People are so emotionally fragile nowadays that Halloween will probably cease to be a holiday in another few years. So, we better enjoy this upcoming October because who knows what the future might hold.

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week, as I prepared for the annual Shattered Lens horrorthon!

Films I Watched:

1. Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
2. Bad Girl (2017)
3. Bury The Past (2021)
4. Cheer For Your Life (2021)
5. Deep Blue Nightmare (2021)
6. Driven to Kill (2021)
7. Hiding Out (1987)
8. Killer Cheer Mom (2021)
9. Mahler (1974)
10. Malicious Motives (2021)
11. Pom Poms and Payback (2021)
12. The Price of Fitting In (2021)
13. Psycho Intern (2021)
14. Psycho Storm Chaser (2021)
15. Pumpkinhead (1988)
16. The Secrets She Keeps (2021)
17. The Taking Pelham One Two Three (1974)
18. To Save A Life (2009)
19. The Wasp Woman (1959)
20. The Wrong Cheer Captain (2021)

Television Show I Watched:

1. Bachelor in Paradise
2. Big Brother
3. Dancing with the Stars
4. Friday the 13th: The Series
5. King of the Hill
6. Ordinary Joe
7. Smash
8. Survivor
9. The Ultimate Surfer
10. The Voice
11. The Walking Dead

Books I Read:

1. Who Killed The Homecoming Queen (1997) by R.L. Stine

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Backstreet Boys
2. Big Data
3. The Beatles
4. Blotto
5. Bob Dylan
6. Britney Spears
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Coldplay
9. Crud
10. The Crystal Method
11. Daft Punk
12. deadmau5
13. Fitz and the Tantrums
14. Jakalope
15. Jake Bugg
16. Jimmy Cliff
17. Katy Perry
18. Lorde
19. Muse
20. O-Town
21. Phantogram
22. Saint Motel
23. Siouxsie and the Banshees
24. Staind
25. Taylor Swift
26. Toots & The Maytals

Trailers:

1. The Tragedy of MacBeth
2. Night Teeth

News from Last Week:

1. Director Melvin Van Peebles Dies At 87
2. Director Roger Michell Dies At 65
3. Actor Willie Garson Dies At 57
4. Anthony ‘AJ’ Johnson, ‘Friday’ and ‘House Party’ actor, dead at 55
5. Twitter lashes out over celebrities at 2021 Emmys going maskless
6. Here’s who was left out of the 2021 Emmys’ In Memoriam tribute
7. ‘WandaVision’ fans cry that Marvel show was ‘robbed’ at 2021 Emmys
8. Ex-ABC News boss Ben Sherwood accused of ‘creepy,’ ‘sexually harassing behavior’ at Disney-owned network
9. CNN stays silent on Chris Cuomo after Shelley Ross’ sexual harassment allegations
10. William Shatner to go to space in Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket ship
11. Chris Pratt’s ‘Super Mario Bros.’ casting angers Italians and Nintendo fans
12. ‘Doctor Who’ Showrunner Russell T. Davies to Return for Next Season
13. The Criterion Channel’s October 2021 Lineup Brings Horror, Kirk Douglas, Edgar Wright & More

Links From Last Week:

1. For Rolling Stone, good politics make good music
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and TV
3. The State of the Race: How the Oscars Can Avoid the Mistakes of the Emmys

