Author: David Jón Fuller

• November 19, 2012

  Metal Monday, Music

  Metal Monday: Aerosmith’s Music From Another Dimension!

  The good news is, Aerosmith’s new album shrugs off decades’ worth of forgettable über-ballads and rediscovers its heavy-blues groove. The bad news is, it’s buried under forgettable über-ballads.
• November 7, 2012

  Metal Monday, Music

  As You Were makes Alltop’s list for ‘heavy metal’

  Regular visitors to As You Were may have noticed a new badge or two on the site — the ones from Alltop.com.  I’m happy to say after seeing Alltop recommended as an aggregator of web content, I submitted As You Were to Alltop’s discerning editors in the categories of “heavy metal” and “werewolves.”  They got…
• November 5, 2012

  Writing

  Dear Teen Me: Don’t quit writing

  Dear Teen Me: When I look at you, just about to hit Grade 12, I think, who is that skinny kid? And right, the hair. I’m going to try to put this in such a way that won’t make your trademark stubbornness (which got you through that nasty, soul-crushing period of self-doubt and depression in…
• October 22, 2012

  Metal Monday, Music, Thunder God Thursday

  Thunder God in New York

  Jon Mikl Thor, born in Vancouver, BC, started out as a bodybuilder in the 1970s and moved into the theatrical world of heavy metal. His shows featured feats of strength to the adoration of screaming fans. But as he tells it, taking the God of Thunder as your stage name doesn’t grant you immunity from…
• October 18, 2012

  Metal Monday, Music, Thunder God Thursday

  Thunder God Thursday: Jon Mikl Thor

  I first had the opportunity to talk to Jon Mikl Thor back in 2005, while he was in the midst of a gruelling tour and had recently suffered an onstage accident in which he was nearly electrocuted. Despite that, he was very upbeat about his music career and made for a great interview. The only…
• October 17, 2012

  Werewolf Wednesday

  Interview: Dr. Phillip Bernhardt-House on Celtic werewolves

  Those fortunate enough to attend the inaugural HowlCon in Portland, OR this past weekend had the opportunity to hear Dr. Phillip Bernhardt-House speak on werewolves and canine figures in ancient Celtic traditions. He completed his Ph.D on the subject in 2006, published as Werewolves, Magical Hounds, and Dog-Headed Men in Celtic Literature:A Typological Study of…