Sad. Really sad.

Okay, I admit it. I have a fondness for 1970s B&W horror magazines. My Dad used to read 'em back when I was a kid in the mid-70s and - like his EC horror comics compilations - I used to sneak peaks at them while he was at work, giving myself nightmare fodder for the next few days before doing it again. When Dad moved out in 1978, ( Read more... )

Art bleeds. So do artists. Darren Aronofsky knows this all too well. In the 13 years or so since his debut feature Pi first confounded audiences with its refusal to cater to convention, Aronofsky has been one of those love-him-or-hate-him artists. At times, he's admitted, Aronofsky has wanted to chuck the whole business and find a new career. ( Read more... )

Given the common misconception that the American Revolution was won by some rag-tag militia force (a view restated on one of my blogs by a friend who is, of all things, a teacher), and the pervasive influence of that myth on our political discourse, I had to set a few things straight.

That "rag-tag group" with "only their wits and ( Read more... )

Okay... so, sentiments are flying fast and furious in the wake of the Arizona shooting. And because several people who are dear to me have taken up the puzzlingly victimized mantle adopted by right-wing apologists (*1), I must apparently clarify some things.

Did I ever say, "We must seize all guns"? No.

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So, I haven't posted about this yet, but now that all arrangements have been made and all parties are informed, I'm pleased to announce that Dami and I will be traveling this weekend to Greece.

Yeah - to fucking GREECE.

This, as you might imagine, thrills Your Humble Satyrblade damn near nigh unto death.


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As AC-DC said, if you want blood, you got it.

In a thrilling return to the days of yesteryear, when blowing up churches, holding up banks, and stringing colored folks from trees were considered acceptable forms of American discourse, an unhinged man (possibly with a less-unhinged handler) took Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and other Rupert Murdoch ( Read more... )

Hi, folks!

Give someone you love the message that HOPE IS THE BRAVEST REBELLION!


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So, on Saturday night we watched the Werner Herzog's late-70s remake of the horror classic Nosferatu. As it stands, Herzog's version is considered a classic in its own right. It's taken me decades to get around to seeing it, but now that I have, I realize why that film enjoys its high reputation.


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FINALLY!

For the last few month, I've been wondering Where's the outrage? Where are principles? Where is the righteous fury that toppled slavery, segregation, robber barons and the Mafia? Where are the men and women of principle in high places who battled, in the past, to shatter the chains of England's governance or close the sweatshops stocked ( Read more... )

So, about that last post...

Off-list, I got a question from a friend who was wondering if we should talk about things like this in public. After all, it wasn't that long ago that a whack-job with family issues blamed Dungeons & Dragons for her son's suicide and ignited her own very profitable little corner of the 1980s Satanic Panic. Should we, my ( Read more... )