I found a whole new way to procrastinate via YouTube (as if there weren’t already enough ways): videos of the synthesizer patches that...

penguin not included! I’ve mentioned before I am a partner in a new company called Pop Culture Coffee . It’s been a long time since FSM...

I am late to posting on the blog today because I have been typing the CD listings for our next huge sale, of the Paul Scannell...

We had a great day of sales from our first list of 2025 —thank you! We will spend today getting all the packages shipped. We have a lot...

TECH NOTE! Our first technical problem of the year—if you are not seeing any of the new listings on the site, you may need to clear your...

My project for the second half of January has been to type the CD listings for our next huge sale—4,800+ pieces coming in early February....

I finally watched the third Deadpool movie. There’s a ton of it that’s just juvenile (the point) but the jokes are so fast and dense...

Apparently everybody hates Section 31 . It sounds really dumb. I don’t get how people could be entrusted with one of the world’s most...

We are back at FSMCDs.com ! We have a new lot of 325 CDs (give or take a dozen) which will go live on our site Tuesday, January 28th at...

I didn’t even realize the nominations were being announced. The list is here . I barely saw anything this year. For those of us trying to...

The Internet may be destroying civilization, but it’s simultaneous an amazing resource. I stumbled on this interview with Stephen Manley,...

Check out this vintage 6/17/77 interview with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill that was posted by the Museum of Classic...

Just a short note this morning to say that we have thousands of CDs to offer soon at www.fsmcds.com . The above pic is a comprehensive...

I was so excited for the new year. And this year sucks! Now we’ve lost John Morgan. Please see the FSM board where Ray Faiola broke the...

To be clear, this is not a documentary about Vince Guaraldi—this is an obscure documentary scored by Vince Guaraldi. And trigger warning,...

Along with large portions of the Palisades and Altadena now we have lost another L.A. institution, the great David Lynch. What a singular...

I enjoyed the Skeleton Crew finale. There was something off about it I can’t quite put my finger on. Probably the fact that I’m still...

It’s been a week of tragic news with the L.A. fires so what a change of pace to wake up to three new releases from La-La Land Records:...

I can’t even bear to go looking for images to use. So here’s a black panel. I keep up with the fire news and now there are all the...

The fires are still burning and more high winds are expected the next few days. It’s very scary to think that a fire could break out near...

The skies have cleared where we are—looking outside today, you’d have no idea fires were raging—but that’s bad because it means the Santa...

As I have written this week, our family is fortunate to be away from the fires. But we’re just waiting at home, watching the news, hoping...

When I moved to L.A. in 1996 I was aware of earthquakes. The 1994 Northridge quake was fresh in our minds and so was the 1989 San...

I didn’t realize the scale of devastation to our city when I posted yesterday morning . Above is a pic of Altadena. I know at least two...