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  • IMDb Top 30 – 2019 & 2024 Comparison

    IMDb Top 30 – 2019 & 2024 Comparison

    A quick look at how popular opinion has changed in the past five years. Not a whole lot of change. The Top 5 are still holding steady, and the Top 10 hasn’t changed much, even in the past fifteen years. Via https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/ A few notes: All stats are from December 13th. Wayback Machine Archive.org links:…

  • In memory of Ron DiUbaldi, from a proud son

    In memory of Ron DiUbaldi, from a proud son

    October 28, 1950 – July 12, 2024. Rest in peace, Dad. Some of the live music (embedded below) he loved to play, and obituary (click here to leave a memory). I’m still at a loss for words to express how much he meant to me, but I hope everyone who met him got to feel…

  • Subscribe on the fediverse

    Subscribe on the fediverse

    I’ve had this set for some time now, but I thought I’d publicize it for fediverse users (Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed, Lemmy, etc). I can’t reply to messages, but you can read these posts by looking up @jaige@zepfanman.com This post also serves as a test for the modifications I made to the plugin. Made possible via…

  • Radiohead & side projects, best of

    Radiohead & side projects, best of

    Personal selections from Spotify attempting to highlight all of the projects from Radiohead’s original lineup: Thom Yorke, Colin & Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Ed O’Brien. I’ve continued to find more contributions as I dig further into their discography, but the 85 tracks (6.5 hours) listed here is a start!

  • Movies watched in 2023

    Movies watched in 2023

    My 15 favorite films of 2023, and other thoughts on the moving pictures I’ve seen this year. If you’ve read my annual reviews before, you’ll know that I tend to enjoy lesser known gems, like the new Zora Neale Hurston PBS documentary. Previous years: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.

  • All films by Zora Neale Hurston

    All films by Zora Neale Hurston

    Hurston, a well-known author, also produced 15 reels (85 minutes, all silent) of probably the earliest autoethnographic documentation, from around 1928 to 1940 in the American South. Currently, it is a challenge to determine the details of each reel, so I’ll piece it together here the best I can. There are no simple IMDb entries…