The last several months have been particularly difficult for me. As financial hardships mount, unemployment resumes (yep, I lost my shitty sales job right after New Year's), and I stare at the horizon of my own obsolescence as our world descends into madness, it's hard to cling to the things that bring any kind of … Continue reading The House with a Crack in its Walls – Sentimental Value
If there's one thing about my upbringing for which I'll be forever grateful, it's that my mother raised me on great music. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and while I certainly found my favorites in those sets (my first "jams" were Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" and Guns 'n Roses' "Paradise City," … Continue reading You Got Nothing to Lose – A Complete Unknown
I see as many movies as I can over the course of a calendar year, but it's an all but impossible task to see everything that might be considered for the Academy Awards. This was especially true for 2019, as I had to track down two International Feature nominees that hadn't been released stateside by … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – Digging for Oscar Gold
I Actually Paid To See This 