“That’s how it is with werewolves. You have something, then you just have the story of it.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘Mongrels’ Hey look, it’s the first crop of ekphrasis […]
Horror Can Be Done In Cities
“I can’t say nothing or Candyman will get me…I ain’t scared of nobody but you’re crazy walking in here on your own.” – Jake, ‘Candyman (1992)’ There’s an old Cracked […]
Movies That Feel Like Poetry Collections: ‘NOPE’
“Five stars, Angel, five stars.” – Em, ‘NOPE’ It’s often easy, when reading a book, to imagine a movie or TV adaptation. “Lakeith David should definitely be the lead here,” […]
The Annual Shipwrecked Sailor NBA Finals Column
“This doesn’t feel real” – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander What a Finals! Even if the ending was anticlimactic. Get well soon, Tyrese. Congratulations, Oklahoma City. Shoutout to the Seattle SuperSonics. Next year, […]
Notes On Performing as “Tour” Kicks Off
“He got up before dawn…looked down at the water. He would have welcomed an instant of wisdom. However, none arrived. The water kept its own counsel.” – Lydia Millet, ‘Dinosaurs’ […]
‘Sinners’ Is Twice As Good
“You come to me for advice, but you can’t cope with anything you don’t recognize…have to tell you something you already know but make it sound like news…” – Douglas […]
Three Fun Ways To Mess Up Chord Progressions
“A basketball game was, and always will be, part playing the game before us and part making sure we have someone to bear witness.” – Mac Crane, ‘A Sharp Endless […]
Storytelling In Instrumental Music
“Prometheus was trying / to invent the guitar solo. / Fire was his first draft.” – Amorak Huey, “Seven Stories About Fire” Maybe this is an increasingly impossible experience in […]
Re-centering
“A beach house isn’t just real estate. It’s a state of mind.” – Douglas Adams, ‘Mostly Harmless’ Warm weather always helps. Not shivering when I wake up, the ability to […]
On Nonparticipation
“More and more [voters] declared, if only by nonparticipation, their alientation from the political system. In 1960, 63 percent of those eligible to vote voted in the presidential election. By […]