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Cowboy Bebop Goes Netflix
I have been looking forward to the new Cowboy Bebop live-action series possibly more than any other show in recent memory. I love the...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 20, 20216 min read


FSM Low Quantities
Yesterday I wrote about The Split (Quincy Jones) being down to the last ten (now eight) copies. It is very strange to be talking about...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 19, 20212 min read


The Split (Q!) Is About to Split
One of the coolest scores we ever released at Film Score Monthly is down to the last 10 copies at Screen Archives. If you love 1960s/’70s...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Enzo Music Remixes
Just a quick shout-out today to one of my favorite YouTube channels, Enzo Music, for his lovingly crafted remixes of 1980s film and TV...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 17, 20211 min read


Making the I Spy CDs
One of the earliest FSM albums that I remember putting special attention into was the first CD we did from I Spy, the groundbreaking...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 16, 20219 min read


Begging for Money!
There’s no dignified way to write a begging letter. And I should know, I’ve written a lot of them! Here’s my best attempt from a Screen...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 15, 20212 min read


“Upside Down” in Narcos Mexico
I’ve reached the point of watching so much Narcos that I feel like I can speak fluent Spanish, even though I barely understand a word....
Lukas Kendall
Nov 14, 20211 min read


Our Dopey Home Action Movies (1989–91)
I guess this is as good a time as any to see if anybody wants to watch these silly home movies that my brothers and I made circa 1989–91....
Lukas Kendall
Nov 13, 20212 min read


The First Book About Star Trek Music I Ever Got
In 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 Kendall
Nov 12, 20212 min read


The Pukas Comic Strip
I was looking for something “from the archives” to post and it was slow going...until I found a folder of “Pukas” cartoons by Altomari...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 11, 20211 min read


My Viral #Screenwriting Tweet
Yesterday I tweeted something which, by my standards, went viral. (I don’t have many Twitter followers.) Above is a screenshot, here’s...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 10, 20212 min read


Holy Crap, New Cowboy Bebop Music
UPDATE: Of course, they took it down (pic above is a screen cap). Can’t wait to hear it for real! I love Cowboy Bebop. I am looking...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 9, 20211 min read


Too Much Stuff
I am going through a somewhat complicated reckoning with the fact that I’ve spent my whole life enamored with...stuff, for lack of a...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 8, 20212 min read


Lookwell
I was looking through the few boxes of VHS tapes I have left to see what I can get rid of, or donate to pals who might have more use for...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 7, 20211 min read


The Critical Drinker
Somehow I discovered a YouTube vlogger named Will Jordan, who goes by “The Critical Drinker” (exaggerating his natural Scottish accent)...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 6, 20212 min read


Jess Gabor’s Short Film, BARBIE
Our star from our short film, “Sky Fighter,” JESS GABOR, has written and directed a short of her own, and it’s terrific! Link above, but...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 5, 20213 min read


Farewell to the RemDawg
This is about Boston sports, so I know the audience will be limited. Jerry Remy died last Saturday after a long battle with lung cancer....
Lukas Kendall
Nov 4, 20211 min read


Depressing
A few days ago I had a depressing experience when a reader—and apparently I can count my regular readers on one hand—posted a comment...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 3, 20212 min read


What a Bonfire
I watched The Bonfire of the Vanities on HBOMax. I was looking at the A–Z of movies in the TCM section, it came up (this is why cheapo...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 2, 20212 min read


New Michael Small Website
Congrats and many thanks to the Small family and Tim Greiving for a brand new and terrific website dedicated to the late Michael Small,...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 1, 20211 min read


Happy Halloween
Happy 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 Kendall
Oct 31, 20211 min read


Star 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 Kendall
Oct 30, 202110 min read


Wall $treet Week TV Theme
Today is Friday, which reminded me of one of my favorite obscure TV themes—which I’m not sure we’ve ever talked about on the FSM board....
Lukas Kendall
Oct 29, 20211 min read


Heavy Metal: Classic Elmer
Here is the tape box to part one of Elmer Bernstein’s masters to his glorious symphonic score to Heavy Metal (1981). This was one of my...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 28, 20214 min read
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