15 The life of mortals is like grass,
Psalm 103:15-16
they flourish like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
Posted
Permalink
David Stagg
The Burning Ones
Latest Movie Stubs
Clips
Posts
Hyperspecialisation
Jan 26, 2026As the business of “product” became more normalised, the jobs…
Post-AI AI
Jan 12, 2026I had been thinking about this recently: There is a lot of…
The Top 23 Songs of 2025
Dec 31, 2025When I sat down to put this together, my first…
The Top 12 TV Shows of 2025
Dec 30, 2025Movies are my first love, but I still love culture.…
The Top 26 Movies Of 2025
Dec 28, 2025Note: I have yet to see: Marty Supreme, 狂野时代 (Resurrection),…
A Year in Reading
Dec 13, 2025I keep a running list of books I want to…
Long Form
More Long FormA Quote
Posted
Permalink
A Video
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.