But we demand the Flame: the Book of J (the Solute Book Club)
Header image by Dikla Laor, used by permission.¹ Title from Emily Dickinson, used because I could.…
Grant Nebel ("wallflower")
A Silver Age (2007) commenter from the AV Club who crossed over to the Dissolve at its inception in 2013. You can follow his writings here and in the comment section at The Dissolve, and his music on his Soundcloud channel (see any Soundtracking here for that).
Articles:
The Solute Book Club: the Book of J, an Introduction
Even a nonbeliever might find it useful to model himself after God. (Cormac McCarthy) The…
The Solute Year in Review: 2021
Yeah. . .maybe so, and if that’s the way it happens. . .well, at least…
Self-Respect: Joan Didion, 1934-2021
As it happens I am still committed to the idea that the ability to think…
James Gunn vs. the Superhero Movie: THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021)
There’s a tonal challenge to making fun of superhero tropes while keeping an emotional investment…
Freddy Got Fungooed: Widespread Panic by James Ellroy (with John “Son of Griff” Anderson)
For all readers and Ellroy fans out there: John and Grant co-hosted a LIVE reading…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 11: Bleeding Edge (and a Retrospective on Everything Else Too)
“I can’t really tell objectively how sorry I should feel for myself. I don’t give…
Nowhere Man: TENET (2020)
“To even know its true nature is to lose.” Tenet disappoints like no other Christopher…
You Want It Darker: Doug Laman (NerdInTheBasement) and wallflower Talk About ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (2021)
Before: the Story So Far Doug: So here we are again. Five years after…
Ellroycast #7: My Dark Places with Anastasia Rose Hyden (Year of the Month)
True-crime expert Anastasia Rose Hyden joins us to talk about Ellroy’s “L. A. Crime Memoir”…