Steve Roby
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I saw them in Boston. By pure luck they were playing there while I was in town for a work conference. Spain (Josh Haden) was the opener.
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I saw them in Boston. By pure luck they were playing there while I was in town for a work conference. Spain (Josh Haden) was the opener.
Katrina and the Waves
Cocteau Twins
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Alvvays
Metric
Cocteau Twins
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Alvvays
Metric
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Katrina and the Waves
Cocteau Twins
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Alvvays
Metric
Cocteau Twins
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Alvvays
Metric
FWIW, Jason Haigh-Ellery isn't just a podcast producer, he's owner of Big Finish, which sells licenced audio tie-ins for Doctor Who and several other series... including dozens of Blake's 7 stories starring members of the original cast. Very good ones, at that.
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
FWIW, Jason Haigh-Ellery isn't just a podcast producer, he's owner of Big Finish, which sells licenced audio tie-ins for Doctor Who and several other series... including dozens of Blake's 7 stories starring members of the original cast. Very good ones, at that.
Blast of Silence. Low budget noir filmed in 1960 NYC. There’s a Christmas party scene that’s significant for the character. But also: beatniks, a weird second-person voiceover (“Look out, Frankie!”), and unremitting bleakness. Perfect for Christmas.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Blast of Silence. Low budget noir filmed in 1960 NYC. There’s a Christmas party scene that’s significant for the character. But also: beatniks, a weird second-person voiceover (“Look out, Frankie!”), and unremitting bleakness. Perfect for Christmas.
Loved the anime. The manga’s great, too, but not yet finished. Can’t wait to see how that ends. I’m also curious about the live action movie, if we ever get a dub or sub.
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Loved the anime. The manga’s great, too, but not yet finished. Can’t wait to see how that ends. I’m also curious about the live action movie, if we ever get a dub or sub.
Premier rather than premiere, isn’t it? Yes, I know that’s not the point of the question, sorry.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Premier rather than premiere, isn’t it? Yes, I know that’s not the point of the question, sorry.
Hard to believe the Kelvin era started *sixteen years* ago.
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Hard to believe the Kelvin era started *sixteen years* ago.
Heck, the New York Times published Camille Bacon-Smith’s article Spock Among the Women in 1986, and her book Enterprising Women was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1991. Women’s leadership in Star Trek fandom goes back to the very first cons and fanzines.
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Heck, the New York Times published Camille Bacon-Smith’s article Spock Among the Women in 1986, and her book Enterprising Women was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1991. Women’s leadership in Star Trek fandom goes back to the very first cons and fanzines.
Almost as likely as George Takei finally getting his Captain Sulu series.
August 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Almost as likely as George Takei finally getting his Captain Sulu series.
Speaking of Woolrich… if you’re American this won’t be useful news, but Delphi Classics recently released a full set of Woolrich novel ebooks, including all the pre-noir novels, in 50-year copyright countries. www.delphiclassics.com/shop/cornell...
Cornell Woolrich – Delphi Classics
www.delphiclassics.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Speaking of Woolrich… if you’re American this won’t be useful news, but Delphi Classics recently released a full set of Woolrich novel ebooks, including all the pre-noir novels, in 50-year copyright countries. www.delphiclassics.com/shop/cornell...
I’d read about slash in Star Trek Lives! in 1975 and was surprised years later to read in Camille Bacon-Smith’s Enterprising Women just how underground and secretive the slash scene was.
May 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’d read about slash in Star Trek Lives! in 1975 and was surprised years later to read in Camille Bacon-Smith’s Enterprising Women just how underground and secretive the slash scene was.
An American fanzine publisher/distributor did a Trek fanzine circa 1990 intended as a straight counter to slash. I bought one because I wanted to have a representative Trek fanfic collection. (Yes, I have some slash and hurt/comfort.) May I live long enough to someday forget how bad it was.
May 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An American fanzine publisher/distributor did a Trek fanzine circa 1990 intended as a straight counter to slash. I bought one because I wanted to have a representative Trek fanfic collection. (Yes, I have some slash and hurt/comfort.) May I live long enough to someday forget how bad it was.
Well, maybe I’m wrong and “evoke” doesn’t mean what I always thought it meant.
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Well, maybe I’m wrong and “evoke” doesn’t mean what I always thought it meant.
The sky above Mrs. Dalloway was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel.
March 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The sky above Mrs. Dalloway was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel.
Did you see this NYT article? Suggests that bromides wasn’t all that old an expression at the time, though it had shifted meaning. (If I first saw this because you shared it, oops. But I think I saw it elsewhere.)
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Did you see this NYT article? Suggests that bromides wasn’t all that old an expression at the time, though it had shifted meaning. (If I first saw this because you shared it, oops. But I think I saw it elsewhere.)
I still remember the day I found a Cathy’s Home Demos CD at a record collectors’ show back in the pre-mp3 days. Right up there with the time one of my sisters gave me a triple-LP live Kate bootleg for my birthday.
March 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I still remember the day I found a Cathy’s Home Demos CD at a record collectors’ show back in the pre-mp3 days. Right up there with the time one of my sisters gave me a triple-LP live Kate bootleg for my birthday.
OU instead of O is Canada’s thing. The US can call theirs borbon.
March 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
OU instead of O is Canada’s thing. The US can call theirs borbon.
Yep. Any time I see anything like this I look for a link.
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Yep. Any time I see anything like this I look for a link.