In the season one finale of AMC’s new series Halt and Catch Fire, the builders of the Cardiff Electric portable Giant computer gather around a conference table to read an unenthusiastically positive review of their new product. It is an unwittingly apt reflection of my reaction to the […]
Whenever I find myself edging towards misery or self-pity, I start humming the ending theme from The 1970’s tv version of The Incredible Hulk. I think to myself, “David Banner will never have a normal life.” It’s a technique I owe to Carol Borden, who has a lot […]
Fellow MOSS Agents at The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast return to Equestria with a look at My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.
My best friend growing up had a theory about people claiming to have special abilities like ESP, levitation, or astral projection. She had a babysitter who claimed she could levitate, but only when she was alone. My friend’s theory wasn’t that these things were impossible, but that realistically […]
Kevin McCarthy star of the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers has died at 96. Here’s an obituary and a clip.
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The Cultural Gutter 