Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

So, they’re talking about a remake of The Princess Bride. This is, of course, a bullshit idea that needs to be lured into a quiet and dark alley someplace and strangled until dead. But that gives me an excuse to … Continue reading →

Today is the birthday of film composer Hans Zimmer! Zimmer tends to be a rather controversial figure in movie music fandom circles (mainly for the way his style of sound has been influential to the point of making a lot … Continue reading →

A wonderfully ethereal rendition of one of my favorite classic romance songs, “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square”.

I’ve never been a big Fleetwood Mac fan. I have nothing against them, and I tend to like their songs, but for one reason or another I’ve never really heard much of them beyond their biggest hits, like “Don’t Stop … Continue reading →

Yup, still quite busy. Lots of reading and writing. Here’s Harry Belafonte:

OK, I need to find some consistency here again…I’ll get back to that Song Challenge thing soon, but for now, here’s a favorite musical number of mine. This comes from the movie High Society, which is a musical remake of … Continue reading →

I missed last week, boo! But I’m back this week, yay! Setting aside the Song Challenge thing for a while, here’s a nifty bit of movie music…for a teevee movie, anyway. Back in 1983 there was a miniseries on NBC … Continue reading →

Yup, the usual. Very busy at work and also very busy at home, what with editing books and other things! I finished manuscript markups on The Savior Worlds, but now I’m finishing up the manuscript markups on Deliverance, Eh? (not … Continue reading →

So yesterday I was asked (well, I was asked to do this before yesterday, but yesterday was the day) to work not at The Store but rather to fill in for a guy who was on vacation at another location … Continue reading →

So, time to get back to our on-again, off-again song challenge! If my reckoning is correct, we’re up to A Song I’d Sing With Someone In A Karaoke Duet. Well, I’m honestly not likely to ever sing karaoke in any … Continue reading →