This weekend, I’ll participate in The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. I’m a little preoccupied with preparations for that, including some significant travel. To provide some sense of the madness of minutiae that dominates my mind this week, I’ll return to … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day: The Oklahoma Kamikaze
This weekend, I’ll participate in The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. I’m a little preoccupied with preparations for that, including some significant travel. To provide some sense of the madness of minutiae that dominates my mind this week, I’ll return to … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day: Hot Buttered Soul
80. Skinny Puppy, The Process I didn’t know that Skinny Puppy was still making music together as late as 1996. Maybe that’s because they barely were. The arduous process of recording The Process started in 1993, with the band intending … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 80 and 79
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. Going to college in a town with a beloved small town brewery inspired … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Rhinelander Bock
After the previous week’s logjam of reviews, I only had one piece go up at Spectrum Culture since the last “Spectrum Check.” Luckily, it was for a very good film, easily one of the best of the year thus far. Gimme the Loot is an exceptional feature debut from writer-director Adam Leon. I intentionally decided to avoid comparisons in the review, but I will note that I kept thinking it was exactly the sort of film Spike Lee might have made had he decided to follow his own debut, She’s Gotta Have It, by doggedly pursuing authenticity rather than opting … Continue reading Spectrum Check
My brain is broken. I hope to have it fixed by tomorrow. Continue reading Programming Note
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. When we lived in Florida, I was bereft of palatable beer choices. Spoiled … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Red Stripe
I usually lay these links out in roughly chronological order, but I’m instead going to start with my favorite piece of the week for Spectrum Culture. Part of the household agreement made when I took on this fairly time-consuming side gig dictated that I would routinely, though not indiscriminately, request horror films to review. This led to the acquisition of The ABCs of Death, a gimmicky anthology film that never escapes its gimmick. I decided to adopt a modified version of the film’s conceit for my review starting each sentence with each successive letter of the alphabet, from A to … Continue reading Spectrum Check
Forty-fourth in a series… I believe this is the first one that’s listed as “uninflated.” (Source) Continue reading Woke up next to the king, got up, gonna fix me some things
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. I briefly battled stomach problems when I was in college–undoubtedly somewhat stress-related–and was … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Highland Thunderstruck Coffee Porter
Coffee for Two 