Music
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw
And everyone else they play with. You really don't know what you've been missing.
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Amon Amarth
Viking metal.
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Bad Religion
Man, you guys...
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Bal Sagoth
Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule is a rather brilliant album, containing such memorable tracks as "In the Raven-Haunted Forests of Darkenhold, Where Shadows Reign and the Hues of Sunlight Never Dance" and "To Dethrone the Witch-Queen of Mytos K'unn." Robert E. Howard would be proud.
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Black Ox Orkestar
Not just another orkestar. They don't seem to check their myspace so much anymore but still lots of great music up for the listening.
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Cradle of Filth
Non-viking metal.
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Dirty Three
Some Bad Seeds doing Good Work.
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Jon Zaremba
A great musician and an incredibly nice guy very deserving of support.
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Juxtapoz Magazine
Like the link says, kiddo.
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Man Man
Wildly impressive live act, but also pack a mean studio album.
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Nick Cave
Pens a mean tale, too.
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The Divine Comedy
Stellar stuff, great summer time tunes.
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The Pogues
Even down all these years the lads have it, and given Shane's new maw they should sound better than other. Seeing them live gives one a much fuller appreciation of their punk roots.
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The Tiger Lillies
Charming love ballads equally suited for polite company and family functions. Operatic vocals, musical saws, rubber chickens, and extensive vice.
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Tom Waits
Oh my goodness, yes.
Artists
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Hi-Fructose
One of the best art mags out there, hands down. Pretty pretty.
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Ian Miller
Thwarting all pigeonholing, Miller has remained one of the most interesting contemporary artists for decades.
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István Orosz
The brilliant artist responsible for the Brothers Grossbart cover.
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Jimmy Joe Roche
Breaking media and breaking minds. And occasionally hearts.
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John Coulthart
Amazing art and design, especially in regards to books but often in the service of other mediums as well.
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Robert Rackcleff
Robert and I go back to Small Times. Apparently he's into video games now?
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Roq La Rue Gallery
A gallery in Seattle specializing in AWESOME.
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Sandi Calistro
Sandi is every bit as skilled with a tattoo gun as she is with a brush or a pencil, leading me to contemplate applying certain aspects of Roald Dahl's "Skin" to my own life. Certain aspects.
Authors
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Amanda Downum
Ghouls ghouls ghouls. Yes yes yes.
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Ekaterina Sedia
Alchemy, secrets, and alchemical secrets. Ink and electricity into gold, that sort of thing.
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J. T. Glover
Dark and weird, just the way we like it.
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Jason Heller
I was once complaining to Jason about deadlines and he suggested I kick them in the balls. He's a good guy.
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Jeff Vandermeer
Ecstatic Days in Ambergris.
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Joe Abercrombie
His First Law trilogy is a helluva lot of fun, especially if you enjoy the epic stuff.
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Marc Laidlaw
Marc likes good beer, good horror, and good video games every bit as I do. In fact, he probably likes them more than I do. Scary, right?
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Mark Charan Newton
What is it with me and Britons? My Anglophilia is out of control these days...
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Molly Tanzer
An authorly chum every bit as OCD about historical particulars as yours truly.
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Neil Williamson
A grand fellow who knows the way to Royston Vassey as surely as he does the route to his local.
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Orrin Grey
An artist cut down before his time, Grey's work lives on in the form of his animated skeleton.
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Philip Palmer
A Briton every bit as fond of monsters, creative profanities, and nasty characters as myself.
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Robert Jackson Bennett
When the bulls come swinging and all you've got is a bottle of Yukon Jack, there's no better bindlestiff to have minding your back.
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S.J. Chambers
We go back to Small Times, she and I, though she's too good of a friend to divulge anything. I hope.
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Stephen Graham Jones
Whip smart fiction and some of the most intelligent critiques of modern horror cinema going.
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Tessa Kum
The knightly thunder of Sir Tessa.
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Warren Ellis
Funny books, the regular kind, and everything else. The Mad Prophet of the Sceptered Isle.
Films
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Twitch
Breaking news in foreign, cult, arthouse, and foreign cult arthouse cinema.
Miscellaneous
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Brad Neely
The definition of a misc. My favorite person I've never had any contact with.
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Matt Staggs
Enter The Octopus
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Rob Zombie
He's doing a bit of everything these days so he gets to hang out at the bottom with Brad
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Travis Dunn
A consummate professional and savant in the realms of technology and the human mind. Also one of the best friends I've made in this mecky world.