In its second year as a regular column on Sonic Cinema, “A Movie a Week” has found its sea legs…as well as its own section on the front page of the site. That means no more obstruction of Oscar blogs & end-of essays. I figure some of you will be happy about that. I know […]
It should probably go without saying that this year *didn’t* quite go as planned. I was hoping to have this as my breakthrough year creatively, and I was hoping to have more done than I do. Alas, it was not to be. That doesn’t mean this year was a bust however; if anything, it laid […]
Another year, another performance of Vince Guaraldi’s classic music for the “Charlie Brown” Christmas special from Atlanta-area artist (and dear friend) Jeffrey Bützer and pianist T.T. Mahoney. This year, Bützer decided put on a couple of performances of the newish Atlanta holiday tradition (it’s only in its third year, but it feels like it’s been […]
**Updated December 27, 2010** This is about the time of year when most critics are looking back at the year we’re finishing. I will be doing that soon enough (still have a lot of movies to catch up on), but for now, I’m going to look forward. Right now, 2011 looks to be an exciting […]
When I began this tradition in 2003, my initial reason was so I could steam through the horror DVDs in my Netflix Queue. It’s been an interesting experiment that has led to the discovery of new and exciting genre favorites like the early Hammer classics, silent masterpieces like “Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages” and “Vampyr,” […]
A decade after its first conception, and 42 years after the film that inspired it, Atlanta-area filmmaker-composer Brian Skutle is proud to release his fourth album, “Beyond the Infinite: A Musical Odyssey”. In 1999, Skutle was a student at Georgia State University when he composed “Beyond the Infinite,” a 3 1/2 minute work inspired by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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