I really don’t know much about The Beach Boys, beyond a general distaste for “oldies.” “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” seems like a fine song, but I haven’t even listened to the rest of Pet Sounds, let alone any deeper dive […]
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My Favorite Movies 84 – Angel and the Badman
May 31, 2025
Westerns have been featured on My Favorite Movies™ many times, so today's film making the cut despite being a fairly minor John Wayne western should be no real surprise. The fact that it's about …
Despite my best efforts, I must admit that many of my musical tastes occasionally stray past the DISCO line in the sand that all metalheads are conditioned to never cross. False or not, Disco …
Classic films were a product of a different time. Different fashion, different hair styles, and different attitudes towards casual misogyny. So, when attempting to critique the look of the men vying for our attention in …
The Masculine Urge to Die Hard
February 24, 2025
Certain motifs come up over and over again when one consumes a great deal of machismo drenched media. Whether it is an action movie, a Badass Book, or an epic poem, it is a …
My Favorite Movies 83: Perceval le Gallois (1978)
January 31, 2025
Eric Rohmer could easily be my all-time favorite film director. Granted, his movies are mostly just long psuedo-intellectual conversations between hot French twenty-somethings that are filmed without affectation or adornment. But, one could learn just …
Minor Key Monday 92: Depeche Mode – World in my Eyes
December 31, 2024
I've talked before about how little exposure I had to pop music growing up. With no radio and only my Astor Piazzolla and Baroque cassette tapes to listen to, most of the music that …
My Favorite Movies 82: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
November 30, 2024
I am pretty new to Kung Fu movies--only really diving in after a Covid cult movie watching binge last year. Since then, I've watched many more "classic" kung fu films, and have really grown …
Top 5 Most Evocative Horror Themed Board Games
October 31, 2024
Looking through my rather extensive collection, I actually don't have a lot of horror games. Hundreds of fantasy board games, even dozens of Lord of the Rings games specifically, but probably 20 games appropriate …
Minor Key Monday 91: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Sinister Purpose
September 30, 2024
As someone who never listened to the radio, I've got some massive holes in my pop culture knowledge and even in my 40s there are fairly well-known bands I really have no experience with. …