NOT TRYING TO BE DEBBIE DOWNER. I just had this weird feeling that wouldn’t go away, so I dug deeper. This is about trying to be an ally who actually cares to read deeper into the way Hollywood offers (more…)
Adam Ruins Hawaii, or the horrifying story of how Hawaii became a state, aka “The history you never knew, and the real history you don’t want to know”.
2 mins clip: The season 2 episode 9 “adam ruins his vacation” goes into a little more depth, longer segment in the last 1/3 of the show. Honestly, as shocking as those 2 minutes might seem, it’s oversimplified, (more…)
The Next Intellectual Property Gold Rush is coming, ie the post-comic push for meaningful use of video gaming intellectual property
I sort of wish I had known / realized that the Resident Evil 2 game I am finishing up was so different as a remade/remastered version of the original from 20 years ago. I wasn’t even thinking of 90s graphics (more…)
A quick thought on The Expanse vs Battlestar Galactica.
If you like physics… that alone is enough to start The Expanse. I’m in my little pandemic bubble and echo chamber, so I’ve been watching this show with jaw-dropped amazement, and isolated such that I (more…)
Mozart wrote for silly rich people, and Khachaturian wrote for the Gods.
So many things are complex, and such as it is, so are they with my emotions with this video. We’ve been watching mucho live jazz and classical at night. I know I am just a DJ, but I’ve been a competent (more…)
“Remember the Whigs, Larry?” or the march towards equality, and where we lost it along the way…
A non-sequitur about Trump’s America, and where we’re heading. This is from Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. Sounds like Trump’s GOP: “Remember the Whigs, Larry? They (more…)
The best Elizabeth from Knoxville “It’s a Revolution” Memes
This has got to be inappropriate in some manner, but in my terror and sadness this made me laugh. I think not knowing your privilege, not knowing your status, being tone-deaf, and admitting a felony are (more…)
Happy New Year, and Auld Lang Syne, or “Is it right that old times be forgotten?”
Happy New Year, and Auld Lang Syne! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne “Is it right that old times be forgotten?” The intent of the song reminds me of a Huxley quote: “That men do not learn (more…)
1980’s and 1990’s NYC Moon Ska Record Label, Punk, Ska, Ska-Core and a history of how the community changed.
nb: there’s a great reddit user’s counterpoint at the bottom. Spirited, and for the record. I’ve spoken about my musical progression from tiny tot to a DJ w/ 16 years of a residency under his belt. (more…)
Intellectual Property is what ruins our imagination, creativity, and everything we used to love.
Talking about why modern storytelling Hollywood films aren’t good…. the issue of Star Wars goes beyond kathleen kennedy and is a plague on the entire movie industry. Marvel, for better or worse, are (more…)