Over the years, I have tried to avoid loud, stupid, opinionated sports writing and sports casting. I never liked it growing up and I was fortunate to be a part of The Sportswriters on TV, which had journalists who argued and disagreed, but never vindictively or viciously. Which is one of the reasons that I […]

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Well, lots of magazines and websites are already putting their best of lists together and so, as I do every year, it is time to post my own list. Yes, my artists tend to trend older than the usual critic, but since I’m still a big music fan/buyer, I am giving my own list. Two […]

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Well, the entire world knows that the 108 year championship draught suffered by the Chicago Cubs is a memory. The city partied as in no other championship, which for Chicago is a lot when you think about it. After the Blackhawks won in 1962 and the Bears won in 1963, there was a long period […]

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For 16 of the past 18 years, I have ventured north of the border to attend the Toronto International Film Festival. It is a mix of big budget films and international superstars shoulder to shoulder with small independent releases and documentaries looking for distribution. However, this is a movie party where the public is not […]

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Sunday, September 11, 2016 There has been lots of press about the film Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker’s film about the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion. It has gotten large positive buzz which has been stopped somewhat because of a rape arrest that Parker had in 1999 while a student at Penn State. The […]

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 One of the most arresting films I’ve seen over the years was Nobody Knows, a film about kids left on their own in an apartment when the mother left them to try and survive alone. Being Japanese, this was especially interesting since one never thinks of this occurring in an Asian […]

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Often, sports fans see and hear the talking heads on television or radio and say: I can do that. (As someone who worked in television, I have that feeling whenever I see Jeremy Schapp on television – if it weren’t for his dad…) The good and great broadcasters add insightful analysis, become like friends, and […]

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