A few months ago, Ryan McGee wrote a piece for The A.V. Club positing that the Sopranos ultimately damaged the field of television by completely reconfiguring the relationship between individual episodes and the overall story of an entire season or … Continue reading That Championship Season: The Sopranos, Season One
This weekend, I will once again participate in the annual staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM, the main fundraiser every year for the college radio station in central Wisconsin that is my most prized alma mater. At this time … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day: Riboflavin
I know the feeling. Continue reading We could be old and cold and dead on the sea
As Ron Swanson would surely tell you, don’t be afraid to wrap your turkey legs in bacon today. Happy Thanksgiving! Continue reading I owe my soul to each fork in the road, each misleading sign
Earlier this year, New York magazine came up with something they called “The Showrunner Transcripts.” They sought out the driving creative forces behind over a dozen critically-adored current series and interviewed them about their influences, favorites and approaches to creating … Continue reading That Championship Season: Cheers, Season Five
Time has gotten away from me today, I’m afraid. Words are beyond my capabilities right this second. I’ll do better. Continue reading No time for a gentle rain, no time for my watch and chain
I’ve already posted this elsewhere, but I like it enough that it’s worth including here. I made this. Because I feel that cast member of Sesame Street would be a good option for Michael Stipe now that R.E.M. is done. Continue reading Monsters having fun, happy, happy
I believe fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer think of the show in terms of seasons. That’s in large part because show creator and chief creative force Joss Whedon did the same. The show began with a little bit of … Continue reading That Championship Season: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five
The band Thirteen-One-Eleven, the brief side project of R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry in the early nineteen-nineties, released exactly one 12-inch single. The a-side of that record was a song entitled, “My Bible is the Latest TV Guide.” That’s a fairly … Continue reading That Championship Season: An Introduction
Coffee for Two 