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Before I got a real (by which I mean, "more than part time") job...8 years ago, I had worked in the local public library for over a decade. I manned the reference desk, a …
Despite losing a bit of his underground allure over the last decade through a combination of a newly trendy fascination with his accent and working on a goddamn Star Wars tv show, acclaimed German filmmaker …
I've taken a closer look at the various ways the neo-Nazi black metal underground hides in plain sight before. For every band that has the word "aryan" in their name and a swastika in …
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, I …
A while back (15 years ago to be exact--I've been writing this blog for a bit) I did a post on the various lessons I'd learned in the kitchen over the previous year: Isley's cooking tips …
I was never big on jumping through the "looks good on your college application" hoops in high school. I remember as a Freshman and Sophomore I kind of thought "ugh, everyone says I need …
I am fully aware that even the "frightening" black metal outfits are mostly just kind of silly and impractical (depending on how extreme they go with the carpentry nails). But, if you can buy …
I know, I know, the real blunder here is pursuing a graduate degree in the humanities, but if we move past the obvious, my time spent obtaining a masters degree in film was filled with …
I read many different types of books, but what I love to read the most is a truly badass book. From the day I first opened up an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel as a child, …
Heavy metal has always been just a little too white for it to ever claim any level of racial enlightenment. And, when you take a genre that is already just a tiny step down …