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Lord Vanity, Build My Gallows High, Some Die Slow, Swamp Sister, The Wench Is Dead, Oh Careless Love, and Four Lost Ladies!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Gerry Rafferty, April Wine, Kate Bush, Rainbow, David Bowie, The Specials, and Bootcamp!
3. Ryan interviewed Austin English and took a look at Monsters and The Butchery!
4. I reviewed the latest episode of The Walking Dead and shared my week in television!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Jesusfreak!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared September and Ni Ten Ichi Ryu!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared: Forbidden Tree, Creeping Up, Texas Nice, Looking for the Sun, Grass, Hole In A Tree, and Evening Approaches!
5. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: It Could Still Happen, Beto Again, Pop Politics Endorses Curtis Sliwa For Mayor of New York, Is Nature Healing?, 2024 Profile: Francis X. Suarez, 2024 Profile: Rick Scott, and In Honor Of October and The Tomb of Dracula!
6. On my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, deadmau5, Saint Motel, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, The Chemical Brothers, and Blotto!
7. At my dream journal, I shared all sorts of disturbing dreams: Last Night’s Plane Crash Dream, Last Night’s Stalker Nightmare, Last Night’s Backyard Nightmare, Last Night’s Detective Nightmare, No Dreams Last Night, Last Night’s Blogging Dream, and Last Night’s Dream Within A Dream!
8. I reviewed Big Brother the Big Brother Blog!
9. At the Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared My Mistake, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Week 12, Survivor 41.1 “A New Age,” About Tonight, and Big Brother 23 — The Results of Parts One and Two of the Final HoH Competition!

Want to see what I did last week? Click here!

I’m back from my mini-vacation and I’m helping to get this site ready for October! Just a week and a half left to go until it’s the greatest time of year!

Until then, here’s the damage for this week:

Films I Watched:

1. The Cars That Are Paris (1974)
2. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
3. Cosmic Monsters (1958)
4. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
5. Jennifer’s Body (2009)
6. The Night Brings Charlie (1990)
7. Out of Bounds (1986)
8. Psycho Cop (1989)
9. Reminiscence (2021)
10. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
11. Worth (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Bachelor In Paradise
3. Big Brother
4. Hell’s Kitchen
5. Invisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America
6. Moone Boy
7. Open All Hours
8. The 73rd Emmy Awards
9. The Ultimate Surfer
10. The Walking Dead
11. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. TRANCE Formation of America: True life story of a mind control slave (1995) by Cathy O’Brien and Mark Phillips
2. You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation (2011) by Susanna Gora

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Abba
2. AC/DC
3. The Beatles
4. The Black Eyed Peas
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Dead or Alive
8. deadmau5
9. The Gap Band
10. Garth Brooks
11. Goblin
12. Jermaine Jackson
13. John Lee Hooker
14. The Killers
15. Lady Gaga
16. Muse
17. The Outhere Brothers
18. The Runaways
19. Saint Motel
20. The Shangri-Las
21. Staind
22. Talking Heads
23. Taylor Swift

Awards

1. 73rd Annual Emmy Awards

Trailers:

1. West Side Story
2. Nightmare Alley
3. Hawkeye

News From Last Week:

1. Comedian Norm MacDonald Dies at 61
2. Only Fools and Horses actor John Challis dies
3. Legendary Spanish Film Director Mario Camus Dies
4. Golden Age Actress Jane Powell Dies At 92
5. Ben Best Dies: ‘Eastbound & Down’ Co-Creator And ‘The Foot Fist Way’ Writer And Co-Star Was 46
6. Phoebe Waller-Bridge may replace Harrison Ford as lead in ‘Indiana Jones’: Report
7. Belfast is now the Best Picture frontrunner with major pre-Oscars award
8. ‘I’m Your Man’ Picked as Germany’s International Oscar Contender
9. For Best Picture Contenders, Race and Sex Inventory Time Is Here
10. Lesli Linka Glatter Elected President of Directors Guild of America

Links From Last Week:

1. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and Television

Links From The Site:

