The sad news was released today that HBO cancelled it's 1970's music show Vinyl.
My thoughts on the cancellation (literally days after I released my Vinyl-based eBook).
Read MoreThe sad news was released today that HBO cancelled it's 1970's music show Vinyl.
My thoughts on the cancellation (literally days after I released my Vinyl-based eBook).
Read MoreThis is my Episode 10 recap of Vinyl (HBO) - The Season One Finale
They call the episode "Alibi" and I call my recap: Zelig, Carnac, or "Record Man."
In this episode, Richie kind of wins, Zac definitely loses, and The Nasty Bits are fictionally amazing?
Read MoreVinyl has not been universally loved by critics. I am taking this opportunity to answer some of the most prominent and consistent criticisms of the show.
In particular, I am defending Richie's character arc, the treatment of female characters, and the criticism that the writers have made the female characters stereotypically "shrill." I also criticise the New York Times' coverage.
Read MoreThis is my Episode 6 recap for Vinyl (HBO). I am calling the recap - A "Record Man" of Wealth and Taste.
On this episode of Vinyl (HBO), Richie Finestra is plagued by a devil, haunted by a skinny four-eyed ghost, and loses his Ziggy Stardust to the planet Mars.
Read MoreThis is my recap of Episode 5 of Vinyl (HBO, "He Is Racist Fire")
I am calling my recap "Record Man" shows his true colors (again)
This week Richie shows that he is a racist, a sexist, and almost exposes that he is a murderer. So, basically, more of the same.
Read MoreThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones album Ramones and also the rise of punk rock in London. Unfortunately, this has caused the punk rock haters to come out of the woodwork to mock punk rock's ultimate impact on music as a whole.
One of these punk rock "hater" articles was published by LA Weekly, this is my response to that and most of the others.
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