HiddenEntries (A Wholly Owned Cynthia Publishing Company Subsidiary Blog)

Mark E. Smith, R.I.P. Can’t say we were big fans of his band, The Fall. However, their influence on the great art-damaged bands of the 1990s and 2000s — looking at you, Pavement! — cannot be denied. Continue reading →

This is the mark of genius, right here. The actress in the above clip has just been nominated for an Academy Award for a bravura performance in an artsy, critically acclaimed motion picture, which itself was nominated for Best Picture. Yet she is just as believable as a harried mum competing for screentime with a cartoon bear in a family movie, which itself is the highest-rated film ever on a popular movie-site aggregator. Ladies & gentlemen, the supremely talented Sally Hawkins…HAWKINS… Continue reading →

You know, it’s part of being compulsive general-knowledge/world-geography nerds that we are drawn to the programmes of the BBC World Service and the good Marco Werman show called PRI’s The World. So when the announcement came this morning of the death of the eternal Hugh Masekela, we knew the score; the name and the greatness attached thereto were not lost on us. R.I.P. Continue reading →

Here’s hoping that the immortal Nick Foles has a stronger intestinal fortitude than the last Iggles Super Bowl QB had. Continue reading →

Hey! How ya’ doin’ over there? Well, that’s good! Continue reading →

Good morning (PST) still from the Golden West. Also good morning to the Mountain Time Zoners. Otherwise, good afternoon now. Good afternoon. Continue reading →

Peng-a-win

Lopsided contest last night at the downtown arena. Class would out, and that meant the home side, your La-La Land Kings, were in deep trouble. Final reckoning: 3-1 to the visitors. Continue reading →

Good video here. Laurel Canyon (and its eponymous boulevard) is mythical and mystical enough, but when you realize that you get to cross, southbound, three other iconic La-La Land thoroughfares — Ventura Blvd. (at the 2:38 mark), Mulholland Dr. (3:14) and Sunset Blvd. (4:32) — well, hey… Continue reading →

The January 2018 transfer window in the English Premier League has brought word of the sale of 12-year Gunner Theo Walcott to Everton. Here is one of most memorable goals for his old club. Continue reading →

Four tracks in action today. Anything good? Let’s see now… Continue reading →