The New MST3K Season Hammers Out the Few Kinks of the Return For a Wonderful Experience
OnComing out on Thanksgiving, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet fixes the few issues with Season 11, and gives us six great cinematic turkeys.
The Totally True Time of When I Found a VHS of a Lost ‘Brady Bunch’ Episode
OnAt that flea market I found another VHS tape with a lost ‘Brady Bunch’ episode featuring Cousin Oliver, but I didn’t know that at the time.
The Comics Journal’s Book of Harvey Kurtzman Interviews Is Utterly Essential
OnA review of a book of interviews from the Comics Journal with Harvey Kurtzman, exploring his career from ‘Hey Look!’ to ‘Little Annie Fanny.’
Frank Zappa and the Mothers’ ‘Absolutely Free’ Finds a Way Around the Sophomore Slump
OnWe’ve all heard of the sophomore slump where a band’s second album isn’t nearly as good as their first — but Zappa avoided it with ‘Absolutely Free’.
The New Self-Titled Album by Nicky Flowers Is a Synthwave Joy
OnNicky Flowers, ex-Cassette Fighter, is releasing their self-titled album this December, and if you’re a fan of synthpop, you’ll love it.
‘Save the Green Planet!’ Is One of the Few Perfect Movies
OnA review of the excellent Korean film Save The Green Planet!, which spans just about every genre you can think of — and nails all of them.
The True Story of the VID (a/k/a ВND and ВИD) Logo, the Creepiest Closing Logo Ever
OnIf you’ve seen any “scary closing logo” compilations, you’ve probably seen the VID logo — or perhaps you know it as the BND or ВИD logo — here’s what’s up.
The Zappa Project Begins With the Mothers of Invention’s Debut Album, ‘Freak Out!’
OnWe’re starting a new project — the Zappa Project, where we go through every official album by Frank Zappa in order, starting, of course, with ‘Freak Out!’
Fred Rogers, Hayao Miyazaki and the Concept of Everybody Media
OnAn essay about making “Everybody Media” instead of explicitly “Children’s Media,” and how it can be the most rewarding method of making things.
A Proposed Variation on ‘The Dating Game,’ Based on ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’
OnThe Prisoner’s Dilemma re-imagined as a Dating Game type TV Show, bringing game theory to a quasi-romantic television program