J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Alf Clausen, the veteran composer with two Emmy wins and 30 nominations whose whimsical scores brightened such television series as The Simpsons, Moonlighting and, purely coincidentally, ALF, has died ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

I was watching the 20 th anniversary Simpsons special when Moby popped on the screen talking about a bunch of remixes he’s done for Homer’s “Mr Plow” theme song. I’m a Simpsons geek to start with, so ...

When I asked folks for their favorite Simspons songs and musical moments this one didn’t come up much. I think that’s because it’s “hidden” in the credits of the fantastic season three ...

Matt Groening knows what a real theremin sounds like. As a kid who grew up on the celluloid junk food of the 1950s and ’60s, “The Simpsons” creator heard the ghostly wail of that early electronic ...

Let’s get it out of the way: Here’s the Monorail song. It’s great, yes. But it can sometimes feel like the only song Simpsons song people talk about. I love the energy and jokes in this short ditty ...