The Crew goes to a concert: The Getup Kids
One of my favorite bands of the second wave era of emo music is The Get Up Kids. They were a consistent early opening act for Green Day, Dashboard Confessional, and Weezer, and inspired some of the most popular bands to come later in the genre like Blink 182, New Found Glory, and Fall Out Boy. I know what you may be thinking, “but Peter, didn’t Blinks first album come out before The Get Up Kids first album? To you I say,...
Jessica’s 2018 Year in Review
It was an interesting year for me. Normally I have a slew of movies to regale, but this is the first year streaming TV and podcasts have impressed and surpassed my expectations. The only movie I can recommend with any enthusiasm this year was Mandy. Enjoy the best and the worst as we say goodbye to 2018. New TV favorites: LetterKenny (Hulu): A Canadian comedy about the zany inhabitants in a small hick town. All characters have...
The Spotlight : Santa Clause
We will have to keep this one a bit focused or else I’ll just go OFF. Santa and I go way back, and I could write thirty pages about him without breaking a sweat. We are gonna have a brief little history lesson, look at some pictures and a video, and discuss my favorite Santas. Santa Claus lives up at the North Pole and is in charge of the most important holiday in all of America, err, in all of the world. He keeps track of...
The Spotlight: Predator
You don’t know who The Predator is? Come ON! Out of this world killers with a serious attitude problem. It’s really not even a him though, it’s a them. The Predators come from outer space. They’re an extremely advanced alien race, who are so superior to essentially everyone, that their sole purpose for existence has now become strictly to hunt and do battle with any foe they deem worthy. They are almost as...
Things You Can’t Unsee: “Childhood Horror” Movie Moments Part 2
My prior Halloween post has left me to ponder about movies from my childhood that shouldn’t have scared me. Judging by the number of varied responses from my friends, kids born in the 80’s had a variety of traumatic childhood movies scenes to talk about. With a little research, most of them passed with a PG rating. Brave Little Toaster. 1987. 90 minutes. Unrated. With the voice of Phil Hartman, “What are you gonna...
Things You Can’t Unsee: Horror Movie Moments Part 1
I have been watching horror movies since I was 5. I’m not exaggerating. Before you go judging my parents, I turned out just fine. I’m a children’s librarian :::insert evil laugh::: Up until a few years ago, I had video evidence that my older brother let me stay up to watch Aliens when I was 5 years old and I’m on videotape telling the story and repeatedly calling him a “Son of a B*tch.” So I have...
