Pale Sulter

A Letter, Redacted

You may never see this sad attempt to reach out, much less have the incentive to write back once you’ve read this. I’m a friend of his—at one point I was even a very close one—and I think it’s important that I at least try to get in touch. I read the commemoration you wroteContinue reading “A Letter, Redacted”

The heart and the Real: Have a Nice Life, Giles Corey and Jacques Lacan

‘I don’t feel anything where… this love should be.’ ‘I Don’t Love,’ Have a Nice Life — Have a Nice Life and Giles Corey are a dark pair of musical projects. Each boasts the disquieting, unmatched talent of Dan Barrett, as well as the inscrutable Tim Macuga on Have a Nice Life. While Giles CoreyContinue reading “The heart and the Real: Have a Nice Life, Giles Corey and Jacques Lacan”

Paternal Melancholia: h hunt’s ‘Playing Piano for Dad’

‘I’ll leave you to it…’ … As a writer, or more specifically, a blogger, there is an overwhelming desire to incorporate yourself into what you are writing about. A perfect example of this follows. Moreover, there is an even greater impulse to use your power of analysis and prose to ameliorate whatever you are writingContinue reading “Paternal Melancholia: h hunt’s ‘Playing Piano for Dad’”

Some Teeth: A (very) Short Story

This story contains graphic, potentially traumatizing content. … Camilla sat back up. The lights which up until that moment shone on her naked body a fluorescent sneer shut off with a buckle. All around now, the dim aspect of the place served only to enhance the sordiness and din of this space and the gloomContinue reading “Some Teeth: A (very) Short Story”

TikTok Sucks and it has little or nothing to do with China, Tankies: TikTok

If you use TikTok, it’s not your fault. You have been effectively duped by the behemoth technological currents that determine our social media ecology and cultural taste buds. But is that not what the human experience has always been about? Falling victim to social relations and cultural parameters that dictate daily routine is just theContinue reading “TikTok Sucks and it has little or nothing to do with China, Tankies: TikTok”

The Identities of No One: MF DOOM

‘The bar where he would perform that night was already open, and he walked around sipping a soda, unnoticed by everyone there; they would only recognize their hero when he was masked. After the show, we climbed into a van, and I accidentally stepped on his mask. But he didn’t mind. He picked it up,Continue reading “The Identities of No One: MF DOOM”

The Sound of Ghosts: Valuemart

‘Frozen in time…’ — The California-based post-punk band Valuemart boasts a creative repertoire marked by both nostalgic sonic tendencies and a ‘discount DIY’ ethic that is uniquely of our time. Frontman and multi-instrumentalist, Tory Knowles, the man behind the sound and style of Valuemart, epitomizes this dialectical notion with his creative direction. The group’s nameContinue reading “The Sound of Ghosts: Valuemart”

Laughter at the Illness: The Weeknd

‘Sin City’s cold and empty.’ — The first time I watched The Weeknd’s music video for his lonesome synthwave ballad, ‘Blinding Lights,’ I was struck by a kind of familiarity with the story. It occurred to me that I know what it was he was smiling at in the opening shot through that uncanny, bloodtoothedContinue reading “Laughter at the Illness: The Weeknd”

Some Towel: A Short Story

The following piece contains graphic, (potentially) traumatizing content. — “The same way another person might yawn or boil a potato.” Bukowski, Women — Kolby, as was typical after a night like last night, woke up laying with his cheek pressed into the impersonal, olefin carpet of Milton’s mom’s living room. He was facing Jacob whoContinue reading “Some Towel: A Short Story”

‘EVERYBODY LOVES YOU’: DREAMBOY

‘Dreamboy… why you so painful? Counterfeit, boy. What the fuck you been payin for? So, let the blossoms fall — in Autumn — I pay my respects For all the shit that bloomed when it never had to.‘ Dreamboy aka luki <3, Dream Boy — His name was Lukas. I’m not sure what his lastContinue reading “‘EVERYBODY LOVES YOU’: DREAMBOY”