Category: Media

This is a container category for media reviews and related drivel.

Lacking In Blue Ã–yster Cult

And right there in the subject line of this post you’ll find my major gripe with the new “Godzilla” movie, if you can call it a gripe.

They played it straight, it does what it says on the tin, it clocks in at two hours instead of nearly-three, and the biggest kaiju fan I know gave it her full approval. Hell, the movie even does a respectable job (all things considered) of figuring out how to get the main POV character into position for each action piece he’s thrown into, which is usually one of those parts of such movies which tend to make you say, “Oh, COME ON.”

A great work of modern cinema? Maybe, maybe not. A solid giant-monster movie worthy of its name? Oh, hell yes.

18 May, 2014
Good day. Sunshine.

It may be chilly out there in late February but hey, sometimes we get quite the view…

Not bad. Not bad at all.

26 February, 2014
One Night In Portland

I’m going on record (ha ha) with an unpopular musical opinion, and I don’t really care who knows it.

Back in early 1985 two singers released their own versions of the same song. I was thirteen years old at the time, right in the target demographic for Top-40 “Z” stations like Z-100 here in Portland. One of their gimmicks involved voting for the better of two songs via a phone-in tally. Since this one song’s two renditions came out within weeks of one another it probably seemed a brilliant idea to put them up against one another.

It’s possible that I still have my cassette tape recording of the event kicking around here somewhere but I wouldn’t put money on that bet.

Everyone who lived through the ’80s is familiar with and may even like the version that went on to become a one-hit wonder. Me? I still prefer this one, and I always will. So be it.

(For the love of your sanity, don’t seek out the actual promotional videos for either rendition. They’re very, very… ’80s. Hooboy.)

6 November, 2013
Gundam Winging It

Oh hey, look at what I assembled over the weekend.

Such a fierce little dude, isn’t he?

31 July, 2013
Not-So-Giant Robots

So, in order to give myself something to do (possibly even accomplish) I have begun assembling one of the models I bought … oh, late last year? Ahem.

Yes, that’s a little Wing Gundam. And it doesn’t require glue, which was a pleasant surprise I don’t mind admitting. Hopefully I’ll have a finished robot to show off… soon…

27 July, 2013
All The Ducks

This is the sort of thing I get up to when a silly joke idea gets stuck in my head and won’t go away.

And there you go. Never let it be said I let the opportunity to jump in on a meme bandwagon go by unchallenged.

10 July, 2013