if Apocalypse Now was Heart of Darkness in Vietnam...

you have put so many of my thoughts into so few, yet entertaining words. thank you.

in reality... this is hardly an “art” book. compare to the work of even a medium grade Medical Illustrator and you’ll see its pretty low grade stuff. even for a fantasy/comic crowd.

never noticed how phallic that poster was/is.  (but last time i saw that movie i was what? six?

will it sing “Daisy”?

the more we learn about how much stuff is out there- from rogue planets to interstellar asteroids... not to mention the fact that there is no such thing as the true “vacuum of space” with quantum particles popping in and out of existance(Casimir effect).... it kind of dates the fantasy idea of “light speed” or “faster…

its Naples, FL. EVERYTHING here is “crackpipe” expensive...

my brother (US Army, Special Forces) tells me many times of how they will rent large SUVs to practice evasive driving manouvers. One time in Germany, they picked up a large SUV from the local Hertz dealer. During an live fire excersize, one squad member was crouched behind the drivers side front fender engaging…

torn between hatefully jealous and sincerest respect. this was the first bike i got my knee down on -and it started a 15year road racing career. absolutely adore that bike. when i close my eyes, i can remember every detail of it -the holes in the fairing, the wide tank, the tacho, the fairing stay, the exhaust sound,…

“Drones outfitted with machine guns and grenades...will save lives.”

the personal essay is like a fart. everyone thinks their own is a masterpiece of texture and nuance.

in college, we just got a new video camera (this was Michigan, winter of 1990). we wanted to make a short video using some very primitve ‘special effects’ to simulate/record a car crash. the short plan was: the driver “Scott” would accelerate toward a car and I would I record events from the passenger seat. At the…

i have a terrible feeling that SEASON TWO is setting up to be crap.

oof. that was painful. at least the landscape scene of the distant factories on the horizon- destroying the environment by dumping black plumes of toxins into the air- didnt need to be CGI’d.

one thing to keep in mind while looking at anything of this era- is the specter-in-the-background of the cold war.