In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, as well as the regeneration of Eleven to Twelve, we’ll be having a series of conversations about the Doctor and his world in the next few months. Join the conversation; we’d love to hear your thoughts!
Even Worse
Am I one of those “older people” who thinks they grew up in the height of some cultural era? Thinking back on my musical history, though, I am sure I lived in the golden age of Michael Jackson videos (Thriller, Remember the Time, anyone?), the Peter Gabriel stop-motion videos*, and, by middle school, the gem that was VH1’s Pop Up Video. The videos I remember the best, though, are the parody videos of the late 80s and early 90s.
Confessions: "Rebel" Music
The benefit (well, a benefit) of having an almost-decade-older sibling is that there weren’t a lot of pop-cultural limitations growing up*. This isn’t to say we were sitting down as a family to catch that new movie on Cinemax or anything; we were down with Cliff and Claire. Still, I don’t remember being told “you can’t watch that**,” "you can't read that," or “you can’t listen to that.”
We Built This City
Picture it. Nashville. 1985ish. Satin jackets. Badminton rackets. Power pop. That was the world of The Jackers; a sibling duo who brought the house down at every show. Well, not literally. That would've resulted in a really long Time Out.
Consider yourselves VIPs on this trip down memory lane which, coincidentally, is made up of highways and interstates that'll take us from Nashville, TN, to Prattville, AL, to Austin, TX. I'll be updating the blog with posts between now and October 2 (the "go" date of the tour part of the tour) and then the hope is to have posts, video and other multi-media from the road. You can follow updates on Twitter through @_TheJackers.
KING ME: Strong Words about a Non-Fictional Character
I recently got an email with the subject line “Strong Feelings about Fictional Characters” that laid out some info on Game of Thrones. That is basically what this document is, without the incest, fairytale renaissance setting and lack of central focus. This is Strong Feelings about a Non-fictional Character.
Yesterday, Haley asked me what Stephen King books might serve as vacation reads, and once I copied the bibliography over from Wikipedia the words just started flowing. This is the result