Monthly Archive: November 2015

Top 50 Songs Of 2015: Part 1

Hey!  It’s time to start counting down my Top 50 Songs of 2015.  As always, the entire list is made up of tracks that have steadily been in my rotation since I came across them. ...

Movie Breakdown: Victor Frankenstein

The Impression: Relatable Professor X (James McAvoy) and Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) star in Victor Frankenstein.  I assumed the movie was part of the shared “monster” universe that began last year with Dracula Untold, but...

Movie Breakdown: Legend

The Impression: I don’t know anything about the “notorious” Kray Twins, so my interest in Legend is based solely around my love for Tom Hardy.  Well, that and the fact that writer/director Brian Helgeland has...

Sennen

Well my friends, with today’s single track ramble, it’s time to start winding down here at SOTO.  From here out it’ll be nothing but year-end lists, holiday mixes and film reviews.  Are you ready?  Sure...

Quickdraw: Autolux, DIIV, EMA, Michael Nau, Leon Bridges

Music!  Enjoy. :Autolux – Soft Scene:  Admittedly, I didn’t like this song all that much the first time I listened to it.  I prefer my Autolux to be in full shoegaze form, and this Boots-produced...

Raised Eyebrows: Thanks A Lot (Randy)

Thanksgiving is a brutal, yet rewarding endeavor. You cram a bunch of people together who share some of the same blood or have the same last name or some sort of wandering connection and they...

Movie Breakdown: Secret In Their Eyes

The Impression: The original Secret In Their Eyes (Best Foreign Language Film winner at the 2009 Academy Awards) is a masterpiece, so it’s hard to be excited about a remake.  Still, the 2015 version features...

Movie Breakdown: The Night Before (Noah)

The Impression: Anything that comes out of the Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg camp is something I’m excited for. A Christmas film soaked in weed smoke and debauchery? Even more so. The Reality: It’s rare that Christmas...

Show Of The Week

My BFF’s birthday is this Saturday, so I won’t be doing anything but drinking and yelling with her and others, but if I were able to go somewhere, I’d head to the Mohawk for an...