A friend posted this YouTube video about what it was it like to grow up in the 1980s. It’s totally patronizing, of course, but it was fun to reminisce: I definitely remember jumping things on dirt bikes and it didn’t take long before somebody suggested we jump each other!

We have a whiteboard on the fridge to keep track of family schedules and appointments. My wife typically maintains it. One year for Thanksgiving, she drew a turkey—but as the world’s worst artist (by her own admission), she drew it with two wings AND four legs. So it looked like a bizarre, long-necked turtle. When the kids and I pointed this out, she drew a bunch more legs—and thus, the legend of the “Turkeypede” was born. She draws one on the board for every Thanksgiving no

We are putting together the Best of FSM 35th Anniversary book and I am reaching out to contributors from days of yore. Of course I...

A member of our extended family is in need of a life-saving kidney. It seems a longshot to get one from soundtrack collectors (it wasn’t...

I’m back at home—and in the office—after a week visiting family on Martha’s Vineyard. I have a bunch of childhood stuff, and also...

We’re into week four of our 35th anniversary Kickstarter and it’s looking great ! We have passed the initial goal of $25,000, are...

Farewell to one of the all-time greats, Lalo Schifrin, who died yesterday at 93. Here is the Variety obituary by Jon Burlingame. (Above:...

UPDATE: I might be guilty of “worst timing ever” because needless to say I am running a Kickstarter right now , we have hit our initial...

A hometown notice today as I learned of the passing of Bob Douglas from the Vineyard Gazette . We’ve known the Douglas family since the...

I only recently realized that it is about to be the 35th anniversary of Film Score Monthly. There isn’t an exact date as it began quite...

In between typing thousands of CD listings I was doing my morning ritual with tea of the NY Times spelling bee, and like all the other...

penguin not included! I’ve mentioned before I am a partner in a new company called Pop Culture Coffee . It’s been a long time since FSM...

I was so excited for the new year. And this year sucks! Now we’ve lost John Morgan. Please see the FSM board where Ray Faiola broke the...

I can’t even bear to go looking for images to use. So here’s a black panel. I keep up with the fire news and now there are all the...

The fires are still burning and more high winds are expected the next few days. It’s very scary to think that a fire could break out near...

The skies have cleared where we are—looking outside today, you’d have no idea fires were raging—but that’s bad because it means the Santa...

As I have written this week, our family is fortunate to be away from the fires. But we’re just waiting at home, watching the news, hoping...

When I moved to L.A. in 1996 I was aware of earthquakes. The 1994 Northridge quake was fresh in our minds and so was the 1989 San...

I didn’t realize the scale of devastation to our city when I posted yesterday morning . Above is a pic of Altadena. I know at least two...

Well that happened fast. You’ve probably heard about the fires in Los Angeles. They are raging out of control and it is very scary and...