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Into the Heart of Darkness

I saw a pair of films recently that might as well have been siblings: Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre: The Wrath of God. Both are by director Werner Herzog, both star Klaus Kinski, and both feature doomed cruises down the Amazon (ala Conrad’s classic). I heard about the first film in

Vigil of a Slacker

I am a connoisseur of the past. I am an amalgam of madness. I’m holding some sort of vigil, a lone flame flickering in the night.

Flick Roundup

I’m bored and haven’t done an update in a while. I figure since this blog has basically become a documentary of the media I consume, I might as well do some short write-ups on my newest time-waster: Netflix. Overview: I signed up for the service about a month

Link Roundup

10th Dimension [http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php] A slick flash animation explaining the intricacies of String theory [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory]. It’s almost as if each dimension is a recursion, stepping up the chain to describe all possible universes. Problem is, we’re stuck in

New Tunes

Thought I’d throw up some mini reviews to three recent albums I’ve been listening to Tool – 10000 Days Got this a few months ago. The record has heavy spiritual/philosophical connotations, which I suppose is nothing new to Tool. The title supposedly refers to Maynard’s mother, who

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