Justin Mazaleski
Justin Mazaleski is a writer who specializes in bizarre screenplays and personal reflections on art. He lives in Eastern Pennsylvania where he has been known to operate a lemonade stand on the sidewalk outside his home. When he’s not writing, sleeping, or dancing, he’s sitting on his couch, taking in the best and worst music and film of the last century.
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I Feel Safe With You, Trash: of Montreal’s Overlooked Magnum Opus
Released a few months ago in March 2021, I Feel Safe With You, Trash is of Montreal’s 17th album (!!!). Kevin Barnes calls it a ‘double album’ but clocking in at just over one hour, it’s not much longer than most of their previous releases. The album was written and recorded during the Great COVID […] More
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in MusicThe Smashing Pumpkins ‘Adore’: Revisiting a Misunderstood Masterpiece
Musical artists get more and more popular with the public until they have that one new album that is surely going to be another hit — but instead it flops — starting their downward spiral into irrelevance. In this new series, I’ll be discussing that album that nearly every musician has in their catalogue, the […] More
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in MusicNeither Fish Nor Flesh: The Album That Killed Terence Trent D’Arby
Terence Trent D’Arby’s Neither Fish Nor Flesh (A Soundtrack of Love, Faith, Hope, & Destruction) Musical artists get more and more popular with the public until they have that one new album that is surely going to be another hit — but instead it flops — starting their downward spiral into irrelevance. In this new […] More
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in Musicof Montreal: The Best Band You’ve Never Heard in Your Life
of Montreal is WEIRD. They are also the best band of our generation. of Montreal is the brainchild of Kevin Barnes, who started the project in 1996, named after a failed romance with a girl from Montreal, Quebec (in actuality, the band hails from Athens, Georgia). They reached the height of their indie popularity with […] More
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Everything Right Is Wrong Again — Twin Peaks: The Return Finale Review (Part 18)
This is it. The final hour of the series that we have waited over 25 years to conclude. BOB has been vanquished. Agent Cooper is back and ready to rumble. Even Laura Palmer is back because as Billy Joel sang, ‘only the good die young’. Would the end of our epic journey best the slightly […] More
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One For The Grandkids — Twin Peaks: The Return Finale Review (Part 17)
Welcome to my very late (but still insanely relevant) review of the Twin Peaks finale! Previously on Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper raced to the Pacific Northwest as his doppelgänger did the same. Audrey Horne was freaking out in a white room. Ed and Norma were probably making sweet, sweet love on top of a rickety […] More
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God I Love This Music, Isn’t It Too Dreamy? — Twin Peaks: The Return Part 16 Review
The best show on television did not disappoint this week as the finale quickly approaches! I had been anticipating that everything was building towards a huge climax in the action for a few weeks now and finally, FINALLY IT HAPPENED! We got our protagonist back, a few surprising deaths occurred, and there was a shocking […] More
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We Are Still Not Really Going To Talk About Judy — Twin Peaks: The Return Part 15 Review
Strap yourselves in tight because there’s just two weeks left and the action just accelerated into high gear! This episode had a little something for everyone. Romance, sci-fi surrealism, violence, and whatever the hell is going on with Audrey. Let’s get started! THE CONVENIENCE STORE AT THE END OF THE WORLD: Is this taking place […] More
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Sure Is A Mystery, Huh? — Twin Peaks: The Return Part 14 Review
We are nearing the end of our journey, friends! This summer love will soon, sadly, be coming to an end. This week, the story moves along at a shockingly brisk pace. Even more surprisingly, gone is the jumping around between locales. We spend most of our time in the good old Pacific Northwest. That means […] More
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Just You And I — Me And You And A Twin Peaks: The Return Part 13 Review
There was a little something for everyone on this week’s Twin Peaks! Attempted murder, actual murder, romance, restaurant-related intrigue, arm wrestling, and we all heard a song that we never thought we’d hear again in a million years. Can you believe that there are just a handful of episodes left? Our story inches ever so […] More
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‘You’re Not Going To Tell Me What She Said?!’ — Twin Peaks: The Return Part 12 Review
What a strange detour into absurdist madness we took with this week’s episode! Some of the main story threads took a breather and instead we were handed a variety of engrossing tangential stories that may or may not have impact on the overall storyline. But Audrey’s back! Or is she? It’s one of the most […] More
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There’s Fire Where You Are Going — Twin Peaks: The Return Part 11 Review
The best show on television delivered again this week with one of its funniest and brilliant episodes yet! As usual, some storylines were completely ignored (what has Bad Cooper been up to since leaving the farm?) while others story threads were resurrected (we finally get to see Sheriff Truman and Hawk move their investigation forward […] More














