Smoke gets in your eyes…and nose, throat, and everywhere else. Let’s hunker down and try to enjoy the summer. It’s a great year for music. The stock market? Nothing smart to say there. 

Doug got schooled on the fact that we don’t have true IMAX in Seattle (neither at SIFF Downtown nor the Pacific Science Center). The story: True IMAX. Don’t be fooled by LieMAX! 

This song will give you an earworm infection if you are lucky: Makthaverskan - Shatter. That link goes to the whole album, which came out in April. The song Gambo stands out, too. You can listen and buy it on Bandcamp now! Makthaverskan - Glass and Bones 

Backrooms it’s the kind of head trip we need in movies. It doesn’t hand anything to the viewer and doesn’t wrap things up nicely. Backrooms - Trailer