Note: All photos herein were taken by me. I tried to remember to ask folks if it was OK to share them in this venue, but I know I missed a few people. If you are featured here and would prefer not to be, please let me know and I will remove you. Honestly, I […]
Read more "It’s the Most Nerdi-Ful Time of the Year: MarsCon 2016"A few things I saw or did during the “Great Hiatus of 2015”.
Read more "Random Hiatus Thoughts – Or What Jane Did On Her Late Fall Vacation (Part 1)"Did I really just hear Beth in a freaking Volkswagen commercial? What is this world coming to? Somehow is seems appropriate that it involves an amusement park (which reminds me, I’ve still gotta do full movie review on that whole KISS and Scooby Doo thing). Here’s the last time that happened. OK, gotta go put my […]
Read more "What the..?"As usual, a day late and a dollar short, but my quick, down-and-dirty thoughts are that I’d rate it as a pleasant enough way to spend 2 hours. My biggest gripe would be that there were too many times where it felt more like a satire on the original trilogy than a sequel to it. […]
Read more "My Very Brief- Spolier-Free Take on Star Wars: The Force Awakens"One of my resolutions is to get back on a regular blogging schedule, 3 (well, more likely 2) days a week minimum. I really want to start doing more movie reviews as well, though I doubt not that my atrocious taste in music will somehow remain a defining feature around here. I suffered a rather […]
Read more "HAPPY 2016!!!"Because I wasn’t already obsessed enough with Finnish metal (except Nightwish. F@#k Nightwish). Nope, not a joke (although technically aimed at the Wiggles set), and how the hell the guitarist knocks out the first song’s absolutely scathing guitar solo in that getup, I have no idea (and I once spent a whole evening at Amen’s […]
Read more "Nerd Metal Fridays: Hevisaurus"And here’s the most important thing to remember as we move into Halloween itself. The creepy stuff is fun, it’s great to have a thrill or two, but ultimately evil loses out. I know, I read ahead the the end of the Book. So on that note: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Introduction to the Monster, Monster series […]
Read more "Monster, Monster – Devil is a Loser"Saving the best stuff for near the end and this is one of my absolute favorites. Dee Snyder and Alice Cooper, plus a cameo by zombie makeup king and sometimes actor Tom Savini (who also did all the makeup effects for the video). In addition to Alice, other (off-screen) musical guests on the song included […]
Read more "Monster, Monster – Be Chrool to Your Scuel"Come on, you knew this had to be on here somewhere. The long version too. MJ may have been a sick puppy, but this short film by John Landis really was one of the first to bring home the full potential of the music video as complete short form film, with production values rivaling those […]
Read more "Monster, Monster – Thriller"The Ramones take on Stephen King? Why, yes please, I’ll have a bit of that! Introduction to Monster, Monster series here.
Read more "Monster, Monster – Pet Sematary"Ornery ramblings of a former political science professor turned author
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