Happy New Year And Thank You: 2017

Another year has gone by and Shades Of Noir is going strong.  I just want to say thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read this blog.  There is so much going on in the world.  There are so many different ways to utilize one's time. For those of you who have …

Rotten Tomatoes And Moviegoing

  There has been a great deal of attention on the website rottentomatoes.com of late. The website in some respects is getting a bad rap. In and of itself Rotten Tomatoes is a great reference tool. It is a site to go to read a cross section of reviews. This is not a bad thing …

The Greatest Queen Cover Song?

Open up your mind to one of the best covers of a Queen song. I say this because there are quite a few Queen cover/tribute albums out there. Most are serviceable, more or less sticking to basic re-recordings of the band's hits. As a fan why bother to listen to paint by numbers cover versions …