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I haven’t exactly been shy about my admiration for Frank Zappa, the great and voluminous composer, decent guitarist, master of concepts, counter-counter-counter-culture wizard of words, unrestrained and unpredictable humorist, tireless entrepreneur, and champion of free speech. Frank Zappa’s is a massive, seemingly endless library of original content and alternate recordings that allows you great opportunity […]

Steven Moffat and Matt Smith have done a relatively bang up job since taking over Doctor Who last season. There have been hiccups, of course. Moffat followed up the stunningly good The Eleventh Hour with one of the worst episodes ever, The Beast Below. And as this very much miss-and-hit season has sludged into a […]

I love game company Valve and their distribution system, Steam. I have logged many hours basking in the “Om Nom Nom” of the zombie survival game Left 4 Dead, have sat in awe of the Half Life and Portal franchises, and have discovered such strange indie games However, it never dawned on me that they […]

A scene from RUBBER, a Magnet Release. Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing. I recently watched the movie RUBBER and absolutely loved it. I wish I could tell you why… …but I am afraid that in doing so, I might spoil the movie for you. It is not that there is some radical plot twist or […]