the gleaming (s)word

The idea of what the world was like when I was around but too young to remember it is fascinating for me, so I’ve decided to write a ser...

The other day, I ran across an opinion piece on The Huffington Post about Woody Allen’s latest film, Café Society . The headline decla...

Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren was copyrighted in 1974. A lot has changed since then, but the issues it addresses all ring relevant today, an...

The time has come again to lay off my blog and focus on other projects. As usual, however, I’ve been turning over some posts and won’t b...

When I visit the record store, I tend to flip through all the records in several genres, from rock to metal and punk to soul, and then br...

The first two tracks on Kvelertak’s Nattesferd indicate the dynamics of the entire album. “Dendroful for Yggdrasil” is black-n-roll wit...

This week, Blake Lively invited outrage with an Instagram post. And because these kinds of debates fascinate me, I thought I’d work in ...