Of interest to pretty much no one but me, my music listening tally/journal What I Just Listened To (originally on Tumblr, then on Pinterest) is now a subdomain here: justlistenedto.nathanshumate.com The most recently three albums listened to also show up in the sidebar here.
Movies Seen Recently: Star Trek: Generations, Heaven Can Wait, The World of Drunken Master
Star Trek: Generations (1994) – Some parts of this movie were filmed concurrent with the series finale, “All Good Things…” When the finale wrapped, the cast had a ten-day break before they were back to work on the feature. I’m sure that contributed to it feeling like an extra two-parter from the seventh season. And…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
One that I put up for sale in my Etsy shop (which was promptly bought — thank you, Joe!): …and six from my sketchbook.
O Beautiful.
[Apologies if any of this seems more fragmented than normal. I’m in the middle of a multi-day caffeine detox, and the inside of my skull ain’t pretty.] This morning, on my Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as at LousyBookCovers.com and CheapCaffeine.net, I posted this image and caption: Happy birthday to the greatest nation in…
Movies Seen Recently: The Dead Center, Awara Paagal Deewana, Elimination Game
The Dead Center (2018) – A doctor in the hospital’s psych ward, who tends to get over-attached to his patients, deals with a mysterious patient who appeared from nowhere, and who show symptoms by turns of amnesia, catatonia, and delusional self-harm. Meanwhile, the police’s medical examiner tries to track down a body that has mysteriously…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
Everything from my sketchbook this week.
Movies Seen Recently: The Way Back, The Invasion, Blood: The Last Vampire
The Way Back (2010) – Inspired by (as opposed to “based on”) a true story, this movie follows a handful of men who broke out of a Siberian gulag in the early 1940s and made their way clear down to India (at least, some of them did). I expected this to be “The Great Escape,…
In Which I Cancel Myself.
I confess up front that I’m going to face-plant on this post, because I can’t conceive that I will explain my thoughts well enough that I won’t set myself up (and provide the damning evidence) for all sorts of hounding, canceling, and general condemnation. I guess that, in knowing the consequences going in, I can…
Movies Seen Recently: Tampopo, Kate & Leopold, It’s a Disaster
Tampopo (1986) – Hadn’t watched that in probably twenty years. Still makes me hungry for some good ramen. (I probably need to watch this back-to-back with Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).) Kate & Leopold (2001) – For a time-travel movie, this has an unconscionable number of anachronisms and just plain simple mistakes. On the other…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
One sketch that’s for sale in my Etsy shop… …and the rest from my sketchbook: