Daily Archives: August 28, 2008
Holy Crap, Cheese Metal is Back
Posted on August 28, 2008 70 Comments
I present to you “Heroes of Our Time” by Dragonforce: It’s like they’re the opening band for Wyld Stallyns. Or Europe. Please make it up to your ears by listening to the music in the previous post. You’re welcome.
Songs for the Forgotten Future, Vol. 2
Posted on August 28, 2008 10 Comments
My pal Dave Wechsler — who used to be the Rough Guides publicist who had to deal with me, the poor bastard — is also a member of the very groovy band Piñataland, which specializes in a type of music which, for lack of a better term, I would call “alternate history Americana”: Instrumentation that […]
Books v. Blogs, Atlanta Style
Posted on August 28, 2008 6 Comments
Just in time for Dragon*Con and the Decatur Book Festival, Creative Loafing, Atlanta’s alternative weekly, has done a long meditation on the subject of books and blogs and how the two interact with each other, and the article features pithy quotes from Cherie Priest, Rich Tommaso and me. And yes, Bacon Cat is referenced, because […]
Recurring “Nightmare”
Posted on August 28, 2008
Thursday means my movie column at AMC, and this week, on the occasion of yet another home video release of the film, I look at why Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is more popular now than it was when it was released fifteen years ago. I also tell the story of why every emo […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying