This week …. it’s been difficult. I’m usually avoid the 24-hour news channels. I usually don’t watch CNN, MSNBC, or FOX because I find the relentless partisan focus of those networks to be difficult to take. (CNN is the worst because at least MSNBC and FOX are honest enough to admit that they take one side over the other. CNN’s still pretending that Chris Cuomo was hired for his skills as a journalist.) But this week, I’ve been watching the news from Afghanistan. It’s made me think about a lot of things. Last weekend, I was locked out of my Twitter account for 18 hours and I acted like it was the end of the world. Meanwhile, for many people in Afghanistan and other countries, they’re going to be lucky to even survive the week. I’ve been able to get an education, a good job, and I live a life that I love and, far too often, I take all of that granted.
That said, I have to take a break from it all next week. I’m not going to tune out the news, of course. That’s never a real solution, no matter how nice it sounds. But I can’t watch any more of the 24 hour news channels. I just can’t. The relentless doomsaying is just not healthy.
On the plus side, I watched a lot of movies this week. And I’m going to watch a lot more this upcoming week. I’ve got 9 days to watch 56 movies. That’s like …. 7 movies a day. Wow, that’s a lot. Well, I better get started then!
Films I Watched:
- The Bag (2021)
- Blue Sky (1994)
- Break-Up Nightmare (2016)
- Capture The Flag (2021)
- Daydreamer (2021)
- Don’t Forget To Tip (2021)
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- Full Moon In Blue Water (1988)
- Gleaming the Cube (1989)
- Hardflip (2012)
- Headwaters (2021)
- The Invisible Brown Man (2021)
- Kids Who Kill (2017)
- Monopoly (2021)
- No Man’s Land (2021)
- Northwoods (2021)
- A Party Gone Wrong (2021)
- Satan’s Triangle (1975)
- The Secret (2021)
- Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
- The Silence of the Lambs: The Inside Story (2010)
- Soulmates (2021)
- Spring (2021)
- $tacks (2020)
- T-shirt (2021)
- Thrashin’ (1986)
- Val (2021)
Television Shows I Watched:
- Bachelor in Paradise
- Big Brother
- Dragnet
- Hell’s Kitchen
- Lonesome Dove
- The Love Boat
- Saved By The Bell
- Talking Dead
- The Walking Dead
Books I Read:
- Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2021) by Quentin Tarantino
Music To Which I Listened:
- Aaron Neville
- Alphaville
- Armin van Buuren
- Atlantic Starr
- Avicii
- The Band
- The Bangles
- Big Data
- Billy Joel
- Bon Jovi
- Britney Spears
- Cedric Gervais
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cherry Glazerr
- CHVRCHES
- Daft Punk
- Deadmau5
- Dean Martin
- Dillon Francis
- Dolly Parton
- Dusty Springfield
- Erasure
- Frank Sinatra
- Giorgio Moroder
- Gloria Estefan
- Haim
- Harry Nilsson
- Heatwave
- Jakalope
- James Ingram
- Joan Baez
- Joe Satriani
- Kaskade
- The Killers
- Lady Gaga
- Limahl
- Liza Minnelli
- Lorde
- Lou Johnson
- Mahlia Jackson
- Naked Eyes
- Natalie Cole
- Neil Diamond
- Noromakina
- The O’Jays
- OMD
- Paul Gross
- Pet Shop Boys
- Pete Seeger
- Queen
- Randy Travis
- Rick Astley
- Rod Stewart
- Saint Motel
- Shania Twain
- Shirley Bassey
- Skrillex
- Taylor Swift
- Tevin Campbell
- Tiesto
- Vengaboys
- Waze & Odyssey
- Whitney Houston
- Willie Nelson
Trailers:
News From Last Week:
- Sonny Chiba Dies at 82
- Micki Grant, composer and playwright, has died at the age of 80
- Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers, dies at 84
- Tom T. Hall, the story teller of country music, dies at 85
- Rochester Man — Tallest in the United States — has Died
- Photographer Chuck Close Dead at 81
- Godfather of Taiwan cinema, director Lee Hsing, dies at 91
- Multimedia Artist Kaari Upson has died at 51
- Quebec Film Producer Rock Demers Dies at 87
- English Comedian Sean Lock dies at 58
- We Love NYC concert: Music history before Central Park was washed out
- Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to share letter from Afghan teen ‘fighting for their basic human rights’
- Mike Richards Out as Jeopardy Host
- OnlyFans will ban pornography, starting in October
- “Halo Infinite” Skips Forge, Co-Op At Launch
- Box Office: ‘PAW Patrol’ Crushes Hugh Jackman’s ‘Reminiscence’ as ‘Free Guy’ Remains No. 1
Links From Last Week:
- “Dinner And A Movie!” Pie One On With “Waitress”! Marshmallow Mermaid Pie Recipe! Sara Barielles Back In Broadway Musical!
- The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Televison
Links From The Site:
- Erin shared Makeshift Rocket, Ringside Sex, Science Fiction, Drive-In Hustle, Shabby Street, Coffee Tea and Me, and Private Property!
- Case reviewed Titans 3.4 “Blackfire”!
- Jeff paid tribute to Sonny Chiba and shared music videos from Iron Maiden, REO Speedwagon, Michael Johnson, The Pretenders, Lee Ritenour, The Cars, and Robert Palmer!
- I reviewed Kids Who Kill and shared My Week In Television! I also reviewed the season premiere of The Walking Dead!
More From Us:
- At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Blue Moon by Sam Cooke!
- Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
- For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Teratoid Heights!
- I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
- At her photography site, Erin shared Stone Rabbit, Welcome Home, Armadillo, Expect, Horns, Marker, and Tower!
- At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: What A Difference A Day Makes, Joe Biden’s Speech, Tom Tugenhadt on Biden’s Speech, If You’ve Lost George Stephanopoulos, Parliament Has Spoken, Today In A Picture, Presented Without Comment, and The Never Ending Smarminess of Chuck Schumer and Stephen Colbert!
- At my music site, I shared songs from Harry Nilsson, Haim, Cherry Glazerr, Dillon Francis & Skrillex, Noromakina, CHVRCHES, and Lorde!
- At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared: Week 6 Veto Meeting, It’s Time Open Up The Diary Room!, About Tonight, Week 7 Nominations, and Week 7 Veto Comp Results!