Oscars

Tonight is Oscar night! Oscar night! Do you care, because I don’t. I was never a big Oscar night fan anyway, but as the years go by I find I care less and less. In the last couple of years my wife and I have cut back on the movies that we go out to see, so we can’t form an informed opinion on the nominations. We’ve seen two of the Best Picture nominees – Manchester by the Sea, which I loved but my wife did not love, and Arrival, which I hated and my wife liked.

We used to try to see all of the best picture nominees, spending a couple of weekends bingeing on films that we had missed, but we really don’t go out to the movies that much. Hollywood has been ignoring our audience (not even sure I could tell you what my audience is, but it’s not blockbusters and sequels and super heroes), so if we do see movies, we generally wait for them to watch on our big screen TV. It’s not the same as going to the movies, but it’s much more convenient.

I have a feeling that tonight some African-Americans will win, lessening the #Oscarsowhite, everyone can pat themselves on the back and continue to act in the same way they have for years and years. Does anyone think that a couple of wins will change anything?

Let’s be less cynical and enjoy a bunch of music that was not in any movies. Let’s listen to the Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sons & Daughters, Frank Black, Japandroids, the Saints, Soul II Soul, Emitt Rhodes, Mazzy Starr, Tift Merritt, Wilco, Jason & the Scorchers, the Byrds, Son Volt, and Uncle Tupelo.

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