WINE IN THE MORNING
Many important, famous people have and will eulogize Lou Reed. Yet I feel like his music, both with The Velvet Underground and as a solo artist, is a personal...
Read MoreREVOLUTION
REVOLUTION I don’t believe in revolution. But revolution is not a belief dependent phenomenon. Revolution occurs when reform fails. When reform fails, historic change...
Read MoreOf Plots and Tomatillos
It is now commonplace to say that human beings require narrative to understand things. Cognitively we construct narrative explanations of non-narrative events, that is,...
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THE SON AGAINST THE FATHER As Breaking Bad winds down I am struck by what should have been obvious all along: Breaking Bad is a Gnostic drama of the Son against the...
Read MoreJoel Copenhagen
Joel Copenhagen died on August 13th, in the morning. He was 72. It is hard to struggle through the unspeakable sadness to say something about Joel. At this point I...
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THE MAN WHO CAN'T DIE
"Frankel once again produces a thrilling futuristic dystopia which includes white-knuckle action, lots of sex and drugs, and a post-menopausal white-haired research scientist heroine who is trying to save the world from her own mad genius." Buy on Amazon | Buy on Whiskey Tit
GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS
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SPECIMEN TANK
"There's more truth in this book than anyone in the biotech industries would care to admit. Plus, it's funny as hell." Buy on Amazon