1. Ryan shared his thoughts of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Captain America — Part One, Part Two, and Part Three!
2. Leonard shared the trailer for Hawkeye!
3. Jeff paid tribute to Norm MacDonald and shared music videos from Fleetwood Mac, Michael Stanley Band, REO Speedwagon, Rod Stewart, The Pretenders, Rainbow, and Andrew Gold!
4. Erin shared A Time For Murder, The Technocrats’s Magazine, The Crime Clinic, Untitled, The Strange Brigade, Sugar Doll, and Sword Woman!
5. I reviewed Silk 1 and Silk 2 and Worth!  I also shared my week in television!  I also took a look at the latest episode of The Walking Dead!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing! 
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Clouds In The Sky, Cloud, Above, Living Room Painting, Dining Room Painting, Corner, and Patio!
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Last Night At The Lake, California Have You Voted Yet?, The Results Are Coming In from California, First Day Back At Work, Vote Conservative Canada, and some thoughts on the potential presidential campaigns of Adam Kinzinger, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Matt Gaetz!  
4. At my online dream journal, I shared: No Dreams Last Night, Last Night’s Home Invasion Dream, Last Night’s New Job Dream, Last Night’s High School Dream, Last Night’s Falling Tree Dream, Last Night’s Teaching Dream, and Last Night’s Poetry Reading Dream!
5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
6. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared Week 10 Veto Results, Time To Open Up The Diary Room For the 2nd To Last Time, About Tonight’s Double Eviction,  Week 12 HoH and Nominations, and Week 12 Veto Update!
7. At my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, deadmau5, Saint Motel, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, The Chemical Brothers, and Talking Heads!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

This week has been all about relaxing and there’s nothing wrong with that, especially when you consider what’s right around the corner.  October’s coming up and with it, 31 days of straight horror.  Rest assured that, at the Shattered Lens Bunker, we’re already getting prepared for the greatest horrorthon ever.

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. Acapulco Gold (1976)
2. Sharktopus (2010)
3. Silk 2 (1989)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Bachelor in Paradise
3. Big Brother
4. Dragnet
5. Impeachment: American Crime Story
6. Mom
7. Moone Boy
8. Open All Hours
9. Talking Dead
10. The Ultimate Surfer
11. Upstart Crow
12. The Walking Dead
13. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. The Big Bad Book of Democrats (2005) by Lawrence Binda
2. Black Abductor (1972) by Harrison James
3. Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane (2003) by Jeff Tamarkin
4. Fright Favorites (2020) by David J. Skal

Music To Which I Listened:

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Coldplay
6. deadmau5
7. Elvis Costello
8. G. Corp
9. G. Love and Special Sauce
10. George Harrison
11. Gorillaz
12. Jackie DeShannon
13. The James Gang
14. Jefferson Airplane
15. Jefferson Starship
16. Jungle
17. Kid Rock
18. Lisa Stansfield
19. Lynard Skynard
20. Marvin Gaye
21. Muse
22. Nine Inch Nails
23. O’Jays
24. The Prodigy
25. R.E.M.
26. The Rolling Stones
27. Saint Motel
28. Staind
29. Sydney Youngblood
30. Taylor Swift
31. The Who
32. XTC
33. Zoe

Trailers:

1. Don’t Look Up
2. The Matrix Revolutions

News From Last Week:

1. Jean-Paul Belmondo, magnetic star of the French New Wave, dies at 88
2. ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment
3. Jean-Pierre Adams, ex-soccer player, dies after 39 years in coma
4. Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan manager dies in freak accident
5. Entire Time’s Up board to step down amid Andrew Cuomo scandal
6. Filmmaker Takeshi Kitano Attacked With Pickaxe in Japan
7. Allison Mack enjoys one of her last meals as a free woman ahead of prison stint
8. ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ Chants Break Out at College Football Games Across the Country
9. Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Triumphs Again in Second Weekend, ‘Malignant’ Misfires
10. Marvel Studios Scores Its First Emmys With ‘WandaVision’
11. 2021 Creative Arts Emmys: Winners List
12. Venice Film Festival Awards: Golden Lion Goes to Audrey Diwan’s ‘Happening’
13. The Venice Film Festival Carried Out 4,500 Covid Tests & Only Got 3 Positive Results
14. Comedian Kate Quiqley Breaks Silence After Overdose Deaths of Friends

Links From Last Week:

