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An Evening with Max Richter (No Sleeping Involved)An Evening with Max Richter (No Sleeping Involved)
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An Evening with Max Richter (No Sleeping Involved)

My musical love affair with Max Richter began with “The Leftovers”, which is a show that I watched multiple times during a time when my life changed in a big way. So, sometimes I say, “This show changed my life,” because it feels like it did. And a large part…
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June 22, 2026No Comments
I Have Major Beef with Celebrity CommercialsI Have Major Beef with Celebrity Commercials
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I Have Major Beef with Celebrity Commercials

Hello, you may know me. I am Jacki, and I love to watch television. When I say watch, I really mean WATCH... not just passively pay attention while I do other tasks. I will wonder what lives the characters are living off-screen. Yes, even the ones who are only in…
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June 17, 2026No Comments
Guest Blog: Hadestown, Rocky Horror, and a Subway Nightmare in NYCGuest Blog: Hadestown, Rocky Horror, and a Subway Nightmare in NYC
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Guest Blog: Hadestown, Rocky Horror, and a Subway Nightmare in NYC

Tuesday was Hadestown Day. Before the show, we went over to the East Village, which had some cool shops and a lot of Ukrainian restaurants. That’s what's so cool about NYC... all of these different sects of cultures have their own little neighborhoods, and you can do a mini tour…
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June 15, 20261 Comment
Guest Blog: Surviving Central Park and Seeing Dave AttellGuest Blog: Surviving Central Park and Seeing Dave Attell
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Guest Blog: Surviving Central Park and Seeing Dave Attell

Part 4 of 5 (I think.) Here are the rest: Blog 1 Blog 2 Blog 3 Monday was expected to be the best weather day for our trip, so I decided that would be the day we go to Central Park. I want to start out by saying that when…
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June 11, 2026No Comments
Guest Blog: NYC Birthday Bucket ListGuest Blog: NYC Birthday Bucket List
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Guest Blog: NYC Birthday Bucket List

First off: Obligatory (belated) "Happy Birthday!" to Sam. Second, this is the third installment of her incredible first trip to NYC. Here are the others: Part 1 Part 2 And here is part 3: Sunday was my actual birthday. We had a plan already set for the day. We had…
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June 10, 20261 Comment
Guest Blog: Turning 40 in the Big Apple (pt. 1)Guest Blog: Turning 40 in the Big Apple (pt. 1)
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Guest Blog: Turning 40 in the Big Apple (pt. 1)

For the third installment of my guest blogger series, I asked a human I know with impeccable taste in television, movies, and, after reading this blog (which will take a few days to release), all media in general. It's my friend Sam. Well, one of my friends named Sam. Some…
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June 8, 20262 Comments
‘Sleep’ing with Max Richter: Month 5‘Sleep’ing with Max Richter: Month 5
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‘Sleep’ing with Max Richter: Month 5

In two weeks, I’ll be seeing Max Richter live, and I cannot believe it, y’all. It’s gonna feel so surreal. I listened to the two albums he’ll be conducting on my way down to Canton, Ohio. There are some pieces from “The Leftovers” as well as the incomparable “On the…
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June 5, 2026No Comments
Pizza Trolls?!: Canton, Ohio (Day 5)Pizza Trolls?!: Canton, Ohio (Day 5)
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Pizza Trolls?!: Canton, Ohio (Day 5)

Hello, this is my recounting of the last day of my Canton, Ohio adventures, and y’all, let me tell you, I’m glad this trip didn’t end one day earlier, cause I would have missed out on my favorite meal of the adventure. I woke up and made sure all of…
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June 3, 2026No Comments
Blarf, Stumble, Brilliant Things (Things I Loved: May 2026)Blarf, Stumble, Brilliant Things (Things I Loved: May 2026)
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Blarf, Stumble, Brilliant Things (Things I Loved: May 2026)

Blarf, "Film Scores for Films that Don’t Exist" (Spotify) On Fridays when I take a bath, I like to go through a list of albums that came out that day and find one with a name that jives with my brain and listen to it… with as little research as…
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June 1, 2026No Comments
Presidents, Peace & Passion: Canton, Ohio (Day 4)Presidents, Peace & Passion: Canton, Ohio (Day 4)
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Presidents, Peace & Passion: Canton, Ohio (Day 4)

Tonight is my last night in Canton, y’all. I have two more things to do tomorrow before my driver comes to, uh, drive me home in the afternoon: trolls and pizza. I am very much looking forward to both, but I don’t have time for that now. I have to…
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May 22, 2026No Comments

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