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Hovercraft

Sometimes in life, we fashion an artistic animus that over time, becomes a cage that confines us. Sometimes we try different things to keep the animus from becoming stale, and redundant. Sometimes we overhear a song that makes us want to kill, kill, kill, until we are hip-deep in blood and viscera.

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Chortle Combat

No reboot of Mortal Kombat has come close to the cultural coup-de-grace of the original series from the 1990s. It doesn’t matter how many new “Fatalities” there are, or how much blood, or how realistic the fighters look. There’s still a crucial ingredient missing.

The techno.

If these words are screaming in your head right now, you know what I’m talking about.

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An Imaginary Morning With Moby

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Moby-Lookin’ Monday

 

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Credit where it’s due: I just listened to Moby’s self-titled debut for the first time in ages, beginning to end. It’s pretty enjoyable actually. I really think it was the stench of Cool World.

 

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