1. Oscars: Academy To Drop Awards Because of Ratings?
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Television

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Road Work Ahead, The Big Bubble, Scylla, No Mask For Murder, The Adulterers, Man Painting The Twin Towers, and A Sin In Time!
2. Jeff shared music videos from REO Speedwagon, The Silencers, Juice Newton, Rockpile with Robert Plant, Cliff Richard, Lenny Kravitz, and Lee Ritenour!
3. I shared my week in TV and I reviewed Acapulco Gold and the latest episode of The Walking Dead!  I also shared a scene from Breathless!
4. Leonard reviewed Malignant and shared the trailer for Matrix Revolutions!
5. Ryan returned Back In The Saddle Part One, Part Two, and Part Three!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Blossoms in Autumn!
3. In my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Romantic Walk Dream, Last Night’s Convenience Store Dream, Last Night’s Dream In Which My Neighbor Lost His Foot, Last Night’s Yacht Dream, Last Night’s Marijuana Farm Dream, Last Night’s Deck Dream, and Last Night’s Weird Airplane Dream.
4. For my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, deadmau5, Saint Motel, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, The Chemical Brothers, and Nine Inch Nails!
5. For the Big Brother Blog, I reviewed Big Brother!
6. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared: Week 9 Veto Meeting Results, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Week 9, About The Double Eviction, Week 10 Nominations, and Week 10 Veto Comp Results!
7. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: From The New York Times, Happy Labor Day, Vote Yes On The Recall and Larry Elder, Hearing The Water, Lake Texoma: Day 2, Tomorrow, September 11th: Do We Know Where We’re Going?, and Old Man Yells At Cloud!
8. On her photography site, Erin shared: Possum, Skeleton, Holding On, Table, Rake, Broken Window, and Backyard on a September Day!

Click here to check out last week!

Happy Labor Day!

Speaking of work, that’s what we’re doing here at the Shattered Lens as we get ready for the annual Horrorthon!  It’s just a few weeks away!  This October, nonstop horror from your friends at the Shattered Lens.  It’s definitely my favorite time of year!

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

1. American Ninja (1985)
2. Buried Secrets (1996)
3. City of Lies (2021)
4. A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
5. The Shock of the Future (2020)
6. Slither (2006)
7. The Suicide Squad (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bachelor in Paradise
2. Big Brother
3. Dead Silent
4. Dragnet
5. Hell’s Kitchen
6. Hometown Homicide
7. Man With A Van
8. The Ultimate Surfer
9. Your Worst Nightmare

Books I Read:

1. The War For Late Night (2010) by Bill Carter

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Backstreet Boys
2. The Beatles
3. Britney Spears
4. Coldplay
5. The Eagles
6. Jessica Simpson
7. Katy Perry
8. Kedr Livanskiy
9. Lorde
10. Muse
11. Nancy Sinatra
12. O-Town
13. Radiohead
14. The Rolling Stones
15. Saint Motel
16. t.A.T.U.
17. Taylor Swift
18. UPSAHL

Trailers:

1. No Time To Die
2. Belfast

News From Last Week:

1. Artist Billy Apple Dies After Short Illness
2. Sarah Harding Dies At Age 39
3. Legendary TODAY anchorman Willard Scott Dies at 87
4. Renowned Composer Mikos Theodrakis Dies
5. Former Wrestler Daffney Dead Of An Apparent Gunshot Wound, Police Say
6. Gregg Leakes Dies At 67
7. Miles Teller Refuses The Vaccine And Then Test Positive While Shooting Godfather Series
8. Prince Harry, Meghan Markle make ‘breathtaking’ offer to Queen Elizabeth
9. Comedian Fuquan Johnson, two others dead after overdose on fentanyl-laced coke: report
10. Angelina Jolie: I feared for safety of my children and family while married to Brad Pitt

Links From Last Week:

1. Donda’ is Kanye West’s Seventh-Best Album. It’s Also a Masterwork.
2. Donald Westlake, Criminal Mastermind
3. National Suicide Prevention Week September 5 – 11, 2021
4. Happy 81st Birthday Raquel Welch! A Celebration Of The Iconic “Reign Of Raquel!”
5. My Last Couple of Weeks in Books, Movies and TV 9/3/21

Links From the Site:

1. Case reviewed Titans Episode 3.5 Lazarus!
2. Erin shared No Nice Girl, Bed of Fear, Forever, Backroad Motel, The Diamond Bikini, Send Them Summer, and Big Shot!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Tom Johnston, Rockestra, Styx, Carly Simon, Iron Maiden, Rod Stewart, and Elvis Costello!
4. I reviewed Val.  I shared my week in television.  I shared my August Oscar predictions.  And I reviewed the latest episode of The Walking Dead.

