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Spotted Minds

Time for the latest media reviews. I get into Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (slight spoilers included) and the comic book (not the TV show) Alias. Read on, if you dare (care?)…

Into The Ether

Time for a little movie talk (Hellboy and All About Lily Chou-Chou), along with my feelings about the quick cancelation of Wonderfalls. As Bob Seger says, “Turn the Page”…

The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be

There’s a new TV show on CBS called Century City, where Horatio Hornblower and Batmanuel are lawyers in 2030 Los Angeles. I loathe lawyer shows, but since it’s Science Fiction, I had to give it a try anyway. The show does an okay job of wrangling with sticky moral issues that will probably [...]

90 Degrees Too Steep The Cone

I’ve posted another old Reign of Frogs song on the MP3 page. This one is called Waiting For The Ecstacy and it’s really old. I hope Greg does not wound me for putting it up. It’s one of his earliest vocal performances. Forgive the sound quality. The original recording was [...]

Super-speed revisited

Obviously my impassioned e-mail to Charlie E. did the trick and convinced all parties involved in the Dish/Viacom dispute to settle, and as of late last night, I have CBS and the Viacom channels back. Somehow I don’t see this as much of a victory for the little people, but hey, at least I’ve [...]

Corporate Silliness

As some of you may know, satelllite TV provider Dish Network has removed a number of channels (including my local CBS station) from their system due to a contract dispute over retransmission agreements with Viacom. As a Dish Network subscriber, and as someone to whom television is my life, this is a bit vexing. [...]

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