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OG readers will know that I have a soft spot for retro film review podcasts. Whether it's author JD Cowan's Cannon Cruisers or, to go all the way back, the late, great Drunken Zombie Podcast, listening in while a couple of guys talk 80s and 90s movies is a guilty…
April 5, 2024No Comments
Retro Stream

Years Ago and in Another Country

A common saying has it that the past is another country. It's taken as a figure of speech, but pay a visit to almost any mid-American shopping mall these days, and the prevailing vibe resembles an archaeological site. What was the hub of American commerce in the previous era is…
March 21, 20247 Comments
Death Cult Mouse

Defeating the Death Cult

Hot off the press! Or on the electron superhighway, as it were. Mere hours ago, I joined pop culture commentator and rosary warrior John F. Trent, lately of Bounding Into Comics, on his new show The Trent Report. John is on a mission to save Western culture from the Death…
December 6, 20234 Comments
Silence and Starsong

Redeemable Demons on Silence and Starsong

Quite unexpectedly, my recent writings on the redeemable demons trope ruffled a lot of feathers. It also occasioned some rigorous discussion. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the sympathetic devil meme and the rationale behind it. At the height of the controversy, the gracious hosts of Silence and Starsong…
December 1, 20231 Comment
Foundation Father

Foundation Father

My whirlwind tour of the newpub podcast scene continues as I stop by to chat with M.A. Franklin on his Foundation Father Twitter Space. He's an up-and-coming newpub author who's Kickstarting a children's book, and he's good people. Listen as we discuss newpub, Neopatronage, and the Witch Test. Catch the…
November 15, 2023
Geek Gab

SLC Geek!

Last night, friends of the blog Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal invited me back on the venerable Geek Gab livestream. It had been a while since we'd last gotten together for a lively chat about pop culture subjects, so I was glad for the invite. The hosts, the live chat and…
November 14, 2023
RetroStream

On the RetroStream

The Burned Book has reached Stretch Goal 4! Choose from several sweet perks and get your backers-only invite to the author reading livestream! Pledge now. A conspicuous feature of post-WWII pop culture is that every generation that came up during the postwar boom times adopted its own language based on…
November 9, 2023
Authors Outpost

On Author’s Outpost

Take even a passing look into the online newpub scene, and you'll find the X threads, Facebook groups, and YouTube chats abuzz with talk of Neopatronage. It's not hard to understand why. Those who've kept even cursory tabs on the state of publishing are aware of two indisputable facts: Amazon…
November 2, 2023
HollywoodInToto

Hollywood In Toto

The Neopatronage concept has been making waves lately. Thanks in large part to a number of high-profile crowdfunders that have buried the needle in newpub circles. Despite the 33% stagflation that's beset most Americans and the mid-October slump that plagues all crowdfunding campaigns, independent creators are finding patrons to back…
October 30, 20234 Comments
Newpub Neopatronage

Newpub: Neopatroange

The moment you try searching Amazon for a book you want to read, it becomes clear that something has gone quite wrong. Maybe it's vacant-eyed bugmen obsessed with fixing what's not broken throwing wrenches in the works. Perhaps it's cynical pens-for-hire hijacking the algorithm with payola. Or maybe it's outright…
September 28, 20234 Comments