Opening the Portals of Discovery
As noted above, I’m an archivist by trade, dad by calling, and a 51 y.o. cishet man. I’ve been using Tumblr on & off since circa 2009 but I started this blog in 2022. I mostly reblog stuff with an effort to share posts that don’t have many notes or are cool things I find from years and years ago.
My fandoms: Star Trek, Doctor Who, Star Wars, The Muppets
Mostly though I post about great books, great movies, and great music as well as photography, Boston and New England things, and left-leaning politics.
Song of the Week: “Oga Doctor” by Fema Kuti
Fema Kuti – “Oga Doctor“
Nigerian artist Femi Kuti carries on the Afrobeat tradition pioneered by his father Fela Kuti. “Oga Doctor” is a track from his upcoming 11th album Journey Through Life, due out on April 25, 2025.
Songs of the Week for 2025
January
“Reflection” by Albertine Sarges
“Orlando in Love” by Japanese Breakfast
“Space Cow” by Moon Hooch, Too Many Zooz, MOON ZOOZ”
“Golden…
365 Movies in 365 Days: Food (1992) #AtoZChallenge
This year I’m trying to watch one movie every day of the year, with the provision that the movie be no longer than 36.5 minutes long. I’ll be selecting movies randomly from this list that’s already way too long, but I still welcome suggestions for short films.
In April, I will be less random in my selection of movies as I’m folding this into the Blogging A to Z Challenge and will be reviewing 26…
Sometimes I think about Boston too hard and I get emotional and have a cry about it I love my city
Official Post of Massachusetts
Same here dude I won’t tell anyone
Grace Kelly
SONG OF THE DAY - The 50s
Throughout April, I will be posting some of my favorite songs from the 1950s.
TITLE: I Smell a Rat
ARTIST: Big Mama Thornton
DATE: 1954
WHY I LOVE THIS SONG: Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton is best known for being the first to record “Hound Dog” (a song later stolen given greater prominence by Elvis Presley), but I’ve always liked this song about another animal better. The classic kiss-off song is a great example of rowdy rhythm and blues from the 1950s. Thornton did not conform to gender norms of the time, wearing men’s-style suits, and sometimes performing as a man.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE | PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU (2019)
dir. Céline Sciamma
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill recreating the Star Wars poster
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) dir. Steven Spielberg
K Lewis
Joan Blondell in Gold Diggers 1933
“We must put brassieres on Joan Blondell and make her cover up her breasts because, otherwise, we are going to have these pictures stopped in a lot of places. I believe in showing their forms but, for Lord's sake, don't let those bulbs stick out.” - Jack Warner
Sonny Boy Williamson on Harmonica with Houston Stackhouse on Guitar and Peck Curtis on the drums. Helena, Arkansas. Photo by Chris Strachwitz, April 1965.
A pair of nuns about to enjoy Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland, looks like around 1960. I wonder if they know they're going to Hell?
Coffee shop dates where we drink coffee and read books peacefully together when??