Wicked Ghosts summary for December 2023
Challenging your views with music, podcasts, short movies and creative writing.
A round-up of posts on my other, different substack.
SHORT MOVIES
The USA doesn't add up - 'Alternative Math' is a clever short movie expressing the breakdown of common sense in the United States of America.
The Grass is Fucking Greener: 'The Neighbour's Window' is a beautiful short movie about longing for more than a humdrum life.
Travelling the harsh migrant route through Latin America to the USA: It's a heartbreaking yet fascinating journey of the poor being dreamers against incredible odds. It’s also a helluva thing for YouTubers to do (but one of them previously showed us Russia in a way we hadn’t seen it before).
MOVIES
Wendy McColm is creative, clever and sexy! 'Fuzzy Head', her emotional directorial debut, builds on her short movies.
Movie Review - 'Stars at Noon': Margaret Qualley is a mystery in this day-time noir.
MIXED WRITING
My Xmas Poem Against Religious Paedophiles: My itching and bitching, atheist festive cheer for ninja lesbian Tooth Fairies, and innocent children at the risk of adults and religion.
"Magic is the first and last religion of the world": An excerpt from Clive Barker’s 'Imajica', the best fiction creation.
MUSIC & PODCASTS
Best Rock, Indie, Prog & Metal Albums 2023: Includes Bully, Tribes, Oracle Sisters, The Ocean, Primordial, Vox Low, Meg Myers, Sufjan Stevens, Spiritbox, The National and Fires in the Distance.
Best Smartless Podcast Episodes of 2023: Sharing laughter and fascinating guests, from directors Steven Spielberg and Alejandro Iñárritu to actor Joaquin Phoenix and band Depeche Mode.
Pink Floyd's anti-war album 'The Final Cut': The amazing companion to 'The Wall', and the third birth of Roger Waters.