I watched The Tin Drum (The Tin Drum Diaries, Part 11) I mean, man. Where to begin. Where to begin, dear reader? The birth scene in which a 13-year-old actor who looks about six plays an in-utero baby emerging from his mother’s womb, which is composed of what I can…

Today, again, something absolutely disgusting happened in this country. I haven’t been mentioning those kinds of things in this space, but maybe I should. …

Or, no, not yet Nope. Haven’t watched The Tin Drum yet. I’m a pioneer, if you think about it; who ever heard of someone reading the book but slacking off about watching the movie? I know my whole deal is literary and incisive and brilliant, so not to burst anyone’s…

The Tin Drum Diaries, Part 10 My mom likes South Pacific. She likes it for two reasons: one, she has the same birthday as Ezio Pinza, who sings “Some Enchanted Evening”; and two, she likes the beginning of “Bali Ha’i”: Most people live on a lonely island Lost in the middle…

The Tin Drum Diaries, Part 9 Folks, I put The Tin Drum on and fully intended to watch it. It was going to be almost three hours long. I started a commentary track ( “Oh LORD. Two hours and forty-three minutes?? That is… wow. I guess I don’t know what…

The Tin Drum Diaries, part 8 Listen. Who knows when I’m going to watch The Tin Drum. I absolutely absolutely am going to watch it, don’t you worry about that. But…. I mean, you know. Right? Remember when Netflix was new, still DVDs in the mail (shoutout to my parents…

The Tin Drum Diaries, part 7 Oh hi there! I wanted to stop in and say hello, because it’s been a long time. The next time you hear from me, I’ll talk about the 1979 film The Tin Drum, but I haven’t seen it yet, so I’m not going to…

The Tin Drum Diaries, Part 6 CW for this entry: suicide I took notes in the margins of The Tin Drum! How do ya like them apple crumbles? I thought for this entry I would show you some of the notes I took and tell you what they’re about. I’ll…

The thrilling conclusion!! MOM: Have you read any of his others? ME: No. So, this is the first of the Danzig Trilogy, and I can’t figure out how related they are… MOM: I don’t think they’re related. ME: The funny thing is is, it’s this one, then a very skinny…