Most people who know me also know of my unabashedly-fangirl affection for the 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body, which tells the story of an endurance contest in which roughly two dozen small-town Texans compete to win a Nissan hardbody truck. The concept is simple, really: everyone puts his or her hand on the…
Read MoreLike yesterday, I found today’s prompt for the 31 Day Film Challenge really difficult. I can think of dozens of songs that remind me of certain events in my life, but I had to think long and hard to come up with a film that did the same. (I’ll just refer you to my explanation…
Read MoreFirst, I want to say that it’s been really great seeing everyone’s 31 Day Film Challenge picks show up each day on the Facebook page for our Challenge. I’ve got a lot of new movies to watch. Today’s pick was surprisingly difficult for me. There was a similar prompt on Day 5 of the original…
Read MoreFor today’s pick I’m making a somewhat ticky-tack distinction between a film “soundtrack” and a film “score.” My favorite film score is definitely Ennio Morricone‘s composition for The Mission, one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music ever written as far as I’m concerned. I picked The Mission on Day 1 of this Challenge,…
Read MoreI’m playing catch-up right now because my dearest friend, Adriel Trott (featured in the post for Day 15 of this 30 Day Song Challenge), has been visiting me here in Memphis for the last several days. I had every intention of trying to keep up with the Challenge while she and her husband Jeff were…
Read MoreThe thing about a good workout song is that it has to be semi-fast (but not too fast) and it needs to have a pretty steady beat. No matter what sort of exercise you’re doing, it’s always made more difficult when you find yourself slowing down and speeding up in response to the music, so…
Read MorePrince Rogers Nelson, formerly “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”, now known just by his mononym “Prince” again, is the sexiest artist I know. For music fans of a certain age, Prince (and his earlier band, The Revolution) is deeply etched in memory, in desire, and in purple as nothing short of iconic. Standing at…
Read MoreI doubt I would have said this 10 or 20 years ago, because I was too young and too stupid and too stubborn and far too proud then, but I’ve got a great family. I mean, a really great family. We have our problems, like all families do, but there is no doubt in my…
Read MoreIt’s really no mystery to anyone who knows me how much I dislike Taylor Swift, today’s pick for the most overrated artist I can think of. Also, if you don’t want to read the rest of this, let me sum up: Barf. Just in case you’re still reading, though, here’s some elaboration. It genuinely pains…
Read MoreFinally, FINALLY, today I’ve been given a prompt that makes for an incredibly easy pick. I’m sure there are a million artists or bands that have never achieved the level of fame they deserved– many of whom I know personally and who grind it out every night as hardworking musicians here in Memphis– but when…
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