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Interview with Joe Courtney and Jorge Peña
For fans of comics, psyche rock, and comic adaptations of psyche rock: check out the fan-blog, newly minted “The King Gizzette” (my suggestion!), where I posted about my recent chat with the author and illustrator of Polygondwanaland, a graphic transmutation of the polyrhythmic album by sonic warlocks King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. You can…
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Beauty of Horror: Beyond the Black Rainbow II.
[Check out Part I. — Picking up from 47:09] David Kane: I just wanna say that I love the opening of this movie, because I love dystopian propaganda as an aesthetic. Shockaholic: (laughs) It’s very good. DK: It’s the perfect paradox of, “You should feel fine,” and as a viewer, you’re like, “I’m gonna go…
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Beauty of Horror: Beyond The Black Rainbow I.
In 2020, Chandler Bullock a.k.a. Shockaholic was kind enough to host me on their podcast Beauty Of Horror. Our topic was Panos Cosmatos’ masterful film debut. You can listen here and follow along with this transcript of our conversation (I edited out some of my copious stammering): ANNOUNCER: This is the Anatomy of a Scream…
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The Wound Takes Hold: Control In Cronenberg
You see, control can never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control. Like junk. ~ William S. Burroughs Feel your heartbeat. What is doing that? Squishy cogs in the soft machine circulate healthy blood to the bric-a-brac of your body. Since you don’t actively…
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Graphic Novel Review: Polygondwanaland
Check out my review of Hellmouth Comics‘ adaptation of the psychedelic rock album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. It’s live on kglw.net. The author and illustrator were kind enough to answer questions for an interview, which will be posted later. Keep thy three eyes open wide. In the meantime, here’s a primer…
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Anamnesis in the Gizzverse
I wrote a philosophical essay for the illustrious kglw.net, a site dedicated to Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. I reference Taoism, Philip K. Dick, Gnosticism, and more. It was edited by the wonderful Boiler Rhapsody, who was kind enough to introduce me to the team. I’m extremely proud of the…
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My Introduction to David Cronenberg
Last Halloween, I began a column called The Plasma Pool on my dear friend Chandler Bullock a.k.a. Shockaholic‘s website Beauty Of Horror. My first piece is about CONTROL within the filmography of David Cronenberg. While I have you here, I’ll go ahead and give you this taste for free. My journey with Papa C. started…
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The Doompunk Manifesto
I was gonna do “Manifester” but wasn’t sure the joke would land. We are maggots wriggling in God’s carcass, vying to shit out a better world. The name of culture is that creature who manages to poke out and declare, “They haven’t got me yet!” before sinking into the pre-lingual sludge. Strive to make Doompunk…
Doompunk Dispatch 