Torture Tales There are various factors behind America’s growing embrace of torture, but among them, largely overlooked, is a brilliant campaign of cross-promotion between right-wing ideologues and right-wing entertainment. First, the right reduced the entirety of torture to a simple talking point: “Can you really say torture never works?” And then answered the question through … Continue reading
I, just another fine American like yourself, enjoy a good magazine article from time to time. However, there are very few good magazines. Tennis Life? City Dog? Arthritis Today? Bah! Below is a listing of some of the unbelievable shite I have stumbled upon while perusing the local newsstand.The Affluent Traveler – For those with … Continue reading
The world is in short supply of true badasses of the television and silver screen. The 80’s was chock full of them, but nowadays I find very few that meet my standards. I honestly only held Horatio Caine of CSI: Miami and Michael Weston of Burn Notice as the only two badasses currently on my … Continue reading
3-D movies are a wonderful part of the history of cinema, from Bwana Beast to Avatar. They can add a little jump to the scares, a little height to the cliffs and a little immersion to the fantasy. They can sometimes be great films in their own right (Creature From The Black Lagoon, Dial M … Continue reading
Last Wednesday I entered the pantheon of smartphone owners with my purchase of an iPhone. To keep a long story short, My Mother had an upgrade option that she wasn’t going to use, and my girlfriend’s Quickfire charger had gone out on her. I decided to give her my Samsung Eternity (this is pretty hilarious … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
I’m not a person that would be traditionally classified as religious. I do not practice the devotions of christianity, voodoo, buddhism or shinto. No, I found my calling at a young age, watching an 8mm reel of Godzilla vs Mothra from the inside of a cardboard box on my living room floor; The Movies. You … Continue reading
A good friend recently lent me his remarkable headphone set-up. We’re talking about an Antique Sound Lab Mrk III DT tube headphone amp, a pair of Sennheiser phones and a pair of Grado RS1i Reference Series phones. I myself have a pretty posh pair of Sony MD-60’s* so between the three I was set for … Continue reading
There was one black oat in my oatmeal today. I didn’t know whether the celebrate it, run in fear, or realize that sometimes an oat is black and stop being so fucking racist. Speaking of oatmeal. I’ve had it three times this week. Should I just step into the grave and wait at this point? … Continue reading