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Alien Cinematography
I am really enjoying the Wolfcrow YouTube channel and his videos on cinematography. Being a huge film score nerd, my interest in movies...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 28, 20241 min read


Land Trek
I was remember old sci-fi TV shows and saw a funny phrase coined for some of them, “Land Trek.” These are those (mostly 1970s) shows set...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 26, 20242 min read


Thomas Newman on Feud
I had no idea there was another season of Feud on FX; that it has a huge cast of movie stars; and that Thomas Newman scored it. Thomas...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 25, 20241 min read


Peak Star Wars
I was thinking more about the failure of The Acolyte . I discovered Star Wars in the years between The Empire Strikes Back and Return...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 22, 20242 min read


Acolyte Canceled
I read yesterday that The Acolyte , the newest Star Wars show, will not be coming back for a second season. This makes it a pretty...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 20, 20241 min read


Dungeons and Dragons 1983
Such a great time to be a fan of the great English composer Johnny Douglas! After releasing digital albums of Spider-Man and His Amazing...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 19, 20241 min read


The Poltergeist House
The iconic house from Poltergeist (in Simi Valley) is on the market for a little under $1.2M. Here’s the Zillow listing , and the...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 17, 20241 min read


Olympics
I’m sad to see the Paris Olympics end because I really enjoyed watching them this time around. There were four channels on DirecTV to...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 11, 20241 min read


Stranger Star Wars Things
The new Star Wars show, Skeleton Crew , is Stranger Things in space. But it looks like something that will work! I also saw a YouTube...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 10, 20241 min read


Cinemtography Videos
I know a ton about film music, it’s fair to say. But boy am I a neophyte when it comes to cinematography. So I am enjoying getting an...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 8, 20241 min read


ST LV This Weekend
Attention all Trekkies: I will be at the Las Vegas “58 Year Mission” (what Creation calls their annual Trek con now) on Friday and...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 31, 20241 min read


Hollywood Bowl Concert
I’m sure most die-hard fans know this, but this weekend is the big John Williams summer concert at the Hollywood Bowl. David Newman is...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Walking Distance
The H&I network which usually give me my nightly Star Trek fix is doing a Twilight Zone marathon over the Fourth of July. Last night I...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 7, 20241 min read


The Reel Life Perspective Show
Kyle Newman and I were guests on The Reel Life Perspective Show last night, where we discussed Pop Culture Coffee along with other fun...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 6, 20241 min read


Clint Eastwood Sings Lalo Schifrin
A friend, who shall remain nameless, just let me know about a 45rpm single that Clint Eastwood recorded of “Burning Bridges” from Lalo...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 5, 20241 min read


The Gathering by John Barry
Happy Fourth, everybody! But I stumbled across a Christmas movie, or more specifically a TV movie: The Gathering (1977), with music by...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 4, 20241 min read


The Acolyte
This is not a TV review. I guess this is a review of all the fuss. The fuss is nuts. I’m referring, if you don’t know, to the newest Star...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 1, 20241 min read


Jiminy Glick on Bill Maher
I’ve been a fan of Martin Short since the 1984 season of Saturday Night Live, which as a ten year-old I would “time tape” with our new...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 30, 20241 min read


Runaway Lockons
Update! Our CD sale is live and going strong, check out the listings at www.fsmcds.com Many thanks to composer Harrison Ingemarson for...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 29, 20241 min read


Siskel and Ebert
I stumbled upon a 1986 clip of Siskel and Ebert on The Tonight Show, where they dump on Three Amigos with Chevy Chase sitting right...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 23, 20241 min read
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