The 8/21 Night Thread Wonders What It Was Made For
I love this movie so much. I love the soundtrack. Especially, I love this tune. Continue reading The 8/21 Night Thread Wonders What It Was Made For
Author: Lynn McKenzie
The 8/19 Day Thread Is So Glad To See You Here
Back To The Egg is such an underrated album. I hope Paul is still considering a boxed set at some point. I think he missed a trick by not doing this song as a medley with We’re Open Tonight from … Continue reading The 8/19 Day Thread Is So Glad To See You Here
Doubling Down: The 8/4 Night Thread Shakes Down 1979
And then there was Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the other megaphenomenal double album release of late 1979. Unlike Tusk, The Wall sold around fifteen million copies in the U.S. It was truly a huge success. In the spring and summer … Continue reading Doubling Down: The 8/4 Night Thread Shakes Down 1979
Doubling Down: The 8/14 Day Thread Shakes Down 1979
Perhaps the most anticipated album of their career, Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk was one of the biggest musical sensations of December 1979 in almost every possible way. It was the follow up to their biggest album to date, Rumours, which sold … Continue reading Doubling Down: The 8/14 Day Thread Shakes Down 1979
The 7/6 Night Thread Is In Living Colour
I look at the T.V. Your America’s doing well I look out the window My America’s catching hell I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America? I just want to know which way do I go to … Continue reading The 7/6 Night Thread Is In Living Colour
The 6/21 Night Thread Is Leaving On A Jet Plane
With luck, at the time this thread goes live, I will be on a British Airways flight taking off for London in the United Kingdom! We plan to visit the British Isles for a little less than a week. Our … Continue reading The 6/21 Night Thread Is Leaving On A Jet Plane
The June 16th Now And Then Night Thread
Now And Then was a demo of John Lennon’s that the remaining Beatles worked on back in 1995, trying to make a new Beatles song out of it as they had with his demos for Free As A Bird and … Continue reading The June 16th Now And Then Night Thread
4/21 Ordinary People Night Thread
I always feel I have to defend this movie because it had the gall to beat out popular favorite Raging Bull for Best Picture. But Ordinary People is a great film which deserved to win Best Picture. It is beautifully … Continue reading 4/21 Ordinary People Night Thread
The Matinee Day Thread
OTD thirty years ago in 1993, Matinee was released in the U.S. Directed by Joe Dante and starring John Goodman, it’s the tale of a teenager in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His father is in the Navy … Continue reading The Matinee Day Thread
The 1/25 Night Thread Hails The King of Fuh
The 12/19 Day Thread Does Some Christmas Rapping
There are four songs which I own that could be classified as Christmas rap. I’m not going to talk about Christmas In Hollis by Run-D.M.C. or Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses, although I love them both, because everyone knows those … Continue reading The 12/19 Day Thread Does Some Christmas Rapping
The 12/18 Day Thread Wishes You A Happy Hanukkah
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah! Or Chanukkah, or whatever. It’s a Hebrew transliteration, which means spelling is very loosey-goosey. Hanukkah has been hyped up so it can compete with Christmas, but it’s really a minor holiday. It’s a … Continue reading The 12/18 Day Thread Wishes You A Happy Hanukkah
The 12/17 Day Thread Has A Frank Sinatra Christmas
For most of my life, I have not been a fan of Old Blue Eyes. “He has a great voice,” my mom would say. “Uck,” I’d reply in all my teenage wisdom, going to my room, slamming the door and … Continue reading The 12/17 Day Thread Has A Frank Sinatra Christmas
The 12/12 Night Thread Wants To Come Home
The 12/11 Night Thread Lets Them Eat Cake
If you’re reading this, presumably I got back safely from my trip to St. Louis, and was able to celebrate my birthday. Happy Birthday To Me!! The best present you can give me is not to ask how old I … Continue reading The 12/11 Night Thread Lets Them Eat Cake
Lynn’s Embroidery 12/11 Day Thread
When I was eleven or twelve, I got an embroidery kit for beginners. It had the pattern drawn on the cloth, in washable ink, a needle, threads, and instructions about how to make the different knots. I’m not sure if … Continue reading Lynn’s Embroidery 12/11 Day Thread
The 12/8 Night Thread Misses John Lennon
Forty-two years ago this night, my world was shattered. Shit. That’s a long fucking time. Continue reading The 12/8 Night Thread Misses John Lennon
The 12/8 Day Thread Sings To A Koala
Oh, I love you, I still careAll my affection’s thereI will walk with you to the end of the passageMy little koala type bearLittle koala type bear I can see you sitting thereWith your silent smileI won’t talk to you … Continue reading The 12/8 Day Thread Sings To A Koala
Did I Tell You I Need You: Revolver Super Deluxe Edition Album Review
The fourth in the remixed and augmented Beatles albums to be released, Revolver almost didn’t happen. There were two reasons. First, so much of the instrumentation had been recorded onto single tracks live, that it was thought to be impossible … Continue reading Did I Tell You I Need You: Revolver Super Deluxe Edition Album Review
The 10/28 Day Thread Salutes Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015) was one of the brightest stars of twentieth-century horror films, appearing as Count Dracula in seven Hammer films along with his friend Peter Cushing. Star Wars fans, of course, know these actors as Grand Moff Tarkin … Continue reading The 10/28 Day Thread Salutes Christopher Lee
Freaks And Geeks: S01E09 “We’ve Got Spirit”
SPOILER WARNING: I’m assuming in these reviews that readers have seen the show. The most bizarre thing about this episode is its premise, because neither freaks nor geeks in high school tend to be filled with school spirit. I know … Continue reading Freaks And Geeks: S01E09 “We’ve Got Spirit”