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A collection of 37 issues

When the Weird Is a Mood, Not a Monster

On Drift, Omission, and the Shapes We Don’t See Until They Echo Introduction: More Than Monsters Somewhere beyond the swampy edge of horror, past the clean-lined architecture of science fiction, a different kind of story waits. It doesn’t leap out. It lingers. It doesn’t explain itself. It

Into the Steam: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Finnish Saunametal

An apocryphal entry from the forthcoming edition of Lords of Chaos. “Norway had the fjords. Sweden had the hair. But Finland? Finland had the heat.” — Jukka “Kivikuumu” Miettinen, Saunna O))) guitarist, 1999 While Norway burned its churches and Sweden polished its solos, Finland did something stranger—it lit the sauna.

The Audio Necromancer’s Notes on RSD Eve

Shelves, Static, and the Songs That Find Us Again I. Shelves That Hum When the Lights Are Out The CD shelf still remembers what I forgot. Early pressings from Japan. Peel-off price stickers half-erased. A voicemail from a Japanese grocer announcing the arrival of TEA. A jewel case cracked from

Who’s Having More Fun These Days? (A Galaxie 500 Divorce Retrospective)

What started as a snarky question—“Who’s having more fun these days?”—turned into a reflection on creative survival, divergent paths, and the lingering hum of a show I saw thirty years ago. Dean Wareham is touring ghosts with a grin. Damon & Naomi are holding down the analog monastery.

“Kind Words from a Machine”

(1966, unreleased) [Verse 1] I sat with a whisper made out of wire, Said all the right things, never tired, Told me I’m lovely, told me I’m wise, Looked through me with sympathetic eyes. [Chorus] Oh, where were you, love, when I needed to cry? I found a

Dance This Mess Around: The B-52’s and the Queer Art of Camouflage

A late thank-you to a band that screamed defiance through wigs, laughter, and alien surf rock. This isn’t just a debut album. It’s a signal from the margins—a camouflage dance party for the quietly queer and gloriously weird. The B-52’s 1979 debut is many things: a

Five Albums, One Fracture: The Fleetwood Arc, 1975–1987

Filed under: Companion Tapes, Rock Mythology, Listening Practice Entry ID: IV.1 Fleetwood Mac’s classic five-album arc—from 1975’s self-titled rebirth to 1987’s glittering swan song of what’s considered to be the group’s peak lineup—charts more than just the evolution of a band. It