March 29, 2024

LOVE WITCHES, BIONIC GIRLS, AND PSYCHOTIC HAIR STYLISTS! (ETHERIA FILM NIGHT BRINGS THE NEXT WAVE OF KICKASS FEMALE DIRECTORS TO THE FORE)

Well, it’s been about a week since the Etheria Film Night kicked L.A.’s pasty-gray male cinematic ass for the third straight year. (Or at least it did mine!) For those of you not in the know: Etheria is an organization devoted to showcasing first-rate female filmmakers who work in the genres (horror, fantasy, science fiction, […]

Fungasm Friday!!!

  “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” Some guy from some band said that. And you know what? He was right. Summer hasn’t even officially began and I’m already out of free weekends. EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND from now until September is spoken for. Not all the plans involve work […]

Fungasm Friday the 13th

Fungasm Friday the 13th Happy Friday the Thirteenth! Today feels like a good day to do some creepy stuff. Like go swimming in the lake down by the old abandonded summer camp, or maybe pick up that questionable looking hitchiker. I’m spending the day relaxing and lounging around on this beautiful 88 degree day. (what the […]

BURNING GHOSTS PT. 2: DANIEL ROSENBOOM INTERVIEW, AND LIVE CONCERT-FILM PERFORMANCE!

As mentioned in Pt. I, the band BURNING GHOSTS releases its new CD today. What I didn’t mention is this! BURNING GHOSTS // CD Release // Saturday, May 7th, 9:00pm Celebrating their debut CD release on Orenda Records, Los Angeles expressionist metal-jazz mavens BURNING GHOSTS present a live concert-film recording IN THE ROUND at Downtown LA’s premeire […]

THE BURNING GHOSTS OF AMERICA (PT. 1: LINER NOTES, AND FIRST PEEKS)

For today’s Fungasm Friday, we’re gonna take a day off from books to celebrate independent artists kicking ass at the musical end of the spectrum. Case in point: the astonishing debut album by avant/jazz/metal ensemble Burning Ghosts. It’s being released today by Orenda Records, a label which has for the past several years specialized in the boundary-breaking […]

Fungasm Friday!

Fuck.   Seriously. I mean like, shit. It’s barely been a week that I’ve felt like I could hear a Bowie song playing in the grocery store without the need to pause and mourn the loss of such a talented and amazing creature. And now, my sweet Prince. I never actually got to see him […]