On February 28, 2026 the United States and Israel launched their joint attack on Iran. I’m not sure what this war will be called in the future, or how long it will last given that victory was already declared but the bombings recently resumed. Regardless, on the same day the explosions started a strange radio […]
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Book Review – “101 Dungeon Synth Albums You Must Hear… Before You Rot In A Dungeon” (2024)
I was trying to remember when I first became aware of dungeon synth. The first time I blogged about it was back in May 2020 when I wrote about Fylgja’s cassette Aska Vors Lands, though that was more about how the surrealness of early COVID lockdown collided with how I heard the music. I remember […]
From The Vault – An Interview With dj. flugvél og geimskip
In the late 2010s there was a wonderful magazine called Reykjavik On Stage. I wrote a few pieces for it, and then the editor asked if I’d be open to doing a feature interview with Steinunn Harðardóttir, better known by her alter-ego dj. flugvél og geimskip. I jumped at the opportunity – Harðardóttir’s quirky storytelling […]
From The Vault – Green Ice – “Green Ice” (1986)
Here’s another post in the From The Vault series. It originally appeared on Life in the Vinyl Lane on September 8, 2018, and I’m re-posting because it includes an interview with former Green Ice bassist Pat Nipert. Mrs. Life in the Vinyl Lane took a Saturday class a few weeks ago, so I thought I’d […]
Psychic Hood – “Era Indomitus” (2023)
In the Warhammer 40K universe a psychic hood is an arcane device, usually worn by space marine librarians, to both enhance their own psychic powers and protect them from the psychic attacks of others, including demons of the Warp that might attempt to use librarian’s body as a portal through which to enter our material […]