Critical Nostalgia
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Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
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Bad news, folks: The President is a piece of shit and he sets the tenor for all of his administration forever.
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Bad news, folks: The President is a piece of shit and he sets the tenor for all of his administration forever.
This is me realizing, embracing the absolute futility of the review process in this, the year twenty and twenty-six. There's no meaning in it. Did you like it or not? That's where the question begins and ends.
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 AM
This is me realizing, embracing the absolute futility of the review process in this, the year twenty and twenty-six. There's no meaning in it. Did you like it or not? That's where the question begins and ends.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but Abel Ferrara's cyberpunk thriller NEW ROSE HOTEL is free on Prime right now (starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, and Asia Argento; based on a William Gibson short story)
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Abel Ferrara's cyberpunk thriller NEW ROSE HOTEL is free on Prime right now (starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, and Asia Argento; based on a William Gibson short story)
The ability to wind people up is an absolutely overrated character trait.
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 AM
The ability to wind people up is an absolutely overrated character trait.
Oh, a studio making demands for coverage. In the media landscape of 2026.
I have to ask, very seriously, if they are indeed high or they just hate the director who is demanding quotes around the title of their movie.
I have to ask, very seriously, if they are indeed high or they just hate the director who is demanding quotes around the title of their movie.
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Oh, a studio making demands for coverage. In the media landscape of 2026.
I have to ask, very seriously, if they are indeed high or they just hate the director who is demanding quotes around the title of their movie.
I have to ask, very seriously, if they are indeed high or they just hate the director who is demanding quotes around the title of their movie.
Anyways, I'm within reach of finishing a whole novel that I was nearly convinced I'd never finish. I wrote the line "She reached in and pulled back a new-born star" and yeah. It works out okay if you don't overthink it.
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Anyways, I'm within reach of finishing a whole novel that I was nearly convinced I'd never finish. I wrote the line "She reached in and pulled back a new-born star" and yeah. It works out okay if you don't overthink it.
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Leigh Brackett was one hell of a great Sci-Fi and Noir author. Leigh wrote the original script for The Empire Strikes Back. She wrote three of Howard Hawks’ toughest Westerns and co-wrote two of the best Raymond Chandler movies ever made. She was also Ray Bradbury’s best friend.
January 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Leigh Brackett was one hell of a great Sci-Fi and Noir author. Leigh wrote the original script for The Empire Strikes Back. She wrote three of Howard Hawks’ toughest Westerns and co-wrote two of the best Raymond Chandler movies ever made. She was also Ray Bradbury’s best friend.
It's an art movie and you won't ever convince me of anything different.
February 7, 2026 at 1:21 AM
It's an art movie and you won't ever convince me of anything different.
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The Cure- Pornography(Album+INFO)HD 1982
YouTube video by 80's Memories Rock and Pop
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February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Starting on page 500. Let's see where we get.
Long set lined up so I don't fuss with picking music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYht...
Long set lined up so I don't fuss with picking music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYht...
Cold Wave Synth Wave Minimal Wave
YouTube video by Cypress Čempr3s
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Starting on page 500. Let's see where we get.
Long set lined up so I don't fuss with picking music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYht...
Long set lined up so I don't fuss with picking music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYht...
Blocking a funny writing advice account. Feels good. Feels right.
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Blocking a funny writing advice account. Feels good. Feels right.
Jack Black, but it's Jack Black not playing the Jack Black role he's hired for traditionally. All the muppets expect him to be a muppet in personality and he's just done.
Ralph Finnes, too. He'd kill it. Him and Kingsley.
Ralph Finnes, too. He'd kill it. Him and Kingsley.
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Jack Black, but it's Jack Black not playing the Jack Black role he's hired for traditionally. All the muppets expect him to be a muppet in personality and he's just done.
Ralph Finnes, too. He'd kill it. Him and Kingsley.
Ralph Finnes, too. He'd kill it. Him and Kingsley.
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And this why I find AI "art" abhorrent, and the entire AI project anti-life.
I'm not a believer, but the closest I get to having a statement of faith is this. Make and your name might be forgotten but maybe what you made will not, and maybe by experiencing it someone will in turn feel less alone and stranded among the cosmic dust.
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
And this why I find AI "art" abhorrent, and the entire AI project anti-life.
The Apple (1980, dir. Golan)
I like that the flags are being brought in by people from an Italian science fiction movie of the 1970s.
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Apple (1980, dir. Golan)
World Party - Way Down Now
YouTube video by WorldPartyOfficial
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February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
If you're in line to boo JD Vance, stay in line! Your turn will come! He will hear it! He will hear it and think about while he is in his hotel room, and on the flight back home and at 3am the loneliest hour the Maker fashioned for us to endure.
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
If you're in line to boo JD Vance, stay in line! Your turn will come! He will hear it! He will hear it and think about while he is in his hotel room, and on the flight back home and at 3am the loneliest hour the Maker fashioned for us to endure.
"They're saying BOOO-ance!"
February 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"They're saying BOOO-ance!"
Not everyone gets to build a cathedral. Then again, the humans who wrought these from wood and stone and glass aren't remembered, even if their works are.
Also: F for Fake should be taught in every college curriculum.
Also: F for Fake should be taught in every college curriculum.
"...be of good heart, cry the dead artists out of the living past, our songs will all be silenced, but what of it, go on singing..." youtu.be/VGPPUY40Y7k?...
F For Fake: Chartres
YouTube video by captvanhalen
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February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Not everyone gets to build a cathedral. Then again, the humans who wrought these from wood and stone and glass aren't remembered, even if their works are.
Also: F for Fake should be taught in every college curriculum.
Also: F for Fake should be taught in every college curriculum.
"I am interested in how the same press that lost its mind over the tan suit etc etc"
It's because the press of 2010 and 2026 are not the same thing at all. Thank you for playing. Here's your consolation prize, a free version of the Thank You For Playing home game, where consolation is the prize.
It's because the press of 2010 and 2026 are not the same thing at all. Thank you for playing. Here's your consolation prize, a free version of the Thank You For Playing home game, where consolation is the prize.
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"I am interested in how the same press that lost its mind over the tan suit etc etc"
It's because the press of 2010 and 2026 are not the same thing at all. Thank you for playing. Here's your consolation prize, a free version of the Thank You For Playing home game, where consolation is the prize.
It's because the press of 2010 and 2026 are not the same thing at all. Thank you for playing. Here's your consolation prize, a free version of the Thank You For Playing home game, where consolation is the prize.
President I Post Memes That Would Get Me Kicked Out Of The House At Thanksgiving And I Still Rule You All Ha Ha Ha Ha
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
President I Post Memes That Would Get Me Kicked Out Of The House At Thanksgiving And I Still Rule You All Ha Ha Ha Ha
"You should not be able to post on Goodreads about a book you did not finish or did not read."
I'll go further and say you should not post on Goodreads at all. It should be salted with faintly radioactive Strontium-90 and left as a warning.
I'll go further and say you should not post on Goodreads at all. It should be salted with faintly radioactive Strontium-90 and left as a warning.
February 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
"You should not be able to post on Goodreads about a book you did not finish or did not read."
I'll go further and say you should not post on Goodreads at all. It should be salted with faintly radioactive Strontium-90 and left as a warning.
I'll go further and say you should not post on Goodreads at all. It should be salted with faintly radioactive Strontium-90 and left as a warning.
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"