Carlos Gonzalez
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A passionate writer and graphic artist looking to break into the BIG TIME! Short stories, scripts and graphic art are my forte! Brooklyn N.Y. born and raised. Living in Manchester, Connecticut! Working on two novels now!
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The 'List: Queen
Hello one and all. The fall brings out my need to hear the best music from the decade I was born into. The 1970s. The 80s were fun and will indeed be resumed very soon; but there's something about the crisp fall weather that makes me long to hear the music from the decade that brought us classic movies like The Godfather, Star Wars, and Saturday Night Fever.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Beat
70 Years On
I was born the year Reginald Kenneth Dwight’s first album Empty Sky was released in the U.K. I was singing to “Crocodile Rock” as a youngster as I watched him on the Muppet Show, covered in feathers and backed by singing reptiles amongst an assortment of Jim Henson’s creatures — all wearing oversized sunglasses. I realized I was bisexual as I watched the music video for “I’m Still Standing” at age 13. My junior year of high school I went from being a quiet backward nerd to an overnight socialite as I belted out “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” in the school musical — decked out in full sequined garb, platform shoes and sunglasses, which I decorated with hair from one of my grandmother’s wigs and rhinestones from her sewing kit. I got married to “The One” and sung “Skyline Pigeon” to my infant son as I rocked him to sleep. Marriage 2.0 was set to “Your Song”; and I have seen this amazing artist in concert 27 times thus far. His music has literally been the soundtrack to my life and still excites me as much today as it did when I first spun my father’s copy of Madman Across the Water on his record player when I was 4. He turned 70 years old this year as he and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin, are celebrating 50 years as writing partners. His Aids Foundation is commemorating their 25th anniversary this year. He has a catalog of 40+ albums, 100+ singles, and still puts on a 3+ hour energized show — a feat artists half his age cannot keep up with. He holds the record for the highest selling single of all time. He earned multiple Grammy, Academy, and Tony awards. He has been Knighted by Her Queen Majesty. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is a Kennedy Center Honor recipient Indeed, there is not much the man has not accomplished. He is a musical genius. He is a legend. He is none other than Sir Elton Hercules John.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Beat
Horrorthon Conclusion: 'Jigsaw' (2017)
Hello one and all. So, my 2017 Halloween Horrorthon officially ended yesterday, October 31st — Halloween. The actual day! Whew! 28 movies this year and a nice eclectic mix this year. I started with Misery and ended up with a movie that would make a sane, normal human being who genuinely loves horror movies miserable! I might've just said more than I should, but read on.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Horror
'Halloween' (1978): An Appreciation
I met him, fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding; and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Horror
H'ween Horrorthon: 'The Shining' (1980)
"I'm not gonna hurt you. Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in! Gonna bash 'em right the fuck in!"— Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance to his on-screen wife, Wendy, played by Shelley Duvall
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Horror
The 'List: Halloween Musicthon
Hello, one and all, and.... boo! So, my buddy Calvin "Oates" Cherry and I have been dealing with work and some personal issues, which is why our 'lists have been a little slow to come lately. November will be the ideal month to resume our fun music lists with an array of artists and various musical genres we are officially cooking up for you.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Beat
H'ween Horrorthon: 'The Sixth Sense' (1999)
"I see dead people." "In your dreams? While you're awake? [beat] "Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?" "Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead."
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Horror
H'ween Horrorthon: '1408' (2007)
"This is it?" - John Cusack as Mike Enslin, upon entering the titular hotel room. Hello one and all. Horror movies in the 2000s had grown quite stale in my opinion. Gone were the genuine chills and thrills of the 60s, 70s, and 80s yester-year when filmmakers cared about their audience. Films that were about flesh and blood characters going through their worst fears and putting us through Hell and back were gone. Ghosts, vampires, kids-with-freaky-powers, psycho-killers, werewolves, witches, sharks, demonically-possessed-children, flesh-eating-parasites, beasties, gremlins, and sickos were a mainstay in each of those decades. The previous decade just decided to reboot or remake some of those horror movie memories, thinking that CGI and slick panache would do the trick. Or, just as bad, they'd take some of the best horror movies from Asia and Americanize them, thinking that the same story would work here in the states. Some of them may have worked: The Grudge is one example. Some didn't: The Ring is one of those examples.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Horror
'The Exorcist' (1973): An Appreciation
"You show me Regan's double, same face, same voice, everything. And I'd know it wasn't Regan. I'd know in my gut. I'm telling you that that thing upstairs isn't my daughter. Now I want you to tell me that you know for a fact that there's nothing wrong with my daughter except in her mind! You tell me for a fact that an exorcism wouldn't do any good! YOU TELL ME THAT!"
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Horror
H'ween Horrorthon: 'The Howling' (1981)
"You can't tame what's meant to be wild, doc. It just ain't natural." John Carradine as Erie Kenton Hello and welcome. 1981 was certainly a banner year for horror movies. I recall at least more than 30 movie posters advertising horror films at cineplexes and drive-ins all across America. Titles as diverse as Friday the 13th, Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Blood Beach, Fade to Black, The Funhouse, Happy Birthday to Me, The Fan, The Burning, Scanners, Hell Night, and Blow Out were just but a few movies rushed to theaters that year. A rebirth of sorts also happened; the return of the "Werewolf" movie. Not since 1957 when Michael Landon starred in I Was a Teenage Werewolf had we seen a werewolf picture in over three decades; then, there was not one, but three in 1981. An American Werewolf In London and Wolfen were the other two. But, for me, Joe Dante's The Howling was the best of the three. Another added plus was the knowledge that it would be the springboard for two Steven Spielberg film projects: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Gremlins (1984).
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Geeks
