Outside Reading — This Island Earth Doesn’t Shine for Me Anymore
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie: The oral history by Adam Carston The big-screen iteration of Mystery Science Theater 3000 hardly seems to have enough significance to merit a lengthy oral history on the occasion of its anniversary, but I’m … Continue reading Outside Reading — This Island Earth Doesn’t Shine for Me Anymore
This Week’s Model — Molly Burch, “Control”
Now that we’re more than a year past the point when practically the entirety of the live music business shut down, it will be interesting to see if there are discernible impacts on the release of studio efforts. Maybe Molly … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Molly Burch, “Control”
The Art of the Sell — Stevie Wonder for TDK
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. If Stevie says it’s an amazing music machine, I believe him. This commercial makes me crave the … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Stevie Wonder for TDK
My Misspent Youth — Green Lantern by Denny O’Neil and Joe Staton
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I went all in on superhero comics, I immediately set … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Green Lantern by Denny O’Neil and Joe Staton
Then Playing — Belushi; The Father; The Man Who Knew Too Much
Belushi (R.J. Cutler, 2020). This documentary about the short life of John Belushi makes a valiant effort at capturing his boisterous charisms and fiery comic genius. Director R.J. Cutler relies on audio of interviews Tanner Colby conducted for a biography … Continue reading Then Playing — Belushi; The Father; The Man Who Knew Too Much
Oscarland
If nothing else, the anticlimactic end to last night’s Academy Awards ceremony proves definitively that the accounts who tabulate the votes aren’t tipping off the ceremony’s producers about the winners. The shift of the Best Picture category to take place … Continue reading Oscarland
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #362 to #360
362. Martha and the Muffins / M + M, Danseparc (1983) With the band’s fourth album, guitarist Mark Gane finally got the name change he’d been agitated for. Well, almost. The Toronto band Martha and Muffins took on their moniker … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #362 to #360
8
I can’t properly express how strange and wonderful it is to see the band of bright, boozy hooligans that I call family sitting there in eighth place in this year’s iteration of the World’s Largest Trivia Contest, hosted by my … Continue reading 8
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #365 to #363
365. The The, Soul Mining (1983) Matt Johnson was just a teenager when he posted flyers seeking musical collaborators who, like him, were inspired by Syd Barrett and Throbbing Gristle. The various collaborators who came into his sphere over the … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #365 to #363
Outside Reading — Pursuing Trivia edition
World’s Largest Trivia Contest Returns to Stevens Point by Jon Fuller The only things I’ve read this week are directly related to the strange pastime I’m participating in this weekend. So this regular Staurday exercise in linking to the words … Continue reading Outside Reading — Pursuing Trivia edition
Coffee for Two 