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing.
2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Dope Rider!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Halsey!
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Survival of the Dead, Satan’s Triangle, and Children of the Corn!
6. On my online dream journal, I shared: Pandemic Nightmare, Lost Car Dream, Shopping Dream, Park Dream, Flooded Garage Dream, FBI Sting Dream, and Lakehouse Dream!
7. At my music site, I shared songs from Nancy Sinatra, Thom Yorke, Muse, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, t.A.T.u, and Madonna!
8. At SyFyDesigns, I shared: It’s Time For Another Break, Where Would I Go, Top 6 Depression-Era Outlaws, and I Am Not Happy Right Now!
9. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared: Veto Meeting Update For Week 8, Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Week 8, About Tonight, Week 9 Nominations, and Week 9 Veto Update!
10. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Getting Caught Up, Two Things I Never Thought I’d See, Learning To Enjoy The Silence, September’s Here, Why Afghanistan Mattered, Remember Nomad, Bill de Blasio for Governor?, Remember U.S. Trucker, Happy Labor Day Weekend, and Labor Day Weekend Continues!
11. At her photography site, Erin shared: Flag, At Home, Doves in Black and White, Starry Night On A Wall, Van Gogh On A Wall, Sun, and Clouds!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

My thoughts are with everyone who lost a loved one at Kabul Airport this week.  Peace be with you.

Films I Watched:

1. The Assignation (1953)
2. The Big Shave (1967)
3. Case Study: Barbiturates (1969)
4. Case Study: LSD (1969)
5. Doomsday Mom: The Lori Vallow Story (2021)
6. Flash Gordon (1980)
7. Fragment of Seeking (1946)
8. The Good Loser (1953)
9. Hired! (1940)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
11. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
12. Lifeguard (1976)
13. On the Edge (1949)
14. Picnic (1949)
15. Road House (1989)
16. Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie (2017)
17. Sell the Difference (1955)
18. Social Courtesy (1951)
19. Spirit Riders (2015)
20. Survival of the Dead (2009)
21. Usher (2000)
22. White Fire (1985)
23. The Wormwood Star (1956)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. America Justice
2. Bachelor in Paradise
3. Bar Rescue
4. Big Brother
5. Dragnet
6. Hell’s Kitchen
7. I Lived With A Killer
8. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
9. Last Man Standing
10. Lonesome Dove
11. The Office
12. Real Life Catholic
13. Reasonable Doubts
14. Silk Stalkings
15. 60 Minutes
16. South Park
17. Talking Dead
18. The Ultimate Surfer
19. The Walking Dead
20. Women of Grace

Books I Read:

1. Shooting Midnight Cowboy (2021) by Glenn Frankel

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Aimee Mann
2. Bob Dylan
3. Britney Spears
4. Coldplay
5. Kanye West
6. Kedr Livanskiy
7. Lana del Rey
8. Lara Snow
9. Lorde
10. Muse
11. Peggy March
12. Pixies
13. Public Broadcasting Service
14. The Rolling Stones
15. Saint Motel
16. The Ting Tings

Trailers:

1. Spencer
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Mayday
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home

News From Last Week:

1. Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Star, Dies at 91
2. Marilyn Eastman, Night of the Living Dead actress, passes away
3. Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones Drummer, dies at 80
4. How underground arm-wrestling mania is slamming NYC streets
5. Comedy Central Pussies Cancel ‘Diversity Day’ Episode Of “The Office”
6. Vice begins a new round of layoffs as company shifts to video
7. Afghan Film Progress Obliterated By Taliban Takeover — Special Report From Afghanistan
8. Nirvana Sued By Baby From Nevermind Album Cover

