Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

New email newsletter: Arcane Arts: Dispatches From The Silver Key

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That email newsletter widget on the side of the blog, over there ==> ? I'm finally putting it to use. The first issue of Arcane Arts:...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Tom Barber post up on the blog of DMR Books

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Tom with a couple of covers... he signed these for me. Head on over to the blog of DMR Books for more of a formal introduction to Tom Barber...
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Sunday, February 1, 2026

Brandon Sanderson articulates the exact problem with AI in the arts

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A new video by Brandon Sanderson puts a finger on a point I’ve felt but hadn’t quite articulated. I’m not a Sanderson fan so please divorce ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Happy early birthday, REH: Watch the Foundation video Jan. 21

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Frazetta's frosty take, also a masterpiece. Thursday marks the 120th birthday of Robert E. Howard. For the occasion the Robert E. Howard...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Tom Barber memoir, LOTR 25th, and more

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A self-portrait from Tom's wild days in the west... Tom Barber’s Artists, Outlaws & Old Timers My friend Tom Barber has a memoir on ...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Neil Peart, six years gone

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Me and Scott (of Scott's thoughts) at the Neil Peart pavillion. Six years ago we lost Neil Peart .  I still remember hearing the news; o...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Silver Key: 2025 in review

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T-800s like it here... but people too. Traffic to the blog EXPLODED in 2025. Unfortunately some of it appears to be robots, likely using my ...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Create for the sake of creating, algorithm be damned; plus 3 cool things

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Some of the YouTube creators I follow have all voiced a similar lament in the past few weeks. Views are plunging. Old video types they used ...
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Sunday, November 23, 2025

The world is shit; what do we do?

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If we are to take everything we read at face value, with the deadly seriousness the news makers tell us we should, we should never get out o...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

I am too busy to blog right now but here's three things to know...

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I’m a busy dude. I imagine most men and women with adult commitments are too, so no excuses. But this past 10 days has seen me fly to Texas ...
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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Of Black Sabbath (film) and Ace Frehley

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With the Halloween season upon us I had the urge last night to settle in and watch some horror. I spent the better part of 10 minutes scroll...
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Thursday, October 2, 2025

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

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Tap crossed that line... which way? There is a picture of me going to see KISS on their hotly anticipated, sold out 1996 reunion tour. In it...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Reading is in trouble … what are we going to do about it?

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Reading is in trouble. How deeply? There’s evidence it may be in a death spiral. A new study published in the journal iScience found that d...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

What is this newsletter thing? =====>

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Update: The form is working! I've got confirmed subscribers. No, you’re not seeing things. That widget is there. I’m starting an email n...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Metal, and the Ozzman, on my mind

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For many reasons I have metal on my mind these days. I mean, it’s never far—I’m a confirmed metalhead, lifelong—but my enthusiasm waxes and ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Godspeed to a lighthearted Prince of Darkness

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Unreal, less than three weeks after “Back to the Beginning,” the end of the road for a once in a generation frontman. Farewell Ozzy Osbourne...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

S&S publishing news: Plunder-a-plenty

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Lots of swords, lots of sorcery going on. My friend Ken Lizzi, one of the dudes with whom I split a house rental at 2023 Robert E. Howard Da...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

More generative AI harm

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The result I was anticipating has occurred. A Federal California Judge today ruled in favor of AI giant Anthropic, stating that the company’...
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Saturday, June 7, 2025

Some further thoughts on generative AI art

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We’re getting increasingly embedded into machinery. The future is almost certainly cyborg, flesh and circuitry melded together. It is alread...
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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Three things

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Walk with me... Thing 1 I just finished re-reading The Long Walk after a long walk of my own, years and years of life since my last reading...
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