The thin, white Duke was David Bowie’s 1976 persona, relating to his album Station to Station. This past Monday, the world was deeply saddened...
Almost all the music you hear today is a descendant of jazz music. But sadly it’s time in our mainstream American culture has come and...
If you’re a fan of old timey and traditional American rural music and you happened to catch an earful of the modern ‘Power Country’ or...
After reading a tech article in a recent issue of Hot Rod magazine, we got inspired to once again revisit the breathing apparatus on our...
If you didn’t get the gift you were expecting over the holidays, then the talented staff at the Palette & Chisel might have just what...
A short film that’s currently making the rounds of the film festivals is Sticks, a tense rural psychological drama. The work is set to play...
When it comes to Taoism, there’s few bright lights like Dr. Livia Kohn. A lecturer, author, publisher and a major translator of many obscure ancient...
Most folks know The Ramones as a 70’s band but the guys made some great records in the 1980’s that we could say ended up...
We at the Brophisticate would like to wish you a warm, shortest day of the year. And, nothing says “happy winter solstice” like an American-made,...
Come listen in to more philosophical badminton In the Corner Back By the Woodpile where art might be tangled up with spiritual disability, the pros...
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On this weeks In the Corner Back By the Woodpile podcast, a woman tells the incredible- both heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant- story of her life’s...
Meet Sousuke Game Nerd, we think an emerging YouTube star who welcomes you to his blazing Hot Wheels collection!
Don’t get left out of the latest dope moves sweeping the nation: The Nunu Inotamba! Just watch the video below to get your body acquainted...
In Mexico, SICARIO means hitman. In Estados Unidos, it means critical acclaim. After witnessing a story seemingly so authentic and compellingly told, we’ve spent days...
DJ Emerald was rocking the 80’s on college radio back in the 90’s when most folks were ‘so over’ the best decade ever! Now she...
Welcome to more philosophical explorations back by the woodpile, this time dealing with our attraction to beauty, satisfaction in the artificial and affecting those we’ll...
Today we’d like to give a latte salute to the Man Bun. Before, it may have taken us a couple sips before we could guess...
There are so many stories behind anything humans have had a hand in- including cars- that are unknown; and sadly there’s also stories behind...
Dead girls beckoning fellers in for a swim, a spirit babel fish app, a swinging summer camp noose, trying to outwit the devil, the tiniest...
By guest writer D.B. Tarpley Greetings and salutations people and peoplettes, D.B.Tarpley here, movie party maestro extraordinaire. Tis the month, tis the season, tis the...
To our ears there’s nothing creepier than Halloween songs played on scratchy old records and sang by long dead musicians. To help us mine through...
DON’T LOOK ETHEL: 10 VASTLY OVERRATED HORROR FILMS YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY AVOID FOR REALZ By guest writer D.B. Tarpley Greetings and salutations people and...
Gather near the speakers ya’ll, it’s time for more spooky stories told round the graveyard bonfire! On this episode of In the Corner Back by the...
One of the most creative minds of the early Hollywood years, Charley Bowers pretty much did it all, including acting, directing, writing and animation. Though...
In keeping with a spirits of the season, we present another weird short story, this one by Spun Counterguy. (Patches of a Second-Hand Planet)...
Horror writer and previous Brophisticate interview guest D.B. Tarpley shares with us a short story perfect for this month of creep. So turn out...
Sister Sung-Hae Kim is a South Korean Catholic and an expert on interreligious dialogues, having recently published a book specifically about the relationship between Taoism...
On this second installment of our look back at the culture, history and individual lives of those of us who lived through the 1980’s, we...