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The Last Lovecraft

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Feb 19, 2010

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Here’s a somewhat amusing trailer for an upcoming horror-comedy called The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu. Summary: Jeff is an ordinary guy that is stuck at a dead end job with a boring life, but when a strange old man gives him an Ancient relic and tells him that he is the last bloodline of H.P. [...]

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J.D. Salinger Checks Out

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Jan 28, 2010

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I’ve always meant to get around to researching J.D. Salinger’s recluse years, which ended up comprising the majority of his life. My wife knows more about the situation, and occasionally it comes up in conversation. At any rate, I’m morbidly fascinated by characters like Salinger and Harper Lee, who, in the wake of a defining [...]

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A Novel in Words, Sounds and Images.

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Wed, Jan 13, 2010

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Just thinking it not fair to write about the cold, dark Berlin winter while on vacation in mild, sunny San Francisco, your friendly Contrarian Teutonic correspondent is back in the Fatherland and ready with more stories from the Continent. As with most creative arts, musicians have been known to occasionally dabble in the fields other than [...]

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On Sherlock Holmes

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Dec 31, 2009

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We just saw the Guy Ritchie-helmed Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as the titular detective. I suppose it was better than I expected, and maybe a bit worse. Better, because it really didn’t alter the Holmes character in any significant ways. Worse, because  — despite revved-up action sequences — it was actually pretty boring.

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Dispatches From the Stacks

Posted by Wes Covey on Wed, Dec 30, 2009

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You may despise me for it, dear readers, but I am here to bring you another cursed list. I know what you’re thinking: these Contrarian characters are supposed to be all up on the current events. I want fresh ideas and a good larf when I come to this page, not another gawdarned list. Well, tough. [...]

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