by Brent on May 29, 2009
in Random
Back in the deep dark days of my childhood, before satellite, cable, or DVDs, back when even the VCR was just a gleam in some engineer’s eye, to be a science fiction fan was to be a Star Trek fan.
And for good reason.
The original Star Trek was a thing of beauty, so loaded with adventure, [...]
Today I would like to bring to your attention an artist of the highest caliber. A creator not just of beauty, but of auditory magic. A musician of such talent and rhythmic audacity that I am humbled to even mention his name in print….

by Brent on January 11, 2008
in Random
Entirely too often I allow the minor distractions of life to blind me to what is truly important. Family, career, college, writing, acting, even sleep, at one time or another, have all come between me and my responsibility to keep abreast of my favorite blogs…

In the lustrous, halcyon days of my youth, in that long passed season when MTV played music and professional basketball players somehow survived without tattoos or bodyguards, in a time remembered largely for Reganomics and reckless fashion-sense, I used to read.
In fact, I used to read a lot.
At the risk of waxing boastful, let me to say that for the purpose of this story, a “lot” was measured not by the word, or by the page, but rather by the pound of printed material…

Cut and Paste Cinema – The First Ever Ominous Rant
by Brent on October 8, 2007
in Commentary
Everyone does things that they later regret. Things that they wish they could blame on drugs or alien possession. Things that although seem rational at the time, later reveal themselves to be engraved invitations for suffering and endless recriminations of stupidity…
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