A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
We belong to a lot of different fandoms. We both have separate loves and some that overlaps. Of course, Star Wars is the big one, but this is an area for all of our loves!
I’ve loved Kevin Smith since my 8th grade birthday party. I received Mallrats as a gift and it instantly made me a fan. Luckily, I have been able to attend two Kevin Smith Roadshows. One for Red State in 2011 and, more recently we got to see Jay and Silent…
The music selections on This is Us are astounding. To me they make the show more than the writing and the acting (which also might be the best on network TV now that the Good Place is done.) We are dedicated watchers of This is Us, but it took us…
Respecting Fan Knowledge The biggest obstacle most entertainment franchises have to deal with is the fans. I’m not talking about pleasing the fans with a good story. The real issue is writing stories for the casual fan while keeping the fully invested fan. What I mean by a fully invested…
John Cheever remarked that “the idea of authors running around helplessly behind their cretinous inventions is contemptible.” Well, Cheever would be aghast about how the internet changed the way we read and interact with any type of fiction. Characters stretch beyond their confines. Tyler Durden’s reach after Fight Club is…
How I Came Across Olivia Laing’s The Trip to Echo Spring Audiobooks are weird for me. I can’t do fiction books. They don’t keep my interest, which means I get lost. Yet, nonfiction seems to work well. But being me, I enjoy reading nonfiction books about people who write fiction.…
I probably listened to more music this decade than the rest of my life combined. Streaming services make it so much easier to check out new music and unfamiliar genres. So I decided to share my 25 favorite albums from the 2010s. Now, there are a few cases where I…