remember.
Question Authority.
Dispatches from a Countercultural Dissident
For those who feel the dissonance between yesterday’s convictions and today’s revelations, for wanderers between political identities, for the disillusioned seekers of uncomfortable truths – this space exists as both refuge and challenge.
The establishment fears nothing more than a free mind that refuses categorization. The system trembles at the prospect of individuals who remember what others have been paid to forget.
invitation
For those who feel the dissonance between yesterday’s convictions and today’s revelations, for wanderers between political identities, for the disillusioned seekers of uncomfortable truths – this space exists as both refuge and challenge.
No bullshit
When peace signs transform into corporate logos and resistance becomes performance, the authentic voice must find new terrain upon which to stand.
cultural archaeology
Examining the artifacts of rebellion from psychedelia to post-punk, from noir to new wave. Tracing the abandoned promises and convenient amnesia of those who once claimed to fight corruption.
This is not apostasy -it is an awakening
When the counterculture becomes the culture, where do the truly countercultural go?
TELEFON (1977): COLD WAR PARANOIA IN THE DÉTENTE ERA
THE SLEEPER AWAKENS: CONTEXT AND PRODUCTION “Telefon” is one of the most fascinating yet criminally underseen entries in the Cold War espionage subgenre that flourished during the Nixon-Carter transitional period. Shot during the apex of détente—that brief window when US-Soviet relations thawed enough for diplomatic handshakes while the underlying machinery of espionage churned unabated—Don Siegel’s…
Whispering to My Future Self: How VoiceNotes is Documenting My Minimalism Journey
The Paradox of Letting Go There’s a poignant contradiction in my current season of life. As I stand amid possessions accumulated over decades—photographs that captured fleeting smiles, books whose margins contain conversations with my younger self, trinkets that anchor memories to physical space—I’m learning that letting go requires remembering differently. Minimalism isn’t simply about creating…
The Archaeology of a Life
The process of downsizing revealed an unexpected journey through the archaeology of my own existence. For decades, I had accumulated treasures and trinkets that silently mapped the contours of my becoming. These cardboard vessels—sealed time capsules of my past selves—contained multitudes: vinyl albums (some rare, some out of print), dog-eared paperbacks with margin notes from…
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” – A Review
Look, if you’re still debating whether the Dictators’ “Go Girl Crazy!” was more influential than Television’s “Marquee Moon,” or can name the original Heartbreakers lineup without Googling it, McNeil and McCain’s “Please Kill Me” isn’t just another music book—it’s the holy fucking text of punk archaeology. While trust-fund academics with their Discman copies of “Never…
Why I Write: A Rebel Scholar’s Manifesto
I write because the alternative is probably becoming a farting TikToker or becoming a disgruntled Walmart greeter.