Ars Nihil

Most people are going to remember her from her movie roles in the 1980s and 1990s or as Moira Rose on Schitt's Creek but I hope more people will dig deeper and watch some her best work on SCTV . R.I.P. to a great comedian.

A very good run-through of the genre best described as "the New Yorker story."

An article about the forgotten actors from early 20th-century American theater.

1-900 hotlines were weird, man.

A beginner's understanding of dub reggae and its beautiful soundscapes.

A quick bit about a little-discussed critic from the Victorian period.

A collection of 45 pictures I've found and enjoyed from Instagram from between Oct. 2025 to Jan. 2026.

Some Tumblr posts from 2013 about writing that have aged decently for 2026.

A selection of 7 albums for you all to hear during January-February 2026.

A relevant find from Reddit, "Men at Forty" by Donald Justice.

This post is just reposting 9 animated shorts found on Tumblr during 2013.

An explanation about how patische works, using a popular 80s franchise as a good example.

New Year's Day also means Public Domain Day 2026 and there's a treasure trove available this year.

Today's National Bacon Day, which is pretty self-explanatory. Here's some videos from Epicurious and Babish about bacon to get you in the right sizzling mood.

Nothing major: just several videos of Fugazi playing live 37 years ago today.

A bullet-point quasi-review about a so-so documentary on a kind of music I actually like.

Christmas this year has been a muted one for me, mostly watching dogs and catching up on much-needed sleep, but I also watched a couple fun videos. The first one is from Extra History about the various weird Christmas creatures and the tales associated with them. The second is a brief history provided by the Victoria & Albert Museum about the wonderfully weird Victorian origins of the Christmas card. Hope you all are having a Happy Holidays and that the new year might be a be

Not really in a blogging mood due to a whole lot of private life stuff going this month but in time for the holidays. Yet here's a couple interesting posts I found when running through my Reddit saves explaining about why there were all sorts of weird food trends (think Jello molds and meat-and-pineapple combos) that were recommended by cookbooks during the 1950s to 1970s. Also adding an hour-long video from Vintage Lifestyle USA that surveys this very peculiar genre of cook

Despite growing up loving electronic music, techno is a blind spot for me. In the '90s, it was normally conflated with distinct genres like house or jungle or just as a synonym for "Electronica" but techno is its own world with different characteristics and customs. In honor of World Techno Day, I'm embedding a Reddit post that leads to a good thread on which albums to start off with if new to techno (like me!). I'm also posting some of the albums recommended, some relevan

This one's a little more of a shock since Malo was only 60. I don't have a lot to add for noting his passing other than The Mavericks were a staple in my house growing up, especially What A Crying Shame ( which was posted here back in June ). He was a talented singer and it's sad that he's now gone. If you've never heard them before, I recommend checking them out. They were a unqiue band within country music due to picking up a number of Mexican and rock influences they infu