Today is my 46th birthday. Among my gifts this morning was a disc from my Amazon wishlist: the Steinski compilation What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective. Here is the significance of that album. I launched a website at thepopview.com a decade ago, writing articles about popular culture. One of my favorite essays from the [...]
Book Club: New member!
My granddaughter Violet was visiting and I swear I didn’t pose her with my copy of Son of a Grifter. I had pulled it out, intending to re-read it and it’s natural she should browse through it. Yes, it’s the True Crime genre, but it’s also better than that. The 2001 book is by Kent [...]
Thoughts on Chuck & social media
I’ve long been a big fan of the TV series Chuck. I’ve been frustrated with the creative direction of the show from time-to-time, but it’s always been fun to watch and the producers have generally been able to move the show forward in a satisfying direction. But now Season Two has ended and NBC still [...]