October 2026 Pop Culture Roundup

Books The Calamities by Chuck Wendig – Families in a demonic soul-purchasing cult try to make sense of what has happened when a patriarch goes missing. I didn’t enjoy this as much as his previous books but it was still pretty good. MOX by Jon Moxley – Pro wrestler Moxley shares a variety of hisContinue reading “October 2026 Pop Culture Roundup”

The Scream at the Breakdown

It was a cold day in late January. Most days in Ohio are cold then. But there was a storm approaching and temperatures had been at frozen level regularly at that point. Three days earlier, Liam Conejo Ramos was escorted by ICE to his front door, used as a decoy to arrest his father. TheContinue reading “The Scream at the Breakdown”

September 2026 Pop Culture Roundup

Books I Me Mine by George Harrison – A decent introduction to Harrison’s life and career. I would have liked a little more of his voice and less of the biographer’s. The Big Sea by Langston Hughes – Hughes’ first memoir reminded me of Kerouac’s On the Road, in a good way. The Once andContinue reading “September 2026 Pop Culture Roundup”