Sep 29, 2024 Literature Cultural Diet Curepedia: An A-Z of the Cure by Simon Price (2023) As its title implies, Simon Price’s Curepedia isn’t a biography or memoir, but rather, an encyclope…
Sep 28, 2024 Music “Follow the Light” by Broadcast A previously unreleased demo highlights the eerie and poignant aspects of Broadcast’s music.
Sep 26, 2024 Comics Cultural Diet Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang (2022) Ten years after Batman, Robin, and Commissioner Gordon were killed in the “Fools’ Night” massacre, …
Sep 26, 2024 Music The Cure Announce Songs of a Lost World; Listen to the First Single “Alone” The band’s fourteenth album will be their first since 2008’s 4:13 Dream.
Sep 24, 2024 Comics Cultural Diet Hotelitor: Luxury-Class Defense and Hospitality Unit by Josh Hicks (2024) Earth is a toxic and inhospitable wasteland. Fortunately, humanity is able to live in comfort among…
Sep 23, 2024 Music “The Show” by The Rope The Minneapolis-based post-punk band prove they can also get contemplative on this single from their upcoming album.
Sep 21, 2024 Music Supergroup Red Strat Releases Their Vinyl-Only Debut EP The band features members of The Prayer Chain, Starflyer 59, Fine China, and more rocking out.
Sep 20, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet The Innocents by Jack Clayton (1961) My youngest has been wanting to branch out into spooky movies lately, so now seemed like the perfec…
Sep 20, 2024 Music Sentimental Craving for Beauty by VEiiLA (Review) The exiled Russian duo’s stylish-yet-forlorn music sits at the nexus of dream pop, trip-hop, downtempo, and goth.
Sep 16, 2024 Music “The Girl That I Call Home” by Tears for Fears The new album from Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal combines new material with career-spanning live performances.
Sep 15, 2024 Music American Football’s Self-Titled Debut Gets a 25th Anniversary Celebration The Midwest emo classic gets a remastered edition and a collection of covers to mark the occasion.
Sep 14, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet The Crow by Rupert Sanders (2024) The original Crow, directed by Alex Proyas and starring Brandon Lee — who tragically died in a frea…
Sep 14, 2024 Opus News New Subscriber Playlist: “Blue Collar Love” This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode celebrate the musical career of Starflyer 59’s Jason Martin.
Sep 13, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet River by Junta Yamaguchi (2023) Junta Yamaguchi’s Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes was a delightful riff on the time loop genre. App…
Sep 13, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino (2012) Quentin Tarantino’s sprawling anti-slavery epic is perhaps a bit too, well, sprawling for its own g…
Sep 12, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (2000) Although a definite improvement over Toyoo Ashida’s 1985 film, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust still le…
Sep 12, 2024 Music “Wheeling” by Big Bend On his latest album, Nathan Phillips delivers rich, experimental pop in the vein of Talk Talk and Shearwater.
Sep 11, 2024 Movies The Ross Theater’s “Fright Fest” Returns with The Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Night of the Living Dead, and More Lincoln’s arthouse theater returns with another lineup of horror cinema just in time for Halloween.
Sep 10, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Rebel Ridge by Jeremy Saulnier (2024) No offense to John Boyega, but I’m glad he dropped out of Rebel Ridge, thus paving the way for Aaro…
Sep 8, 2024 Literature Cultural Diet The Peacock and the Sparrow by I. S. Berry (2023) Although Shane Collins is a spy, he’s no James Bond. True, he enjoys drinking and is something of a…