Category: Entertainment
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The 20 Best Songs From ’80s Movie Soundtracks Like, Ever
I’m not good at writing about music (do I know how to sell the hell out of blog post, or what?). For one thing, I know next to nothing about the intricacies of the art form, comparing an artist’s work to others, divining the meaning behind lyrics, blah, blah, blah. As the old saying goes,…
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No, Finding Dory Is Not Good
I know I’m a bit late to the party writing about a movie that was released almost two weeks ago (I saw Dory the day after it came out), but sometimes I like to let a moviegoing experience marinate for awhile. In our “hot take” society, we throw out instantaneous reactions to everything because, well, Twitter/Snapchat/Facebook.…
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RIP Glenn Frey: Husband. Father. The Coke Fiend From Let’s Get Harry.
This month we lost Glenn Frey, a consummate entertainer, at the age of 67. Frey is probably best known for his role as Spence, a coke-addled regular Joe from Illinois who, with his buddies, mounts a daring rescue of their buddy who’s being held hostage in Colombia in the 1986 film Let’s Get Harry. This film is…
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Sorry, No Post This Month. But!
As the title implies (or explicitly states, if you want to split hairs), I wasn’t able to get around to writing a formal post for this month. Other projects, plus a fair amount of general chicanery, took precedence. Please know that your palpable disappointment will satiate my ego for weeks on end. However, I can offer you…
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TV Recap: Press Your Luck, 1/23/85
By and large, the game shows foisted upon us these days blow. They all seem to be filmed on the same set, take themselves too seriously, and have hosts whose sole aim is to wring. Maximum. Tension. Out. Of. Every. Moment. Yeesh. I yearn for the heyday of game shows: the 1980s. Without getting too meta,…
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Fixing Advertising, One Commercial At A Time
If we’re being honest, the Seahawks didn’t display the worst decision-making ability on Super Bowl Sunday. Of course, I’m referring to the always-anticipated commercial spate which, for the most part, came off like a series of farts in church. Really, Nationwide: using the image of a dead kid?! I love things done in poor taste, but eww. That Mercedes-Benz “Tortoise…
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In Which I Write About 18 TV Shows That I Don’t Watch
I live in Portland. It’s a city of iconoclasts — many of them filthy and unshaven, but that’s neither here nor there. One of the traditional American institutions we Portlandians love to rebel against is watching television. We can say “I don’t even own a TV” at parties and somehow not come off as douchey. Personally, I think it’s…
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Meeting Peyton Meyer: A Running Diary
Just who is Peyton Meyer, you ask? Only one of the stars of The Disney Channel’s hit series Girl Meets World! Or, as I like to refer to the show, Hands Meet Ears — the high-pitched warble of the titular character is almost as irritating as the voice of that one girl on that other Disney Channel show.…
Geoff Wondering 