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23 May 2026 24 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/af0P8ZknigabINUP Where did the Game of Thrones characters end up after the end credits? The eighth season of Game of Thrones was the culmination of an epic saga and ended on May 19, 2019. It consisted of six...
10 May 2026 6 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey
As huge a band as Genesis eventually became, in many respects you can still make the case that they are underrated. Especially if you branch outward and consider the meteoric solo careers of successive ringleaders Peter Gabriel and Phil Collin...
8 May 2026 2 minute read 0 comments rah
I am kinda doing this one for fun. If you were to think back to your childhood did you have a favourite book or maybe a few favourites, books that tragically are no longer on your bookshelf, but that you wish you could read again, even one more time....
4 May 2026 5 minute read 3 comments rah
With Mama_Rah and the boys being away I have been home alone all weekend and so I have taken the opportunity to binge-watch the new BBC adaption of William Golding's The Lord of the Flies. It is, of course, a story I am familiar with, given the broad...
2 May 2026 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
A short while after Swervedriver leave the stage, on this already dreamlike seeming night in December of ’93, the target of our latest infatuation finally materializes before us: Smashing Pumpkins, a Chicago foursome who’ve blown up beyond belie...
27 Apr 2026 6 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aeyb7f9P0n-Ut8zf Beyond the wall of Paradise: why "Moscow 2042" is scarier than any news. Moscow beyond the Wall: how Voinovich's "Moscow 2042" became a mirror of the present. "Moscow 2042" by V...
25 Apr 2026 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
The night of the Smashing Pumpkins concert, Kenny shows up at my house with Chris riding shotgun, and we cruise south to Marengo to pick up Heather en route. Displaying considerably more dexterity for the OSU parking scene than I had, Kenny find...
16 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Seeking agent and/or publisher for Proverbs of Smog, a bilingual book of Rock & Roll road proverbs for road rats and intellectuals alike. I see two versions of the book: a nice, hardcover indoor copy with cool ar...
16 Apr 2026 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
As previously noted, when your parents start knowing who these bands you’re listening to are, that’s pretty much the benchmark for major cultural impact. The spring after Nevermind hits, I notice one day this cassette is missing from its slot in...
10 Apr 2026 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
What compels me to purchase four tickets in advance, I’m not really sure. Suffice to say when you’re of a certain age and the bands are of a certain popularity, you know you’ll have no trouble finding takers. The band, Primus, is after all right...