Links From Last Week:

1. Spike Lee’s New Documentary Gives a Notorious 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist His Biggest Platform Ever
2. Nirvana baby Spencer Elden is poster child for our victim culture
3. RIP Ed Asner…A Legend Is Gone…An Homage And My Signed Reaction To His Iconic “You Got Spunk…I HATE Spunk” Quip…

Links From The Site:

1. Leonard shared the trailer for Spencer!
2. Erin shared Film Fun, Suburban Interlude, Tramp Girl, Bold Desires, Abnormal Wife, The Big Caper, and Big Beverage!
3. Jeff paid tribute to Charlie Watts and shared music videos from Shoes, Stevie Nicks, The Charlie Watts Quintet, Rod Stewart, Rupert Hine, Split Enz, and Pat Benatar!
4. I wrote about the terrible Climate Pledge commercial and I reviewed Lifeguard, Doomsday Mom, and Dead In the Water.  I shared Part One and Part Two of my week in television.

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Orwell.
3. On my music site, I shared songs from Peggy March, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Aimee Mann, Lana Del Rey, Kedr Livanskiy, and Pixies!
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared Week 7 Veto Meeting Results, Campaign Notes, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Week 7, About Tonight, Week 8 Nominations and High Rollers Room, and Week 8 Veto Update!
6. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared The Thing About Joe, In Memory of Charlie Watts, Herschel Walker is Running, Resign Joe, If I Could Do 2020 All Over Again, Hurricane Ida, and An Early Football Prediction!
7. On her photography site, Erin shared Moon Peeking Through, Sunset, Richland, Richland Statue, Carts, Abandoned, and Church Sign!
8. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared the trailer for Spencer!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

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:

1. The Bag (2021)
2. Blue Sky (1994)
3. Break-Up Nightmare (2016)
4. Capture The Flag (2021)
5. Daydreamer (2021)
6. Don’t Forget To Tip (2021)
7. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
8. Full Moon In Blue Water (1988)
9. Gleaming the Cube (1989)
10. Hardflip (2012)
11. Headwaters (2021)
12. The Invisible Brown Man (2021)
13. Kids Who Kill (2017)
14. Monopoly (2021)
15. No Man’s Land (2021)
16. Northwoods (2021)
17. A Party Gone Wrong (2021)
18. Satan’s Triangle (1975)
19. The Secret (2021)
20. Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
21. The Silence of the Lambs: The Inside Story (2010)
22. Soulmates (2021)
23. Spring (2021)
24. $tacks (2020)
25. T-shirt (2021)
26. Thrashin’ (1986)
27. Val (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bachelor in Paradise
2. Big Brother
3. Dragnet
4. Hell’s Kitchen
5. Lonesome Dove
6. The Love Boat
7. Saved By The Bell
8. Talking Dead
9. The Walking Dead

Books I Read:

1. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2021) by Quentin Tarantino

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Aaron Neville
2. Alphaville
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Atlantic Starr
5. Avicii
6. The Band
7. The Bangles
8. Big Data
9. Billy Joel
10. Bon Jovi
11. Britney Spears
12. Cedric Gervais
13. The Chemical Brothers
14. Cherry Glazerr
15. CHVRCHES
16. Daft Punk
17. Deadmau5
18. Dean Martin
19. Dillon Francis
20. Dolly Parton
21. Dusty Springfield
22. Erasure
23. Frank Sinatra
24. Giorgio Moroder
25. Gloria Estefan
26. Haim
27. Harry Nilsson
28. Heatwave
29. Jakalope
30. James Ingram
31. Joan Baez
32. Joe Satriani
33. Kaskade
34. The Killers
35. Lady Gaga
36. Limahl
37. Liza Minnelli 
38. Lorde
39. Lou Johnson
40. Mahlia Jackson
41. Naked Eyes
42. Natalie Cole
43. Neil Diamond
44. Noromakina
45. The O’Jays
46. OMD
47. Paul Gross
48. Pet Shop Boys
49. Pete Seeger
50. Queen
51. Randy Travis
52. Rick Astley
53. Rod Stewart
54. Saint Motel
55. Shania Twain
56. Shirley Bassey
57. Skrillex 
58. Taylor Swift
59. Tevin Campbell
60. Tiesto
61. Vengaboys
62. Waze & Odyssey 
63. Whitney Houston
64. Willie Nelson

