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  • We Have A Cover!

    For the next Phases of Mars anthology:   Yep, that’ll do!  Pretty excited about the line up we have–this should go very well.

  • Memorial Day Metal Monday

    Today’s Memorial Day in the United States.  I’ll let my West Point classmate Jaimie explain the holiday, as she did it very eloquently nine years ago. Unfortunately, Jaimie gave the last full measure of her duty to the country on 8 June 2013. So, without further ado, I think we’ll roll with Five Finger Death…

  • Making A List…

    It’s always fun to make any reading list.  It’s double fun when that list is curated by your local library.

  • Metal Monday–Simon and Garfunkel Edition

    No, your eyes do not deceive you.  For some reason, Simon and Garfunkel seem to well and truly appeal to heavy metal bands.  A lot of readers may remember Disturbed did a cover of “The Sound of Silence” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4&w=560&h=315] Well there’s also the less famous Leaves’ Eyes rendition of “Scarborough Fair” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qYEHVvZsQA&w=560&h=315] Both…

  • Metallica Does the Tenth Plague

    Heavy metal, as a genre, often gets a bad rap for being nothing but screaming and guitar riffs.  As I’ve alluded to when discussing several other bands, there’s often a lot of higher concept work involved.  As one of the undisputed “Masters of Metal,” it’s pretty much unsurprising that Metallica has quite a few songs…

  • A Little Apocalyptica

    For those not familiar with Apocalyptica, feel free to read more about cellos and heavy metal here. So on their song “Deathzone,” there was a hidden track entitled “En Vie”: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR-8Enw4z_A?start=41&w=560&h=315] People liked it so much, they decided to produce an English version: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwjeKFbw760?start=41&w=560&h=315] It’s a haunting tune about how even someone who…

  • The Strategic Bombing Campaign Part V: The North American “Barndoors”

    This is a continuation of Strategic Bombing Part IV Barndoors (a.k.a., Airframes) As bad as the pilot differential was, Adolf Galland might have still been able to cobble together a defense even with tired airframes and exhausted pilots.  That is, Galland might have been able to do it if Germany’s numerous strategic miscues hadn’t come…

  • Music Monday

    So every third Monday we’re going to mix things up and go with a song from a movie score rather than the traditional “Metal Monday.”  So without further ado, a classic: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk-j4tIxFLs?start=41&w=560&h=315] Perfect for those times when you absolutely, positively need to build the mood for mayhem.

  • Planet Comic Con 2019

    Just received my table location for Planet Comic Con, which will be held 29-31 March 2019 in Kansas City at Bartle Hall.  Anita C. Young and I are at tables 2338 / 2340 in the main hall.  Come on down and see us to pick up a book and grab some art!

  • The Strategic Bombing Campaign Part IV: Biplanes, Barndoors, and Badasses

    It’s been awhile.  Sorry about that, there was a little matter of a dissertation, a book, and an anthology.  For those who are new to the blog, I regularly talk about air warfare as a category, starting with 1914 and moving up through World War II so far.  Last time I talked about daylight bombing,…

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