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 genre. I was a little older, a little wiser, and a lot more in debt […]
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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 the grades I give out, and the reasons that go into them, and it seemed […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
Hello readers and listeners, and Happy Star Wars Day! In celebration of this day, I’m pleased to present a very special treat, as myself, Ronnie Haynes and Daniel Green continue the discussion of the new “Star Wars” universe with our thoughts on Rian Johnson’s polarizing “The Last Jedi.” What makes this particularly special for me, though, is that we have the third member of our Yahoos With a Microphone commentary […]
Hello readers and listeners! In this new episode of the podcast, I take an in-depth, and personal, look at the evolution of a piece I composed in 1999, “In a Lonely Place,” and how it relates to the Alex Proyas film, “The Crow,” as well as the scores written for that film, and the sequel, “The Crow: City of Angels,” by composer Graeme Revell. I hope you enjoy! Episode 31- […]