Patrick Barb

What band is always in a hurry? Rush Which guitarist had the sauciest riffs? Spagh-Eddie Van Halen Why did AC/DC cancel their pool party? Thunder struck. What is Dark Side of the Moon about? It’s about forty-three minutes. Bon Jovi has a new diet where you eat one fruit a day. It’s called “living on a pear.” How much dental work did the members of Boston need? More than a filling. What did Freddie Mercury say when he saw an ocean of soda?

Praise for And One Day We Will Die: "As multifarious and seductive as the lyrics of Jeff Mangum, these stories all stand beautifully on their own while together producing a cryptic spectacle worthy of their inspiration." -Molly Tanzer, author of Creatures of Will and Temper and "Jirel and the Mirror of Truth" -Brian McAuley, author of Curse of the Reaper and Candy Cain Kills "Delightful and poignant, And One Day We Will Die riffs beautifully on the enigmatic songs of Neutral Milk Hotel.

Film A Review of A24’s and Ti West’s Trio of Horror Films “The film serves as an effective capstone to a trilogy where the concept of Manifest Destiny, the driving Eurocentric colonizing force behind the westward expansion of the United States, is given an individual (well, two individuals) avatar(s) — while being no less bloody and murderous.” In the opening of Ti West’s Maxxxine (A24, 2024), the recently-released final chapter in his horror trilogy starring muse and collaborator Mia Goth,...