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The Fluke of Andor
Andor seems to be having a moment culturally, although it’s hard for me to tell if it’s real or just my social feeds serving up my pro-...
Lukas Kendall
May 16, 20252 min read


Don’t Spoil Andor
The final three episodes of Andor premiere tonight on Disney+. It’s an unusual release schedule that the creator requested because of...
Lukas Kendall
May 13, 20251 min read


Andor Budget
I was thinking this morning about how expensive Andor is. The reported budget for both seasons is $645 million . It is, thankfully, all...
Lukas Kendall
May 11, 20251 min read


Andor Season 2
Andor season two has been worth the wait. I watched the last of the available episodes, “Welcome to the Rebellion,” it’s a masterpiece....
Lukas Kendall
May 9, 20251 min read


Happy Star Wars Day
Every year I’m a little baffled about celebrating “May the Fourth” because it’s a clever pun but not the actual release date—that was May...
Lukas Kendall
May 4, 20251 min read


Celtics City
I am really enjoying the Celtics City documentary series on HBO. Those were “my” teams with Bird, Parish and McHale in the 1980s (like...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 27, 20251 min read


The Studio’s MKUltra
The Studio is really enjoyable. This week’s episode had a reference to a series of “MKUltra” films, and I noticed the footage from the...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 26, 20251 min read


Andor Season 2
Andor is back and it is sooooo good. Just look at the opening scene of season 2. Not even the action part (no spoilers here) but the...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 23, 20251 min read


Alien Restored
Saw this on the FSM Board : Conrado Xalabarder at MundoBSO has created a cut of Alien restoring Jerry Goldsmith’s score as the composer...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 20, 20251 min read


Britt Lower Plays Trumpet
I’m working on a bunch of stuff for www.fsmcds.com and the 35th anniversary of FSM itself, but don’t have anything ready to announce...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 17, 20251 min read


Andor Season 2
Disney seems to be flooding the Internet with Andor season 2 clips. I don’t want to see any! So looking forward to the season premiere...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 16, 20251 min read


Black Mirror
Black Mirror is back, but it feels like the old magic might be gone. I don’t know, I’ve only watched the first two episodes of season...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 14, 20251 min read


The Studio
I didn’t expect to like The Studio on AppleTV as much as I have. Inside-showbiz seems to have been done so well already— The Larry...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 13, 20251 min read


Coming Up for Air
I’ve been doing CD sales, it seems, non-stop since the beginning of the year. But we’re finally caught up so I can check to see what else...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 12, 20251 min read


Andor Season Two
The way streaming is going, there might not be a show as good— and as expensive —as Andor ever again. So I’m going to enjoy season two!
Lukas Kendall
Mar 24, 20251 min read


Severance Season Finale
I am typing away here at the CD listings for the next sale—good news, we’re in the back half of the alphabet—but took time out last night...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 21, 20251 min read


Wolf’s Rain on Piano
Wolf’s Rain is a poetic and strange fantasy anime series from 2003 that I watched mainly because it had music by Yoko Kanno, not long...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 4, 20251 min read


Oscars
Congrats to all the Oscar winners. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt less connected to what’s going on with movies...or with the culture? I...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 3, 20251 min read


Severance
I want to take a moment from CD sales to say how much I am loving Severance . I had heard great things about it but had not watched until...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 1, 20252 min read


Gene Hackman
So sorry to hear of the death of Gene Hackman and his wife (and one of their dogs). I’ll refrain from speculating and just leave it to...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 27, 20251 min read
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