This one’s tough. Metropolis. Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Spirited Away. Godzilla. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Passion of Joan of Arc. Brief Encounter. City of God.

The Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline is one of only four places in the world screening ONE BATTLE ANOTHER in VistaVisiion so what kind of movie nerd would I be if I didn’t check it out? Totally phenomenal - Wowee zowee what a great film!

New episode of my podcast THE BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD, talking about the immersive site-specific horror theater production HER RITES with the show's director Taylor Stark which opens in Brookline, MA later this month!

At the Richmond, VA airport finishing up the first leg of my month of travel. Next up: DC for a conference, then South Carolina, then London to direct a video shoot. I miss my couch already.

I don’t know @alkennedy.bsky.social outside of listening to his podcasts but he posted this mixtape to Spotify a few days ago and I’ve been really enjoying it! Also: I miss mixtapes (both making and receiving.) open.spotify.com/playlist/28B...

Jim Henson would've been 89 years old today. Commemorate his life and legacy by celebrating creativity, diversity, imagination, peace, and just plain silliness. Walk with me a bit while I talk about Jim and his work--and leave your comments about what he means to you. Right this way. /1

Today’s the day Debbie Harry raps about Fab Five Freddy, right?

Name a 90s TV show you still dig.

Time for my annual posting of this.

Shonen Knife in Cambridge, MA!

What movie do you consider "perfect"? (The Night of the Hunter, 1955)

Hiked up a hill to this stone tower. Should we storm it?

Unremarked upon by the kids during SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL viewing: "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" cover that sounds like the Pogues when they did "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" but isn't by the Pogues (it's by LICK THE TINS) - when I saw that movie as a kid I was all WHAT IS THIS?!?

My 10 year old daughter's review of SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL: It was good. Watts was the best character. I like the story in general and how it's about that it doesn't matter how much money you have to be a good person. Keith was stupid to not realize how cool Watts is. I didn't like all the kissing.

Using a GIF, video, or pic, share a preacher, priest, or nun. The power of social media compels you! 🖤

Seeing Japanese punk band Shonen Knife tonight in Cambridge for the first time in about 30 years. Yay punk rock!

Tonight's viewing! “All I care about in this goddam life are me, my drums, and you!”

I know we're heading into Spooky Season, but I don't like how scary things are getting.

Considering how right he was about us going all in on his version of Second Life, imagine how right he'll be about this

The man on the radio said, "And this song turns 33 years old this week, it's 'A Letter to Elise' by The Cure!" and then I melted into a pile of ash and gently blew away in the wind.

Pulp were outstanding tonight.

Pretty sweet haul at my LCS today. @kellysue.bsky.social is killing it on FML (the punk rock comics content I need!), gave into the hype on the new Batman relaunch - @popheist.com review swayed me - and a facsimile of one of the most bizarre issues of the Kirby/Lee FF run. Hooray for comics!

I'm not in the market for a new television, but Samsung offering a channel that does nothing but air old episodes of "Late Night with David Letterman" does give me pause. I had a photo of Dave and Paul Shaffer on the "Late Night" set taped in my junior high locker (I was a very cool junior high kid)

My daughter and I have been watching episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess lately and I'm continually amazed by how awesome this completely bonkers show is. My only complaint is how crummy the standard definition transfers that are on streaming platforms look. My kingdom for a high-def remaster!

Saint Etienne are the goddamn best. I still remember trekking down to NYC in the 90s to see their first-ever American show and my friend turning to me with tears streaming down his face and saying, "They're just so beautiful!"

Not sure what's up with this "immersive personalized theatrical event" that's running in Union Square this month but I'm a mark for anything "immersive theater" so I guess I gotta find out.

A modern Hachikō story: This man tweeted a Follow Friday for the band Foghat every week until he died

Cosplay I keep hoping to see at @dragoncon.org and never wind up seeing: 1. Johnny Canal 2. Lauren and Hacker 3. Hecate from Sleep No More

Oh good, we're coming up on the time of year where I can dress like the characters in Noah Baumbach's "Kicking and Screaming" all the time.

My daughter is deeply excited for some anime movie in the "Demon Slayer" franchise so I got us tickets to go. This must be how my Mom felt when she took me to see the Transformers movie, although I'll be surprised if Demon Slayer has a song as awesome as Stan Bush's "The Touch" in it.

Any other lyrics— don’t even try chronic town murmur or reckoning btw— just form vowels and syllables, and mean it

Been singing along to this wrong since junior high.

Smell ya later, Dragon Con 2025. You are exhausting and fun in equal measure.

I don’t do a ton of celebrity panel stuff at Dragon Con (I hate lines!) but this Star Trek TNG cast chat with Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner and John de Lancie is a lot of fun.

Cherish

The most accurate predication I ever made was the night Princess Diana died I mentioned to co-workers that Elton John was probably going to re-record a version of Candle in the Wind that was about her. That’s as close to Nosferatu that I ever got.

I am going to see the shit out of these shows.

Here's my current schedule for DragonCon 2025, Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, GA! I'll be participating in 10 programming items for seven different tracks in three different hotels with a bunch of really cool folks. Hope to see some of you there!

Today’s viewing! My prep for the “video games in 80s movies” panel I’m moderating at Dragon Con had me fire up a double feature of films featuring the late Dabney Coleman. WarGames is fantastic and holds up surprisingly well and Cloak and Dagger is a genuinely strange film. Coleman’s great in both.

folks I put together a compilation of hilarious clips from the short lived series Manimal, wherein a rich playboy solves crimes by changing into different beasts. here it is for your viewing pleasure, unless you don’t want to condone this sort of behavior (if so, fair) youtu.be/117fdJaHa68?...

When Space Laura Dern flies a ship through another ship. BB-8 giving a thumbs up. Harrison Ford's line reading of, "That's not how The Force works!" The casting, generally. Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver's onscreen chemistry.

Sunday 8/31 at Dragon Con! 4pm! Hollywood at the Arcade: Video Games in 80s Movies!

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We're back! The 120 Minutes Dance Party DJed by me and @scifiexplosion.bsky.social returns for @Dragon Con 2025! Thursday night 8/28! 10pm! A601-A602 in the Marriott! The Cure! New Order! Depeche Mode! R.E.M.! More stuff like that! No *$%@!ing grunge! See you all at @dragoncon.org

I saw the Simpsons movie in San Diego during comic con. When the character who owns a comic book store thinks the town is going to be destroyed and says “I look back now on a life collecting comic books and all I can say is…. LIFE WELL SPENT!” you could hear the explosive crowd cheering for blocks.

Just got my tentative schedule for Dragon Con and I'm once again excited to have so many opportunities to talk about so many of my weird niche interests on panel discussions. (And DJ a classic alternative rock dance party, too!) I don't think I'm supposed to post any of it publicly yet. Soon!

Seeing the New Bomb Turks last night has me listening to my Spotify playlist of 90s punk music. King of a cross-section of everything I liked in the genre (power violence, garage punk, riot grrrl, low-fi pop punk, hardcore) with none of the stuff I didn't like. Go and listen!

So great seeing the New Bomb Turks in Cambridge tonight. Still one of the best punk bands.

31, but about 1/3 are because of work travel.

One of the best to ever do it. R.I.P.