Critical Nostalgia
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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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For my real record ppl
February 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
For my real record ppl
Pattern Recognition (2003, Gibson)
NEW: Your average prediction market user can soon bet on the popularity of trends, brands, concepts and ideas. Everything is becoming increasingly monetized and financialized. VCs are eating it up.
www.inc.com/sam-blum/pre...
www.inc.com/sam-blum/pre...
Prediction Markets Like Kalshi Are Attracting Billions. A New 'Stock Market for Trends' Could Mint Millionaires Fast
Noise users can bet on the popularity of everything from the Labubu craze to ChatGPT. It could be the first prediction market for the attention economy.
www.inc.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Pattern Recognition (2003, Gibson)
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My million dollar idea: get all the coolest women from the Hellraiser series, put them in a van, and send them cross-country in a gritty Josie and the Pussycats reboot. Call me, Hollywood.
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
My million dollar idea: get all the coolest women from the Hellraiser series, put them in a van, and send them cross-country in a gritty Josie and the Pussycats reboot. Call me, Hollywood.
"IP Coach"
Really?
Really?
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"IP Coach"
Really?
Really?
Here's a great picture of the Rialto theater marquee on Broadway in DTLA. No longer a theater, but an Urban Outfitters store (or was at the time of this photo, 2016).
Not going into the photoset that'll be a premium for KS backers of the new Hazeland book. Bummer.
cc @electronvalve.co
Not going into the photoset that'll be a premium for KS backers of the new Hazeland book. Bummer.
cc @electronvalve.co
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Here's a great picture of the Rialto theater marquee on Broadway in DTLA. No longer a theater, but an Urban Outfitters store (or was at the time of this photo, 2016).
Not going into the photoset that'll be a premium for KS backers of the new Hazeland book. Bummer.
cc @electronvalve.co
Not going into the photoset that'll be a premium for KS backers of the new Hazeland book. Bummer.
cc @electronvalve.co
Apparently Nicole Brown Simpson is the most famous person from my high school. Okay, then.
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Apparently Nicole Brown Simpson is the most famous person from my high school. Okay, then.
This makes sense if you look at the IOC as grantor of legitimacy to governments and indeed actions of those governments, instead of say, being interested in the purity of sport or even fairness.
"Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the IOC's athlete expression guidelines regarding his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition."
Ukrainian skeleton slider disqualified from Olympics after breaking IOC rules on helmet honoring dead compatriots | CNN
Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines reg...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This makes sense if you look at the IOC as grantor of legitimacy to governments and indeed actions of those governments, instead of say, being interested in the purity of sport or even fairness.
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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
RETVRN
"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.