January 2014 – Rocknerd

Deaf from birth, Austin Chapman hears music for the first time.

13 January, 20146 May, 2017 Audio, Writing 0

Filmmaker Austin Chapman was largely deaf from birth until, a year or so ago, he finally got hearing aids that didn’t suck. “It was

Renaissance by the Village People: the Highlander 2 of disco.

12 January, 20146 May, 2017 Dance, Record 0

It’s 1981. The disco empire has fallen. The Casablanca label has been bought by PolyGram and all the disco artists have been dumped. You

Kim Jong-Il was the North Korean Roger Ebert.

9 January, 20146 May, 2017 Film, Writing 0

Amongst his stupendously many literary achievements, Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il was an accomplished film critic. LET US CREATE MORE REVOLUTIONARY FILMS BASED ON SOCIALIST

The trouble with actually learning how to write.

7 January, 20146 May, 2017 Writing 0

This is entirely and horrifyingly accurate. Chris Bucholz, Cracked: 4 weird side effects of learning how to write.