Dan Kroll

5 days ago | danjkroll.com | Dan Kroll

Hey everyone, and welcome back to another music article! This week, it’s time for another 80s Countdown. I considered revisiting 1984, and since the lineup of songs is entirely different from last time, I thought—why not? 1984 was the year I turned 14, and it remains one of my favorite years in music, right up there with 1983. Michael Jackson’s Thriller was the biggest album of 1984. The top 3 movies that weekend were: Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Gremlins.

1 week ago | danjkroll.com | Dan Kroll

She’s been made blue. She’s been lied to. When will Liz be loved? Dear readers, Elizabeth Weber is one of my favorite General Hospital characters, but wow, has she been unlucky in love. Consider the fact that the best lover she’s had for decades was a reformed serial killer!When Lucky came back to Port Charles, I thought we would finally get her endgame love. Her childhood sweetheart, mature and wiser, had finally come home to reclaim the love he lost. But nope, just a pitstop.

1 week ago | danjkroll.com | Dan Kroll

It has always been perversely fascinating to be on the frontline of watching how a wildly passionate fanbase behaves. I, myself, am not someone who has a fanaticism gene. I’ve never given money, for example, to have a banner-toting airplane fly over a television studio to protest an actor’s firing. I have never wanted to burn things or flip cars when my favorite sports team has won (or lost) a big game.

2 weeks ago | danjkroll.com | Dan Kroll

It might be short notice, but if you are looking for a way to celebrate Father’s Day, consider planning a Beyond the Gates inspired brunch for dear ol’ dad. It doesn’t matter what you serve as appetizers or accompaniments, but it is imperative that your main course is a heaping helping of Skankaroni. I’m not entirely sure what’s all in it, but I’d imagine it involves putting some sort of meat where it doesn’t belong. It can be served with a side of hoe cakes.

3 weeks ago | danjkroll.com | Dan Kroll

I have to imagine that it’s not easy to launch a new television series. In this age of five-second attention spans and oodles of streaming services, if you don’t capture a viewer’s attention they are off to the next “recommended for you” suggestion. That’s why I am impressed by the job that Beyond the Gates has done so far. It’s been more than a quarter century since a new soap launched — and I cannot imagine that getting Beyond the Gates off the ground was an easy task.