Nick Lowe - Party of One Demos (1988)
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I really need to post more Nick Lowe albums. I have a bunch ready to go,
but I'm so swamped I never get around to them. However, this is something I
only...
Bart and the Brats - Pushin' Your Luck
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A good, old-fashioned best-of compilation album is something you rarely see
in the indie music world. But that's exactly what we have here from Bart
and ...
The Grifters (1990)
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Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: Donald E. Westlake, based on the novel by Jim Thompson
Stars: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe,...
Top 3 Elves
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I finally missed a day of updating my blog! Sound the alarm, release the
party poppers, ready the handcuffs. For yesterday, I did not post. What I
did do...
ShoYu Plans to Open in Peabody
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It looks like a trio of Asian restaurants will be opening a fourth
location, and this one will be on the North Shore.
According to an article from What N...
Rise
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Rise
I am a fan of Herb Alpert with or without the Tijuana Brass, although his
time with the brass is my favorite period of his music overall.
If y...
Truce?
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*The reports from many of my 24 sources...is that there is a TRUCE brewing
in the trump WAR*...interesting, as the Senate is in the process of
blocking ...
GOOD COMPANY
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As readers of these notes have learned, *Before and After Cagney & Lacey,*
will be released soon by McFarland and Company publishing house. The memoir
co...
CYBORG COP 2 (1994)
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DIRECTED by
Sam Firstenberg
SCREENPLAY by Jon Stevens from a story by
Sam Firstenberg
STARRING - David Bradley as DEA Agent Jack Ryan
Morgan Hunter a...
BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: May 18, 2026
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Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am looking at my Top 12 Most
Anticipated Summer Shows plus the most recent episodes of *Hacks *and* Margo's
G...
The Mad King Meets the Stage – Tickets on Sale Now
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Wars aren’t won by those with most cause, but whose story’s best told. Join
us at the Tournament of Harrenhal! We are thrilled to announce (albeit
later th...
10 things to do in a rainy day
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1. Cuddle in bed with a warm cup of tea and a good book.
2. Get an IUD. Be safe.
3. Pretend to not recognize the song the guy that you like just showed ...
Pesky floating links thing settles down
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[image: A circular button with a star and a pencil icon and the text
"Automatically insert Google Search links into your post."]Still in Beta ¶
[image: Th...
Black Box - Fantasy
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"*Fantasy*" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, which was issued
as a single in 1978 by Columbia Records. In 1990, Italian group *Black Box*
r...
A Hummingbird in Winter
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I was minding my own business when several people tagged me at once on a
post in a local portmanteau Facebook group, MOV What's Happening. It's kind
of a l...
New St Marcus Pet Cemetery
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I don't know about other moms, but I love a cemetery when I need to kill
time in the car and I am looking for shade. Idling our cars on a black
asphalt ...
The Undead: Cursed, Restless, and Enchanted
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The term "Undead" refers to those who have died, but by some means continue
their presence (either their body, spirit, or both) in the world. The
Undead ...
Psychobabble's Psychedelic 500: #400 - 376
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Welcome back to *Psychobabble's Psychedelic 500*, in which I count my
personal fave psych songs from 500 all the way down to #1! Today, let's see
what's ...
"Hazbin Hotel," Year Two
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Spoilers for the first season ahead.
The second season of "Hazbin Hotel" gets right down to business, showing
the aftermath of the big extermination batt...
Walk down that road, but not in that road
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As I was watching Craig Brewer's *Song Sung Blue *on the plane to Japan, I
was reminded of an old movie trope that I find fairly inexplicable:
Why do mov...
The Dentist (UK 2020) (US 2025) - Tim Sullivan
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Where it comes to the things I like most about crime fiction, Tim
Sullivan’s The Dentist ticks most of the boxes for me. Most importantly,
Sullivan writes...
Cannes 2026: The Wrap-Up and the Rankings
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Every year, I come home from Cannes with a song. One of the pleasures of
this festival, beyond seeing so many invigorating films, is to be
introduced (o...
Scream Queen Janet Leigh
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*"Psycho gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days -
70 setups. At least he (Hitchcock) made sure the water was warm."*
*Janet ...
Hyperspace Hoopla Could Save Star Wars
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I've begun to think that nostalgia is a coping mechanism. Existence is
pain. Being alive is often just endless anguish, as concerns over how to
pay rent, ...
True Freedom -- Musing
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"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe
free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the
homeles...
Renaissance of the Real
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Painter and author CYNTHIA VON BUHLER writes about art, surrealism,
animals, and the future of human creativity in the age of AI.
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