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Tag Archives: Music
Oh, James Newton Howard, NO!!!
I’m listening to James Newton Howard’s score to Green Lantern, and…well, I really hope that the rest of the movie rises above the music Howard has written for it. Howard is one of the more respected composers active today — … Continue reading
Back in the day we listened to music on 12-inch disks of black vinyl, and we liked it!
Today is “Record Store Day”. I won’t be going to any record stores today, simply because I’ve got other stuff to do today. But like many folks of my age group, I miss the music stores of yore. Record stores … Continue reading
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“Two drifters, off to see the world….”
I need to watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s again, because I’ve only seen it once and it’s just silly to allow a film you loved the one time you saw it to go unwatched again. I’ve just read a new book … Continue reading
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John Barry 1933-2011
John Barry, one of the most distinctive film composers of all time, has died. Barry could often, for me, be a “hit or miss” kind of composer, but when he hit — which in my experience was more often than … Continue reading
Boom de ya da!
Yeah…I’m trippin’ on the classic Discovery Channel commercial again. This time I’m discovering cool parodies! The original, for reminder’s sake: But I didn’t know that the Discovery Channel did a newer version: And a few take-offs…. I could listen to … Continue reading
It’s easy if you try
I was nine years old when John Lennon died; I had no idea, really, who he was when I first heard the name. I remember hearing the news on the radio as I was driven to school the next morning. … Continue reading
A favorite scene from Star Trek TNG
No reason, just a wonderful little scene.
Built a condo made of stone-uh
I figured that Steve Martin had forever left behind the days of the white suit and King Tut…but apparently not. This makes me really happy, for some goofy reason.
Let there be dancing in the streets!!!
My book came! And a beautiful book it is, too. I can’t wait to read it!
Holy SHIT.
Sorry I couldn’t come up with a more eloquent title for this post, but…well, sometimes you gotta go with the words that hit you. Therefore: Let there be dancing in the streets! Yup, I won a copy of Doug Adams’s … Continue reading