Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

This gallery features the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel. It’s one of the more interesting hidden places I’ve ever visited. One of the highlights came before even entering the tunnel, as the group I was part of lined up in the middle of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, waiting to climb down into a manhole. One sees lots of weird shit living in NYC, but for people driving down Atlantic, what looked like a tour group ready to hit the sewers must have been a particularly head-shaking experience.

Droid Gunner, aka Cyberzone

His name isn’t in the credits, but Roger Corman was an executive producer on this piece of shit, which means a viewer can expect a masterful showcase of parsimonious filmmaking. Director Fred Olen Ray wasn’t given two pennies to rub together to make this flick, and it shows. Just about anything of consequence in the entire film was shot in the same three locations: an industrial basement, a dive bar, and an alley. That’s it. And, despite this being made in the mid-1990s, Corman and company didn’t spring for anything remotely resembling contemporary special effects, instead relying on work that belonged in cheap sci-fi from twenty years earlier. Hell, it could even be cribbed from a different Corman movie. He did that all the time. Continue reading “Droid Gunner, aka Cyberzone”

Rhyolite

This gallery features photographs taken in Rhyolite, Nevada. The place has an interesting history. The state of the town is reminiscent of ancient ruins, but it has been abandoned for less than a hundred years.

Stop Feeding the Troll

Does anyone out there remember that there were going to be ICE raids this past weekend? How about the fact the Trump administration needs a new Secretary of Labor, and the reasons why? Or, what about the fact the United States is still marching towards war with Iran? Did all of these things, and more, just slip everyone in Washington’s and the media’s minds on Sunday? Did it really just take stupid, racist tweets from Donald Trump to make everyone forget the genuine shitshow that is his presidency? Continue reading “Stop Feeding the Troll”