Hey, Everyone...
For those of you joining me from the Blogger version of Kicking the Seat, I would like to say "Thanks" and "Welcome" to the brand new, official Kicking the Seat Web site!
After trying lots of site developers, asking several people how to do this or that, and logging a lot of hours importing and formatting, a fuller version of the movie review site I've always imagined is finally here.
You'll notice there's a lot more to Kicking the Seat than just the reviews:
You're reading the Info Desk, so you've likely figured out that this is the site's news/general blog section.
In the Stub Drawer, you'll find a full review archive, containing (mostly) alphabetical listings of every article from the Blogger site and the old "Critic(isms)" blog--including all of the comments readers have left over the years (if you're looking for a movie whose title begins with "The", scroll down to the "T"'s).
There's currently only one photo in the Stills gallery, but it's one hell of a photo!
For some good, old-fashion vitriol, check in with The Disruptive Patron. Sadly, it's become necessary to build a platform upon which I can scream at the gods and tell the universe how much I hate the modern moviegoing experience (but I kinda love it, too).
If you have any thoughts about the new Kicking the Seat that you'd like to share with me, including site ideas, improvement suggestions, or even recommendations for movies you'd like to see reviewed on the site, please fill out a Comment Card!
The Concessions stand isn't open yet, but I hope to have a store up and running (relatively) soon. Check back here for updates!
In addition to the review archives, there's now a handy "search" feature called "Lost and Found", located on the right-hand side of the main page. Immediately below is "Backlot Gossip", the hottest, craziest Tweets you're likely to find in all of un-sourced celebrity journalism!
Before I go, I'd like to thank Marshall Bock for his guidance and for directing me to Squarespace; Chad Hawks of Chateau Grrr has been a true inspiration for me getting my Web-presence act together; and, most importantly, my amazing wife, Darlena.
You encourage me; you believe in my dreams; you tolerate my disappearing for hours on end to bang my head up against code and pixels. I love you so much.
You're also the mother of my son, Hunter, who was supposed be born today. I guess he'll just join us later in the week.
For now, we'll have to get by with welcoming a new Web site into the world.