Cvlture Ride the Lightning… METALLICA Live at Metal Hammer Festival 1985 On September 14th, 1985, I was a 5 year old with no clue who Metallica was. I had no delinquent, thrasher older brother or sister... MeghanNovember 14, 2024
Cvlture BLACK DEATH! The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre I was born a rebel and I have always fought against the oppression of my people! Right now, Black and Brown people are fighting... Sean ReveronNovember 14, 2024
Bizarre Familiar and Alien Deaths: Philippe Ariés’ Western Attitudes Towards Death While many historians explore the history of nations and kings, in 1974, the French historian Philippe Ariés explored what may be the sole constant... IanSeptember 23, 2014
History Throwing the Babies Out with the Bathwater: The Skeletal Remains of Ashkelon Every so often, an archaeological dig will turn up something mysterious that leaves scholars scratching their heads in wonder and amazement. And then there’s... Mark LaskeySeptember 19, 2014
Bizarre Rites of Desecration: Suicide, Sacrilege and the Crossroads Burial Although suicide has always been considered to be the most personal of acts, it has a complex social and cultural history in the Western... Mark LaskeySeptember 8, 2014
Documentaries The Idea of the Id: Adam Curtis’ The Century of the Self For good or ill, the theories of Sigmund Freud exerted an enormous influence on the 20th century, becoming deeply entrenched in Western culture to... IanAugust 13, 2014
History Peru’s Heavy Metal Warriors of the ‘80s By Freddy Alva via No Echo The history of heavy metal in Peru is a long, winding road paved with adversity and conflict coupled... Freddy AlvaAugust 7, 2014
History “The Horrifying Puzzle” – Sven Lindqvist’s A History of Bombing Sven Lindqvist’s 2000 A History of Bombing grapples with the great terror of the twentieth century, the cascade of bombs raining down unto the... IanAugust 5, 2014