Well, this whole Baltimore situation isn't what I planned to be writing about today, but it most certainly ties into the themes of this series, doesn't it?
Seven years ago I began ranting about how the death of a 90s rock star marked the beginning of the Apocalypse, and that an obscure dream-pop diva from the 80s was its chosen herald. Needless to say, I was greeted with laughter and derision.
But I have a feeling a lot of people aren't laughing anymore.
You know, I love memes but I really love schizoid memes. Unfortunately, they're not always easy to find, so I put out a call on Xwitter for some, and the schizoids did not let me down.
A momentous milestone in the history of this blog:Help us bid farewell to the gods, angels and demons unleashed on the world by visionary madman, Jack Kirby. This hits all of those Secret Sun sweet spots, believe it.
I burned a lot of bandwidth in the early days of The Secret Sun talking about comics legend Jack Kirby. Some folks dismissed it as fanboy indulgence, until Kirby's delirious psychedelic visions of modern-day gods, angels and demons conquered Hollywood and defined pop culture for an entire decade.