On February 8th 1971 Muhammad Ali fought Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden, New York City in a match hyped as the Fight of the Century. One of the most highly anticipated events in sport’s history, It was the first … Continue reading The Fight Of The Century Night Thread
Metre is a device used in poetry. “The metre of most poetry of the Western world and elsewhere is based on patterns of syllables of particular types. The familiar type of metre in English-language poetry is called qualitative metre, with stressed … Continue reading Calliope Corner #4
Leopold Bloom is navigating the Ares chamber, waiting for the new day to begin and the hunt for the Fury Sisters to continue. I, the narrator, could say he was doing something witty, something characteristic of his behavior in the … Continue reading Werewolf 146: Hades – Day 3
“There is much cruelty in the universe.” For an ostensible planetside romp episode, there’s a lot going on in “Bone to Be Wild.” The episode has three major throughlines: the A-plot and two heavily serialized subplots. The plots intersect in … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×21, “Bone to Be Wild”
After a slow start, Oscars season is now well underway. So well underway, in fact, that nominations are in a week! With that in mind, I’m offering up my final predictions for this year’s nominations. It wouldn’t be “The Road … Continue reading The Road to the 93rd Oscars, Part II: Final Nomination Predictions
Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない) is a 18-episode 2019 supernatural/psychological sorta-horror series by Madhouse based on 5 of the first 6 light novels[footnote]Novel 4 is a bit strange for even this series and its understandable why it was skipped.[/footnote] by Kouhei … Continue reading Anime(s) Worth Watching: Boogiepop
Introducing today’s contestants: Matt, an aerospace engineer, is a volunteer scuba diver; Justin, a high school history teacher, visited 30 major league ballparks; and Laura, an author-editor, recreated a Simon and Garfunkel album cover for her “save the date”. Laura is a one-day champ with winnings of $19,400. Laura held first place after round one, lost it to Matt during DJ but Laura had the strongest finish, regaining the lead into FJ with $15,600 vs. $11,600 for Matt and $10,200 for Justin. DD1 – $600 – HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS – Skeptical for once, Herodotus doubted the accuracy of this … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Mar. 8 (Katie Couric’s debut as guest host)
All the Queen’s Men is a film at war with itself. It’s 1944 and three British spies are tasked with stealing a German Enigma machine. Breaking the Enigma’s military codes could turn the tide of World War II. The factory … Continue reading LGBT Movies: All the Queen’s Men (2001)
Welcome back to The Phantom Empire, where Gene Autry, Radio’s Singing Cowboy, gets into it with some underground city dwellers! Last week, we left off during an exciting high-speed chase, where Gene’s out-of-control car flipping over headfirst and crashing directly … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 4: “The Phantom Broadcast”
Hades, Hades, and Hades. One taught us snark, one taught us family, and one taught us pain. Continue reading It’s All Greek to this Weekly Games Thread
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week: Alice Wu’s debut film Saving Face. Late in the summer of 2018, my sister and I went … Continue reading Late to the Party: Saving Face (2004)
You are now entering Ad Space, a realm of commercials, brought before us so we might examine how they work and discuss why we both love and hate them so. So it is written … The Product:Apple’s iPad Pro tablet … Continue reading Ad Space: What’s a Computer?
(Full, current standings can always be found here) Group 39 & 40 Results [spoiler] Group 39: 50.00% Sonic Unleashed Empire City (Night) 50.00% Lumines II tiny piano 50.00% Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations Questioning (Allegro, 2004) 50.00% Ar tonelico II: Melody … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2005-2008: Group 41
With Spring Training getting into gear, I’ve just been thinking about the old County Stadium, which from 1970 to 2000 was the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Continue reading The 3/8 Day Thread Misses Milwaukee County Stadium
Welcome back to this special retrospective music-posting feature. The gimmick is simple — each week, you post your favorite 25 (or whatever) albums of a given year. We are now moving backwards until we run out of either albums or … Continue reading Albums By The Year: 1973
Last week we talked about recording, so this week I want to talk about the flip side, playing live! In front of people! It’s kind of weird to imagine these days, but I’m pretty sure that used to be a … Continue reading The Avocado JAMS! Comes Alive at Budokan II
Fargo had a wide release on March 8, 1996. On its 25th anniversary, I want to think out loud about how a few of its principal characters were quite the fools and how their hubris was their downfall. Not that … Continue reading Pop Otpics: Fargo and the Art of the Fool
We’re kicking off our latest 30-day challenge with one that will dip into various areas of fandom over time but will also be a bit less geekish in general with our food and drink challenge. One of my favorite snacks, … Continue reading 30 Day Food & Drink Challenge Day 8: Your Favorite Chip!
Tell us about your shenanigans. What did you do this weekend? Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Sunday: MiscellaneousMonday: LiteratureTuesday: GeographyWednesday: MusicThursday: HistoryFriday: Movies & TVSaturday: Science … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, March 8, 2021
