Watched that the other day myself, then listened to their latest album, too. 🤘

Grew up listening to it and having nightmares because of the beautiful, creepy art, which was an integral part of the album you don't get from streaming! You should look it up if you haven't already.

Hadn't heard about the updated version with Liam Neeson. I'll have to give it a listen.

If you'd enjoy sci-fi noir mysteries, here's a recent post with my favorites.

The reason why playing with a Jack-in-the-Box as a child is important.

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Kurt Vonnegut letter.

I want to name a cat Detective John McClane so I can yell "McClane" like Alan Rickman whenever he does something bad, which, since it's a cat, will be quite often. My wife won't let me.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré

"The Unusual Clients" by Milo James Fowler - a collection of three novellas featuring P.I. Charlie Madison that are well-written and superbly incorporate science fiction elements into the mysteries.

"Altered Carbon" by @quellist1.bsky.social - a cyberpunk classic, "Altered Carbon" is gritty, dirty and violent. Immorality is available to some by transferring consciousness from one body to another. When one of the oldest dies under mysterious circumstances, mercenary Takeshi Kovacs investigates.

"Ashetown Blues" & "The Ronin of Vine Street" by @authorwhmitchell.bsky.social - Robots, mega-corps, corrupt officials, underworld orgs and Thomas Martel P.I. Through three novellas and a full-length novel, Mitchell leads the reader through webs of conspiracies to unravel the mysteries unexpectedly.

"Titanium Noir" by @nickharkaway.com - Harkaway sends us on a journey from the gutters to the towers looking for the killer of a Titan--someone who has taken an expensive life extension treatment. Cal Sounder must confront his own demons along the way and does it with the requisite noir aplomb.

Love that this is coming from a doctor. Guessing not "medical".

I can't even imagine! I write my plot points out on slips of paper so I can rearrange them. Of course, I'm not writing anything remotely as complex. It's worked well for me, especially on my WIP when I ran into that dreaded "writer's block" AKA "I f*cked up and don't know what I did wrong yet".

Would love to see one page of notes from "Gnomon" someday so that we can all be driven insane.

Toasted ravioli with leftover Sunday Sauce, salad... damn, I forgot to make bread.

One of my favorite scenes in all movie history!