I miss stuff. Stuff used to be everywhere. I watched The Lost Boys recently. It occurred to me that stuff clutters every shot of 80s films, trinkets, knickknacks, gumph, it clogs up the screen to the point of distraction when compared to the barren surfaces of modern television. All my life I’ve been told that... Continue Reading →
Only Death is Real: Existential Death-Obsession Prevails Over Nihilistic Death-Obsession (guest entry)
Words by Jason Kiss Only Death is Real “Only Death is Real” is one of the most endearing slogans of the extreme metalunderground. The phrase was first brought into metal lexicon by Hellhammer, later reformed as Celtic Frost, in the track “Messiah” on their 1983 demo Satanic Rites. Since then, it has become a sacred... Continue Reading →