So it's December and I'm a month away from a blog called Clay's 2007 Movies being hopelessly out-of-date. My readership — numbering in the ones and spanning the globe from South Florida to Vermont — deserves better.
Initially, I considered starting up a new blog for Clay's 2008 Movies and continuing that pattern indefinitely. But then I realized that it isn't just the year in the title that limits the blog — the "movies" part does as well. I have posted on television and music, and I would like to explore those arenas more going forward.
So I hereby launch Meet Me in Montauk, a blog for musings on movies, television and music (as well as anything else I deem worthy). I will continue to blog on every film I see in theaters or on DVD, but I will post more often on the rest.
The title comes from my favorite movie of the past decade (and a candidate for my favorite movie ever): Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I chose it because I needed something quick, I liked the alliteration and because of what it represents in the film — a whispered memory, something that dances in the back of your mind and tries to manifest itself as action. That's kind of how I've felt about my aborted attempts at screenwriting and other creative pursuits, and perhaps this blog can serve as an outlet for those ideas. I look forward to it.
