Before one is fully able to appreciate heavy metal as a genre, one must first come to terms with the ridiculous imagery that is an integral part of the metal experience. Through some strange alchemical process, a heady mixture of skulls, […]
Minor Key Monday is back, now in its new, non-weekday specific form! I will continue to add to this feature as I stumble across new epic and/or sorrowful music. Also, I have a new page …
Though I have no formal religious education, I have actually learned a fair bit about Christianity over the years, both via apophatic deduction with my metal collection, and, through cinema. In this recurring series, I feature …
Greetings Marvel Studios. Eugene Pendergrass here, you may know me from my notorious open letters, the number of which is legion. There are few fetid corners of "so-called" nerd culture which my open letter tendrils have yet …
Though my film consumption has massively decreased from the old days when I could watch 5 Woody Allen films in a single day and still have time for a few more movies, I still plan on …
Now, first of all, I am by no means claiming to possess anything close to John Wayne levels of tear duct control. However, I don't tend to cry at the usual things. The beginning of …
No heavy metal sub-genre positions itself more firmly in opposition to Christianity than black metal--most famously seen in the wave of church burnings across Norway in the heyday of the early 90s second-wave scene. And, Kerrang sensationalism aside, …
As I make these lists it is always a tricky thing to distinguish between those albums that seem excellent at face value, and those albums that are just plain exciting and/or fun to listen to. …
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, …
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