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Nicholas Rombes

    Nicholas Rombes crafts works steeped in unsettling detail and obscure conspiracies, probing the very limits of the novelistic form. His writing, often drawing comparisons to masters like Bolaño and Ligotti, is described as both beautiful and nightmarish, smart and slyly unsettling. Working out of Detroit, Rombes' unique approach to literature consistently gnaws away at reader expectations. His prose focuses on exploring the darker recesses of the human psyche and uncovering hidden truths within speculative landscapes.

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    Cinema in the Digital Age
    A Cultural Dictionary of Punk
    10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Theory
    • 2014

      Exploring the intersection of film theory and digital media, this work presents innovative ideas that challenge traditional concepts. It examines how the digital age transforms cinematic experiences and invites readers to rethink the relationship between film and technology. By analyzing contemporary films and their impact, the book offers fresh perspectives on narrative, aesthetics, and audience engagement in a rapidly evolving landscape.

      10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Theory
    • 2009

      A Cultural Dictionary of Punk

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.9(102)Add rating

      Examines punk as a movement. This book contains descriptions of the sounds, and places those sounds in the context of history. Drawing on many fanzines, magazines, and newspapers, it provides a portrait of the ways in which punk was an expression of defiance. It covers many of the legendary punk bands, as well as the obscure, forgotten ones.

      A Cultural Dictionary of Punk
    • 2009

      Cinema in the Digital Age

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      3.8(22)Add rating

      With a new introduction and new material, this updated edition takes a fresh look at the historical and contemporary state of digital cinema. It pays special attention to the ways in which nostalgia for the look and feel of analogue disrupts the aesthetics of the digital image, as well as how recent films such as The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - both shot digitally - have disguised and erased their digital foundations. The book also explores new possibilities for writing about and theorizing film, such as randomization.

      Cinema in the Digital Age
    • 2005

      The dumbest band with the dumbest tunes - but still they transcend all other groups as the ground zero of rock, reduced to its crudest essence. This, their first album is a brutal combination of 60s pop and garage punk with adolescent tales of girls and sniffing glue.

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