Amazing tachyon-assisted shot of Bono remarrying in 2020, or coverup using buddy YSL as dupe? You decide.

Posted this in Plastic, good to see that site back: Lord of the Rings fanaticism appeals to the same histrionic tendencies and obeisance in the petit bourgoise that also responded positively to Mein Kampf...

Don’t Mess With Hobbits.

No Gay Pride march in Saudi Arabia.

Ancient Israelite religion wasn’t so unitary and monotheistic. I reckon both fundie Jews and fundie Christians would want to burn this stuff as well.

Actually, this whole climate catastrophe stuff reminds of the awe-inspiring Helliconia books by Brian Aldiss, where despite the best efforts of the smartest people, an entire civilisation waxes and wanes with terrible inevitability because...

This is a great article describing the disturbing new approach to climate developing from Arctic ice-core analysis: neo-catastrophism. Anyone who thinks that the next few decades of climate change because of greenhouse warming wil...

These fundie Jews burn the Christian New Testament, while these fundie Christians burn Harry Potter.

Jonathan Franzen on the Craft of Fiction.

So Mariah Carey’s new album was a dog, but so was REM’s. They are both kind of mopey. All thee tales of woe refer to the US market, which seems to be ruled by...