![When I was young (late 90s, times like that) the appeal of anime was that it would tell stories that Western pop culture shied away from – the heroes had […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/vlcsnap-error846-640x250.png "Episode 23: Welcome to Misaki and Episode 24: Welcome to the NHK")
![Tables get turned, who cures who? These two episodes of Welcome to the NHK see all of Sato’s crutches being pulled out from under him, and the surprise revelation of […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WelcomeToTheNHK_ep22_shot2-640x250.jpg "Episode 21: Welcome to the Reset and Episode 22: Welcome to God!")
![A review in texts… And then I quit texting because of my beer: And whiskey: This is cowboy music for the Sphagetti cowboy. How does it compare to the earlier […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Federale_LP_Cover-640x250.jpg "Federale – All the Colours of the Dark")
![Desperate connections are a regular theme for David Bowie (most famously on “Heroes”, which this song precedes on the Lazarus soundtrack.) Much of his work could be summed up as […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lazarus_frontcvr-620x250.jpg "When I Met You – David Bowie")
![Lifelines get threatened, and truths are revealed, while the desperate show their desperation plain. In Welcome to the Blue Bird, the tragedy of Megumi’s brother Yuichi is brought to full […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Welcometothenhkep_19shot_1-640x250.jpg "Episode 19: Welcome to the Blue Bird! and Episode 20: Welcome to Winter Days!")
![Sato’s problem, as a character, is that he isn’t that bad a NEET. He can talk to people, and discuss his issues and while he has neither motivation nor the […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/welcometothenehkiep18shot2-640x250.jpg "Epsiode 17: Welcome to Happiness! and Episode 18: Welcome to No Future!")
![Having just re-embraced life, Sato find a way to re-engage with lifeliseness in Welcome to the Fantasy! and Welcome to Game Over! After a devastating phone call from his mother […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nkh_ep1516_shot3-640x250.jpg "Episode 15: Welcome to the Fantasy! & Episode 16: Welcome to the Game Over!")
![I am of two minds when it comes to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s sole trek into “sci-fi.” Throughout, his touch–stylized but never over the top–is assured. He shot the film, originally a […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/rwfworldwire-640x250.jpg "World on a Wire")
![Auto-body music from the varied, at times maddening Physical Graffiti. The track reeks of diesel, coke, and funk, and is one of the heaviest numbers in a very heavy catalog. The […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/led_zeppelin-trampled_under_foot_s-3-595x250.jpg "Trampled Under Foot – Led Zeppelin")
![The problem with sex fetishes, beyond the perhaps obvious, is that to anyone who does not share them they are ridiculous. S&M freaks, furries, Japanophiles (guilty) — anyone who has […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/FromBeyond-375x250.jpg "From Beyond")
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- Episode 23: Welcome to Misaki and Episode 24: Welcome to the NHK July 1, 2017
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![The difference between Halloween and Halloween II is the difference between technique and style. Halloween was shot with style – it had a particular point of view and stuck with […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/halloween_ii_xlg-640x250.jpg "Halloween II")
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![A review in texts… And then I quit texting because of my beer: And whiskey: This is cowboy music for the Sphagetti cowboy. How does it compare to the earlier […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Federale_LP_Cover-115x115.jpg "Federale – All the Colours of the Dark")
Federale – All the Colours of the Dark
Posted on January 12, 2017 | No CommentsA review in texts… And then I quit texting because of my beer: And whiskey: This is cowboy music for the Sphagetti cowboy. How does it compare to the earlier […] -
![This live set was available with initial copies of Bowie at the Beeb (which I still have my copy, including the mis-master with the same two versions of Ziggy Stardust […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "More Bowie, All the Time… Sometimes")
More Bowie, All the Time… Sometimes
Posted on January 11, 2017 | No CommentsThis live set was available with initial copies of Bowie at the Beeb (which I still have my copy, including the mis-master with the same two versions of Ziggy Stardust […] -
![Desperate connections are a regular theme for David Bowie (most famously on “Heroes”, which this song precedes on the Lazarus soundtrack.) Much of his work could be summed up as […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lazarus_frontcvr-115x115.jpg "When I Met You – David Bowie")
When I Met You – David Bowie
Posted on January 10, 2017 | No CommentsDesperate connections are a regular theme for David Bowie (most famously on “Heroes”, which this song precedes on the Lazarus soundtrack.) Much of his work could be summed up as […] -
![We didn’t do a post for Greg Lake when he died. Emerson, Lake and Palmer were kind of the watchword for people who didn’t like Prog, when they talked about […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/greglake-115x115.jpg "Emerson, Lake, and remembering")
Emerson, Lake, and remembering
Posted on January 9, 2017 | No CommentsWe didn’t do a post for Greg Lake when he died. Emerson, Lake and Palmer were kind of the watchword for people who didn’t like Prog, when they talked about […] -
![It’s no secret to the no readers we have here that I, Kent The Kent Conrad have not been omnipresent on the Goat of late. It’s not because I hate […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cat-traitor-115x115.jpeg "A Traitor’s Self-Indulgence – My work for Cinema Sentries in 2016")
A Traitor’s Self-Indulgence – My work for Cinema Sentries in 2016
Posted on January 8, 2017 | No CommentsIt’s no secret to the no readers we have here that I, Kent The Kent Conrad have not been omnipresent on the Goat of late. It’s not because I hate […] -
![Dark Star launched the John Carpenter orbit… but only by accident. It was the little film that shouldn’t have worked, was shot on less than a shoestring over three strenuous […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/9464-let-there-be-light-the-odyssey-of-dark-star-0-230-0-345-crop-115x115.jpg "Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star")
Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
Posted on January 7, 2017 | No CommentsDark Star launched the John Carpenter orbit… but only by accident. It was the little film that shouldn’t have worked, was shot on less than a shoestring over three strenuous […] -
![Lifelines get threatened, and truths are revealed, while the desperate show their desperation plain. In Welcome to the Blue Bird, the tragedy of Megumi’s brother Yuichi is brought to full […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Welcometothenhkep_19shot_1-115x115.jpg "Episode 19: Welcome to the Blue Bird! and Episode 20: Welcome to Winter Days!")
Episode 19: Welcome to the Blue Bird! and Episode 20: Welcome to Winter Days!
Posted on January 6, 2017 | No CommentsLifelines get threatened, and truths are revealed, while the desperate show their desperation plain. In Welcome to the Blue Bird, the tragedy of Megumi’s brother Yuichi is brought to full […] -
5 great albums from 2016
Posted on January 5, 2017 | No CommentsPerturbator – Uncanny Valley Gost – Non Paradisi S U R V I V E – RR7349 Babymetal – Metal Resistance Slasher Dave – Exorcisms -
Lazy Post Wednesday – 5 Vids – DB to Pixies and BEYOND!
Posted on January 4, 2017 | No CommentsBassist Gail Ann Dorsey is cute. And, of course, a hell of a bassist. Jack and I saw her play with Bowie in 97. Kim Deal does the vocals […] -
![Sato’s problem, as a character, is that he isn’t that bad a NEET. He can talk to people, and discuss his issues and while he has neither motivation nor the […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/welcometothenehkiep18shot2-115x115.jpg "Epsiode 17: Welcome to Happiness! and Episode 18: Welcome to No Future!")
Epsiode 17: Welcome to Happiness! and Episode 18: Welcome to No Future!
Posted on January 3, 2017 | No CommentsSato’s problem, as a character, is that he isn’t that bad a NEET. He can talk to people, and discuss his issues and while he has neither motivation nor the […]