The End of Oak Street
A review and some thoughts on dinosaurs and the Saw series as sports movies
Plague Balm
Chipwrecked At The End Of All Things
Harry Nordlinger’s Laser Quest, My Backrooms
A few months ago, at the great Partners and Son here in Philly, I saw a solicitation flyer for a comic called Laser Quest, by an artist named Harry Nordlinger. I don’t have a copy of that flyer, but it was, if I remember correctly, a small black and
Everything I Love Used To Be Noise
I remember the first time I tried soda, which feels like a memory you'd only have access to if you were alive when soda was invented or you were raised in a cult that disavowed syrup, like that memory would also have to find you at 18-years-
Flashy Titles That Are Cool And Smart And Also The Titles Are Well-Worded
Last week, my partner and I watched the first half of Black Hawk Down. Not a good movie. I think you could save Black Hawk Down as a film, though, if at the end, when all the post-script text is telling you how these soldiers ended up, they told
It Is Difficult To Find Any Information On The Time I Didn't See Andrew W.K. At A Synagogue
In 2009, you had to work to hear Andrew W.K. He'd started underground, in the world of Michigan noise, blown up in 2001 as a New York-based rock intensity machine and then, following the 2003 release of his second full-length LP, he scattered. Andrew'
Obviously, Everyone Can Become A Great Artist
My parents got my son a kids' tablet last Christmas. Jasper was 3-years-old when he opened it up, meaning he can currently remember a time before he had the tablet, but one day soon it'll feel like something that was always in his life. We
The Social Network was a Slasher
I'm going to go in a lot of directions here. I'm not saying that like "Buckle up, buttercup, here comes a thought tidal wave," I'm saying it to apologize for intending to write one cohesive essay and winding up with four rougher
"My Girl" - The Drifters (2006)
I watched The Drifters play a show in my high school gym. Wait, that sounds too impressive. I watched a splinter of a splinter of The Drifters perform one-and-a-half songs in my high school gym and then all the students left to go eat lunch. I went
Unfortunately, Batman Works Best In A Pee Pee-Soaked Heck Hole
I've been reading two Batman books side-by-side, thinking about their respective dystopias. The series are vaguely connected even beyond their lead character because one of them is Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley's The Dark Knight, a comic most other Batmans and many
I've been re-reading John Christopher's Tripods quadrilogy
When I was in (what I'm pretty sure was) the fifth grade, looking at the big wall of middle reader titles at Kepler's in Menlo Park, CA, I overheard a bookseller describing different recommendations to a father. I don't remember what was said, but
5 Best Scenes From The Pokémon Anime
Earlier this month, the multimedia sensation Pokémon celebrated its 30th anniversary, an event that has led many fans to reflect on their favorite moments from the series' games, TV shows, books and Burger King toys. Today, I read the website Polygon's list of the 30 Most Iconic