Originally published August 29, 2011. Updated, revised and republished December 8, 2025. As I come back from the summer hiatus it seems appropriate that my first post should be inspired by someone who’s made a career helping us figure out what to do with our summertimes and also happens to be…
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Take a Bow Mr. Wagner: The Easter Egg in Return of the King
Originally published April 30, 2011. Updated, revised and republished May 29, 2025. Title revised December 8, 2025. Any good geek will tell you that for some movies it pays to stay in the theater through the end of the credits. Filmmakers sometimes like to give a little something extra for…
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Bear McCeary and Battlestar Galactica
Originally published June 5, 2010. Updated, revised and republished May 29, 2025. Update: On this post I've changed it from its original "The Mind of the Composer" to the current title. I've realized that the old title was not clear or useful. If you watched Battlestar Galactica, the revisioned series,…
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David Bowie Days
Originally published May 15, 2009. Updated, revised and republished May 29, 2025. I’m a bit of an archivist. If I like something or someone, I really want to lay hands on all that I can get (you saw reference to this in my Ute Lemper post in fact). And David…