Talib Kweli Listen Music Video

It takes a lot to impress me in the realms of hip hop music. Talib Kweli is a name that I was hearing a lot of and I never really gave it much attention until I finally got his latest opus and listened to what he was saying, and while a lot of people are […]

Entrecard Sucks

Entrecard has come and gone for this blog.
But Why?
Well, this blog, Video Store Blues is NOT ABOUT MAKING MONEY ONLINE!
Therefore the whole premise of Entrecard doesn’t work for this site. Entrecard is a form of free advertising that you can have on your site and it allows a button to be displayed, meanwhile somewhere […]

Things I Learned on 2007

For those of you that are new to this blog….
I started this site a while ago, about a year ago while working at a video store. I have always had a blog, but I turned my dot com into a full blown blog back when I was sad and bored at a video store.
I […]

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman

In California, while going to college I picked up more reading as I had to travel to get to school on a daily basis, which meant an hour on the bus. One of the things that captivated me was Neil Gaiman’s writing. I spoke about The Sandman series as being pivotal in a visual sense, […]

The Balloon Burst

Working at a video store was like a balloon that was being inflated and tied off, given to a child. It was fun, and I wanted to have the job so bad, and it was a great opportunity for me to try and broaden my scope of film knowledge. What ended up happening after time, […]