PinnedDanny Bednar, PhDWhat’s It Like To Be In The Metallica Snake Pit on the M72 Tour?When the idea to have a ‘pit’ of fans in the middle of Metallica’s stage was first used for the band’s ‘Black Album’ tours in the early…Aug 27, 20232Aug 27, 20232
PinnedDanny Bednar, PhDinCuriousThe Geography of Space Exploration: For All HumankindThe following is the entire first chapter of For All Humankind by Tanya Harrison & Danny Bednar. The book is available now online and in…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
PinnedDanny Bednar, PhDWhat if Metallica’s Load & Reload Were One Album (Part I) — Why Do We Care?Twenty-five years later, why do Metallica’s Load and Reload continue to foster so many “what if?” discussions?Jun 4, 20211Jun 4, 20211
Danny Bednar, PhDWrestling’s Hart Family: A Reading GuideIt’s no exaggeration to say that some of the most important chapters in professional wrestling history come from the Hart family…Jan 20Jan 20
Danny Bednar, PhDBuilding Provincial Rosters of NHL Players and Why ‘Sub-National’ Tournaments Would be Way More…So the NHL wants a best-on-best tournament? Screw inter-national hockey, lets see some intra-national best-on-best.Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Danny Bednar, PhDinCuriousMetallica — The $24.95 Book (Review)What’s new to say about the biggest metal band of all time? Seasoned writer Ben Apatoff hopes enough to justify his new book.Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Danny Bednar, PhDWhat if Metallica’s Load & Reload Were One Album (Part II) — The Best Possible Answer?After almost 25 years of mixing and matching Metallica’s mid-90s albums, can we use the evidence at hand to put the discussion to bed?Jun 4, 2021Jun 4, 2021
Danny Bednar, PhDThe Geography of Space Exploration: The Search for Life on Mars (Book Review)Howell & Booth’s book serves as an anthology of personal Martian stories, revealing that behind the search for life on Mars lay entirely…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Danny Bednar, PhDThe Geography of Space Exploration: Space 5.0 — The Ethics EraThe following is a discussion piece for #Space2090, an undergraduate course on Space Exploration in the Department of Geography and the…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Danny Bednar, PhDinCuriousThe Geography of Space Exploration: The Vinyl Frontier (Book Review)A mix-tape for all of humanity, love affairs, space probes destined for the interstellar void, and a tight deadline. Jonathon Scott’s…Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020