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May 13, 2014

So, it’s been nearly six months…

There have been reasons; most of them technical, actually. I still need to clear up one of them before returning to certain parts of the schedule on here, so in the meantime, please direct your attention to some of my … Continue reading →
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Published on May 13, 2014 04:43

December 25, 2013

December 16, 2013

[DJ RJ’s ModCast] I Want a Cold Cold Christmas

If you’ve been reading the last few years, I make a post of Winter Holiday/X-Mas music every year —yes, I acknowledge that, as a polytheist, this might seem a tad weird, but as a fag who has an unholy love … Continue reading
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Published on December 16, 2013 02:28

[DJ RJ's ModCast] I Want a Cold Cold Christmas

If you’ve been reading the last few years, I make a post of Winter Holiday/X-Mas music every year —yes, I acknowledge that, as a polytheist, this might seem a tad weird, but as a fag who has an unholy love … Continue reading →
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Published on December 16, 2013 02:28

December 11, 2013

“What [science alone] lacks is the larger existential ‘why,’…”

from “An Open Letter to Atheists” by PSV Lupus And, I think this is one area in which a greater number of people–religious or not–are coming to a better and more useful understanding in accord with much of what I’ve … Continue reading →
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Published on December 11, 2013 02:28

December 5, 2013

The Ad Game

What this song has to do with lip balm, i have no idea, but hey, it’s quite a treat in the middle of reruns of Will & Grace. And hey, if I wasn’t only barely halfway through a minipot of … Continue reading →
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Published on December 05, 2013 04:28

And I really want to thank you for dancin’ til the end….

Not that this is the end of this blog, and likely not my last post here of 2013. For reasons that should be brutally obvious to anyone who doesn’t believe (erroneously, mind) that Soul and R&B stopped being relevant to … Continue reading →
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Published on December 05, 2013 00:51

October 17, 2013

Modernist Library: Blue Monday vol. 2 – Absolute Beginners

Title: Blue Monday: Absolute Beginners (plus webisode scripts) Script: Chynna Clugston-Major (edited by Jamie S. Rich; intro to webiside scripts by Rich) Illustration: Chynna Clugston-Major Published: Oni Press, 2001; (original comic book miniseries, 2001) You know, for some reason, I … Continue reading →
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Published on October 17, 2013 00:55

October 16, 2013

Upcoming reviews for the Modernist Library

I’ve been getting quite a few books (maybe about half of which are graphic novels) backed up on my reading list, and with a few exceptions, I want to get to them before I get any more books –DVDs and … Continue reading →
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Published on October 16, 2013 01:01

October 14, 2013

[Modcast 2013-10-14] Songs Without Moustaches

Lee Hazlewood – “You Look Like a Lady” Tom Jones – “Stop Breakin’ My Heart” The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – “Gold Rush Part 1 / Dollars In the Night / Gold Rush Part 2″ Thee Mighty Caesars – “69 Seconds” … Continue reading →
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Published on October 14, 2013 01:19