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I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”.  Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like.  No, not [just] Black Metal, I’m talking about music […]

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Death metal has progressed a great deal over the years, adding new layers of sophistication to the compositions and performances.  Of course, adding new layers of sophistication to the compositions and performances is a sure-fire …

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My Favorite Movies 51: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1978)
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I've written many times about so-called "doomed gangster" characters and their noble (and doomed) struggle to rise above a world that just wants to drag them under a sea of conformity.  And while these doomed …

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Mailbag Monday 58
March 3, 2014

Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again!  On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say?  Do I really get that …

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Here we are on year five of me actually watching all the shitty best picture nominations so you don’t have to. This year, though a fair amount made it into my top ten list (mostly …

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Monthly Movie Reviews – February, 2014
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Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in February. Stats Movies watched – 21 Movies that were new to me – 18 Marilyn Monroe movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Some Like it Hot February 28 A …

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