Author: Erich Scholz

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New Suspira Poster art by Matt Leer Dallas Cinemania is screening Dario Argento’s classic SUSPIRIA (1977) Jan 20th, 8pm at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Due to the fact that the TT doesn’t have a 35mm projection system at the moment, we’re gonna be showing this in the digital format. Some folks may decry…

Last night finally got around to watching The Three Burial of Melquiades Estrada (2005) dir: Tommy Lee Jones. Thought it was ok if a bit long. Started out promising but devolved into an awkward “road-trip” movie — or trail-trip…or whatever. Also watched Inception (2010). Twice. Finally figured some things out the second time but I…

Leslie Nielsen passed away this Sunday. He was 84 according to the AP. I first remember seeing Leslie in Forbidden Planet. That was a film made back in 1956. It was Technicolor fantasy, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It had Robby the Robot in it. Good film to see on the big screen. I…

A search for info on the collapse of the current economy doesn’t turn up any definitive answers. No one can really judge it because we’re knee-deep in it. Right? Knee?Throat? Who really knows the depth and breadth of this mess? Most can probably agree the U.S. economy has lost a prime mover — our biggest…

More JA madness in Big D. This time DJ Diamond Age and I will be spinning at Lee Harvey’s at 1807 Gould St in Dallas, TX. We’ll probably go on around 9pm and spin vinyl until 2am. No admission and I think they’re having 1/2 burgers. Not exactly ital, but hey…We’ll also be celebrating the…

I’ll be spinning some vintage Jamaican vinyl, as DJ Franco Nero, along with my co-hort Diamond Age this coming Tues, July 27th at the Doublewide at the eastern end of Deep Ellum right here in Dallas, TX. I’ve been putting together a pretty decent selection of tracks. My specialty is early ’80s Dancehall but we’re…

It’s ironic that my last post was about Lincoln “Sugar” Minott. The veteran Jamaican singer-songwriter-producer and DJ passed away this past Saturday July 10 at the age of 54. No real details have emerged concerning the cause of his death although speculation centers around his recent bout with heart problems that prevented him from performing…

I can’t believe it’s already July… Insane. Yeah, it’s freakin’ hot here in Big D. I’ve been getting a serious office tan the past couple of months, so its not as big a deal to me as it could be. I’ve also been taking a serious detour into Jamaican music the past few months (in…

There is a ton of unsung talent in Jamaican music history. And tons of artists who intially hit big and never really fully realized their commercial potential in the international music community. I wouldn’t call the high-tenored Triston Palma (or Tristan Palmer as he is sometimes known) a “one-hit wonder.” The guy’s too good for…