Any time I see a headline that someone who used to be in a punk band has died at the age of 50-something or 60-something, I can’t help but think they did it wrong.

Cimmerian September is upon us open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Not for nothing, but I DO take requests: www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/NT...

Brand New Corporate Logo edition open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Apocryphally, Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred greeting on the telephone was “Ahoy.” The new greeting for the 21st century is “You’re on speakerphone.”

No. I don't want to join you on your discord channel. Call me old and stodgy, but I don't like being chirped at every five seconds to pay attention to the conversation, only to find that it's just people typing "LOL" or "kk" or "ya." Some of us have to work for a living, you know.

Every time I hear Glenn Frey’s “Smuggler’s Blues,” I want to rewatch Miami Vice. Every. Single. Time.

An All-Texas issue. Mostly. open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Talking about having good genes, especially when you mean “good jeans” is not a dog whistle. It’s a play on words. It’s an homonymic exploit, at best, a rather obvious pun. Of all the things to decide to raise a stink about...

I’m surprised there’s not a blog somewhere that collects all of the horror stories of dealing with the local CEFCO for things like a gas purchase or trying to buy a bottle of water while the staff has a fight that sounds like a family reunion on a bender. These places are builtpre-distressed.

Led Zeppelin, Peter Wolf, and a deep dive into Superman that is riddled with spoilers. open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

What arrogance. These are the same people, who, on slow news days, love to take potshots at Hollywood, decrying it as a den of iniquity. The hypocrisy they exhibit is frankly Olympian. Only their willful ignorance is more galling.

I think what upsets me the most about these corporate shills is the whole "if you aren't with us, you're against us," mentality, or more to the point, "this movie isn't a list of our talking points, so it's bad and you shouldn't see it."

The conservative backlash against Superman is performative bullshit. It’s intellectually dishonest and they know it. Engage with them. Make them cry. You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you feckless corporate shills.

New Weekly Update: Superman, Heads of State, and Counting Digital Coup open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Fireworks! Crystal Meth! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

New Knee, Who Dis edition... open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

In Cross Plains Texas this week, for the annual Robert E. Howard Days fan gathering. But I did have a little time for a quick update: open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

A personal update and a cool podcast this week: open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Hey, let's get into it: Novocaine, Fountain of Youth, and Mission: Impossible 8. Plus some snark. I gotta be me. open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Maybe a day late, but never a dollar short. open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Walla is defined as the indistinct sound of a crowd talking in the background of a scene. In Texas, it’s Drawl-la. Instead of “walla walla walla” it’s “‘Chup to? Nut’nmuch. ‘Chall up tew? Shewt.” Some days it’s like being at a Boomhauer cosplay meetup.

Hey folks, I recently did an interview for the 42Cast that was all about me. If you'd like some insight as to why I am the way that I am, give this a listen: 42cast.com/index.php/20...

Hey, Kids! Look! It's the Weekly Update! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

I want a Kacey Musgraves song that replies to all of the shitty NuCountry songs about dudes taking a a girl in their truck into a cornfield under the stars w/ a 6-pack of shitty beer and hoping to get laid. Surely there has to be some woman who looks at that and says “Oh hell no! I’m not that easy!”

Hey, it's the weekly update! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

As I make my way to New Orleans for the 2025 PCA national conference to discuss Robert E. Howard as a regional author, I thought you might want to check out the article they posted on Conan dot com that I wrote for them about L. Sprague de Camp: conan.com/the-saga-of-...

Talking about Minecraft and Dire Wolves. Also, links to Conan articles that are sure to start a fight. open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

It's the weekly update, now with flax! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

I remain befuddled that for Americans, the answer is either “Always do…” or “Never ever do…” Doesn’t matter if we are talking about counting carbs or playing fetch with your dog. There is never a middle ground. No “just right” answer that isn’t an extreme reaction.

One Gets What One Pays For... open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

I’m having one of those “Singing Toto’s ‘Africa’ at the top of my lungs as I walk through the house” kind of days.

The weekly update The weekly update: open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

I’m re-watching Michael Man’s Thief and I always forget how much I hate Tangerine Dream with the fire of 1000 suns until I watch the heist at the beginning. I will never understand their popularity, ever.

Let's get our weekly update from the bunker on! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

It's the weekly update! NOW with 30% more anger! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory

Top 5 Rejected Blue Bell Ice Cream Flavors 5. Recall Butter Ripple 4. Triple Listeria Crunch 3. Plain ol’ Fuckin’ Chocolate 2. E.coli and Cream 1. Salmonyellow Cake

It's the weekly update, juuuuuust under the wire! open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

There is a silver lining to all of the bad actors hate-review-bombing the latest MCU/Disney movie: they have rendered that aggregated review website meaningless in their misplaced and overt interest in blowing the curve to tank the gross. One less techbro distraction to keep doomscrolling through!

Happy Valent—aw, never mind. Here’s the weekly update: open.substack.com/pub/ntab/p/w...

Well, hell. Now I want to re-read Jitterbug Perfume. Rest in Peace, Tom Robbins. Reading your work was both amusing and instructive.