Why the Reacher show works
I’m a Reacher fan. It’s absolutely a guilty pleasure. Lee Child writes like Eric Clapton covering Robert Johnson – plugged into some kind of deep Americana that he doesn’t understand. He creates a world in which a huge dude with brains and brawn can outsmart the nastiest of the nasty, all while anchoring us in…
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The Dirt: Filthy
Let me start with two things: 1) I’m glad I don’t have to code this post, because the amount of ö and ü I’d have to type in this band’s name would drive me to an insane life of unabashed hedonism, and 2) I wish I had to code this post. But seriously folks, although…
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Dracula Was Killed by a Texan with a Bowie Knife (and other true tales)
You heard that right, it wasn?t Van Helsing or Jonathan Harker who killed Dracula, it was one of America?s boys! Saving the world AGAIN. And he didn’t even need a gun! USA! USA! USA! But before we meet our hero, Quincey (not Quincy) Morris, we?ll briefly meet the cast of Bram Stoker’s most famous novel,…
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Blind Faith: A Murder That Didn’t Add Up
Back when Rolling Stone was in magazine form, c. 1988, I bought a copy because it had Guns N? Roses on the cover. Oh God, I loved them. But aside from interviews with Slash and Axl and probably talk of that ?November Rain? song, there was also an excerpt of an upcoming book “Blind Faith”…
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Bask in the binaural beauty of The Adventure Zone
Let’s start this one off with a question – why do we read? ?Why do YOU read? ?For me, when it comes to fiction, it takes the form of be entertained, pure and simple. ?Add in some super-compelling story telling, and well, you’ve got me hooked. ?Podcasts are certainly a way you can do this,…
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