I always have such mixed feelings about July. I hate the heat but I enjoy writing about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog. I also love celebrating the 4th of July and this year, there was actually a nice breeze blowing on the 4th. The 4th brought together two things that I love: family and illegal fireworks.
Here’s what little I got accomplished this week:
Movies I Watched:
- For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Howling (2018)
- Jaws 3 (1983)
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Octopussy (1983)
- Robot Monster (1953)
- Room For Murder (2018)
Television Show I Watched:
- Antiques Roadshow
- The Bachelorette
- Big Brother 20
- Big Brother After Dark
- Community
- Degrassi
- Fear Thy Neighbor
- Ghost Whisperer
- Intervention
- It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- King of the Hill
- Married With Secrets
- The Proposal
- Sharp Objects
- Young Sheldon
Books I Read
- The Infernal Library: On Dictators, The Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literature (2018) by Daniel Kalder
- Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him To The Presidency (2018) by Dan Abrams and David Fisher
- The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy (2018) by Jay Cost
Music To Which I Listened:
- Avicii
- Big Data
- Charli XCX
- Chelsea Bain
- The Chemical Brothers
- Coldplay
- Craig Morgan
- The Crystal Method
- Dillon Francis
- DJ Judaa
- Eliad
- The Grandells
- Icona Pop
- Iggy Azalea
- Jakalope
- Jay Hardway
- Kaskade
- Kedr Levanskiy
- Lynard Skynard
- Martin Garrix
- Moby
- Muse
- Nechi Nech
- No Doubt
- Phantogram
- Rebecca & Fiona
- The Richardson Symphony Orchestra
- Robert DeLong
- Sleigh Bells
- Sneaky Sound System
- Strong Black Coffee
- Taylor Swift
- Tiesto
- twenty one pilots
- Victoria Justice
- Yahel
Links From Last Week
- On her photography site, Erin shared a picture of White Rock Lake in December.
- At Days Without Incident, Leonard wished everyone a Happy Independence Day!
- The Onion, Clickhole, A.V. Club brace for lay-offs.
- From the New York Times (which, admittedly, is not a news source that we typically have much use for in my part of the world): HBO Must Get Bigger and Broader, Says Its New Overseer
- Derrrick Ferguson reviewed Ant-Man and The Wasp!
- Sean E. Ali doubles down on VEGAS HEIST!
- Tater shares his “month or so in book, movies, and television!”
- And finally, here’s some flash fiction from Ted Strutz!
Links From The Site
- Erin has a busy week! She profiled Paul Stahr and Carol M. Highsmith. She shared a collection of patriotic super heroes and also showcased “American” pulp. Finally, with the help of John Wayne, she wished America a happy birthday!
- Gary also has a busy week. He wished Olivia De Havilland a happy birthday! He helped me celebrate American Redneck Day! He celebrated Independence Day with the help of Ray Charles! He took a look at Tomahawk’s fight for independence! He reviewed The Sea Hawk, Dressed to Kill, and Dial M For Murder! He took a look at Safety Dance! And finally, he paid tribute to Steve Ditko!
- Jeff reviewed Baby Blue Marine and Americathon! He also shared a music video from Elvis Costello and paid tribute to Steve Ditko! He also gave us our weekly trailer round-up!
- Ryan reviewed the Book of Daze and paid tribute to Steve Ditko! He also shared his weekly reading round-up!
- I celebrated Canada Day and American Redneck Day! And, of course, I gave everyone some unsolicited advice for the 4th!
(Want to see what I did last week? Click here!)
Have a great week everyone!
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