But not just xylophones. There's the tintinnabulations of Edgar Alan Poetry and the melodious ribs of old-timey cartoon skeletons.And you—yeah you—don't turn that dial! To paraphrase Bill Hicks, there's a purple vein Priapus ditty coming soon. ((As much as I hate Joe Rogan parroting, his errant,...

💡Read Religion, the Board Game (Second Edition) now!Would it be safe to say you have opinions on religion?Absolutely, but I try not to be overly vocal about it. Religions and belief systems are fascinating, but I struggle to understand them—or rather, to understand how people choose to behave within their...

Time passes, and human civilisation is slowly heading towards destruction. Some of the most significant forces in the world are religions, and it is their duty to do what they do best: recruit Earth’s entire population before the inevitable end!In Religion, the Board Game, you play as one of five ^^Religions^^...

—Ellie Black

A busy Memorial Day weekend of Bottlerock and wine tastings put a bit of a delay on things, but here we are. It does actually look like a pretty great week in TV, music, movies, and comics. I don't want to spoil too much, but there is a lot to be excited about, especially seeing Backrooms follow up Obsession and a...

Hello hello hello! If you're paying attention (and/or visiting the site), you might notice a common thread and a few changes. Our home page got a little face lift and we are slowly rolling out new designs for all of the different things we publish. Our Weekend Edition (the thing you are reading right now) has a new...

💡Read Plate V now!How long do you think it’d take you to realize the cave was alive?I don’t think I’d ever realize it was alive… Given you’re a chemist yourself, does the ability to describe things in the most unimaginative ways possible lend itself to being a good chemist?Well, we’re taught that every reaction...

It was the oddest job interview I’d ever experienced. First of all, we arrived at the lobby as one big group, brought in on bespoke company transport—black vehicles with tinted windows. It rained on the way over, so everyone was wet, shaking out their umbrellas in a rustling like birds’ wings. We took the elevators...

Big changes once again to The Media Guide this week. We've been working on a lot of website improvements to make things a bit more fun and stylish—and a lot more are on the way. If you're reading this via email, you won't really notice a difference, but if you're reading on the web, there are a ton of cool flairs. I...

“Shame on you!” Those are the last words my father said to me. Shouted across 3,600 miles, as the crow flees, a few months before Barbenheimer.He's not dead, mind you, though he may be by the time you read this. Take that, r/LiminalSpace! ((And thanks, “Monster Talk,” for talking to Lana Hall, who name-dropped that...

Read H.C.'s story, NO SOLICITORS, now!Do you have any desire to live out in the middle of nowhere?I think it’s no secret that the idea of solitude in nature possesses a strong romantic appeal. There’s a reason that the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog has been used as a bookcover for some of the most seminal works of...

Chazz Martin was a former New York City ad man, twice divorced, who’d spent his entire adult life living in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. To those who knew him, he was the epitome of a New York socialite—erudite, debonair, and ruthlessly ambitious—which is why it came as a surprise when he decided to quit the ad...