I wrote a few days ago about Star Trek: The Next Generation’s lame first season. The embarrassing early-season episode “Justice” aired...

I have explained elsewhere, to the approximately three people reading this blog (including my mom—hi mom!), that I have been trying to...

Here, briefly, is the story of my most memorable childhood trip aboard the Steamship Authority’s crummiest boat, the M.V. Uncatena. This...

Here’s a screen grab from the teleplay to the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint,” by D.C. Fontana and Gene...

Above: the chair (the white glider) where I sat and watched the news on 9–11. I once had an Internet date with a young woman who dabbled...

Here’s a vintage, rare clip from 1988 of John Williams talking with Gene Shalit about the score for The Accidental Tourist. I love when...

Things from 10 years ago feel lame. But things from 20 years ago feel cool. Circa 1989, Star Wars was passé. (It was actually kind of...

Fifty-five years, wow. I remember when it was the 20th anniversary in 1986. Getting old! This is from a Star Trek exhibit in Hollywood in...

This is a random photo of tapes stored at UCLA of the CBS music library, which was donated to the Special Collections dept. and,...

Writing a blog on what I guess will be a daily basis reminds me of the first time I tried “daily programming”—in elementary school, I...

There was talk on a Facebook James Bond music group about some of the remaining unreleased Bond music, and given that I produced the 2003...

From 1994 concert work by Wojciech Kilar. WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED. (It reminded me in some places, favorably, of early James Horner....

The above “score grid” is from a coverage I bought from one of the script competition/coverage companies, Shore Scripts, which I’ve been...

Our twin girls (they’re seven) have a large stuffed bear that they like me to position in the house for them to find. This looks cute in...

I’ve added an “About Me” page to the site, with rapid-fire smart-aleck remarks. The above pic: this is a drawing I made of Jay...

Yesterday I blogged about the unpublished Jerry Goldsmith biography...and I can't say it was a good experience. I don't mean to complain,...

I was going to write a long, confessional true story of the unpublished Jerry Goldsmith book that his daughter, Carrie Goldsmith, was...

After creating this personal website some two years ago, I am preparing to actually spend the $80 or whatever to get my proper domain...

I'm a blogger. I guess.