Spirits of '79: Apocalypse Redux

 

Events conspired for me to drop the ball on this series, seeing as things were heating up elsewhere. I started it a month before the start of the Ukraine War, which is about as 1979 as you can possibly get. A lot of other slow motion disasters are keeping the spirits alive, so it's time to get back into it.

April Showers Bring Meme Flowers

Funny because it's literally true, or depressing because it's literally true? Or both?

Cold Wars and Colors Out of Space

OK, something extremely strange and powerful is coming towards us. I only have pieces of the puzzle so far. A lot of them, mind you, but not enough to pull the whole thing together. But a disproportionate number of clues emerge out of two Tarkovsky films, as well as their American adaptions.