Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
No rep. Bad reputation.
California · highway62press.com
No rep. Bad reputation.
California · highway62press.com
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I think one common failing in modern litfic is, authors are careful to avoid melodrama or forced epiphany or purple prose, and the risk is that at some point you just end up with "Here's some things that happened."
My primary problem with a lot of more serious literary fiction isn’t that it isn’t well written or compelling it’s just that a lot of it is about “I’m articulate and depressed” and I kind of want like, something to happen, I guess. I suppose I’m something of a philistine in that way.
February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I think one common failing in modern litfic is, authors are careful to avoid melodrama or forced epiphany or purple prose, and the risk is that at some point you just end up with "Here's some things that happened."
RETVRN
trantor: the last stormtrooper, screenshot, msx (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/14668/t...
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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"In dialogue with this work."
But... the work can't talk back. It already happened.
I dislike this metaphor so very much.
But... the work can't talk back. It already happened.
I dislike this metaphor so very much.
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"In dialogue with this work."
But... the work can't talk back. It already happened.
I dislike this metaphor so very much.
But... the work can't talk back. It already happened.
I dislike this metaphor so very much.
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I can't wait to share a link to the first Design Reviewed Crowdfunder soon! Which items from the archive would you like to be featured in the book? designreviewed.com/archive/the-...
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I can't wait to share a link to the first Design Reviewed Crowdfunder soon! Which items from the archive would you like to be featured in the book? designreviewed.com/archive/the-...
Stop reposting Fuentes. We know he's a piece of shit.
February 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Stop reposting Fuentes. We know he's a piece of shit.
"This horror book is about inherited trauma!"
I'm gonna pass so hard on that it'd make diamond disintegrate.
I'm gonna pass so hard on that it'd make diamond disintegrate.
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"This horror book is about inherited trauma!"
I'm gonna pass so hard on that it'd make diamond disintegrate.
I'm gonna pass so hard on that it'd make diamond disintegrate.
Going to turn my UpScrolled account into critique of the three ring circus that is selling books online. I expect to make new friends.
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Going to turn my UpScrolled account into critique of the three ring circus that is selling books online. I expect to make new friends.
I can hear the music from this screen. Or is that the Forgotten Worlds shop screen music?
black tiger, shop, arcade (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/15075/b...
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I can hear the music from this screen. Or is that the Forgotten Worlds shop screen music?
Right-wing pundits are erased after their deaths and failed martyrdoms because it's never about veneration and hungry wannabe celebrities grabbing a limited audience. There's no intellectual history or continuity because it's pure limbic system screeching.
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Right-wing pundits are erased after their deaths and failed martyrdoms because it's never about veneration and hungry wannabe celebrities grabbing a limited audience. There's no intellectual history or continuity because it's pure limbic system screeching.
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In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
NIN + Gary Numan: "Metal" / "Cars" Live in London 2009, Single-Shot On-Stage Video by Rob Sheridan
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
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February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Me, watching an indie horror movie: Why isn't this lit interestingly? Movies are made of light. What gives?!
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Me, watching an indie horror movie: Why isn't this lit interestingly? Movies are made of light. What gives?!
Anyway, House is on Tubi now, so you can give yourself a treat.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Anyway, House is on Tubi now, so you can give yourself a treat.
Honestly I don't know how any consumer TV u/i designer lives with themselves. Slow, unresponsive, half-drunk. Intolerable.
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Honestly I don't know how any consumer TV u/i designer lives with themselves. Slow, unresponsive, half-drunk. Intolerable.
The greatest movie I saw in its original run was They Live.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The greatest movie I saw in its original run was They Live.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
I'm always saying this.
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I'm always saying this.
So the assignment was to pick 10 good photos for a little portfolio as an add-on/bonus thing for Kickstarter backers.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
So the assignment was to pick 10 good photos for a little portfolio as an add-on/bonus thing for Kickstarter backers.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
This one's for pal @electronvalve.co - Taken by me in 2015 at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.
February 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This one's for pal @electronvalve.co - Taken by me in 2015 at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.
Love how the Bonaventure still looks like the future. Taken in 2016.
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Love how the Bonaventure still looks like the future. Taken in 2016.
Another place you can't go to anymore. 6th floor, Hotel Figureoa. Well, you can go there, but it's all been painted white and made contemporary and brother, you can have it. I'll remember it like this, thanks.
February 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Another place you can't go to anymore. 6th floor, Hotel Figureoa. Well, you can go there, but it's all been painted white and made contemporary and brother, you can have it. I'll remember it like this, thanks.
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They don't want a new form of life. They want a slave that will say it's happy to be a slave. That's the ballgame. And once you understand that, you can understand how profoundly anti-life the project is, and how it's never, ever going to work.
The tell that the "AI is alive!" is snake oil is how many of these AI guys are also transphobic, into eugenics and misogynist. And not it's not a distraction, a person who won't believe or doesn't care about a real person saying "I am trans," "I am autistic" "I'm a woman unwelcome in STEM."
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
They don't want a new form of life. They want a slave that will say it's happy to be a slave. That's the ballgame. And once you understand that, you can understand how profoundly anti-life the project is, and how it's never, ever going to work.
Is this shit Herbalife? 'Cause all I see are paid shills holding up the pyramid.
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Is this shit Herbalife? 'Cause all I see are paid shills holding up the pyramid.
Everything I've written is eligible...
...to steal your heart.
...to steal your heart.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Everything I've written is eligible...
...to steal your heart.
...to steal your heart.
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Three Robert Tinney artworks, available as Intusoft wallpapers. Not sure when Intusoft comissioned… 70sscifiart.tumblr.c...
70s Sci-Fi Art
Three Robert Tinney artworks, available as Intusoft wallpapers. Not sure when Intusoft comissioned or bought them... early 90s perhaps.
70sscifiart.tumblr.com
March 26, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Three Robert Tinney artworks, available as Intusoft wallpapers. Not sure when Intusoft comissioned… 70sscifiart.tumblr.c...