A wooden head and a broken heartUsed, abused and torn apart I gave you my best and you gave me the rest It’s time to die, time to die. “Mind of a Toy” – Visage A common criticism of music ...

Expression is a rhythm, with every creator becoming their own conductor and conduit. This is one of many reasons why adapting the written word to the language of cinema is a tricky one and depending on the work and author ...

Love songs can be some of the worst things on Earth. I’m talking pure grade schmaltz. Solo love in an elevator, which will only end in tears and a possible police arrest. Is that any way to live life? No. ...

I’ve got spies. They’re coming to get you. From Berlin to Rome, Bangkok, Germany. – Spies, Roni Griffith It takes a lot less to end the world. – The Soldier If ever there was a downright halcyon time for the ...

Few figures in Western culture possess such knee-jerk, ookie-spooky clout as the Devil. Excuse me. THE Devil! Christian believers get nervous, metalheads get excited, and if you’re that one goblet wielding Dapper Dan from Sam Dunn’s incredible 2005 documentary, Metal: ...

Depression. The ole emotional ebb and flow. Sometimes it’s due to a string of bad luck, personal past trauma, a tricky assortment of chemical imbalances, a mix of all of the above, and something that may even feel hard to ...

Serendipity. It’s defined by Merriam-Webster as, “the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.” It’s also a force that takes you through an unexpected back road that leads to some of the best and most ...

“I’m caught in a dream. So what! You don’t know what I’m goin’ through” Alice Cooper “Chopper don’t hurt nobody unless he wants to.”    Dee Everyone has dreams. It’s our personal wishes, visions, and goals that make up so much ...

Standing underneath the unflinching fluorescent lights in your local grocery store, you start wondering what Lovecraftian entity came up with the idea for a food item called “Uncrustable,” and a song hits your ears. Hits is an understatement, since verbs ...

 The light wanes from the sky as another headline about corrupt leaders doing what they have always been doing hits the news yet again. It only gets worse as they die, as if the mere, uniform act of death is ...