Inside Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham's "comedy special" Inside is a fascinating and masterful production, not merely for its film technique and music, but for its insight into the psyche of its creator and…
The Christmas Bomb in Nashville
When you're aloneAnd life is making you lonely,You can always goDowntown... Anthony Warner, the man behind the enormous bombing in downtown Nashville on Christmas, purportedly blared "Downtown" by Petula Clark…
An Autopsy of COVID-Science
This morning, Google prompted me with this story: "Oh interesting," I thought. Maybe, in spite of the Danish mask study and Ivor Cummins' research on anti-COVID measures generally, they found…
Is it time to Grieve for Christmas?
I was watching Viva Frei the other day, and he had some complaints about a tone-deaf Montreal "morale" campaign: https://twitter.com/thevivafrei/status/1336673523306291201 Quebec isn't the only place trying to force you to…
Album Review: Fear Inoculum
I'll try to keep this short. I have written before about music as magic before, and I think that this Tool album, as a whole, fits within that framework (and…
On Homer (Part 3): Connecting the Iliad and the Odyssey
In his book Why Homer Matters, Adam Nicolson pointed out how people seem to generally fall into two camps: those who like the Iliad, and those who like the Odyssey.…
Quarantine Queasiness
Today was the first day of Spring for my bike. I had to open the choke with a carabiner (the lever is wedged between the air filters, and is almost…
The Question of Consciousness
After studying religion for a while, I have discovered that one useful way of categorizing different varieties of religion is how they answer the question of consciousness. I am not…
A Critique of Nietzschean Nobility
I have to begin this argument with an asterisk. Nietzsche uses the concept of "noble" in different senses, depending upon the work in question. Across all of his works, two…
Movie Review: The Phantom of the Opera
I have recently been relatively busy, and have had difficulty making the time to write new posts. To save on time, I decided to elucidate in video-format what I otherwise…