Stuart Newsom

@savepointstu.bsky.social

Just a boy, just an ordinary boy, looking to the sky

If Weird Al did a parody of your song, congrats on your success. If Weird Al does a original song in your style, congratulations, you are a badass musician who won the approval and admiration of a musician's musician.

It's pretty remarkable how relevant It's a Wonderful Life is even 80 years after it was made. So much of it is still 100% applicable. This post brought to you by me sitting here and crying through the end of the movie.

I've been trying to get my version of the Bechdel Test to catch on called the Ballard Metric. It basically asks if the creator was able to work for free or for slave wages due to an invisible financial safety net and recontextualizes the work. (I'm kinda joking idk)

Frank J. Barbiere@fjbarb.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.

Every time I have to explain to someone why the first 3 episodes of Wandavision are super important to the show but also great pieces of tv making, it takes two years off my life. :p (Like come ON, the way the first episode swaps from Dick Van Dyke production style to Twilight Zone is SO COOL)