Adding to my list of favorite movies, here are the inductees from 1940-1949. Fantasia (dir. Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norm Ferguson, and Wilfred Jackson, 1940). The Great Dictator (dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1940). His Girl Friday (dir. Howard Hawks, 1940). Rebecca, (dir. Alfred Hitchcock 1940). The Maltese Falcon (dir. John Huston, 1941). Casablanca (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1942). Heaven Can Wait (dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1943). Double Indemnity (dir. Billy Wilder, 1944). Laura (dir. Otto Preminger, 1944). The Miracle at Morgan's Creek (dir. Preston Sturges, 1944). [...]

I haven't been talking much about Tim Young's Contrast Podcast . I participate almost every week and it's a great musical treat whether I'm there or not. If I don't participate, it's not because I can't think of a song that fits the theme; it's usually because I think of too many songs and can't make up my mind! Indecisive = me. The theme this week, Contrast Podcast #121, submitted by another blog friend, Marcy of Lost In Your Inbox , is Days of the Week , which gives us an opportunity for [...]

Yeah this whole "FREE MONDAY NIGHT" thing isn't getting out of hand..... ...LIKE AT ALL. Hell, If anyone has a problem with the words "FREE SHOW" or "NO COVER" bring 'em over to my my apt. I'LL SMACK THE FUCK OUTTA THEM. Overseas people expect to pay for everything. Free shows are nothing but ghost stories told around hipster camp fires. YOU LIVE IN LOS ANGELES - The greatest free-standing country in the world. Where else in the world are you going to have FREE options for your [...]