Trailers:

1. Afterlife of the Party
2. The Survivalist

News From Last Week:

1. Sonny Chiba Dies at 82
2. Micki Grant, composer and playwright, has died at the age of 80
3. Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers, dies at 84
4. Tom T. Hall, the story teller of country music, dies at 85
5. Rochester Man — Tallest in the United States — has Died
6. Photographer Chuck Close Dead at 81
7. Godfather of Taiwan cinema, director Lee Hsing, dies at 91
8. Multimedia Artist Kaari Upson has died at 51
9. Quebec Film Producer Rock Demers Dies at 87
10. English Comedian Sean Lock dies at 58
11. We Love NYC concert: Music history before Central Park was washed out
12. Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to share letter from Afghan teen ‘fighting for their basic human rights’
13. Mike Richards Out as Jeopardy Host
14. OnlyFans will ban pornography, starting in October
15. “Halo Infinite” Skips Forge, Co-Op At Launch
16. Box Office: ‘PAW Patrol’ Crushes Hugh Jackman’s ‘Reminiscence’ as ‘Free Guy’ Remains No. 1

Links From Last Week:

1. “Dinner And A Movie!” Pie One On With “Waitress”! Marshmallow Mermaid Pie Recipe! Sara Barielles Back In Broadway Musical!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Televison

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Makeshift Rocket, Ringside Sex, Science Fiction, Drive-In Hustle, Shabby Street, Coffee Tea and Me, and Private Property!
2. Case reviewed Titans 3.4 “Blackfire”!
3. 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!
4. I reviewed Kids Who Kill and shared My Week In Television!  I also reviewed the season premiere of The Walking Dead!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Blue Moon by Sam Cooke!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
3. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Teratoid Heights!
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Stone Rabbit, Welcome Home, Armadillo, Expect, Horns, Marker, and Tower!
6. 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!
7. At my music site, I shared songs from Harry Nilsson, Haim, Cherry Glazerr, Dillon Francis & Skrillex, Noromakina, CHVRCHES, and Lorde!
8. 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!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

Congratulations!  If you’re reading this, it means you survived Friday the 13th!  Woo hoo!

As for me, I spent this week feeling much better after being sick for the previous seven days.  I was still pretty tired because I didn’t get much sleep while I was sick but I’m definitely back to being in good health and I’m happy about that!

Anyway, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Friday the 13th Part II (1981, dir by Steve Miner)

Film I Watched:

1. Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
2. Friday the 13th (1980)
3. Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
4. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
5. Friday the 13th: Jason Lives! (1986)
6. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
7. Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
8. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
9. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
10. Rush (1991)
11. Southern Comfort (1981)
12. Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bachelorette
3. Big Brother
4. Court Cam
5. Fantasy Island
6. Fasten Your Seat Belt
7. Friends
8. Hell’s Kitchen
9. Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole?
10. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
11. Lonesome Dove
12. Love Island
13. Moone Boy
14. Open All Night
15. Seinfeld
16. S.W.A.T.
17. Upstart Crow

Books I Read:

1. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (2019) by Lori Gottlieb

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Beach House
4. Big Data
5. Britney Spears
6. Cedric Gervais
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Dillon Francis
9. DJ Snake
10. Goblin
11. Haim
12. Icona Pop
13. John Carpenter
14. Karol G
15. Katy Perry
16. Lorde
17. Pseudo Echo
18. Public Service Broadcasting
19. Purity Ring
20. Saint Motel
21. Tiesto
22. Upsahl

