So I looked at things read and things watched, and this time I wanted to write about what I have listened to. This could conceivably cover music, but my listening on Spotify and iTunes this year was mostly random instrumental folk music that I used for background noise while working as well as Bruce Springsteen's …
Month: December 2020
Favorites of 2020, Part 2: Movies, TV, and YouTube
Yesterday's entry was what I read throughout the year (with a quick note that I'm probably going to have a book-related one on the Required Reading blog at some point before December 31); today's is going to be about what I watched. 2020 being a weird year is an understatement, and as I said in …
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Favorites of 2020, Part 1: Comics
You know, I don't think I've done a "Best of" list for any of the years I have been blogging (save for an end-of-year list at Required Reading). I think the reason for that is because I tend not to be "with it" when it comes to most entertainment. Aside from MCU and Star Wars …
Star Trek (1st DC Series) #37-56
I guess when I start reading the second DC Star Trek series, which I have entirely in digital format (except for the adaptations of the fifth and sixth movies), I'll get to read an official lettercolumn explanation as to why the first series ended as abruptly as it did, because I went into the final …
Star Trek (1st DC Series) #31-36, ST IV: VOY Adaptation
I'm pretty sure I've said this more than once, but if there is a bar set for how to work an expanded universe/comics adaptation between two sequels in a movie series, it's the Marvel Comics Star Wars series between Empire and Jedi. Following a close second, however, has been this first DC Star Trek series, …
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Finding Something That’s Yours
Downtown Sayville at Christmas. Painting by Peter Tartaglia. You can view this and other paintings at his website. I was scrolling Facebook this week and in a group about my hometown, someone posted this gorgeous painting of Main Street. I would have gotten homesick if not for the accompanying post that bemoaned how the older …
Tokyo Olympiad
So about a month ago, I was prepping my most recent episode of "Fallen Walls Open Curtains" where I covered events from three Olympic Games during the Cold War, and I wondered if my cable service carried the Olympic channel and whether or not there's anything worth watching on it. I discovered ... Yes, we …
Some Comics in Brief, 12/19/20
I know I just did one of these, but I was recently writing a full review for a few books that I recently read, and I couldn't get beyond two paragraphs, so I decided to sum up what I've read recently. Maybe because I'm pressed for time (and have other things to do) and maybe …
Some Comics in Brief, 12/5/20
I've been working my way through random comics that I've had in my collection or picked up at random at my LCS's recent huge mega Thanksgiving weekend sale. But with the exception of the ones I have already sat down and written about, I can't say that I have it in me to write about …
Camelot 3000
I cannot look at this title and want to say "Camelot! Camelot! Camelot!" "It's only a model" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tWBILtrSU Okay, with that out of the way, let's get to the comic. Camelot 3000 is a book that has an interesting place in both comics history and my collecting history. As far as comics history is concerned, …
The Uncollecting 