Blog Last chance to back the New Blood Kickstarter This post is for my fellow procrastinators—if you want to support two new, queer paranormal TV shows and get some cool rewards, there's still time!
Solarpunk We deserve modular devices We shouldn't have to be victims of planned obsolescence and incompatibility.
Urban Legends Outlaw ghosts and a haunted bookstore (Haunted Denton Square - Denton, Texas) Not far from the famed Goatman's Bridge in Denton County, Texas, a courthouse square has its share of spirits.
Solarpunk Cyberpunk, cautionary tales, and imagination This week, I'll be writing about science fiction, solarpunk, and imagining better futures.
Learning Things A quick Monday update (Learning Things: June 26, 2023) A super short version of my weekly update on my research and projects.
Creativity Making digital art feel analog Yesterday, I wrote about the vintage, halftone-speckled aesthetic of the Ghost Box record label, which got me thinking about a larger art trend that's been on my mind: after the soulless minimalism of the 2010, the 2020s have so far been defined by lush, maximalist imagery. Puffy (sometimes
Nostalgia A fictional town evoked by music: Belbury and Ghost Box records This weekend, I took a bit of time to listen to some albums put out by the hauntology-heavy Ghost Box record label. I especially enjoyed The Owl's Map and The Belbury Tales by Belbury Poly. The latter is a sort of . . . nostalgic, prog rock-y supernatural concept album that
Learning Things Randonauting, synchronicity, and lost batteries (Learning Things: June 19, 2023) The New Blood Kickstarter campaign is still going strong this week! (It'll be running until July 9 at 8:08 am EST.) Last week, I appeared on a livestream with the rest of the cast and crew of New Blood and Inhuman Beings, two brand-new paranormal shows that
Nostalgia Feelin' nostalgic: emotions and analog paranormal investigation tools Continuing my deep dive into nostalgia and the paranormal! Does the way we feel about paranormal investigation tools change their efficacy? How do our emotions (especially nostalgia) interact with the paranormal? Highlights include: * My continuing fascination with whether the ghosts of living people can haunt us * Looking at nostalgic paranormal
Blog Midcentury UFO literature, anemoia, and bitterness: Part 2 Check out part one of this post. One of my favorite terms is anemoia, or "nostalgia for a time or place that one has never known." It was coined in John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which I own but haven't read cover-to-cover yet.
Blog Midcentury UFO literature, anemoia, and bitterness: Part 1 A quick heads up: I’ll be on a livestream tonight at 8:30 pm along with the rest of the cast and crew of the two new queer paranormal shows we’re currently funding on Kickstarter, so tune into the New Blood TV YouTube channel to watch that! (In
Blog Digital camera nostalgia, remote viewing, and digital gardening (Learning Things: June 12, 2023) I'm back from Iceland and back in the swing of things. It's shaping up to be a busy month, but a good one! One big ongoing project: I mentioned this last week, but the New Blood Kickstarter is still in progress! In case you missed it,
Blog The Curse of the Luxor Hotel (Part 8) Check out the rest of my look at the legends surrounding the Luxor Hotel: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7 Yesterday, I mentioned that the Luxor's pyramid shape worked upon people's imaginations, encouraging them to construct occult lore
Blog The Curse of the Luxor Hotel (Part 6) Check out the rest of my look at the legends surrounding the Luxor Hotel: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 The Luxor's construction Some folks online pointed out that the Luxor was built very quickly (in 18 months) and cheaply (it cost almost as
Blog The Curse of the Luxor Hotel (Part 5) Check out the rest of my look at the legends surrounding the Luxor Hotel: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 Content note: this post contains mention of suicide and guns. Over the last week or so, I’ve talked about the Luxor Hotel’s history and shifting identity,
Blog The Curse of the Luxor Hotel (Part 4) Check out the rest of my look at the legends surrounding the Luxor Hotel: part 1, part 2, part 3 Content note: this one gets slightly gruesome, with mentions of that creepy Bodies exhibit. Despite my fond memories of the Luxor, it seems like there’s some bad vibes at
Episodes The hype around the Panasonic RR-DR60 A look at lore surrounding the legendary Panasonic RR-DR60. How did the late 1990s audio recorder become a device that now sells for $4,000-5,000 USD on eBay? What makes the DR60 so special? Highlights include: * plenty o' nostalgia (and skepticism) * a digression about hard drives (everyone'
Blog The Curse of the Luxor Hotel (Part 3) Check out the rest of my look at the legends surrounding the Luxor Hotel: part 1, part 2 De-theming The last couple days, I've talked about some of my nostalgia the Luxor (as it was when I visited in 1995) and some of the original aspirations and creativity
Blog The Curse of the Luxor Hotel (Part 2) Check out part 1 of my look at the legends surrounding the Luxor Hotel What does the Luxor look like? Much of the lore about the Luxor's supposed hauntings are inspired by the pure . . . strangeness . . . of the Luxor's appearance. First off, the Egyptian-themed hotel is, of
