You Should Be a Hero to Yourself: Peter Tork, 1942-2019
The problem with the narrative “the Monkees didn’t play their own instruments” is that it…
Lunch Links: OFFICE SPACE
As Ruck Cohlchez pointed out, this week marked the 20th anniversary of Mike Judge’s flop-turned-touchstone Office…
Moments in Time
I’ve been working on a sewing project for my older daughter. It’s a collection of…
Year of the Month 1962: The First Family
In October of 1962, an album released by the now-defunct Cadence Records, sold over a…
Film on the Internet: DOWN (2019)
Standalone feature film-length (if just barely) anthology series entry on the internet, at least. Down…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on the Westerns of 1962
In 1962 many viewers thought that Westerns, and the Hollywood studios, were in decline. The…
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A star was in fact born; this much is certain. What seemed certain for awhile…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of December 1962
Douglas Laman’s 18 Best Films of 2018
Every year I tell myself two things: the first is that I’ll get my Best…
TRUE DETECTIVE, season 3, ep. 7: “The Final Country”
For the end of man is to know, but there is one thing he cannot…