Category Archives: Essays

28
Feb

Oscar Re-Do: 2005

As I have the last five years, I’ll look at the Oscars from a decade ago and see if the Academy really got it right. Usually not. But this year, for a change, they mostly did. Winners are in bold. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Essays, Film, Oscars | Tagged brokeback mountain, crash, george clooney, michelle williams, philip seymour hoffman, reese witherspoon, wallace and gromit | Leave a comment

11
Apr

Mixtape Memories – Volume 12

After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged 3 doors down, aerosmith, american hi fi, bush, creed, del amitri, dexter freebish, edwin mccain, eve 6, everclear, fatboy slim, foo fighters, frankie machine, goldfinger, green day, guster, hanson, incubus, len, lifehouse, nickelback, nine days, pod, t rex, train, u2, vertical horizon, verve, weezer | Leave a comment

3
Apr

Mixtape Memories – Volume 11

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged backstreet boys, big country, billie, blur, bodeans, christina aguilera, clash, danny elfman, general public, goo goo dolls, grass roots, ian hunter, lou bega, madonna, matchbox 20, ricky martin, robbie williams, simpsons, smash mouth, sonichrome, swirl 360, tommy henriksen, van halen, who, will smith | Leave a comment

27
Mar

Mixtape Memories – Volume 10

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged b-52's, backstreet boys, britney spears, bruce hornsby, c and c music factory, chemical brothers, cher, chumbawamba, danny elfman, deee-lite, deep purple, del amitri, dru hill, enrique iglesias, inspector gadget, jennifer lopez, jennifer paige, kool moe dee, m2m, marc anthony, marshall crenshaw, michael jackson, rob thomas, santana, scritti politti, simpsons, sixpence none the richer, smash mouth, soul asylum, spice girls, sugar ray, wild wild west, will smith, youngstown | Leave a comment

20
Mar

Mixtape Memories – Volume 9

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged barenaked ladies, clash, eagle eye cherry, everclear, fastball, gin blossoms, goo goo dolls, harvey danger, inxs, janet jackson, joni mitchell, kiss, kool and the gang, las, madonna, mighty mighty bosstones, new radicals, replacements, sarah mclachlan, savage garden, shawn mullins, sheryl crow, sid vicious, smithereens, talking heads, tina turner, tonic | Leave a comment

6
Mar

Mixtape Memories – Volume 8

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged 98 degrees, backstreet boys, barenaked ladies, cherry poppin daddies, cranberries, fastball, gin blossoms, hootie and the blowfish, iggy pop, inxs, jars of clay, madonna, matchbox 20, michael jackson, pointer sisters, prince, queen, robert palmer, savage garden, sister hazel, stevie wonder, stray cats, talking heads, u2, wallflowers, who | Leave a comment

15
Feb

Oscar Re-Do: 2004

As I have the last four years, I’ll look at the Oscars from a decade ago and see if the Academy really got it right (spoiler alert: usually not). Winners are in bold. BEST PICTURE The Aviator Finding Neverland Million … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, Oscars | Tagged aviator, before sunset, cate blanchett, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, incredibles, kate winslet, leonardo dicaprio, martin scorsese, morgan freeman, sideways | Leave a comment

18
Jan

Mixtape Memories – Volume 7

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged adam ant, art of noise, bangles, bart simpson, danny elfman, dexy's midnight runners, fixx, flirts, frankie goes to hollywood, friends, john lurie, lisa loeb, madness, men in black, modern english, montell jordan, proclaimers, ramones, rednex, rem, rembrandts, robert palmer, shawn colvin, sheryl crow, simpsons, smash mouth, spin doctors, stray cats, t'pau, tlc, u2, valley girl, will smith | Leave a comment

3
Jan

Mixtape Memories – Volume 6

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged alanis morissette, b-52's, bee gees, buggles, cyndi lauper, eurythmics, gary glitter, green day, hanson, heatwave, human league, iggy pop, j geils band, jam, jesus jones, katrina and the waves, kc and the sunshine band, kenny loggins, knack, madonna, mfsb, new order, omc, ramones, rem, replacements, rocky horror picture show, third eye blind, three degrees, wang chung, zz top | Leave a comment

19
Dec

Mixtape Memories – Volume 5

Posted in Essays, Music | Tagged 2 unlimited, bananarama, bayside boys, beach boys, clovers, dave matthews band, deee-lite, eddie floyd, elastica, haddaway, jimmy soul, kenny loggins, los del rio, macarena, matrix, michael jackson, muffs, pet shop boys, revenge, sam and dave, sigue sigue sputnik, thin lizzy, tornadoes, u2, us3, village people, weird al yankovic | Leave a comment