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  • Arrival: The Science Fiction Intervention The World Needs. (Film Review)

    I think what I like best about science fiction, outside of the idea of being shown a world of seemingly outlandish possibilities, is that science fiction, particularly good quality science fiction, provides an opportunity to take a look at ourselves from an outside perspective. More importantly, it examines the idea of what we can ultimately…

  • Parallel Universes & The Politics of Fear. (Essay on Politics)

    Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile. – Aristotle When the going gets rough, I sometimes like to retreat to simpler times. It’s always a sense of comfort that draws me back to some of the original science fiction television and films that…

  • Fresh New November Vibes: Frightnrs + Avalanches. (Music Review)

    The early days of November are a stark reminder that time moves forward. Sidewalk curbs get littered with single use, hollowed out pumpkins, ready to be taken away by large men in uniforms servicing even larger, monster-sized utility trucks. The dark grey skies overhead, though gloomy and lacking in optimism, are pierced and penetrated by…

  • Arthur Russell: Vanished Into Music. (Music History)

    Arthur Russell was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician whose work spanned a disparate range of styles. Trained in contemporary experimental composition and Indian classical music, Russell found success in downtown New York’s avant-garde and disco scenes in the 1970s and 1980s, during which time he was associated with minimalism and the experimental…