Blue Plate Special: The Faint
Emerging from Omaha’s late-’90s DIY basements, The Faint carved out a sound that felt as visual as it was volatile,...
Category: Personal
Blue Plate Special: Debra Fotheringham
Debra Fotheringham is a luminous singer-songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, writer, and poet whose artistry feels both intimate and expansive, like a...
Blue Plate Special: Keith Richie
Keith Richie is a Texas-born composer and producer whose music paints vivid sonic landscapes that blur the line between the...
October 2025 Content Wrap-Up
Another month in the books, another monthly content wrap-up. In case you didn’t notice, I’ve moved this post from the...
Blue Plate Special: The Creatures
Formed in London in 1981 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie as a drums-and-voice side project from Siouxsie and...
The Circuit Dominion is Now Available!
I’m thrilled to announce that my debut science fiction novel, The Circuit Dominion, is now available on Amazon in both...
Blue Plate Special: Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget was the alias of Londoner Frank Tovey, one of Mute Records’ earliest standard-bearers and among the sharpest architects...
When AI Learns From Games… and Turns On You
I came across a box from our recent move with several Xbox games. Looking through some of my favorites, I...
Blue Plate Special: Mick Karn
Mick Karn (born Andonis Michaelides) was the fretless bass alchemist at the heart of Japan’s art-rock metamorphosis, threading rubbery, vocal-like...
Blue Plate Special: Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd (PiL) was born from John Lydon’s “anti-rock” impulse after leaving the Sex Pistols. PiL fused dub’s gravitational...
