The Best of 2025

Another year in the books. Musically it was pretty solid. I attended my 14th Iceland Airwaves music festival. I did my first-ever DJ set. I went record shopping in New York City, Vienna, Bratislava, and Reykjavik. And I brought 277 physical releases into the house, if my Disocgs collection is to be believed (and I […]

Book Review – “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism – The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege” (2024)

I have always had an interest in subcultures, the fringier the better. In the pre-internet era it required a lot of effort, and more than a little luck sometimes, to find others “like you” if you had extreme interests or views. Often that journey took started with outsider magazines, titles that still had just enough […]