Hello Guacs and welcome back to the Top Moments thread. Sorry it went missing last week. I had a funeral to attend in the morning and it kind of set the whole tone of my day to a shitty one … Continue reading Top Television Moments and Weekly TV Discussion Thread
The Order was growing more confident. With the Squib gone, that was one less threat against them to worry about. If they chose whom to kill carefully, there was a good chance the two of them could make it out … Continue reading Werewolves XXVIII: Lord Voldemort and Don’t Let the Good Guys Win, Dammit (DAY 5)
Oh, here we go! The Treehouse Halloween specials would become an iconic element of The Simpsons, and in fact would continue to be the most popular part of the show even when it went to seed: out-of-continuity episodes parodying horror stories, sometimes getting … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Three, “Treehouse Of Horror”
This Spotlight has another long tangent that is more about me than the music, so you can skip the first few paragraphs and start where I say OKAY if you wish. Over a year ago, I posted my first Artist Spotlight about … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Bonnie Pink (Redux)
After few more chapters the 40 minutes long dystopian arthouse movie used to open the latest tour is over. Just when the metaphor for Distorted Angels and the messiah about to save the world settles in your mind, a rather … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Archive
There didn’t need to be discussion tonight, as the Order knew immediately who they needed to kill if they were to escape this house alive. Together, they burst into Mello’s room, wands out. “Give up now,” one of them cried. … Continue reading Werewolves XXVIII: Lord Voldemort and Everyone is a Drama Queen (DAY 4)
Bill Irwin is a perhaps unique multi-hyphenate in an entertainment field full of people who claim to do multiple things. Sure, plenty of actors have co-written scripts or directed an episode of a TV show, but how many of them … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Bill Irwin – Robot Clown Tony Winner
Weak sunlight had barely begun streaming through the windows when the rest of the group was awakened by the sound of shouts and gasps coming from the drawing room. “What is the meaning of this?” Lord Voldemort hissed as he … Continue reading Werewolves XXVIII: Lord Voldemort and Things are Getting Interesting (DAY 3)
Album: Knock Knock Artist: Smog Released 1/12/99 Knock Knock, the seventh album from Smog (AKA Bill Callahan), ranked #233 on our Album Poll. I think only two of us voted for this. In fact, that other person’s inclusion of Knock … Continue reading Album Club: Smog – Knock Knock
With one of their own dead, the low hum of panic that had always been present among the members of the Order was threatening to grow into a roar. Two spies in particular weren’t content with leaving their fates up … Continue reading Werewolves XXVIII: Lord Voldemort and If Only Killing Harry Potter were this Easy (DAY 2)
After the heaviness of “Bart Gets An F” and the general slow pace of season one, here we have something simple and silly: Homer sees a miracle cure for baldness on TV, commits insurance fraud to get it, and climbs … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Two, “Simpson And Delilah”
“Shore Leave” Season 1 Production Order #18 Airing Order #15 Directed by Robert Sparr Written by Theodore Sturgeon After last week’s shockingly bad “The Menagerie”, I am ready to move on but before we do, I have a few things to … Continue reading Star Trek: TOS – S01E18/19 “Shore Leave” and “The Squire of Gothos”
When the album poll results came out, I realized that not enough of us are fans of Adam and the Ants. Kings of the Wild Frontier was way down at #100 on my ballot, and there was no Ant representation anywhere on … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Adam and the Ants
Premise It is the middle of the Second Wizarding War. Lord Voldemort has discovered that his Death Eaters have been infiltrated by the Order of the Phoenix. He manages to trap them in an abandoned house along with some of … Continue reading Werewolves XXVIII: Lord Voldemort and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (DAY 1)
Grant Morrison is my favorite writer of all time. In fact, he is my favorite creative individual, regardless of medium, of all time. He opened my eyes to new worldviews and shaped my personal philosophy into what it is today. … Continue reading Writer Spotlight: Grant Morrison
Welcome back(or for the first time) to discuss your favorite moments from tv over the past week. I have lost my nerd cred this week since I have failed to finish the Legion finale before writing this. Not just for … Continue reading Top Television Moments and Weekly TV Discussion Thread
Already, season two gets back to familiar territory. This feels like a redo of “Bart The Genius”, where Bart contends with an incompetent and indifferent school system that he simply doesn’t fit into. This time, however, the show has … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode One, “Bart Gets An F”
This dude was a whistler. As in, he whistled. As a job. For money. And he was basically the best at it. You may have heard his whistling before: That last one is not the original movie … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Muzzy Marcellino
Bienvenido a la Artist Spotlight of Francisca Valenzuela, American-born Chilean Singer/ songwriter multi-instumentalist, model, fashion designer and published poet at the age of 12 So, fairly accomplished. Also entertaining as heck. How much fun is this? Quiero Verte Mas, from her … Continue reading Artist Spotlight- Francisca Valenzuela
Season 5 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Brian Hayles I’ve talked a lot over the past couple weeks about the move towards recurring villains and this time out we are introduced to another new recurring villain, the titular Ice … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E03 “The Ice Warriors”
I admit, I’ve been wary of this one coming up. “Some Enchanted Evening” was the first episode of The Simpsons ever produced, but due to severe animation issues it was pushed back to the end of the broadcast line. Going … Continue reading The Simpsons: S01E13 “Some Enchanted Evening”
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