“I Wish to Christ I could stop Grinning”
Ever wonder what the Kool-Aid Man would be like as a veteran of the San Francisco Beat poetry scene? Alan Moore and Peter Bagge know the score.
A Million Different Earths, A Million Different Movies
Grady Hendrix muses on the alternate cuts of films for different festivals, different countries and different regions. “A million different earths, and on every one of them, an alternate cut of Days of Being Wild.”
Manager or Agent Provocateur?
Meme, hoax or fact, I don’t really care. This 1944 CIA manual on sabotaging workplaces is hilarious. (thanks, chuck!)
“A Book’s Natural Fate”
So you’ve written a book that fits the current vogue perfectly – let’s say it’s a grimy cyberpunk novel in the mid-1980s – does that mean you’ve guaranteed long-lasting fame for yourself? Probably not. But don’t worry, a lot of your compatriots are suffering the same fate. Oh, […]
SHOPPING FOR PANTS WITH MARTIN KOVE
There’s a pair of pants in the bottom drawer of my dresser. They don’t fit me. In fact, they’re kind of ugly. They’re chocolate brown with thick vertical half-hound’s-tooth white stripes, a trio of faux-bone oblong buttons (non-functional) running up the side of each pocket and belt loops […]
Why Is Miike Smirking?
Takashi Miike smirks, and I shudder.
The Cultural Gutter 