Benjamin’s Friday Link Round-Up #22
Here’s a look at what caught my eye on the web over the past week. Lilly Wachowski Looks Back on ‘Bound’ 30 Years Later: ‘The Opening Shot Is a Closet.’ This interview meanders a bit, but it’s not easy to catch either of the Wacho
Freelance Writing
A slice of life from the front lines of freelance writing.
Music Business
Musings, tips and stories from years spent crawling through the electronic music jungle.
Exhaust Fumes
If it’s got wheels and an engine, you’ll find it in here.
Comics
Documenting the ups and downs of publishing my first graphic novel, along with my thoughts on the comic book industry.
Everything Else
If it didn’t fit in any other category, you’ll find it here.
Exhaust Fumes
The Crunch Is Secret Martha’s Vineyard Demo Deby History
Perhaps the most entertaining rebuke to the encroachment of soft-pedaled anti-auto legislation ever cooked up in a state legislature, The Crunch broug
The Lexus IS 500 Is A Confusing Package
Today, the number of dedicated F-branded models at Lexus has been whittled down to exactly zero, but the eight-cylinder engine clings to life in a pai
I Talked with Sung Kang About His First Car, And Why Hollywood Didn’t Understand ‘Drifter’
What do Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and James Garner all have in common? They were part of a very small club of Hollywood stars whose faces were just
Comics
We Did It! Dead Air #3 Is Fully Funded on Kickstarter!
Greetings from Studio Alpaca HQ! We are speechless at the way you all rallied to help bring Dead Air over the finish line. In the final 24 hours of the campaign, we experienced an incredible surge of over $2,000 in support—exactly what we needed to make goal, and a full 15 percent of the finding
The Dead Air Kickstarter Campaign Needs Your Help
I hate starting off a post on a negative, but I can’t ignore reality: with less than 39 hours to go, the Dead Air Kickstarter campaign is st
It’s the Final Full Page Friday for Dead Air #1-3
Today is the final Friday in the Dead Air #1-3 campaign, and so here’s one last Full Page Friday showing off one of Joe and Maja’s incredi
Talkin’ Dead Air with AJ Reimann and World At War Comics Podcasts
Did someone say PODCASTS?!? Joe and I have been talking to some great people about Dead Air over the past week, and I wanted to post those here so you
Music Business
Bad Movies With Great Soundtracks – Maximum Overdrive
I’m a bit worried I’ve peaked too early by tackling Maximum Overdrive as the second entry in this series, because it might be the ultimate answer to ‘what’s the worst movie with the best soundtrack.’ On top of that, everything about the film’s production is bizarre to the point of parody, up to and including
Bad Movies With Great Soundtracks: The Last Action Hero
I’m going to be honest: I loved The Last Action Hero as a teenager, having missed it in theaters but caught it shortly afterwards once it had trickl
Why Cleaning My Entire Record Collection, One Album At A Time, Is Good For My Soul
This past summer I decided it was finally time to clean my record collection. After having a set of floor-to-ceiling shelves built in the library of o
Dead Air Radio: 80s Songs That Sound Like 90s Songs
Decades don’t start and stop at convenient chronological intervals. Nowhere is this more apparent than when examining pop culture, when one peri




















