The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
A field guide to all the odd contraptions along the road answers the urban explorer’s curiosity. With that and his trusty collector’s net, Carl F Gauze chases after the minutia of public transport’s infrastructure.
If you’re anything like your average email recipient, you’re probably receiving at least as much spam in your inbox these days as legitimate email. Spam Kings is a look at the people who have devoted their lives to bringing you this important public service. Who are the most prolific spammers? Who are their friends? Who are their enemies? Can we hire professionals to take them out, or do we have to do it ourselves? Good questions all. Darius Gently probes for some answers.
Chuck Bantam’s been watching a little too much television lately, and now he wants to know what’s REALLY going on…
Out of a job since your dot.com, telecom, or optics company went bust? Anonymous Aerospace Corporation wants YOU! Chief Recruitment Officer Carl F. Gauze has the details.
The Rolling Stones are asking for $350 a seat for their upcoming world tour. Features Editor James Mann has a few high-tech requirements before he’ll shell out the dough.
Terry Eagan has some rather macabre ideas on how technology could break down the American facade.
Carl F. Gauze spins his take on what five inventions would change our world.
Terry Eagan has in mind some rather interesting inventions…
Roi Tamkin gives us the real deal behind our Veep’s energy statements…
Mikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Lily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Tymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.
Maggie McClure and Shane Henry are the singer-songwriter, husband-wife duo who join forces as The Imaginaries. Jeremy Glazier digs their creativity.
Ween announce first extensive tour since reuniting in 2016
In this installment, Christopher Long receives a massive love gift from his nail tech: a ravaged original vinyl pressing of the classic 1971 Alice Cooper LP, Killer, for free.