Yesterday I tweeted something which, by my standards, went viral. (I don’t have many Twitter followers.) Above is a screenshot, here’s...

I am going through a somewhat complicated reckoning with the fact that I’ve spent my whole life enamored with...stuff, for lack of a...

Happy Halloween, everybody! The above pic is from a few years ago. The kids are going as Cinderella and Hermione Granger this year. I’ll...

I am a lifelong Sox fan, but don’t hate me, I am from New England. I more than did my time watching them lose—especially as a little kid...

On December 1, 1993, I did a phone interview with Elliot Goldenthal, who I was excited to talk to because of his scores to Alien3 and...

Our social media overlord, Facebook, informed me that today is Andy Dursin’s 47th birthday. Happy birthday, Android! That’s a very old...

This week is the 25th anniversary of my move to Los Angeles. I had to ship out my 1995 Subaru Impreza, as I don’t have the constitution...

When I created this blog, I used a bunch of Wix templates without giving it much thought. As a result, there’s a view counter on each...

I graduated college in May 1996. I spent the summer at home on Martha’s Vineyard working on Film Score Monthly, and some time in August,...

Yesterday I talked about my early attempts writing Star Trek: The Next Generation spec scripts circa 1991, when I was 16–17. I went to...

This is the first script I ever wrote, a spec submission to Star Trek: The Next Generation circa 1991. I was 16. I think I found it in my...

I can’t say I’m proud of this, but apparently I drew this circa 1994 when we were covering Basil Poledouris’ score to the ludicrous...

Here’s an unhappy memory: taking Film Score Monthly overstock back issues to the recycling center. I always tried to print the FSM...

I love Mancini. My appreciation for him has only grown as I’ve gotten older, especially of his lesser-known dramatic scores. I was...

Here is the fundamental conflict in being an entertainment journalist: You can have honesty. You can have access. But you can’t have...

I have explained elsewhere, to the approximately three people reading this blog (including my mom—hi mom!), that I have been trying to...

Here, briefly, is the story of my most memorable childhood trip aboard the Steamship Authority’s crummiest boat, the M.V. Uncatena. This...

Above: the chair (the white glider) where I sat and watched the news on 9–11. I once had an Internet date with a young woman who dabbled...

Writing a blog on what I guess will be a daily basis reminds me of the first time I tried “daily programming”—in elementary school, I...

Our twin girls (they’re seven) have a large stuffed bear that they like me to position in the house for them to find. This looks cute in...