Here we are one last time. The final album of the Convocations series. Once again, Sufjan Stevens delivers the soothing sounds of reverberated and delayed synthesizers. The sweet warmth of synth pads and plinky dinky of the arpeggiated melodies. There isn't as much atmospheric tension present in this one as some of the others, but it's a nice bookend to the other pieces. Sometimes…
I happened upon a picture of one of these pizzas online today. I expected this was something from the early 90s that Pizza Hut had used to promote the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze movie in 1991. No. Upon further digging, I found that this is out right now for a limited time in AUSTRALIA. The green ooze is what…
Did you know Frodo played the Artful Dodger in a made for T.V. movie? Back again with this week's power rankings! Thanks to Stemshul for devising the ranking system and compiling the results all year. Look out for the the Dodgers as they tumble down the rankings. A 2-5 week, including a doubleheader sweep by the Chicago Cubs yesterday has the Dodgers out of…
Hey, the 2021 NFL draft just happened over the weekend! How did the Lions do? Did they address some of the needs we talked about it the rebuild review? What did the national media think? Is the Holmes/Campbell plan coalescing? Will we keep hearing about biting kneecaps as long as Dan Campbell is the coach? I think I can answer that last one right…
It must have been the late 80s or early 90s. Dairy Queen came out with a Blizzard where they mixed in Nerds candy. This sounds like one of the worst ideas in the history of desserts. Turns out it was actually kind of great. The sweetness of the soft serve vanilla ice cream mixed with the crunchy tartness of the Nerds candy was a…
This post is part of a series. Click here for the introduction. Click here for part 1. Click here for part 2. Click here for part 3. Ditto Let's talk Tigers' roster! Baseball is a very structured game with constant individual match-ups (pitcher vs. hitter, fielder vs ball, etc., fielder vs. baserunner), so, for a team game, each player's ability to execute each play is incredibly important. Great coaching, other…
Here we are again. This time it's the penultimate Convocations album called Celebrations. At times, it reminds a bit of Radiohead's Kid A album. Other times, it sounds like a Brian Eno ambient record. There is a calmness about the smooth synth pads employed. Occasionally, you get some tinky winky sounds with delay like on track V. Back in 2006, Sufjan released a 5-disc…
