Top Ten Albums
This was almost as hard as the Top Ten Movies list. I like so many different kinds of music that it was hard to narrow them down, so I didn’t include the umpteen jazz albums I consider top-of-the-line, and I didn’t O.D. on the Fabs. So here they are. Any you agree with? I like [...]
Top Ten Movies
Hi ho there, neighbor – I have declared the next five days TOP TEN WEEK. You shall get five different lists of ten things that are the best ever, according to the Fink. It’s harder to do than you might guess. Try coming up with ten of your favorite anything. It’s difficult to put them [...]
Waxing nostalgic II
Sometimes, it just feels good to have a good cry, for whatever reason. I remember back in high school…when a boy would break my heart, I immediately turned to my music, in the privacy of my bedroom. [Can anyone argue the truth of the axiom that music reaches the heart like no spoken word ever [...]
And another lie spins out of control
Considering the proliferation and popularity of today’s game/quiz/reality shows and their enormous cash prizes, it should be no surprise that people will do pretty much anything for money and press. From has-been celebrities degrading themselves in a hot tub with other ex-famous weirdos, to people eating sheep intestines stuffed with live cockroaches, the bloodlust for [...]
Waxing nostalgic
Bring back the days when cartoons were actually funny. Don’t you find it odd that although children’s animated television programs have morphed into the tiresome, politically correct, good-always-wins-with-as-little-violence-as-possible cookie cutter format, our culture is more violent than ever? I mean, come on. Most of us who were raised on Warner Brothers/Merrie Melodies cartoons turned out [...]