Spencer Carson

A picture of Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka holding a Dave Smith Instruments Mopho synthesizer keyboard.

Hirokazu "Hip/Chip" Tanaka is one of GOATs of VGM. His "Chip Tanaka" albums are great! He also did a Red Bull Music Academy interview that's great!

youtu.be/F7J5GlE3YLQ?...

well dressed charming muppets

FRIEND: do you have a type?

MY BRAIN: DON’T say Gonzo and Rizzo from Muppets Christmas Carol

ME: Gonzo and Rizzo from Muppets Christmas Carol FUCK

16-bit Kurtwood Smith can’t hurt me

16-bit Kurtwood Smith:

Photo of Sean Connery and Harry Andrews from the 1965 film, "The Hill"

@davidlsims.bsky.social @blankcheck.bsky.social
@jbouie.bsky.social

Listening to the new episode about "Hunt for Red October" and I would put forward that Connery's performance in "The Hill" is probably tied for his best performance with "Hunt..." Thoughts?

A screenshot of my Spotify Wrapped, saying that I'm in the top 2% of Blank Check podcast listeners after listening to 24,659 minutes of the podcast

If 17 days of my life isn't enough to be in the top 1%, then what is!?! I need to know, @blankcheck.bsky.social and @davidlsims.bsky.social !!!! 😫

P.S. This also doesn't count the Patreon episodes! Thank you for such a great podcast! Makes my day, every day.

To be honest, I think, nobody's on nobody's side...

Isn't Chess just a board game?

Merci!

What link? 😉😉

Yeah, I just noticed that after I shared it but I thought it was interesting enough to share.

There's a really good documentary about the making of the album too!

youtu.be/EBufI4wu3I0?...

Just posted my review of "Mr. Dress-Up: The Magic of Make Believe" on @letterboxd.bsky.social It's my third film of VIFF 2023. boxd.it/4Vfrdh

An A&W Mozza Burger meal with onion rings and a root beer

I'm following the best Film Festival double feature meal regime created by @davidlsims.bsky.social of @blankcheck.bsky.social for today at VIFF.

Welp! I finally got my act together and wrote my first Letterboxd review! It's on "The Royal Hotel" which I watched last night at the opening of VIFF 2023. Let me know what ya think and give me a follow, if you so wish!

boxd.it/4UMEPl

Sorry. I didn't draw the comic, and I'm new to "Alt Text" so I wasn't sure what it was exactly. I'm glad I know it now and will use it all the time! I'm glad you liked the post!

Title: Hayao Miyazaki First Panel: Miyazaki, drawn with a cat body, walks down a hallway and says, "I'm retiring." Second Panel: Cat Miyazaki pops his head through a door and says, "Wait... I'm coming back for one more movie." Third Panel: Cat Miyazaki exits through the door, saying, "Okay. Now I can retire." Fourth Panel: Cat Miyazaki changes his mind and enters through the door, saying, "Nope. I want back in." Fifth Panel: Cat Miyazaki leaves and says, "My job is done. Farewell." Sixth Panel: Cat Miyazaki comes back in again and says, "I'm back. Lol." The End

Here you go!

Or...

I'm about to finish this great long weekend by watching Suzuki's "Branded to Kill" at The Cinematheque!!!

You'll have to watch Mike Judge's "Tales from the Tour Bus" for that!

Looking for Par’Mach in All the Wrong Places:

O’Brien: *crying* We’re gonna have sex.
Kira: Oh… well, we don’t have to.
O’Brien: Yes, we do. Keiko told me so. :(

On this Friday I present to you: Sea sheep

So you're going to have a great night tonight? Nice! 🤘

I assume they're good... I don't think they've made their way up to the Great White North.

Re-listening to the @blankcheck.bsky.social episode on John Carpenter's "The Thing" before I see it at the VIFF Centre for the first time on the big screen. @emilystjams.bsky.social, @davidlsims.bsky.social, Griffin, and Ben talking about slime and Kurt Russell's eyes is getting me stoked!

He's gone from YouTube educator with cool multitrack and arrangement breakdowns, and music theory philosophy to click bait YouTube algorithm stooge. I understand that all the bullshit copyright stuff he's dealt with likely pushed him that way, but it just undercuts his previous work

Rick makes 1 of these videos like every month now... It's exhausting.

The Futureheads' cover of "Hounds Of Love" rips! Very early 2000s British Indie, and I'm here for it.

About to watch this stone cold classic at The Cinematheque!

We're in the worst timeline...

Were you also a big Simply Red fan?

There's already an awesome filmed "Dracula on the boat story," and it's from the great 2020 BBC "Dracula" mini series. It's the second episode, and it rips! Also, this new film doesn't star the great and devilishly handsome Claes Bang.