Pod People: October 10/30/17
Featured podcasts this week are Love & Radio, Embedded, Heavyweight, Switchblade Sisters, and Who Shot Ya. Continue reading Pod People: October 10/30/17
Fashion Club: 10/30
This is going up a day early, because the weather is miserable here and it promises to be less so tomorrow. So I am here now. Let’s do this. We are on The Avocado now! We are Doing It Live. … Continue reading Fashion Club: 10/30
Box Office: October 27-29, 2017
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) 1. Jigsaw 2. Boo! 2 3. Geostorm 4. Happy Death Day 5. Blade Runner 2049 Today is your reminder that the first Saw movie came out in 2004, when today’s thrill-seeking teens … Continue reading Box Office: October 27-29, 2017
The Werewolf Den
There are suspicious people about, with violence on their minds. Two weeks later, those same people are shining with pure innocence, simply trying to root out the schemers in their midst. Yes, it’s the game of trickery, deception, and confusion. … Continue reading The Werewolf Den
The Soft Rollout Open Thread
Alright, folks, this is your open thread for the soft rollout of the new Avocado! All OT posts will be here today, and the open thread over on Disqus will be closed with just a link to this in the … Continue reading The Soft Rollout Open Thread
Tailgate Talk: Week Eight
Hi everyone. Welcome back to another edition of Tailgate Talk. Each week I recap some of the major games from the week before and preview the games next week. Feel free to talk about the games, off season antics, seasons … Continue reading Tailgate Talk: Week Eight
Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – M. Night Shyamalan: Split
10/29/2017 – M. Night Shyamalan: Split (2017) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan What can I say, I called an audible. Scroll enough and you’ll find a review of Baskin, but I felt this needed to be spotlighted considering its length … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – M. Night Shyamalan: Split
Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Four
Zephania Video, a captain of the King’s navy, and Goody Admirax, a lowly scullery maid, were in love. Having the whole town know took a lot of the pressure off, but for the sake of propriety, they felt they should … Continue reading Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Four
Star Trek: Discovery S1E7: Magic To Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
I never got that into comic books as a kid. It took ’90s indie comics like Eightball and Hate for me to work my way back to superheroes. The comics of my youth were simplistic, and one of the clumsiest storytelling … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E7: Magic To Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
Justice in Westerns
The idea that justice in Westerns can only be achieved through violence is one that is supported by all of the Westerns that we’ve watched in class. This doesn’t mean that George Stevens, John Ford, and Clint Eastwood support the … Continue reading Justice in Westerns
The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Nine, “Saturdays Of Thunder”
Immediately after a “Homer is a bumbling dad to Lisa” story, we get a “Homer is a bumbling dad to Bart” one! Structurally, there are a few similarities – Act One is about Homer coming to realise he’s a bad … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Nine, “Saturdays Of Thunder”
Artist Spotlight: Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac is really 4 or 5 different, only tangentially related bands. Starting as a spinoff project from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers as a vehicle for Peter Green to continue his blues work, they suffered through an unusual number of lineup … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Fleetwood Mac
The Monster Thread Of Monsters
What’s Halloween without monsters? What are scary movies without monsters? Here are five monsters I consider to be among the best in Movie and Tv history. (In no particular order) 1. You Know him you love him! Godzilla is one … Continue reading The Monster Thread Of Monsters
NYC / Tristate Meetup!
When: Sunday Nov. 12, 2017 4pm Where: Three’s Brewing 333 Douglas St, Brooklyn https://www.threesbrewing.com/at-threes/ Full bar and decent menu. You don’t have to be a drinker, stop in for a chat and a bite to eat! There is karaoke … Continue reading NYC / Tristate Meetup!
Sunday Food Thread
Hot Dog! My first WordPress/Avocado discussion post and it’s Sunday again and time to eat! To kick off the food thread on the new site here’s my original header from March 20, 2016- I’m going to give it a go … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread
American Top 40 Flashback: October 26, 1974
The full chart from October 26, 1974 Radio stations playing this episode How’s the chart as a whole? Some critics have argued that 1974 was the worst year in the history of popular music. If you focus solely on the … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: October 26, 1974
Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Laos: Dearest Sister (Nong hak)
10/28/2017 – Laos: Dearest Sister (Nong hak) (2016) Directed by Mattie Do While Laos gained independence in 1949, few films, and nothing all that prominent were made in the ensuing decades. What little industry there was, was crushed in 1975 … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Laos: Dearest Sister (Nong hak)
Does The Godfather Romanticize the Mafia?
One of the biggest questions in movie history is whether The Godfather romanticizes the mafia. Both sides have fair points, but I already know the answer. The plot of The Godfather needs no explaining. Almost everyone knows about the tale … Continue reading Does The Godfather Romanticize the Mafia?
We’re One, But We’re Not The Same: Artists Reinterpreting Their Work
Most of the music in my collection has one arrangement, one production and sound. Sometimes a particular piece may be performed live, but even then, the performing artist usually sticks close to the studio interpretation. If The Rolling Stones are … Continue reading We’re One, But We’re Not The Same: Artists Reinterpreting Their Work
Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Greece: Island of Death (Ta pediá tou Diavólou)
10/27/2017 – Greece: Island of Death (Ta pediá tou Diavólou) (1976) Directed by Nico Mastorakis For my third country profile of the year after China and Switzerland, I will be taking a look at Greece. As I described in the … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Greece: Island of Death (Ta pediá tou Diavólou)
Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Three
Goody Whiteadder retired to her bedchambers for the evening, anxious to consult with her Scripture. She was feeling mightily poorly, having been terribly thrown by the horrifying offerings at that night’s meal. What had her slave been thinking, serving mashed … Continue reading Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Three
