Tag: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

by MMB September 6, 2019 0

This Year’s Hugo Winners and a Curiosity Courtesy of William Shatner

On August 18, 2019, at Worldcon 77 in Dublin, Mary Robinette Kowal was awarded the Hugo Award for the BestContinue Reading

by MMB April 20, 2018 0

There is a lot more to the phenomenon of literary one-hit wonders than you’d think. There are many reasons forContinue Reading

Is the screeching at the end of ‘Stagger Lee’ due to the fact that when Stag filled Billy Dilly full of lead, he blew his own dick off in the process? After all, Billy Dilly was presumably still slobbering on his head when Stag opened fire. Thanks for taking the time to consider this question. November 19, 2019
Dear Slim Lee, During my more gloomy moments I sometimes wonder if anyone actually listens to my lyrics, and whether the enormous amount of work I put into them may in fact go unheeded. So it was with very real gratitude that I read this question, as you had clearly reflected long and hard on […] The post Is the screeching at the end of ‘Stagger Lee’ due to […]
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Semi-Permanent Sydney 2019 (2019) November 6, 2019
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty" wrote English poet John Keats in 1819. "That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." For creative directors Hazel Baird and Heidi Berg, however, Keats's eternal chiasmus is incomplete; their truth is so much more. In their opening to Semi-Permanent Sydney 2019, Truth is a savior and a shadow […]
Night of the Demons (1988) October 23, 2019
“I've never heard so many disgusting stories in all my life.” — Judy Cassidy In the pantheon of goofy, gory and trashy ’80s horror movies, 1988’s Night of the Demons is one of the best. Directed by Kevin Tenney, the movie chronicles the wacky and violent misadventures of a group of ill-begotten teens invited to a Halloween party at an abandoned house by […]