The first three days of my scary movie recommendations were almost a chronological examination of the genre. We went from the classic films that started it all to one that took the best aspects of those movies a little bit further to one that completely reinvented the whole shebang. For our fourth day, let’s [...]
Archive > October 2008
Hitting The Racks…
Here’s your weekly rundown of the new release goodness, courtesy of Grimey’s in Nashville. Overall, it’s the best week for music we’ve seen in awhile. I’ll have a little bit about the new Ryan Adams later on in the week and the new Starflyer 59 and Jessie Malin stuff looks really good too.
Ryan Adams [...]
“See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve…”
That “Joker” graphic novel I keep writing about was released today. Newsarama has an interview with artist Lee Bermejo, who, as I keep pointing out, was a Southern Illinois resident at one point.
Every time I read an article on this project, I get more and more excited. Read the interview here.
Here’s a great review by [...]
Oh the horror (pt.3)…
Hollywood should really learn that its not quality or quantity that makes a great horror film. In fact the best way to creep people out is in what you don’t show or the timing in when you show it. M. Night Shyamalan kind of does a good job in applying this principle. The phenomenon [...]
This could be awesome…
Newsarama has an article detailing who is confirmed to be involved in the Avengers movie, at this point.
Read it here. Very cool.
Oh the horror (pt.2)…
Yesterday I started a daily entry of movies to get you in the Halloween spirit.
Today’s is 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead.” The grandaddy of all zombie movies. The folks at Pop Matters have a week long set of features on its 40th anniversary, containing more than 30 articles.
Check it out here.
Oh the horror (pt.1)…
In the week leading up to Halloween, I thought I’d share some ideas for films to watch to get you in a creepy mood. Now I’m not much for slasher films, in fact, the majority of horror movies are pathetic. However, there are quite a few that are fun to watch and are pretty creepy.
I’ll [...]
I get mail…
I would say, about 70% of the email I get is product solicitations. People wanting me to do a story on their crap. Now sometimes, its useful. We can use it for a little feature, or we can steal the idea and adapt it into something local. Sometimes, I just dunno…
“INTRODUCING THE DICE GAME [...]
I pawned my sword and I pawned my chain, well I pawned myself but I fell to shame…
If you were looking through the new music releases I posted on Wednesday, you might have noticed the title “Eccentric Soul” by The Young Disciples.
Interestingly enough, there’s something of a Southern Illinois connection there.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article on the album which is a compilation of songs the group recorded in [...]
Wha…?
So, I was just listening to Bob Dylan’s “Theme Time Radio Program” on XM Radio. it’s from last week and the theme is money. In the middle of the show, he takes a call from Carol Clark from Carbondale IL! She requests “Money Can Buy Me Love” by the Beatles. Bob corrects her and gets [...]
