Prior to forming Faith and the Muse in 1993, Monica Richards and William Faith were already veterans of the goth and post-punk scenes; Richards was formerly the lead singer of Washington D.C.’s ...

This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode celebrate the intricate guitar stylings of Vini Reilly and The ...

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The Christian alternative pioneers are also planning a 25th anniversary edition of Flap Your Wings. Dragonflies symbolize transformation and self discovery as they emerge from water to air. As a band ...

A simple workaround for a trivial, yet annoying shortcoming in the popular webmail service. Earlier this week, I was drafting an email in Gmail and needed to include a multi-line quote. Which seems ...

Update: A month has passed, and Google’s AI still doesn’t know how to spell the days of the week. By now, it’s common knowledge that Google’s AI search can be… unreliable. Back in 2024, the world’s ...

Roku’s new ad-free service features thousands of titles from Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FilmRise. So what, exactly, does Howdy offer? Well, I’ve spent some time going through its archives, ...

Join the Kickstarter campaign for Seth T. Hahne’s latest graphic novel. This is the story of how a little girl homunculus and her puffiny best friend discover a secret long hidden on their island home ...

And all you need to watch them is a library card. It’s easy to focus on Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, et al. when discussing streaming services. However, if you’ve got a library card — and you ...

Now that we’re firmly in 2025, let’s take a quick look back at 2024. This month’s playlist — titled “Catching Up with 2024″ — is an eclectic blend of songs that I blogged about on Opus, that flew ...

Since Elon Musk’s takeover in October 2022, X (formerly Twitter) has become a hotbed of far right and Nazi content — surprising exactly no one who’s been paying attention. Musk himself has played no ...

You never know what you’re going to see with a Godfrey Ho ninja movie… or what you’ll hear. Not surprisingly, Ho’s films are a mess. For example, Ninja Knight Thunder Fox’s two protagonists — who ...