Keeping Things Whorled He asked if I knew any enduring truthsand the only thing that came to mindwas that no truths were enduring.It wasn’t meant to be flippant or holier-than-thou, but how I moved through the worldor how the world moved through me…. You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at … Continue reading Musicalia #141: Keeping Things Whorled
If anything, Pete Nickerson and Gary Gahan, the duo behind Spanned Canyons, should be proud that they nailed the premise of their new conceptual album. The Only Perfect Way for This to End is a nine-track expedition into icebound hell, echoing Dante Alighieri’s ninth circle, where the damned are trapped in a vast frozen lake. Instead of … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Spanned Canyons: The Only Perfect Way for This to End
Inlapping Flicking tongues in timeagainst their slantern rhyme, a fable in hen’s teeth. You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #140: Inlapping
Another review from FrightFest for the re-release of Malpertuis. There’s no subtlety in the opening of Malpertuis. The film begins with an image of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, while a child and an adult discuss their reading, offering the audience a set of instructions for what follows: “It’s pretty, but it’s difficult to understand.” “Somehow it makes … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Malpertuis
In medias res Awake at two, and the old scarsstill buzz like rooms full of sitars. A twang in the ashes, brass knuckle radio,a hundred untuned Dixieland banjos. If it offends thee, then pluck it out…. You can get the whole poem and the playlist over at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #139: A Twang in the Ashes
A new poem and playlist reside over at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #138: The Grip
Partnered with the George A. Romero Foundation, Access:Horror is a festival that focuses on disability and genre cinema. I had a blast covering the festival this year for Horror DNA. You can read the reviews here: Shorts Block One: From Womb to TombShorts Block Two: Flesh of My Flesh Continue reading At Horror DNA: Access:Horror 2025
A new poem and playlist await at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #137: Proximity
For a few years in the mid-2000s—and off and on since—I wrote comics, zines, and, on rare occasions, illustrated them. Somewhere in that period, I was introduced to The Journal of MODOK Studies and immediately fell in love with its unique mix of reverence and absurdity, especially at a time when you weren’t really supposed to take … Continue reading A MODOK Origin Story
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