It was interesting to see the traffic on my blog post from yesterday. My discussion of the Oscar-winning score to All Quiet on the...

So this was funny: yesterday I wrote about the Oscar-winning score to All Quiet on the Western Front, which I liked, but seems to have...

I had heard of All Quiet on the Western Front because of the heroic efforts of one of the screenwriters and producers, Lesley Paterson to...

Following up on Oscar reactions from yesterday, I read a piece by Justin Chang in the L.A. Times (I think it’s behind a paywall, sorry)...

Some random thoughts this morning as I’m still adapting to the infernal time change... I’ve watched the Oscars the past few years...

Do you love music but not know anything about music theory? Try this explainer video from a very good composer/pianist/YouTuber, Nahre Sol:

My occasional sports opinions are probably of interest to no one. But as a lifelong baseball fan, I can’t help but weigh in about the new...

More rain! I don’t remember a winter this wet in L.A. A reminder that Creature Features’ CD sale is ongoing, hope you can find something...

In case you missed it, CBS Sunday Morning recently did a lovely piece on the late, great Henry Mancini: This includes footage from the...

Yesterday I wrote about Andor, my new favorite show which I adore on so many levels. I find it very easy to believe that Andor is run by...

I put off writing about Andor’s first season because it seemed like a lot of work to do it justice. I rewatched the 12 episodes and I...

One benefit of John Williams being Oscar-nominated for the score to The Fabelmans is that he’s doing a lot of media—more than I can ever...

Whoa! Another one of my all-time favorite cues comes to YouTube: Dominic Sewell is going through the entire John Williams Empire Strikes...

Many thanks to those who showed up yesterday for the first day of the big Creature Features CD sale! There’s tons of stuff available at...

Here is the list! 2,028 items. Go here for the web page. Go here for a downloadable (sortable) excel spreadsheet. Go here for...

Is the consensus that The Mandalorian season 3 is a letdown? I saw a few reviews to that effect. I watched the season premiere with the...

I caught up with the 2009 blaxploitation spoof, Black Dynamite. Actually I saw this several months ago and I put a note in my “blog ideas...

See Gates McFadden in this 1983 National Enquirer ad: I don’t remember this particular ad, but I do remember the campaign!

Mark your calendars! If you’ve been following my selling of my CD collection, you know that Creature Features has been kindly handling...

I was a big comic-strip fan as a kid. When I was in grade school, I wanted to be a comic artist when I grew up. The first strip I was...

When I was a kid growing up on Martha’s Vineyard, we lived at the end of a long dirt road in the woods. So a few times a year, when there...

I am enjoying the new season of Picard. The first episode opens with the above card, which is an homage, of course, to Star Trek II: The...

There’s a new piece in The Guardian getting spread around on social about composer assistants and the terrible working conditions. Check...

Here is something I’ve had cooking that is super exciting! Normally I would not say anything, but Jonathan Frakes briefly mentioned it on...