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!
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…
I blame Alyssa Milano. I’m blaming her for how pop culture informs my reading habits. She was reading Wuthering Heights on an episode of Who’s The Boss. She is only a year older than me in real life, so I figured reading books like that would impress girls like her.…
Nick Cave Has Few Peers Seriously, how does Nick Cave consistently produce such great works of art? For nearly forty years, he has created beautiful and challenging pieces. Even his weaker works are better than most artist’s best. Nick Cave’s artistic output will stand the test of time. This decade…
Welcome Back, Vampire Weekend! Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend is my favorite album of 2019. Yes, I’m calling it early. No, nothing will change my mind. Well, Dead Man’s Pop would, but that is a reissue, so I’m sticking with my choice. (More to come on Dead Man’s…
Entering The Hot Zone Being educators, we look forward to when we receive our schedules mainly to know when is our planning period. When I received my teaching schedule, I saw a course that I hadn’t taught in this century — English. Long-time readers of this blog know from 1000s…
I have been taking a break from nerdy twitter. Yet, I haven’t abandoned it completely, but it’s just becoming a weird place. Well, it’s always been weird. Weirder would be the correct wrong. I follow a few fandoms on twitter, but the one I am most active in is Star…