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Insanity from Above, Filth from Below: A Freaked-Out Report on the San Diego Comic Con 2008
Last summer, when I attended the San Diego Comic Con, I was struck by its blankness– there was literally nothing that required photography and nothing, after the cease of the spectacle, that was worth remembering. My sum total of purchases … Continue reading
Jason Tallon Reports on Kenneth Anger at the Anthology Film Archives, June 20th, 2008
Kenneth Anger is my Grandfather. He is upstairs in my parent’s bed and I bring him his breakfast. He’s feeling better but restless and anxious to get out again. He’s planning his escape. I’m in charge of watching him, of … Continue reading
Dave Sim’s Judenhass and glamourpuss #1
I’ve purchased two comics in the last month. Both were written and drawn by Dave Sim– glamourpuss #1 and Judenhass. glamourpuss is a series of photorealist images– sourced from fashion magazines and early, classic comics– combined with a Parody of … Continue reading
The Oldest History of the World (1926) by Benny Evangelist
The first and foremost of my sub rosa publishing efforts, a reissue of the 1926 Freak Masterpiece, The Oldest History of the World Discovered by Occult Science in Detroit Michigan by Benny Evangelist, is now available in handy PDF format. … Continue reading
Archival Purposes: John Whiteside Parsons a/k/a/ Jack Parsons FBI Files
(Normal people should ignore this post.) FBI Freedom of Information Act Files on Jack Parsons. Part One Part Two
Wherein Matt Drudge Didst Live Whilst He Wost an Hollywood Lad
The Fontenoy Apartments. 1811 N. Whitley Ave, Hollywood, California, 90028. One of the old & long standing residences. Unremarkable except for the mid-to-late 1990s occupant of room #901. Our Patron Saint, Matt Drudge. From this structure, looming down on pre-”Renaissance … Continue reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Truth in advertising. Two hours later and I remember nothing. Something about Hawaii and the Ukranian chick from That 70s Show. Veronica Mars? Fat guy from Superbad. That’s it. No material to work with, no half-cocked witticisms or sarcasm. Of … Continue reading
88 Minutes (2008)
At this very moment I am convinced– and am willing to throw down over my conviction– that 88 Minutes is the most heinous and shocking of mankind’s many, many crimes. A worse thing has not been known. An affront to … Continue reading
21 (2008)
I’m fairly certain that it’s because of the dextromethorphan in my cough medicine, but at this very moment I am convinced– and am willing to throw down over my conviction– that 21 is the single finest achievement in ten thousand … Continue reading
An Hilarious Vision of the Future: we only got 4 minutes to save the world
Okay, you want it? Lemme know. Hurry up. Let’s go.
thoughts on the odyssey and the cattle of helios
The Book Gods have interrupted my jaunty 19th Century kick– forcing a repeat engagement with the Odyssey of Homer. This is the fourth or fifth reading and the only time that I’ve liked it. I suspect that this has something … Continue reading
Thoughts on the visual style of From Hell
Huzzah to Craig Fischer & Charles Hatfield for inaugurating a series of monthly articles on the work of Eddie Campbell. Readers of the blog and friends of the blogger know too well my abiding interest in Campbell’s output– Alec: How … Continue reading
COMICS: Welcome Back, Frank. Says New York City.
Though I rag on mainstream comics, there is much to be said for spectacle done proper. Serialized superheros are the last vestige of the pulp press, and at their best, offer a genuinely unique low-to-middle-brow pleasure of installments on the … Continue reading
A Late Nite Sojourn to the Old Stone Mill
A Late Nite Sojourn to The Old Stone Mill/Viking Tower of Newport, Rhode Island. From the recent archives of the black magic wielder. (Some say a witch.)
Funny Games (2008)
A film that would have appealed to me at the age of 19– but so did John Woo’s Face/Off.
jinx dawson of coven interviewed by andrew god damned harrison
Coven is one of the more obscure bands of the 1960s; a Chicago based outfit of quasi-Satanic occultists best known for a stage show incorporating wild antics, crucifixion, Black Masses and, one supposes, music. Their debut album, Witchcraft Destroys Minds … Continue reading
GLOCESTER, RI: the dark swamp, h.p. lovecraft, andrew harrison and me
The footprint of Howard Phillips Lovecraft in Rhode Island is surprisingly shallow: a plaque on the campus of Brown, a headstone & not much else. But the discerning eye will find many traces of the gent from Angell Street. Often … Continue reading