Author: Jonathan Kieran
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TikTok Blackout Challenge
By all means, but let’s see some adults get in on this. Our present society isn’t nearly as depraved, distressing, narcissistic, and fucking nuts as it ought to be. Come on. Work HARDER, people. You can all reach Caligula-levels of…
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Vermont Indie Pubber Gets Sold
Chelsea Green is hitting the big time. (If a house has its own press—or started out with its own press—I’ve never seen a reason to describe such houses as “independent publishers.” Independent from what? They are publishers. Small publishers, but…
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Pithy Film Review: Black Phone
I had been noticing this one for quite awhile on Amazon Prime (mainly due to the bizarre mask worn by Ethan Hawke in the blunt promo shot) and, for whatever reason, was finally in a mood or some degree of…
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Originality and Human Creative Vision? Kiss it Goodbye …
… at least until the Great Cataclysm. Until then, distinguish yourself and think about investing in a time capsule to preserve a remnant of authentic talent for future archaeologists to dig up. Also, down the with oligarchs. ——————— #MobsWithPitchforks #Publishing…
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Whull, As Long as Theological Intellectual Joel O’Steen is Behind It …
Sir Anthony Hopkins has completed filming on the “origin story” of Mary the Mother of Jesus, covering the years before her birth and up until the time she was traditionally said to have gone on the lam with Joseph, trying…
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Wild Weather in Old St. Auggie
Tornados touching down in April in some part of America’s Supposed Oldest City, my old hometown! The footage makes it look more like a “fognado” and the damage appears to have been minimal. But weather weirdness is occurring all over…
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The EXORCIST: Believer
Easily one of the worst, most asinine, derivative, poorly written, paced, directed, and ineptly actualized films I have ever encountered. Every tendency toward banality that haunts contemporary cinema across the spectrum “possesses” this sun-burned-barrel-of fish-guts that is a “movie”—not least…
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Swim In His Memory, Sharky
Very cool story of great white shark research serving as a memorial for a man killed in a tragic auto accident. Swim onward, buddy, and light-up that Sharktivity App. ———————— #MarineBiology #GreatWhiteSharks #Research #HiltonHead #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #NewNovel…
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I Miss Christine McVie
The soulful singer-songwriter from Fleetwood Mac. That band was a lot of furious, astonishing, genius, abhorrent things, but I always thought Christine was the real anchor, the unwavering heart. I certainly like Stevie and Lindsey and Mick. Glad they are…
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Homespun BULLSHIT
I have been availing myself of the services of a fine barber for two years. His work has been, overall, outstanding. He is friendly, professional, and aside from his cultish Christian Evangelicalism—he once ran out to my car with pamphlets…
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