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Episode 2��in��this new series of essays examining the dark links between physics, fiction, spirituality and pop culture.

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A lot of the ideas I���ll express in this article came to me while watching episodes of the Neflix shows Black Mirror and Altered Carbon.�� I expanded on the connections between digital consciousness, simulated reality, and morphic fields in the first Dark Parallel Episode: Black Mirror, Morphic Resonance, Theories of Everything and Zombie Cats. However, there was one aspect

Lots of great music this month.

The Heretics by Rotting Christ ��� Since I write often about Rotting Christ���s music some people have told me that they find the name of the group offensive Sorry, but I don���t give the bands their names. Also, I don���t choose what I listen to by the lyrical content. If the lyrics are interesting or cover a topic I���m interested in, I���ll point that out, but rarely will I decide I like or dislike music based on the message it delivers. If I don���t like the message, I���ll

It wasn���t until I sat down to write this list that I realized I had neglected to provide a list for December. So, I hope everyone had a nice Holiday and a Happy New Year! What I listened to over the holidays and the month of January was not Christmas music (which frankly drives me crazy) but an eclectic grouping of bands that were new to me. I also listened to some older music from some of my favorite bands that I had not heard yet. So here is the list.

Aealo by Rotting Christ ��� This is a

Episode 1 in��this new series of essays examining the dark links between physics, fiction, spirituality and pop culture.

I���ll start this out with a statement that occurred to me while I was watching an episode of Black Mirror. We live in a simulated reality in which we are capable of remaking and restructuring our reality. We can influence our past by modifying it with our current beliefs, which via the process described in Rupert Sheldrake���s theory of Morphic Resonance, changes the Morphic

This month I found myself revisiting a lot of my old favorites. I was in the car listening to the radio (something I rarely do) and Megadeth���s Countdown to Extinction starts playing and I get so into it that I immediately decide that I have to go back through my archives. So here is what I listened to this month.

Rust in Piece and Countdown to Extinction by Megadeath ��� Two of my favorite albums by Megadeath. Holy Wars���The Punishment Due and Hangar 18 have awesome guitar work. Marty Friedman is

As this was the month of Halloween, I have some typical bands and albums I listen to, to get into the spirit of the holiday. I was also surprised by a new album from an old favorite that kept me entertained for a while, which consequently opened my ears to revisiting a band that I had not given the attention it deserved. With that said, here is the list.


Hellbilly Deluxe by Rob Zombie ��� In my opinion this is the ultimate Halloween album. How can you go wrong with a name like Zombie and song

I am embarking on a new series of essays that examine some of the dark connections I have discovered between topics as varied as physics, biology, literature, philosophy, popular shows (Black Mirror, Altered Carbon, etc.) and fiction writing.��

The first episode Dark Parallels Episode 0 - Introduction is now available on the www.darkrevmedia.com site.

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In this episode of Metal Meditation, I���ll be dissecting the song Divinity, a bonus song on Threshold���s album, March of Progress.

Writing this meditation was an interesting process that differed greatly from my usual method. I believe that the meaning of music and art is in the eye of the beholder (or the ear of the listener) and that each of us can walk away with a different message. I approached this meditation with two slightly different interpretations which resulted from a mistake��in my

This month I finished the first drafts of what I think will ultimately be the first two books in the Quantum Mystics series. For those of you who know about my writing process, that means that I have filled a few notebooks with chicken scratch that I now have to decipher, type, and edit. It is only the beginning, but a strong beginning, and I���m very excited by the story, characters and concepts. With that said, I���ve continued to increase the length of my Quantum Mystics Playlist. Here is what I

I began working on a new project this month that I hope to turn into a book series called Quantum Mystics. As a result, I searched for a lot of music that embodied the chaotic, surreal themes of the scenes I was writing. Some were calming and dreamlike, others were action packed, and still others were weird and psychedelic. I started to create a playlist of songs pulled from the albums I listened to while writing the story. The bands and albums themselves don���t differ much from my normal