David Stagg

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The Burning Ones
By David Stagg

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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Books

A Year in Reading

Dec 13, 2025
I keep a running list of books I want to…
Movies

William Shakespeare’s Jacket

Dec 11, 2025
The jacket worn by Paul Mescal’s William Shakespeare alone should…
Movies

‘The Horror Divide’

Oct 22, 2025
Earlier this month, Taylor Orth at YouGov wrote that “few…
Sports

The WNBA’s Lucky Star

Oct 15, 2025
(Clark) should be grateful she makes $16 million off the…
Thought

Recursive Simulations

Oct 3, 2025
DYNOMIGHT has some interesting thoughts about AI risk. He spells…
Movies

Bjork

Oct 1, 2025
I have been making my way through Lars von Trier’s…
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Long Form

Chelsea Grin

The Red Badge of Alex Koehler

“When this band started I was 16. Now I’m 23. The older lyrics were just written based around bands I idolized at that age, just gory and disgusting. This album was really easy for me because I decided I wanted to write about real life.”

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Sleeping Giant

How We Are Free

“I remember just crying. I didn’t know why. I just started crying, thinking about being totally given up on. To still have maybe 30, 40, 50 years left, but according to society, you’re done. There’s no value for who you are.”

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The Devil Wears Prada

Interview with the Devil

“If people want to know me or they want to follow me or admire what I do, it’s not going to come in the form of me taking a photo of a meal or a cup of coffee and putting that on the Internet. I would much rather people read the lyrics that I write, see my performance at the Prada show, or read the stuff that I’ve been writing.”

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Korn

The Second Coming of Head

“The Word of God is living and active and it pushes us to meet the real God, and you’ve got to know the real God and what he’s like – now, in this day and age. He’s the same yesterday, today and forever.”

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A Quote

A Video

An incredibly interesting breakdown of capitalism’s effect on the ego, the identity, and its ability to come to fruition less it self-destruct.

Featuring BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti and his pre-fame essay on Capitalism and Schizophrenia.

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