Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4137 )

• Strangers

  

  Okay, so I like to think that I’m a reasonably intelligent person.  I can drive a car.  I’ve read over two thousand books.  I have been blogging for nearly a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mind Echoes

  

  One of the things that must be frustrating about making movies is that so much competition exists. Even when you hit on a great idea, such as using a Richard... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not So E-Z

  

  Paying for someone else’s mistake.  That’s what technocracy brings.  We’ve used E-Z Pass for years.  We first got initiated in Pennsylvania although we lived... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heavy Machinery

  

  Funny how some things just stick in your mind. And then come back at odd times. Killdozer was a television movie from 1974. I must’ve watched it pretty close... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For the Music

  

  Believe me, I’ve tried.  I took a year of piano lessons but just couldn’t get it.  I married a musician.  I tried to learn guitar. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out There

  

  While Amazon Prime includes a few A-list horror movies, those that it does I’ve already watched. Since I can’t afford to pay for this habit, I watch what’s free... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Praise of Libraries

  

  It felt like a rare, and momentous moment in a young writer’s life.  While working at Routledge I happened to notice that the New York Public Library did not... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not All Vampires

  

  Early film research owes great debt to YouTube. Many historic and significant films cannot be purchased or watched anywhere else. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• First Stories

  

  I won’t say more than that her first name was Tina.  She lived next door to us in the earliest boyhood home I can remember.  She was a few years older than my... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nun Too Soon

  

  Following a horror franchise from the beginning is a rarity. At least it is for me. Now that I’ve seen The Nun II, I’m caught up on the Conjuring universe, for... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why Write Then?

  

  People far smarter and more prominent than yours truly have pointed this out, generally in vain: academic writing is driving itself extinct.  And some of us wil... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Brain Exercise

  

  Why do we read, if not to expand our minds? I’ve read all of Diana Walsh Pasulka’s previous books but Encounters is mind-blowing. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Don’t You Sleep

  

  Sleep is pleasant but it’s such a vulnerable time. Something deep in our animal DNA tells us to find a sheltered place to do it. That vulnerability is compounde... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dark House

  

  Last year I completed an odyssey that began over a decade and a half ago. I finished reading the Dark Shadows serial novels by Marilyn Ross. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sequel Pondering

  

  Of course I’m working on another book.  I can’t say what it is at the moment, but one of the projects I’ve long been contemplating is a kind of sequel to Holy... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Through the Woods

  

  The thing about appreciating bad movies is that it’s difficult to be disappointed. On a recent weekend I’d watched a horror film that didn’t sit well with me (o... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Worthy of Note

  

  I admit it.  I use Wikipedia quite a lot.  When I was teaching I wasn’t one of those professors who said “Don’t use Wikipedia,” but I did say that if students... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sinful Thoughts

  

  The driving force behind Holy Horror is the fact that the Bible appears in lots of horror movies. More than might be expected. Although I’ve moved on to other... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Playing Authors

  

  My family looked at me funnily, but not for the first time.  With a holiday gift card I’d ordered a book on the card game Authors that I’d blogged about... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spider Thoughts

  

  Spiders know.  Spiders are aware of when they’ve been seen.  I’ve been noticing this for some time now.  You can verify this yourself, but it may take some... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY