Posts I just can’t find a category for.
At an impressionable age (like, full-on elementary school), I stumbled upon the delights of the turn of the century author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Kind of like a *slightly* less boring and racist H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …