi-annually. It contains, as promised, 32 poems per issue. They are … Continue reading On Art and Freedom
Transform and Roll Out
There is nothing that I enjoyed so much in my youth and abandoned so thoroughly in my adulthood as Transformers. … Continue reading Transform and Roll Out
Dumping on Popular Entertainment: Stranger Things Has Too Many Characters
This probably contains SPOILERS, but I’ve really written it for people who’ve already watched the season. If you’ve never watched … Continue reading Dumping on Popular Entertainment: Stranger Things Has Too Many Characters
Neil Gaiman Goes Over The Edge, Caligula Goes into Rewrites, and The Journal Still Has No Name: An End of July Update
Here’s a Podcast: We had this recorded last month, and of the 2 hours+ we recorded, this is the stuff … Continue reading Neil Gaiman Goes Over The Edge, Caligula Goes into Rewrites, and The Journal Still Has No Name: An End of July Update
Notes on Kafka’s The Trial, Chapter 2
I promised, when I did Chapter 1, that Chapter 2 would be coming soon. “Soon” is a vaguely defined word, … Continue reading Notes on Kafka’s The Trial, Chapter 2
Epictetus, Aversion, and the Escape From Cosmic Demand
Libraries are wonderful resources. Several times at my local Barnes & Noble, I’ve scoured the local philosophy section (Shiny new … Continue reading Epictetus, Aversion, and the Escape From Cosmic Demand
Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
It must be Biopic season, because I’ve just sat down of my own free will and watched two fictionalizations of … Continue reading Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
Hipgnosis, and the Great Age of Album Covers
Every right-thinking person should deplore Rolling Stone magazine for being a glossy nostalgia rag and corporate liberalism enabler. But every … Continue reading Hipgnosis, and the Great Age of Album Covers
George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Get Why Everyone’s Mad, and Other Statements Written by Marketing Reps
This will be the last time I write about this hack until he delivers another book. And even then, I … Continue reading George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Get Why Everyone’s Mad, and Other Statements Written by Marketing Reps
Content Blues 