Time for my second entry in the “favorite films through the decades” series. So now we come to the 1920s. As with the 1900s, I have a little difficulty selecting favorites from this decade, but it gets a little easier. A quick Google search brings up the most obvious choices that are probably the ones that everyone else would names as well. Be that as it may, they are still some of my favorites, as follows: Nosferatu (1922) Safety Last (1923) He Who Gets Slapped (1924) The Phantom of the… Read more Favorite Films of the 1920s →
This is the first entry in a series of posts that will feature my favorite movies through the decades. I decided to start with the 1900s. However, after starting this… Read more Favorite movies of the 1900s →
I’m really enjoying the new PBS / Masterpiece reboot of All Creatures Great and Small. I can’t compare it to the original as I’ve yet to see that one. But… Read more “Light” Escapist TV →
Every year on Black Friday, I start getting really excited about Christmas, but I refuse to go to any big box stores to participate in the commercial extravaganza. Instead, in… Read more Christmas Record Collection →
If I’m writing about all the mid-60s music and bands that I love, I should probably start with the Zombies; after all, it was their song Brief Candles that inspired… Read more The Kinks →
I am so excited to have begun reading one of the fun books I bought at Borderlands Books during my recent trip to San Francisco. I just finished the first story after… Read more Arthur Conan Doyle Supernatural Stories →
I thought I should get a post in for December so that I have one per month since I started this blog. One of my favorite personal Christmas traditions is… Read more Christmas Jazz →
I am a huge fan of the Radio Classics channel on Sirius XM. I listen to it almost every day on my work commute, and it led me to discover The Jack Benny Program, which has become one of my all-time favorites. I first started listening to classic radio shows on KNX 1070 AM when I was a kid, thanks to my best friend A. I’d spend the night at her house and we’d listen to the radio together in the dark before we went to sleep. Good times! KNX used to air a… Read more The Jack Benny Program →
