coalspeaker: The NEW YORK TIMES has a good story about how, just maybe, the constant Trump humor on SNL will get to be overdone.. too much.. stale.. FROM THE TIMES If President Trump’s shock-and-awe attack on truth, decorum and liberal sensibilities is intended to bludgeon his opponents into submission, “Saturday Night Live” felt like his … Read moreWill SNL get old?
Marketing mayhem across America! Hearts and roses, flowers and dinners.. major nervousness starts to set in when you don’t have the perfect gift by about, oh… this weekend.. Valentine’s Day is coming fast. Pop Culture tells us that we need to have a gift in our back pocket at the ready for the special day. … Read moreHorror movie fans celebrate Valentine’s Day too!
Goodbye old century! The new net of Facebook, less creativity, and ‘socials’ is here.. the ghetto of socials.. Take this news for instance: IMDB is announcing on its site that a primary reason so many have visited and stayed through the years is going away. Their message boards are over February 20 .. No love is … Read moreIMDB SHUTTING DOWN MESSAGE BOARDS!
THE ANTI SOCIAL MEDIA. AND ALL THE BAD FRIENDSHIPS. You are being a bad friend!! So says a new article posted in the NEW YORK POST, all about how our constant reliance on social media is creating a terrible person out of everyone. And I believe it. We are getting winded by the steady stream … Read moreTHE ANTI SOCIAL MEDIA. AND ALL THE BAD FRIENDSHIPS. You are…
I love this show.. I have avidly watched it since the program’s inception onto NETFLIX.. The pigs.. The tech… The lessons of morality and the consequences of people’s dirty deeds online. The future is now. Evident in this program: The cautionary tales of horror that can happen when tech goes wrong and the virtue of … Read moreBlack Mirror Mania: I love this show
Kate McKinnon Opens ‘SNL’ As Hillary Clinton Singing “Hallelujah” : It was somewhat a surreal moment.. when comedy stops and drama begins. It was also very melodramatic… This entire week, a certain portion of the nation has felt like the world was ending.. like the end may have already actually happened on November 8 .. … Read moreKate McKinnon Opens ‘SNL’ As Hillary Clinton Singing “Hallelujah”
I recall after 9/11, that particular Halloween, how ultra-sensitive and weird things were.. I remember the political ramifications of what you wore–the outfit could put you in the wrong category.. Are you with ‘us’ or against us..? This year may be about the same. It was strange to watch the Al Smith dinner the other … Read moreTHE MASK THAT BINDS YOU
IT’S OVER! Sorta… The found horror movie crave is behind us.. So says Variety.. In an article celebrating the box office bomb that is the new BLAIR WITCH, the author, Owen Gleibermein, seems to celebrate the upcoming demise of the found horror movie. He also correctly points out that the demise may be far from happening–but the big profits … Read moreTHE BOMBING OF BLAIR WITCH. SOME PROCLAIM THE END OF ‘FOUND FOOTAGE’ HORROR.. I SAY IT’S JUST YOUR USUAL GENERATIONAL SHIFT
Tumblr.. the mighty fine place of the modern age that replaced the mighty fine sites of the previous. Tumblr is a mixture of Geocities and Myspace. Moving GIFs, glitter all over pages.. Websites made to be ugly instead of professional. Bloggers–many teenagers have taken to the platform–repost photos all day.. GEEK reports that one of … Read moreThe kids aren’t alright: Meth nation on Tumblr
UK GUARDIAN SPLASHES: Is it time for a horror movie about the evils of Donald Trump?: Chuck Bowen writes this for the world to read: A much larger proportion of the electorate is terrified of a Donald Trumppresidency, of course. This alarm has led to protests of all kinds. One image circulated on Facebook depicts the “Make America … Read moreUK GUARDIAN SPLASHES: Is it time for a horror movie about the evils of Donald Trump?