Posts from January, 2006

Everything Put Together…

We older generations…help the process of future scarcity along by obliviously throwing out this modern 'junk'.1 As someone who's...

The Atlantic Shadow

I've been keeping half an eye on the interviews that (Limerick's own) Paul Gleeson and (Canada's own) Tori Holmes have been giving...

Lazarus

Well, as you regular fústarers have no doubt noticed, the blog has been pretty much consistently on the blink for the last 48 hours…much...

Be Godparent or Osteology

Hoorah! The blog is back up after a period of inexplicable 'outage'…thank you very much Lycos…grumble… Anyway, in...

Fireside Chat

Just a quick plug for my good chums in The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra whose marvellous (and cosy) "Fireside Chat" demo has now been...

Summon the Deathlords!

Following on from my recent 'Doomlord' post, I hereby present a brief interview with collector of British comics, and publisher of...

It’s life, Jim…

'Guest Post' by Copernicus I enjoy taking a certain immoderately smug view of myself predicated on a few pleasing cultural tropes....

Keep Watching the Skies

In an idle moment last night I found myself browsing through some of the more neglected and forgotten volumes that adorn my bookcases. Scanning...

Take Me to Your Paraskevidekatriaphobics

If you're reading this from home (as opposed to sneaking a quick look at work) then you may share some of the 'paraskevidekatriaphobic'...

Unfringed

A quick plug for unFRINGEd 2006, Limerick's International Fringe Festival. It runs from the 19th of January to the 4th of February...

The Theatre of the Scaffold

'Guest Post' by Copernicus Like the French placard which, Roger Chartier has observed, has been 'long neglected by a history interested...

More Tea, Mr. Doomlord?

Until I discovered the very…em…groovy Groovy Age of Horror blog the other day, I'd never heard of the term 'fumetti' (despite...

Me and My Meme

It appears that infactah.com has 'tagged' me (as I believe the term is) with the "5 Weird Habits" meme. In the spirit of 'bloggery'...

PC World?

Amusing article in yesterday's (English) Independent about a new booklet (written by Anthony Browne for the social policy think tank...

Disappointingly Dead…

Happy New Year. The recent zombie movie renaissance, driven by the success of such (admirable) fan-boy efforts as Shaun of the Dead,...