David Stagg

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The Burning Ones
By David Stagg

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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Technology

Post-AI AI

Jan 12, 2026
I had been thinking about this recently: There is a lot of…
Movies

The Top 23 Songs of 2025

Dec 31, 2025
When I sat down to put this together, my first…
TV

The Top 12 TV Shows of 2025

Dec 30, 2025
Movies are my first love, but I still love culture.…
Movies

The Top 26 Movies Of 2025

Dec 28, 2025
Note: I have yet to see: Marty Supreme, 狂野时代 (Resurrection),…
Books

A Year in Reading

Dec 13, 2025
I keep a running list of books I want to…
Movies

William Shakespeare’s Jacket

Dec 11, 2025
The jacket worn by Paul Mescal’s William Shakespeare alone should…
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Long Form

Memphis May Fire

Memphis May Fire Has A New Outlook on Life

“I would lay in my bunk and I would shake and I would call my wife and I’d have all these thoughts about her getting in accidents and just the worst things you could possibly imagine.”

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Sleeping Giant

How We Are Free

“I remember just crying. I didn’t know why. I just started crying, thinking about being totally given up on. To still have maybe 30, 40, 50 years left, but according to society, you’re done. There’s no value for who you are.”

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Watain

The Devil’s Missionary

“That’s where we are. That’s where the other side is. Once people cross that bridge and they get scared, they want to run back. They’re upset because they find things on the other side of the river they didn’t think would be there.”

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Chelsea Grin

The Red Badge of Alex Koehler

“When this band started I was 16. Now I’m 23. The older lyrics were just written based around bands I idolized at that age, just gory and disgusting. This album was really easy for me because I decided I wanted to write about real life.”

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Oceans Ate Alaska wrote the best metalcore album of all time: Lost Isles. A lot of it is due to drummer Chris Turner’s jazz-like approach to writing music. OAA subsequently wrote Hikari, but they did that in 2017. That means they’re due for new music.

Last week, the cymbal company Sabian release a video of Turner tracking drums for that new album. Turner is my favorite drummer in metal alongside Tool’s Danny Carey. Watching him work is pure inspiration.

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