Sonic Cinema

Sounds, Visions and Insights by Brian Skutle

Last year at Dragon*Con, it was less a communal experience and more just me going around, enjoying myself, and seeing what it had to offer. Yes, I met people there, but other than that it was just me- or me and Ron, or me and my mom- walking around and trying to get as much […]

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The problem with being a geek at Dragon*Con is…there’s so much to take in. You have to pick and choose the panels you want to go to carefully, and chances are, you’ll miss out on a lot of stuff you would’ve liked to see. This year, I felt the geek’s burden pretty hard. Sometimes time […]

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Snooch to the Nooch! Another summer come and gone. Sadly, not as productive as previous ones due to, well, a lot of things. Albums to finish. Pieces to record. Oxygen to wait for. And, well, a lot of other stuff. Still, what I saw ended up putting a smile on my face…well, the best stuff […]

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By the end of the day Friday, my mother had a room at the Marriott for the night, while I had to go home so I had something to wear for Saturday. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like to have a room for next year though, or even would’ve minded staying in one this year. […]

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It was about 6:30am when the drugs kicked in…the knowledge that in a few hours time, I would be in a place of fantasy, wonder, and awe. And B.O. LOTS of B.O. Yup, it was that time of year again. My second-straight trip to Atlanta’s own Dragon*Con, the annual Labor Day convention of all things […]

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Ten years ago, I was spending my birthday working on cleaning out my grandfather’s house. He’d passed away on July 29 from Cancer- his death had a profound effect on me, and it took a long time to heal from it. Music helped me in that process. When I returned to Georgia State that Fall […]

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See what I did there. I made it clever…ish. Anyway, this year’s January-April look back is going to be structured a bit differently. The reason? The usual format doesn’t really fit because, at this venture, I haven’t really seen anything that out-and-out sucked. Plus, for some time I’ve been meaning to post an explanation of […]

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“How on Earth is music going to figure into this series?” Ahhh, but that’s the $64 question I’d been asking myself as I headed into “Baron Wasteland.” Intended to be a documentary-esque series, with so much dialogue & speaking about the projects, would I be able to work in music into the narrative of these […]

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Hello one and all. I hope that 2010 has been going well for you in the first few months of the year, and as always, you may feel free to request off of this list at anytime, and I will honor your request. This year has seen a rejuvenation in my creative output. Yes, I’ve […]

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Anytime one gets a chance to reference Spinal Tap, one must take it. The song in this blog’s subtitle is one of the group’s funniest. So, over the past week I’ve been taking some vacation time from work. (‘Cause you know, starting movies is oh so exhausting…) Among my accomplishments was getting a clearer idea […]

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