by pod | Aug 10, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Before Recluse Studios was a skunkworks, it was a tracking room. And before that, there was a band called Flat Atom, formed out of the Madison Media Institute back when recording an album meant booking a real room, wrestling a massive console, and mounting a wall of...
by pod | Aug 10, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Remember that recent disaster where I was trying to get my current rig repaired? While wading through that swamp of bureaucracy, I was informed it’s time to order a brand-new chair. Insurance, in its infinite wisdom, allows you to get a new wheelchair once every five...
by pod | Aug 10, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Every election cycle, airwaves and feeds are flooded with political advertisements designed around a single strategy: weaponizing outrage over truth. Commercial advertising is heavily regulated by the FTC to prevent deceptive claims, but political speech operates...
by pod | Jul 28, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Let’s get one thing straight out of the gate: I know movie UIs are visual bullshit. I know nobody is typing blind at 180 words per minute while flying through a glowing, neon-pink 3D cityscape of data blocks like Dade and Acid Burn in Hackers. I know Penelope Garcia’s...
by pod | Jul 17, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
The rolling throne is officially back online, and the story of how it happened belongs in a tech-noir comedy. My regular wheelchair guy rolls up to the house in all his dreadlocked glory—and yes, I’m entirely serious, full-on majestic dreads. But he didn’t come alone....
by pod | Jul 16, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
I spent the morning spinning Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s “Ohio,” and it hit me like a brick through a plate-glass window. Where the hell did the teeth go? Back in 1970, when that track dropped, it wasn’t some focus-grouped, corporate-approved...
