I was watching Pitch Perfect the other night and Skylar Astin’s character, Jesse, was bragging to Anna Kendrick’s character, Beca, about movies with great soundtracks and he mentioned The Breakfast Club. The song, “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds, is awesome, and I love the part in that movie when Judd Nelson triumphantly thrusts his fist up into the air as the credits began to roll. This same song was “mashed up” with another song in Pitch Perfect and was performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick) and the Barden Bellas. I won’t reveal any more details in case you […]
A Night with Sir Elton John
I’ve been to concerts before, but when my friend, Cindy, told me that Sir Elton John was coming to Johnson City and Chattanooga, Tenn., I immediately texted my husband. Me: “Sir Elton John is coming to Chattanooga on March 12th. Wanna go?” Mike: “Hell yeah!” Me: “Tickets go on sale January 15th, starting at 10 a.m.” Mike: “Get ’em!” I set an alert on my calendar to remind me to purchase the tickets, so when Friday, Jan. 15th came, my alarm on my phone went off at 9:55 a.m. and I went to the website and within 15 minutes, I […]
“This Is Us” Made Me a Fan
Boy bands have been all the rage for generations. The Monkees. The Jackson Five. The Beatles. Menudo. New Kids on the Block. N’Sync. Take That. The Backstreet Boys. The Wanted. The Jonas Brother. I never went to a boy band concert and screamed and cried the entire time, but I get it, I really do. In less than four years, the boy band, One Direction, has accomplished so much. Photo Source: Pinterest I recently watched One Direction: This Is Us and saw how excited fans get when these five guys – Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and […]
Movie Remakes I Want to See
I was watching Pitch Perfect the other night and Skylar Astin’s character, Jesse, was bragging to Anna Kendrick’s character, Beca, about movies with great soundtracks and he mentioned The Breakfast Club. The song, “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds, is awesome, and I love the part in that movie when Judd Nelson triumphantly thrusts his fist up into the air as the credits began to roll. This same song was “mashed up” with another song in Pitch Perfect and was performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick) and the Barden Bellas. I won’t reveal any more details in case you […]
What I’m Listening to Now
When I’m writing, whether I’m writing on this blog or working on a short story or a script, I have to have music or the TV going on in the background. Sometimes when I hear a particular song, I can tell someone exactly where I was and what I was doing when that song was playing. Or there are songs that evoke a certain memory and I think, “Wow, this song belongs on the soundtrack of my life!” Then there are those songs that just make me move, and by move, I mean tap my foot, shake my booty, clap […]