You have arrived at Jim Stalker’s website. That’s my wife Annette, our son Riley, and me several years ago.
I’d post a more recent picture, but only my wife and son look better today – – I’ll stick with this vintage photo.
This blog features some of my favorite and most personal posts.
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And if you are really up for it, my self-indulgent history will give you more Jim Stalker than anyone should ever know.
AMC’s watershed, Mad Men, winner of multiple “best dramatic series” Emmys, is about to wrap up its sixth season. This show has been so good, especially in the first seasons, that it has set a bar for itself that is almost impossible to reach year after year. Those first seasons were remarkable in their art…
I earned an MA in Communication and Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University in May 2010. Gonzaga is most famous for their basketball team, the Bulldogs. It was an incredible experience that fulfilled a long-procrastinated goal to earn an advanced degree. The degree exposed me to new ideas and sparked my writing. The program also got…
The Classic Albums series of programs and DVDs are best for any serious music fan. Each 60-minute episode dissects the creative forces and execution of some of Rock’s most iconic albums with the people who were there. While some of the first episodes struggled to find their groove, all the recent editions have been excellent….
Award shows are a bit of an American obsession. There are the big three, Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys, and then there is everything else (I counted 15 off the top of my head). All these events try to balance stodgy star-studded formality with hip irreverence. The Oscars are the gold standard for the former, and…
Growing up in Los Angeles in the seventies, it was impossible not to feel the omnipresence of Chandler’s LA Times. It had become, for a time, under the direction of publisher Otis Chandler, a rival to the NY Times and Washington Post (it ranks third behind those two in terms of lifetime Pulitzers). Robert Hilburn,…
I don’t know about anyone else, but for me, my birthday always triggers reflection. Mainly I think about my life thus far and “how I am doing” – whatever the hell that means. I’m not sure this is such a good thing, as I suffer from the “comparing my insides with your outsides” conundrum. Plus,…