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In 2018 I did a post called “The Top 5 BEST Black Metal Cover Photo Cock Shots“–a tribute of sorts to a somewhat less rare than you would think trend in the black metal underground.  I was unprepared for both […]

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The Raw Black Metal case for The Beach Boys’ Shortnin’ Bread
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I really don't know much about The Beach Boys, beyond a general distaste for "oldies." "Wouldn't it Be Nice" seems like a fine song, but I haven't even listened to the rest of Pet …

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My Favorite Movies 84 – Angel and the Badman
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Westerns have been featured on My Favorite Movies™ many times, so today's film making the cut despite being a fairly minor John Wayne western should be no real surprise. The fact that it's about …

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Minor Key Monday 93: Giorgio Moroder – I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
April 30, 2025

Despite my best efforts, I must admit that many of my musical tastes occasionally stray past the DISCO line in the sand that all metalheads are conditioned to never cross. False or not, Disco …

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The Top 5 Features of Classic Male Movie Actors that Give the Ick
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Classic films were a product of a different time. Different fashion, different hair styles, and different attitudes towards casual misogyny. So, when attempting to critique the look of the men vying for our attention in …

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The Masculine Urge to Die Hard
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Certain motifs come up over and over again when one consumes a great deal of machismo drenched media. Whether it is an action movie, a Badass Book, or an epic poem, it is a …

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My Favorite Movies 83: Perceval le Gallois (1978)
January 31, 2025

Eric Rohmer could easily be my all-time favorite film director. Granted, his movies are mostly just long psuedo-intellectual conversations between hot French twenty-somethings that are filmed without affectation or adornment. But, one could learn just …

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Minor Key Monday 92: Depeche Mode – World in my Eyes
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I've talked before about how little exposure I had to pop music growing up. With no radio and only my Astor Piazzolla and Baroque cassette tapes to listen to, most of the music that …

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My Favorite Movies 82: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
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I am pretty new to Kung Fu movies--only really diving in after a Covid cult movie watching binge last year. Since then, I've watched many more "classic" kung fu films, and have really grown …

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Top 5 Most Evocative Horror Themed Board Games
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Looking through my rather extensive collection, I actually don't have a lot of horror games. Hundreds of fantasy board games, even dozens of Lord of the Rings games specifically, but probably 20 games appropriate …

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