Lukas Kendall3 hours ago3 minWil WheatonLike most fans of my generation, I knew Wil Wheaton as the terrific star of Stand by Me, and was encouraged when he was announced in 1987...
Lukas Kendall5 days ago3 minUp the Long LadderI have a soft spot for this late-second season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. It was the first time I really started to take...
Lukas KendallMay 195 minQ Who (or Q Who?)The all-time classic Next Generation episode “Q Who” rolled around again in the nightly airing of vintage Trek shows on the Heroes &...
Lukas KendallApr 51 minLa-La Land Final Star Trek AlbumLa-La Land Records has announced their final Star Trek franchise album, a 4CD set of previously unreleased music from the four Rick...
Lukas KendallMar 296 minJack Sheldon InterviewJack Sheldon (1931–2019) had a hell of a life. He was an all-time great jazz trumpet player and first-call session musician. (Buy the...
Lukas KendallMar 272 minAdmiral Kirk’s Shoe LiftsTaylor White’s Creature Features store in Burbank used to host live events (panels and gallery openings) and boy were those fun. The...
Lukas KendallFeb 127 minMy $95 Star Trek III CDI had fun yesterday talking about my earliest soundtrack collecting experiences in the 1980s. As with a lot of geek kids of the era—I was...
Lukas KendallJan 271 minForgotten TrekI am trying to avoid Wordle so I don’t become addicted to another time–suck. In lieu of that, may I recommend one of my favorite Star...
Lukas KendallDec 17, 20213 minJames Horner/Star Trek Music TheoryI’d like to do a little music theory today. Maybe somebody smarter than I am will read this and offer some wisdom? I love James Horner’s...
Lukas KendallDec 9, 20211 minGeorge PérezI was very sad to learn that the great comic book artist George Pérez announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. He is truly one of the...
Lukas KendallDec 8, 20213 minThe Dead Spot of ST:TMPStar Trek: The Motion Picture was released 42 years ago yesterday. Like most Trekkies I have a lot of fascination with this film: the...
Lukas KendallDec 7, 20214 minThirty Years of Star Trek VIYesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Wow! I don’t really pay attention to movie...
Lukas KendallNov 27, 20213 minMy Arne Starr AnecdoteArne Starr is a comic book inker—and a very good one—and also an actor, which I didn’t realize until I just looked him up: IMDB, Memory...
Lukas KendallNov 12, 20212 minThe First Book About Star Trek Music I Ever GotIn the 1980s, somehow or other I stumbled across some interesting small-press books about Star Trek and other sci-fi franchises. I don’t...
Lukas KendallNov 6, 20212 minThe Critical DrinkerSomehow I discovered a YouTube vlogger named Will Jordan, who goes by “The Critical Drinker” (exaggerating his natural Scottish accent)...
Lukas KendallOct 31, 20211 minHappy HalloweenHappy Halloween, everybody! The above pic is from a few years ago. The kids are going as Cinderella and Hermione Granger this year. I’ll...
Lukas KendallOct 30, 202110 minStar Trek: The Next Generation Season Three—The Best Season!Star Trek: The Next Generation is rolling into season three in the nightly airing on the H&I cable channel, part of their Star Trek...
Lukas KendallOct 15, 20212 minStar Trek BlueprintsIf you were a sci-fi fan in the 1980s, pre-Internet, your access to the larger “worlds” behind your favorite franchises (Star Wars, Star...
Lukas KendallOct 6, 20212 minST:TNG First Season ScriptsThe nightly reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation on H&I have rolled over from season one to two, and it’s as good a time as any to...
Lukas KendallOct 4, 20211 minRatingsWhen 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...