I was so excited for the new year. And this year sucks! Now we’ve lost John Morgan. Please see the FSM board where Ray Faiola broke the...

To be clear, this is not a documentary about Vince Guaraldi—this is an obscure documentary scored by Vince Guaraldi. And trigger warning,...

Along with large portions of the Palisades and Altadena now we have lost another L.A. institution, the great David Lynch. What a singular...

I enjoyed the Skeleton Crew finale. There was something off about it I can’t quite put my finger on. Probably the fact that I’m still...

It’s been a week of tragic news with the L.A. fires so what a change of pace to wake up to three new releases from La-La Land Records:...

I can’t even bear to go looking for images to use. So here’s a black panel. I keep up with the fire news and now there are all the...

The fires are still burning and more high winds are expected the next few days. It’s very scary to think that a fire could break out near...

The skies have cleared where we are—looking outside today, you’d have no idea fires were raging—but that’s bad because it means the Santa...

As I have written this week, our family is fortunate to be away from the fires. But we’re just waiting at home, watching the news, hoping...

When I moved to L.A. in 1996 I was aware of earthquakes. The 1994 Northridge quake was fresh in our minds and so was the 1989 San...

I didn’t realize the scale of devastation to our city when I posted yesterday morning . Above is a pic of Altadena. I know at least two...

Well that happened fast. You’ve probably heard about the fires in Los Angeles. They are raging out of control and it is very scary and...

The new issue of FSMOnline is out—I am very happy that Jon Kaplan and team have kept this going for nearly 20 years! A thread at the FSM...

I was such a TV junkie as a kid. Cartoons, action-adventure, sitcoms, Star Trek , old movies, sports—I watched probably way too much. Our...

I am gearing up to type the listings for some 4,800 CDs we just got in. First my trusty associate Den needs to alphabetize the...

I am loving Squid Game 2 which I have started watching on Netflix. As with the Hunger Games sequels, it’s a heavy lift to get the...

Look what just arrived—and these are not the Douglass Fake CDs . This is another collection that just came halfway across the world....

My appreciation of Blade Runner 2049 only continues to grow. It plays a lot on cable and I am always mesmerized by the incredible...

Happy new year to everybody—2025! We’re waking up to Internet problems, hooray. But I’m sure the year will only get better from here!

A channel called Mego Star Trek has been posting authentic deleted scenes and outtakes from Star Trek: The Original Series on YouTube....

I saw that Dune: Prophecy was renewed for a season two . This surprised me because the (brief) first season seemed convoluted and...

As another year draws to a close I am reflecting on how much joy I get from the incredible world of the Retro Euro Cult Film Score Society...

A shout-out to my friend Christine Sheaks who was mentioned—twice—by Kevin Smith in his career retrospective video by GQ: It starts at...

Ah, YouTube, keeper of treasures! Here is a late 1980s interview with Jerry Goldsmith from Dennis Daily. Enjoy!