Category Archives: Weird World of the Roku

The Original Animal House

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Joe

See if this sounds familiar: In a college town circa 1962 a group of students carouse from bar to bar, falling in and out of bed with coeds as well as married women and culminating in a prank that has … Continue reading →

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Sofa Sketches and an Obscure Remake

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Joe

I’ve been sitting on the sofa with a sketchbook in my lap trying out some of my new art materials and playing around with a few I forgot I had. I should be up at my desk in my studio, … Continue reading →

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A Lady Cabbie and George Sanders’ Brother

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Joe

Here’s another satisfying but forgotten mystery movie the likes of which used to play regularly at local movie houses when there were local movie houses. Eventually films like this would pad out the schedules of local UHF channels to be … Continue reading →

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It’s the End of the World as We Know It

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Joe

Long before the overstuffed, CGI abominations such as The Day After Tomorrow and Man of Steel which I refer to as disaster porn and four decades before the disaster cycle of films of the ’70s such as The Towering Inferno … Continue reading →

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A Pretty Good Little Sketchbook

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Joe_Williams

Tina snagged this 5.5 inch by 8.5 inch Canson XL Mixed Media sketchbook from a big box store to hopefully replace my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven. It wasn’t quite the replacement for that cheap but inexplicably magical doodle pad, but … Continue reading →

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Why I Stick With Physical Media

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Joe

Pepe Le Pew — that’s why! Having heard that maladjusted moralists with way too much time on their hands have targeted the beloved cartoon character and are trying to ban him from future appearances as well as streaming platforms, I … Continue reading →

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The Light at the Edge of the World

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Joe

I’m falling out of love with streaming. I’ve grown weary of a number of television streaming options and have pruned them from my monthly expenses. The free, ad supported streaming platforms occasionally offer a pleasant surprise, but the barrage of … Continue reading →

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Superman’s Mustache

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Joe

A police woman shares a telephone receiver with homicide detective Sam Haynes played by a mustachioed George Reeves in The Blue Gardenia.

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Product Tampering

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Joe

This is a follow-up to my article regarding my declining ardor for streaming services. What I adored in it’s infancy has grown into a fairly ugly and bratty child. I don’t hold out a lot of hope for streaming entertainment’s … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Physical Media

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Joe

I’ve been kicking around ideas for this article for a while. Originally it was going to be one of my frugal/cheapskate posts, but recent events have changed it into something else. A friend of mine has done the unthinkable and … Continue reading →

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Digital Sanctuary No More

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Joe

I got my first Roku streaming box almost ten years ago. I have written before of my stubborn resistance to a cable TV subscription and my struggle with rabbit ears and video shops. When I first heard of streaming boxes, … Continue reading →

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We are now in control of the transmission

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Joe

This illustration which I cobbled together in my absolute favorite vector art program Affinity Designer is sort of a response to my last illustration which featured former television icon Bonnie Franklin. Whereas Ms Franklin’s televised efforts in the situation comedy … Continue reading →

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The Vector Chainsaw Massacre

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Joe_Williams

Here is another Halloween Head I illustrated in the marvelous vector design application called Affinity Designer. I started this yesterday morning with a vague polygon shape for a face and a cog shape for hair. I wasn’t sure if it … Continue reading →

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The Post-Apocalypse on $5 a Day

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Joe_Williams

As Halloween approaches, I continue to watch some of the bottom-of-the-barrel horror films that I used to watch on UHF television way back when. Movies like this were usually presented by a horror host and constantly interrupted by commercials for … Continue reading →

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