A Complete History of Sufjan Stevens

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve picked up some momentum in my “Every Album I Own” review series, closing in on the letter “T,” and thus, close to the end of what will have been a ten-year series comprised of over 1000 individually written pieces. However, I just realized that to finish the letter “S,” I’ll have to review

Sonic the Hedgehog (Film Review)

2020 Paramount PicturesDirected by: Jeff Fowler; Written by: Pay Casey and Josh Miller Starring: James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, and Jim CarreyMPAA Rating: PG; Running Time: 99 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 7/10 Sonic is a lightning-fast, anthropomorphic blue hedgehog from another planet. He’s on the run from some foul critters who want to use

Stretch Arm Strong — A Revolution Transmission

7/10 Certain albums you forget about, then you remember, go, “Oh yeah, Stretch Arm Strong, A Revolution Transmission!” jam out to, enjoy, and wonder how you ever forgot them. I won a demo-version of A Revolution Transmission from Soulglow, a few months before I became a Soulglow co-host. Soulglow frequently aired Stretch Arm Strong’s hard-rocking

Cutthroat Island — Film Review

1995 Carolco Pictures/MGM/UA Distribution Co.Directed by: Renny Harlin; Written by: Robert King and Marc NormanStarring: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, and Stan ShawMPAA Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 124 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 5/10 Morgan Adams, swashbuckler extraordinaire, races across land and sea to reach her Uncle Dawg’s pirate ship, only

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Filmshake!

Touching each other is icky! Filmshake is back and better than ever, as Jordan Courtney and I lose our minds over 1995 box office disaster, Cutthroat Island. Why can’t Oscar-winner, Geena Davis, make for a convincing pirate? Why do she and Matthew Modine have less chemistry than a plugged-in toaster and a bathtub? Actually, those two

Good Boys (Film Review)

2019 Universal PicturesDirected by: Gene Stupnitsky; Written by: Lee Eisenberg and Gene StupnitskyStarring: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon, Lil Rel Howery, and Midori Francis MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 89 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 7/10 Ever since There’s Something About Mary and American Pie helped bring the gross-out sex comedy back in-vogue

Steve Roach — Dreamtime Return

7/10 After I found Steve Roach’s Structures from Silence, everyone–“everyone” being music journalism–said that I needed to listen to Roach’s Dreamtime Return. Indeed, I recognized the iconic cover of a man walking between two large rocky outcroppings with a blue, cloudy sky behind him, and immediately purchased the album. In the years since, I’ve tried

Steve Roach — Structures from Silence

10/10 When I was a small child, I hated singing of any kind…but I loved music. Go figure. Always been some weird kind of rebel. Back in the early 80’s, Baton Rouge’s public radio/NPR station actually played music in addition to all the talk radio, with classical music taking up the lion’s share during the

1917 (Film Review)

2019 Dreamworks Directed by: Sam Mendes; Written by: Sam Mendes and Kristy Wilson-Cairns Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 119 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 8/10 Lance Corporals, Will Schofield and Tom Blake, are given a simple order: cross the

Uncut Gems (Film Review)

2019 A24 Directed by: Josh and Benny Safdie; Written by: Ronald Bronstein and Josh and Benny Safdie Starring: Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, and Eric Bogosian MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 135 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 10/10 Howard Ratner can’t stop. The New York City jewelry store owner’s life has so