Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “All Cried Out”
These posts are about the songs that just barely failed to cross the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41. Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien was born … Continue reading Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “All Cried Out”
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #728 to #725
728. Joan Armatrading, The Key (1983) Joan Armatrading was deep into her career when she released The Key, and she was ready for a little more commercial success. “I would like to sell more records in America, not so people … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #728 to #725
From the Archive — Casino Royale
I’m running low on older material, so we’re likely in the last few weeks of the “From the Archive” feature. Hence, the recent ramping up of pre-production promo for the next James Bond film — led by casting announcements that … Continue reading From the Archive — Casino Royale
This Week’s Model — Bleached, “Hard to Kill”
Although it’s been many, many (many, many, many) years since I set my internal clock by the schedule of a college radio station, some vestiges remain. For example, as the calendar page flips and the thirty-one squares of May are … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bleached, “Hard to Kill”
My Misspent Youth — Action Comics by John Byrne
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. By the middle of the nineteen-eighties, I was well-versed in the … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Action Comics by John Byrne
Beers I Have Known — Alarmist Brewing Le Jus
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. With the rapid expansion of dots on the craft brewery map, trying to … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Alarmist Brewing Le Jus
Playing Catch-Up —The Kid Who Would Be King; Total Recall; The Old Man and the Gun
The Kid Who Would Be King (Joe Cornish, 2019). After his feature directorial debut, Attack the Block, Joe Cornish seemed positioned to jostle with a few others — including Edgar Wright, one of that film’s producers — for the distinction … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up —The Kid Who Would Be King; Total Recall; The Old Man and the Gun
Now Playing — Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame is absurd. I’ve previously declared myself agog that movie screens are routinely turned over to these vibrant figures that dominated my youthful years, enveloping my fragile psyche in the protection of costumed titans who take the strange misfortune … Continue reading Now Playing — Avengers: Endgame
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #732 to #729
732. Alex Chilton, High Priest (1987) Alex Chilton spend the first half of the nineteen-eighties scuffling through professional uncertainty. The former lead singer of the Box Tops and challenging genius at the core of blazingly brilliant and commercially underperforming power … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #732 to #729
From the Archive — A History of Violence
As the striking of the twentieth anniversary of the 1999 resounds, there’s been a revived interest in arguing that the bygone year in question might have represented the best twelve month span in the long history of cinema. That’s a … Continue reading From the Archive — A History of Violence
