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Laws of Gravity on the Mean Streets

Posted on February 16, 2012

Mean Streets. Laws of Gravity. I’m a sucker for movies about toxic friends and a code of loyalty, but these two films have always been more than just that to me. The similarities between these two features are purposeful with … Continue reading →

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For Your (Sound) Consideration

Posted on February 1, 2012

It is with great pleasure, pride and pageantry that I share the following exciting news. On January 19, 2012, the Cinema Audio Society announced its nominations for the 48th CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2011. In … Continue reading →

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Charlie Begins to Break Down in Mean Streets

Posted on January 24, 2012

Mean Streets is quite possibly one of my favorite films of all-time. If you haven’t seen it, you must. It’s an early Scorsese work that gives you a glimpse of all that is to come from Taxi Driver and The … Continue reading →

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If you are in the market for a smart, funny, subversive take on the memoir, do yourself a favor and read John Waters’ Role Models: “a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities—some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some … Continue reading →

Posted on January 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

Three Little Nerds

Posted on January 13, 2012

When I started writing, the only other person I knew who loved language as much as me and studied fiction like a nerd like me was my beautiful wife. She and I would sit across from one another at our … Continue reading →

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Holy Ghost

Posted on January 11, 2012

The forthcoming album from DRGN KING is on the horizon and no one is more excited about it than this Angelella. If you look like a sleuth online, you should be able to find a few few sneak peak tracks … Continue reading →

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Advanced Zombie Praise

Posted on January 10, 2012

Team Zombie received some incredible book blurbs from some zombie-rific folks recently. From Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, (also a forthcoming film adapted and directed by David O. Russell, starring Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, Julia Stiles, Chris … Continue reading →

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Book List

Posted on January 1, 2012

This year, oh this year, I’ve decided to keep a blog list of every book that I read and include my favorite quotes. When trying to think back on the books that I read in 2011, I had an embarrassingly … Continue reading →

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Last New Year Ending

Posted on December 31, 2011

I like endings, but this isn’t how I want to begin. It’s quiet tonight in this apartment in Brooklyn. Our upstairs neighbors have gone out, to celebrate I’m sure. The street is lined with cars, everyone parked and in for … Continue reading →

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Literary Hide-and-Seek with Terrorist Errors

Posted on December 18, 2011

There is a redundancy in the process of book publishing that can make one feel like they are loosing their grip on sanity, or in this case that the damned zombies will never stop coming. If I were to count … Continue reading →

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