Are you commemorating a hard-fought championship that took blood, sweat, and tears to earn, or starring in a rap music video? — A lifetime ago I worked at a Saturn dealership in Memphis, TN. One of the very first — if not the first — Saturn dealership to ever open in the country, in fact. My career as a “sales advisor” (or “lot lizard,” a term used for both car salesmen and…

Why Kevin McCarthy, an aging human male politician, is old and busted, and our new AI overlord ChatGPT is the new hotness. — In case you haven’t been paying attention, there’s a big contest going on now to see who’s going to fail America the hardest. And a man named Kevin McCarthy, a Congress critter from California, is trying his hardest to win that contest. Mr. McCarthy desperately wants to become the Speaker…

So, I was doing some preliminary research on my next film review for the ‘90s-era “cromedy” (crime-comedy) Quick Change, when I stumbled across one of the most hilarious book introductions I’ve ever read. Firstly, since you may not know, Jay Cronley was an author and newspaper columnist who wrote for…

Pagliacci meets the heist genre in a comical crime caper that proves there are no easy getaways. — In July of last year I initated a review of the late ‘80s/early ’90s sub-genre I’ve dubbed the “cromedy” (crime/comedy), beginning with early 1992’s Christian Slater-starring Kuffs as my inaugural piece. This article will constitute the second in what I’d like to make an ongoing series. But why bother commencing…

An end-of-year look-back at my crypto investments, and a 2023 look-forward. Is it worth HODL’ing to infinity? Also, some price predictions. — 2022, we gotta talk, man. What the hell happened? You were supposed to be the year cryptocurrency went super mainstream. The year where everything that wasn’t dirty, dirty fiat went to the moon, baby. Instead, we crash landed in Death Valley. Celsius and BlockFi went bankrupt. FTX imploded, causing thousands…

A stunning visual spectacle, as expected. But does the story match up with the eye-popping CGI? — Last week I wrote an article titled I Love ‘Avatar’ and Haters Can Choke. …

So, I was sitting in some vinyl or cheap plastic-covered chair, in a low-lit room, surrounded by a few strangers. I had my sleeve rolled up. I was ready for what was coming. Then she came by. Set up all her equipment. Rubbed some disinfectant on my arm. …

I see you…being a massive hypocrite about James Cameron’s masterpiece. — “Avatar is just Fern Gully in space.” “Avatar is just Pocahontas in space.” “Avatar is a white savior movie…in space.” “Avatar left no pop culture footprint.” “Avatar is the most successful failure ever.” “Avatar has phenomenal CGI but a terrible story and stock characters.” Yeah, yeah, go fuck yourselves. You…

Or is this just pedestalization of the past? — I’ve followed ZubyMusic on Twitter for almost three years now, at least since around 2019. If you’re not familiar with the artist, “Zuby,” short for Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue, is a 36-year old English rapper educated at Oxford University, with a substantial and growing audience of worldwide fans. Known mostly for…