The Unfettered Critic
Read All About It – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – October 2021
Trade magazine Publisher’s Weekly reports that book sales are climbing for the second year. This news can be traced directly to the pandammit. Statistics show that people have remembered that […]
What’s on Second? – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – September 2021
It began at the beginning. Literally.
You’re aware that John Wayne was born Marion Morrison, right? And that Marilyn Monroe’s birth name was Norma Jeane Mortenson until she changed it to […]
Didn’t Hear It Through the Grapevine – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – August 2021
We watched a movie at a theater for the first time in eighteen months.
Really.
And yes, it felt like a big deal, because post-vaccinations, with the pandammit looking a little less […]
It’s Getting Better All The Time – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – July 2021
Something’s in the air. Something soothing, as opposed to the scary silence that’s surrounded us for far too long.
Voices can be heard on the street, unmuffled by masks. We hear […]
When We’re Sixty-Four (Plus a Few) – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – June 2021
Sixty-three years ago, a vocal group called Danny and the Juniors wailed the lyrics, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here To Stay” into a vinyl creed. Preachers and teachers and parents […]
What’s in a Name? – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – April 2021
The recent Super Bowl halftime show (well, last February) featured music by “The Weeknd.” We’d seen The Weeknd perform on several late night TV shows, so we knew his shtick. […]
Award Season (Does anybody care?) – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – March 2021
A long time ago in a memory far, far away, when the word “pandemic” likely triggered blank stares, your diligent Unfettered duo wrote an annual column related to the year’s […]
All in the Family – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – February 2021
One evening in 1972, a folk singer ran over a skunk. When he got home, he spent fifteen minutes jotting down a tune about the accident, calling it, Dead Skunk […]
They Also Serve Who Only Mask-Up And Wait – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – December 2020/January 2021
Back in April (hard to believe that was this year), our column revealed that we’d completed another book, titled The Art of Star Trek: Discovery.
The timing was less than […]
Groundhog Daze – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – November 2020
You’re drifting…warm…cozy…comfortable…
Peaceful.
And then something blasts from the radio on your nightstand—the one too close to your ear.
Maybe it’s Sonny & Cher, singing “I Got You Babe.” Maybe it’s Eric Teel […]