Today, Slashdot asked the question: Ask Slashdot: What’s the Most Depressing Sci-fi You’ve Ever Read? For me, it was The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury brilliantly presented how the banality of evil could be exhibited wherever mankind ended up. The minor mundane awfulness of humans, even in what should have been fascinating circumstances, […]
I first came across comedian Russell Brand when he was hosting a music awards show, probably something for MTV. Archetypes do well as celebrities and Russell Brand seemed like the personification of that coked up guy in the club, the one who won’t shut up, and no matter how much you roll your eyes at […]
Justin Page at Laughing Squid alerted me to the vital con signage supplied by Susanna Wolff and Caldwell Tanner over at College Humor.
Every year, I wonder if I should go either hang out and/or exhibit at Comic Con. Some years I do. Some years I don’t. HBO just retweeted an Instagram pic of the line for the True Blood event in Ballroom 20. SDCC is the most corporeal example of how the fandom which used to feel […]
I follow cyberpunk, cool-hunting author William Gibson on Twitter. The other day, he tweeted, “It would be so cool if the 1% dressed exclusively in steampunk Prada. Even just for a week.” I retweeted his post and asked, “Who do I know who’d rock this too?” I’m pretty sure I know a lot of people […]
Today, dark fashion and beauty site Gothic.org posted Trend Micro Hates Goths. It appears that Trend Micro, through its Site Safety product, is unreasonably discriminating against gothic culture sites. Trend Micro’s Site Safety is yet another entry in the anti-malware and social control product set. Most companies use some sort of software which tracks where […]
When I was very little, a bunch of the old people at my grandparents’ country club used to think it was awesome to pinch my cheek and talk about how I played with bugs in the swimming pool. In point of fact, I did not play with bugs; I rescued them from drowning. Also, note […]
This music video from 16 Volt is really poignant, which is very fitting for such a melancholy song. I like that they explain the story behind their art here with the video. I also like that the video tells the same story as the song, instead of some weird unrelated visuals like too many music […]