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...

I was such a TV junkie as a kid. Cartoons, action-adventure, sitcoms, Star Trek , old movies, sports—I watched probably way too much. Our...

Happy new year to everybody—2025! We’re waking up to Internet problems, hooray. But I’m sure the year will only get better from here!

As another year draws to a close I am reflecting on how much joy I get from the incredible world of the Retro Euro Cult Film Score Society...

And Happy Hanukah tonight—first time for that to happen since 2005.

There is a thread on the FSM board, “ Soundtrack Dealers of Yesterday ,” which I have enjoyed reading. I was in touch with most of those...