Lupine Transmissions - Broadcast 1 available now

I've been very, very quiet on here on year -- and that bums me out a little, as I've indicated in the sparse number of posts I've made. I've done some stuff over at Astral Noize and We Are the Mutants, but the Lupine Book Club has been a but neglected in the process.

But I've had a good reason -- over the last couple of months I've been working on my first e-zine, Lupine Transmissions. And now it's finally ready!

As some of you will know, I've been running this site since 2012.  But the gap between why I started that site and why I enjoy writing today has become an increasingly widening chasm. I wasn’t confident in the prospect of rebranding the site entirely. The structure that the site itself is built on is also ageing, and I am not a proficient behind-the-scenes tech guy.

An e-zine seemed the logical solution, and so Lupine Transmissions was born. It’s a format that could be true to the spirit of the site’s origins while also covering a far broader range of subject matter. So with that piece of self-promotion out of the way, what can you expect to find within its pages? 

• In this issue’s main feature, I speak with Dr Laura Thursby about the cultural influence of UFOs and extraterrestrials.
• Grindhouse Classics takes a deep dive into Lucio Fulci’s 1981 release, The Beyond  
• DJ Studded Leather Gauntlet sends his consciousness all the way from Reno, Nevada to talk his radio show, EVIL SPELLS
• Enter the Crypt rounds up some of some of the best metal releases of the last few months
• Stu Horvath and John “Hambone” McGuire from The Vintage RPG Podcast drop by to talk Dungeons & Dragons – and let you know which edition is their favourite. 

Each issue I hope to feature a mix of metal, tabletop gaming, paranormal/occult and horror. As you might imagine, I’m still feeling my way a bit with this one and I’m not totally certain on release schedule. Maybe quarterly? Broadcast 2, as you’ll see on the back cover, is scheduled for December.

Beyond that – well, as with any creative endeavour it will depend on reader interest. So make sure you tell your friends and get this bad boy distributed far and wide! And don't worry, the blog isn't going anywhere for the forseeable future either. More updates are still planned for the near future. 

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy Broadcast One of Lupine Transmissions. You can download it here -- it's best viewed on a tablet or PC screen, rather than a phone. 

Tom G. Wolf, October 2019 

New article at We Are The Mutants - Men in Black

If you've been reading the site for any length of time, you'll know that I have a longstanding interest in the unexplained and paranormal. Particularly UFOs and all of their associated phenomena! Well, given that the new Men in Black film was just released, I thought it was time to take a closer look at the possible real-life origins for their entry into the wider discourse around UFOs.

You can find my piece over at We Are the Mutants -- Harbingers of Paranoia: How Men in Black Infiltrated the UFO Phenomenon.

New review up at Astral Noize -- Ulver's Drone Activity

Yep, been a while between posts again. This time it's mainly been because my old laptop has been on its last legs for a few months, making writing for extended periods on it difficult at best and totally impossible at worst.

But fear not! I have a new laptop, which is much easier to work with. So I'm hoping to be posting again soon with some kind of regularity. In the meantime, here's a piece I did for Astral Noize -- a review of Ulver's Drone Activity. I've been an Ulver fan for...ooh, about 14 or 15 years by now.  This album is one of my favourites from them. If you like ambient or drone, this one is definitely worth a listen.

You can read the whole thing here.

New article up at Astral Noize

This week I wrote a piece over at Astral Noize, about one of my pickups from this year's Record Store Day -- High on Fire's Bat Salad EP. You can read it here. Enjoy!

New article at We Are the Mutants - Faces of Death

Well, it's again been far too long since I posted on here. Work remains busy, and I haven't had much time for the blog in the last couple of months. But articles are planned, and I haven't forgotten about you.

However, I did recently publish a new piece over at We Are the Mutants. In To Witness the Final Moment: 40 Years of Faces of Death, I take a closer look at cult phenomenon and video nasty Faces of Death, as well as the pre-digital days of "deathsploitation" media. I hope you find it an entertaining read, though I should warn that it may be a bit of a confronting read.

In the meantime, thanks for hanging in there -- I hope to have some new articles up in the next week or so.