Prometheus Rising Part I
As I've gotten older movies have progressively lost interest for me. In my teens and early 20s I was an uber movie geek, consuming dozens of titles a year, but nowadays I typically only sit down to...
View ArticleAurora and the Kallikantzaris -Updated 1/7/13
Tragedy has struck Aurora, Colorado again. This past summer gunman James Eagan Holmes killed 12 and wounded 58 other individuals during a midnight showing of the latest Batman film on July 20, an event...
View ArticlePrometheus Rising Part II
Welcome to the second part of my examination of the ancient astronaut epic Prometheus, the latest installment in the legendary Alien franchise. The film marked the return of acclaimed filmmaker Ridley...
View ArticlePrometheus Rising Part III
Welcome to part three of my examination of the Alien prequel and ancient astronaut epic Prometheus. In the first installment of this series I considered the mythological figure of Prometheus as well as...
View ArticlePrometheus Rising Part IV
Welcome to the fourth and final installment in my examination of the film Prometheus, acclaimed filmmaker Sir Ridley Scott's (the director of the first Alien and Blade Runner, in addition to more...
View ArticleThe Road to Elohim Part I
Anyone who has read even the most basic literature on paramilitary, right-wing groups has inevitably stumbled upon references to the mysterious Elohim City. Elohim City first gained national notoriety...
View ArticleThe Road to Elohim Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my series examining the notorious Christian Identity compound known as Elohim City, a place that has long been linked to arms trafficking, bank robberies, and acts...
View ArticleThe Poe
When I first read about The Following roughly a year ago I was immediately intrigued. The show was described as revolving around a burned out former FBI agent trying to stop a cult of serial killers....
View ArticleThe Road To Elohim Part III
Welcome to the third installment in my examination of the white supremacist enclave known as Elohim City. In the first part of this series we briefly considered Elohim itself as well as several other...
View ArticleThe Road to Elohim Part IV
Welcome to the fourth installment in my examination of Elohim City, a Christian Identity compound located near the border of Oklahoma and Arkansas that has been linked to a whole host of strange and...
View ArticleThe Road to Elohim Part V
Welcome to the fifth installment in my series concerning Elohim City, the broader Christian Identity movement that spawned it, and the links both have to the American power elite. In the first...
View ArticleSandy Hook, Meth and the Knights of Malta
Increasingly the Vatican is starting to resemble a slow-motion car crash.Of course, such a description could've been used to describe the Vatican for any number of years leading up to now but it is...
View ArticleThe Road to Elohim Part VI
Welcome to the sixth and final installment in my series revolving around the notorious Christian Identity compound Elohim City, the broader Christian Identity movement that spawned it in the extensive...
View ArticleChavez and March 5
By now I'm sure many of you are aware that Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, officially died on March 5, 2013. Much of the past decade plus Chavez was a major bogeyman for any number of...
View ArticleProcessing the Assembly Part I
Regular readers of this blog may remember that I have something of an interest in a gerne of music commonly referred to as "stoner rock" (and closely associated styles such as doom, sludge, drone and...
View Article17 Over the Papacy
And so Pope Watch 2013 comes to an end with the Cardinal formally known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Francis I, claiming the prize. To say that the Vatican is experiencing interesting times as Francis...
View Article3/17/13
As regular readers of this blog know I'm quite obsessed with the number 17 and have had it on my mind quite a bit lately. It all began when rumors started to emerge surrounding the findings of a Papal...
View ArticleProcessing the Assembly Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the music of Sabbath Assembly, a recent retro-metal/occult outfit inspired by the infamous Process Church of the Final Judgment. In the first...
View ArticleGerman Shepherd Sacrifices and the Assassination of Tom Clements --Updated:...
Curious reports are coming out of Idaho concerning a rash of missing dogs, with the remains of at least one unfortunate canine being found with ritualistic paraphernalia on the body. Reuters...
View ArticleHalloween VI, Texas Chainsaw Massacre IV and the Meaning of Horror Part I
In many ways Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995, sometimes known as Halloween 666: The Origins of Michael Myers) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (released in 1996 but...
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