An Analysis of Lovecraft’s Dreamland
You all know my fandom of HP Lovecraft, and how I have argued that his mythos of madness and decay represents the closest thing America has to an authentic mythological […]
Literature
The Muse: A Short Story
The Muse is my newest short story. Read it here or read it on Terror House — The Muse by Larsen Halleck Music: that’s what this was all about. That’s […]
Lovecraft Represents An American Mythos
Several articles I have written in the past have made it quite clear that I am a big fan of pulp fiction—not only is it often brilliantly written, not only […]
White Girl Bleed A Lot by Colin Flaherty
Colin Flaherty’s White Girl Bleed a Lot is an underground book that has gotten its fair share of mainstream attention, mainly due to its alleged evil racist racial racism. So […]
Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly
Bruce Lee: A Life is, in addition to being the first occasion I’ve had to review two different books on the same subject, a new semi-authorized biography (which is to […]
What We Can Learn From The Art Of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu: if not the first treatise ever written on war as a formal practice, it is certainly the most famous, both in the hoary […]
Moviebob’s Book: The Finale.
The finale of this Moviebob series: I finish reading Bob’s book, and despite expurgating the crap out of it, it’s still by far the longest video I’ve ever done. Fun […]
Why Does Modern Poetry Suck?
Sadly, Mr. McGonagall is a better poet than most working today. Modern poetry fucking blows—take a look at the allegedly lyrical flotsam that spewed forth at Obama’s 2nd inauguration if […]
The Wisdom of Pulp Literature
If you’ll recall, a few weeks ago I wrote an article on how pulp fiction should be taught in schools as a method of getting young boys to read—and more […]
The Internet Is A Mighty Tool
(The featured image…man, this is probably the first time in 2 decades anyone has alluded to the phrase “information superhighway”. But I digress) The modern world sure sucks, doesn’t it? […]