Doompunk Dispatch

Tag: Philosophy

  • Word Begets Image

    [Originally published on I Have That On Vinyl] “Word Begets Image, and Image Is Virus.” I first heard those words on a CD called The Elvis of Letters, which I snatched for ten bucks from the old Amoeba Music on Sunset. I had made a habit of buying cheap discs in the hopes of jolting myself…

  • The Color of Hope in Furiosa: Black & Chrome

    [originally published in Exploits #86, an Unwinnable publication] The Black & Chrome edition of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is not entirely black and white. We see startling bursts of color that magnify the film’s thematic preoccupations. This begins with the story’s original sin: a bright peach plucked from the edge of the Green Place.…

  • Parasitic Obelysk

    Emergent from mist, megalith comes into hue. Like a coral column stretching impossibly high in to the planet’s thermosphere,  the monster dominates the view. Discerning shapes fluttering a long its exterior, I close in un til the monumen tum makes clearer: Monumen tal structure subsumes all vision, still miles a way. Spot no top. Light gray porous…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…