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The Walking Dead Don Caps And Gowns
Sunday, September 13, 2009
I think that the worst offense possible is to be lauded or praised for deeds one is not privy to or has not done, or for any quality which someone has been perceived to have but he who is perceived to have this quality knows himself not to possess it.... more
Anubis Would Be Proud
Nile is perhaps the best death metal band to have arisen in the 1990's. Despite their sometimes incomprehensible songs, and muddled production, the band has its share of talent beyond that of standard death metal. While Cannibal Corpse, Morbid... more
Slayer Fails To Slay, Again.
Slayer's new album, World Painted Blood is a disappointment. Then again, a disappointment from Slayer is still an album that is listenable. The music, mostly, is reminiscent of their first five efforts, and they seem to have done the same thing that... more
The All Seeing Eye
This is a short film I made for a class. I don't think it fulfilled the requirements, though I'm somewhat proud of it. Synopsis: a priest discovers, through prayer, God revealing himself. When he does, God's avatar is a spineless,... more
Box, Part I: Emic Or Etic?
This is the first part of my senior thesis I submitted to Chapman University's Creative Writing program. It is intended to be ambiguous and bizarre, but with a sense of direction towards possible truth or fiction through pieces of information, much... more
An Exercise In Stock Manipulation
This is something I made for a band, a reel to be projected behind and around them a la Neurosis' live shows. I think it speaks for itself. ... more
a recent graduate from Chapman University, Brian Reis is attempting to attain a career as a writer, or perhaps just a madman, besieged by a constant frenzy of all that is in the world, all that is seen and unseen, intellectual, philosophical, grammatical, scientific, religious, metaphysical, and is always attempting to not fall into the pit of dilettantism.
