As a young man turning my nose up at Carcass’ Heartwork for being a sell-out death metal album for uncultured scene tourists, I never would have thought that I’d be willingly listening to full-on reggae 30 years later. However, I’m […]
Claire Denis is a director I discovered only in the last decade or so. A name spoken in hushed tones in certain pretentious film circles, her best work reveals that she has more than earned …
Though I have no formal religious education, I have actually learned a fair bit about Christianity over the years, both via apophatic deduction applied to my metal collection, and, through cinema. In this recurring series, …
After 40+ years of watching movies, I've come to learn a few things about my tastes in film. I don't want to be taught a lesson (at least not in any non-oblique way). I don't …
I've been playing board games, as a full-time hobby, for over 25 years now. And in that time, I've come to have some pretty strong opinions as to the things I like and dislike in a …
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (as seen in...GAME OF THRONES PRESENTS: TALES OF DUNK AND EGG) is currently airing on HBO, and, my own affinity for the diarrheic cold-open aside, I knew there was …
Carol of the Bells is pretty much the best Christmas Song. Absolutely minor key, medieval sounding, and even better, it's full of bells--the good kind. So, I'm happy to report that, thanks to NoJoy's recommendation, …
Christmas is one of my favorite times of year. Despite coming from a short line of godless folk, my family always made the most of the holiday season with the month of December making up …
Greetings from the blackest reaches of Ungoliant's foetid etherwebs, it is I, Eugene Pendergrass, here again with a Middle-earth-sized missive aimed directly at you Matt Leacock who, frankly, should have known better. As everyone knows, …
Paint a couple hundred Warhammer miniatures, and you'll start to have some opinions on how a miniature should be PROPERLY painted. For myself, I've dialed in on two main tenets which guide all my miniature …