Trailers:

1. Lawn Mowing Simulator

News From Last Week:

1. Britney Spears’ Father Jamie Spears Agrees to Step Down From Conservatorship
2. Pat Hitchcock, Daughter of Alfred Hitchcock Who Appeared in His Films, Dies at 93
3. Nanci Griffith, Emmy-winning folk singer, dies at 68
4. Actress Una Stubbs Dies at 84
5. Alex Cord, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 88
6. Actor Ken Hutchinson, dead at 72
7. West Side Story’ Will Not Return to Broadway
8. Time’s Up boss Roberta Kaplan resigns after alleged efforts to discredit Cuomo victim
9. Andrew Cuomo Resigns, Ending Decade-Long Run In Disgrace
10. Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: ‘This is a tragic day’
11. Chris Cuomo strolls off lavish Hamptons dock, ignores questions about brother Andrew Cuomo’s resignation
12. This Is Why Tom Hanks’ Son Is Under Fire Again
13. Gina Carano Reveals Details About First Project Since ‘The Mandalorian’; Actress Will Star In Revenge Thriller Scripted By ‘The Hitcher’ Writer Eric Red
14. Labour Expels Filmmaker Ken Loach, Palme d’Or winner for I, Daniel Blake
15. Free Guy Leading Box Office
16. ‘Shang-Chi’ Star Simu Liu Responds to Disney CEO Calling Marvel Film’s Theatrical Release an ‘Interesting Experiment’

Links From Last Week:

1. The Coen Brother
2. WHAT BOBBY MCILVAINE LEFT BEHIND
3. Hey, CNN, Take Embarrassing Chris Cuomo Off The Air
4. Alec Baldwin’s Andrew Cuomo Defense Is Further Proof That He’s a Real-Life Boss Baby
5. From ‘rock star’ to rock bottom, Cuomo’s time in spotlight reaches ugly end
6. The Real Story Behind ‘The French Connection
7. Val Kilmer’s Video Past Is Our Future
8. Must Women Always Wait For Male Bosses To Screw Up To Get Ahead?
9. A Spirit pilot and flight attendant describe flying empty planes around the country and being stranded for days last week amid the airline’s meltdown: ‘It was like being lost in space’ – Business Insider August 12, 2021
10. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Moves, and TV

Links From The Site:

1. Case was busy this week, reviewing Titans: Episodes 2.4&5, 2.6 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3!  He also shared more in depth thoughts about the show so far!
2. I shared a scene from The Trial of Billy Jack, shared my week in television, reviewed Falling, and wrote about Friday the 13th!
3. Erin wrote about the Field of Dreams Game and shared: Give Me This Woman, Torch Singer, Private School, Rookie Routs Ruffing Yanks, Friday the 13th, No Men Wanted, and Rangeland Romances!
4. Jeff shared the trailer for Lawn Mowing Simulator and music videos from: REO Speedwagon, Styx, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters, Split Enz, 38 Special, April Wine and Rod Stewart!

More From Us:

1. For Solrad, Ryan reviewed G-G-G-Ghost Stories!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribring!
3. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
4. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared: Here’s What Happened At The Veto Meeting, Things Don’t Look Good For Christian, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Week 5, About Tonight, Week 6 Nominations, and Week 6 Veto Comp Results!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from: Saint Motel, Purity Ring, Cedric Gervais, Dillon Francis, Pseudo Echo, Tiesto & Karol G, and Beach House!
6. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: 47 Years Ago Today, Mind The Gap, Cuomo Resigns, Cuomo Resigns Part Two, Today is a Good Day, Goodbye Mr. Crist, The NY State Assembly Suspends The Cuomo Impeachment, Heart-Breaking Afghanistan, and Labour Expels Ken Loach!
7. On her photography site, Erin shared: Visitors, Have A Drink, Clearing, Play Ball!, Swim At Your Own Risk, Living Room, and The Wall!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989, dir by Rob Hedden)