Roland Hanna was an American jazz pianist and frequent collaborator of Benny Goodman and Charles Mingus. In the 60s and 70s, he was a regular member of The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, performing on one of my favorite records of … Continue reading The Night Thread of Roland Hanna
Swimming in pink all summer long, I’m reminded that, when I was a kid, my mother read me a book called The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink (of Caddie Woodlawn fame). I don’t remember much about it besides that … Continue reading The Day Thread visits The Pink Motel (8/20)
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a three-hour biopic covering the life of the “father of the atomic bomb” from his time as a postgrad student through his role as project director of the Manhattan Project toward the tail end of WWII, … Continue reading Movie Review: Oppenheimer
Image from: The Velvet Queen (2021) Continue reading The Night Thread 7/5/23 is watching you
On this day in 1932, Italian director Fernando di Leo was born. His career covered erotic drama films, action movies, and the odd giallo here and there.. Check out some of his stuff on Criterion Channel today! Continue reading The Day Thread of Fernando di Leo
Sup Clowder-heads, time for you to haul ass to a neko-shima. Continue reading The Day Thread of Masayuki Oki
Wish you were here! (Wish I was here too) For more stunning photography by Cameron Hammond, visit here. (a few shots NSFW by the way) Continue reading The Night Thread of Sarakiniko Beach
This is my cat Sidney. He is a twerp. He peed on my jade plant. Bow down and worship him. Continue reading The Day Thread of Sidney
Enjoy this goofy music video from a little Jacksonville area band. Also, go listen to their new Christmas album too. Continue reading The Day Thread of Sunbears!
Another jazz titan who passed over this year, Pharoah Sanders was a disciple of Sun Ra and a collaborator with John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, and many, many others. Though he continued recording new work up through last year, some of … Continue reading The Night Thread Remembers Pharoah Sanders
I wanted to take a brief moment to remember a jazz great that we lost recently. Ramsey Lewis was a Chicago native jazz pianist whose career spanned more than half a century. He released over 80 albums and hosted a … Continue reading The Night Thread Remembers Ramsey Lewis
Until next year, Galadriel. Continue reading Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 8
Discuss! I have nothing clever to say… I’m behind, and I haven’t seen last week’s episode eep! Life uhhh gets in the way Continue reading The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 7
Tonight’s episode – and next week’s – will be directed by Charlotte Brändström. She looks quite prolific, according to Wikipedia, but I’m not familiar with any of her stuff. Are we getting a big battle at the tower tonight? Eek. … Continue reading The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 6
More dwarf singing this week please. Continue reading The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 5 Discussion Thread
Good evening, everyone! I’m looking forward to hearing y’all’s thoughts and opinions on the new episode. I don’t know about you but I’m looking for real estate in Númenor… or maybe Khazad-dûm, I can’t decide. Where would you want to … Continue reading The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 4 Discussion Thread
Use this space to discuss the next episode of The Rings of Power – available at 12:00am ET, but I’m posting the thread a bit early in case anyone wants to share theories, hopes, dreams, cries of anguish before watching. … Continue reading Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 3
Use this space to discuss Sauron’s Bezos’ $1,000,000,000 attempt to usurp the fantasy soap opera throne from HBO Discovery Max Now Streaming Service For People Who Can’t Business Good And Want To Do Other Stuff Good Two. Continue reading Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episodes 1-2 Discussion Thread
So I recently stumbled upon a trove of Onion headlines that I whipped up 4-5 years ago when they had open applications. A few were pretty dumb but the rest are perfectly cromulent. Read through, pick one you like, and … Continue reading The Night Thread Is Living In the Past! 8/8/2022
Rest a while, friends. Take it easy. You’ve earned it. Continue reading The Night Thread Takes It Easy (8/6/22)
Hey everyone! I thought for my open thread that I’m making I would share this leaked opening scene from the Black Panther 2 script that my friend in the industry found for me. I’ve read it a few times now … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Wakanda
