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Author: nzaino

DoT Podcast EP43 Grady Hendrix on Paperbacks from Hell, plus New Music from Hound

Posted on October 19, 2017October 30, 2017 by nzaino
When I first scheduled this interview with author Grady Hendrix, I was expecting him to be much more tongue-in-cheek about the subject of...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Diary of a Wimpy Alien 2 – Predator Rules

Posted on October 19, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror film as part of the Daily Horror...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Killer Kart

Posted on October 18, 2017 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different short horror film as part of the Daily...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Mannequin

Posted on October 17, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast presents a different short horror film as part of the Daily Horror...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Tuck Me In

Posted on October 16, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is featuring a different short horror film as part of the Daily...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Suckablood

Posted on October 15, 2017October 13, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror short as part of the Daily Horror...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Hell No – The Sensible Horror Film

Posted on October 14, 2017October 13, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror short film as part of the Daily...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Zombiehagen

Posted on October 13, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror short film as part of the Daily...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP42: Ian McDonald Talks About Some Freaks, Plus New Comedy from Sean Sullivan

Posted on October 12, 2017 by nzaino
Writer/Director Ian McDonald has seen a lot of coming of age films, so when he decided to make his own, he had a...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Diary of A Wimpy Alien

Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror short for the Daily Horror Film Fest....... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: The Fisherman

Posted on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is spotlighting a different short horror film. Some of them, like this...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Merv

Posted on October 10, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different short horror film. Some frightful, some delightful, like...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: On Her Way

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different short horror film. Some created strictly for scares,...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Closet Space and Attic Panic

Posted on October 8, 2017October 7, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast presents a different short horror film. There are a lot of great...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: One Last Dive

Posted on October 7, 2017October 6, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents is presenting a different short horror film as part of the Daily Horror Film Fest....... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: The Maiden

Posted on October 6, 2017 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents is brining you a different short horror film. Some just plain scary, some with a...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: It Perfect, a Stephen King/Pitch Perfect Mashup

Posted on October 5, 2017October 4, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents presents a different horror short as part of the Daily Horror Film Fest. Last year,...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP41: Corin Ashley On Broken Biscuits and Stroke Recovery, plus New Comedy from Fern Brady

Posted on October 4, 2017 by nzaino
Corin Ashley was in the middle of recording his powerful new rock and roll album Broken Biscuits in January of 2016 when his...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Self-Assembly

Posted on October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 by nzaino
There is nothing like a good creepy commercial for drilling an image into a viewer’s head. Producer/Director Ray Sullivan and writer Garret Shanley...... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Haunted Houses, Cults, and Kitties

Posted on October 3, 2017 by nzaino
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents will be presenting a short horror film as part of the Daily Horror Film Fest....... Read More

Daily Horror Film Fest: Stephen King On Childhood

Posted on October 2, 2017September 30, 2017 by nzaino
Like the first entry in this year’s DHFF, I found this one through the Boston Short Film Festival. It’s an oddity for this...... Read More

DoT Daily Horror Film Fest: Save

Posted on October 1, 2017September 27, 2017 by nzaino
Welcome to the second annual Daily Horror Film Fest! Every day in October, the Department of Tangents will spotlight a short horror film...... Read More

My Favorite! Paul Krassner on George Carlin on Paul Krassner

Posted on September 28, 2017September 15, 2017 by nzaino
The My Favorite! column is a weekly celebration of all things joyful. The parameters are simple. I asked some creative friends to write...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP40: The Near Genius of Nate Dern plus New Music from Corin Ashley

Posted on September 21, 2017 by nzaino
When I started reading Nate Dern’s new book, Not Quite A Genius, I was expecting a collection of comic personal essays, that being...... Read More

My Favorite! Storyteller and Comedian Eric Riley Moore on Helmets and Teakettles

Posted on September 21, 2017September 15, 2017 by nzaino
The My Favorite! column is a weekly celebration of all things joyful. The parameters are simple. I asked some creative friends to write...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP39: Sweet Harmony in Dark Times with Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Patrick Coman’s Tree of Life, plus New Comedy from Sasheer Zamata

Posted on September 13, 2017 by nzaino
The first time I remember seeing Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams was at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston. They were backing up Levon...... Read More

Neil Young’s Lost Classic – Hitchhiker

Posted on September 8, 2017 by nzaino
Man, does Neil Young sound, well, young here. And confident. As well he should. He recorded the ten songs on Hitchhiker, out today,...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP38: The Joyful Contradiction of Valerie June plus New Comedy From Shane Torres

Posted on September 6, 2017 by nzaino
About four songs into her set at New Hampshire’s Prescott Park, Valerie June addressed the crowd. “What about the things that are going...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP37: Humorist Mike Sacks Lets Loose a Stinker, plus New Music from Ian Randall Thornton

Posted on August 31, 2017 by nzaino
If you are like Mike Sacks, somewhere in the murk of your childhood memories, you have the remnants of some cheesy movies from...... Read More

My Favorite! Brendan Boogie Takes Revenge On His Enemies

Posted on August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 by nzaino
The My Favorite! column is a weekly celebration of all things joyful. The parameters are simple. I asked some creative friends to write...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP36: A World of Soul with Zeshan B plus New Comedy From Ray Harrington

Posted on August 24, 2017August 30, 2017 by nzaino
If you caught Zeshan B on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert a couple of weeks ago, you know how powerful a soul...... Read More
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