The Second-to-Last Post

I'm quitting. Thanks for the ride. Thanks for the memories.

Of course, I'm only quitting Blogger. Beginning February 4, 2018, I will no longer post on pianomansblog.blogspot.com. Simply put...

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Truly, it's been a long time coming. I started on pianomansblog.blogspot.com (this very site!) with Adam J (aka Pianoman)'s Blog on May 28, 2007, as a wee lad. If we want to get all MCU up in here, this began Phase One. After a dedication to the then-bloggers in the family (one of them has since dropped that for the much nobler pursuit of theology and ESL education), the blog, essentially, was the imaginarium of a kid, as I would post whatever was on my mind, whether it was a vacation, a big event in my life, or terribly-written fanfiction. It was also a space where I would complain publicly that no one reads or leaves comments. You know, guilt-tripping my audience like a Sarah McLachlan commercial. And for three years, my loving family (who, let's be real, were the only ones who cared to read this) suffered through it. Even though you can go to the sidebar and find all of these remnants of the past - don't. Just don't. It's not worth the pain.

November 19, 2010 began Phase Two - or Part Deux, as I called it because that French word is cool (little did I know the sequel to Hot Shots had originally used it far more cheekily)! This phase, marked off with my 100th Blog Post, was largely the same as the first, since it only consisted of content I was interested in. However, almost entirely due to age and a bump in maturity, the writing was generally better. In essence, I was publicly transitioning . . . as a writer. Towards the end of this unofficial phase, similarly-themed posts foreshadowed Phrase Three . . . .

Adam's Final Cut. After I published my review of The Dark Knight in July 2012, the blog as you know it today began. As I focused more on movie reviews - inspired by Roger Ebert, Chris Stuckmann, Jeremy Jahns, and the Schmoes Know - I wanted to separate my new writerly identity from the old. Kind of. In 2013, I wrote a manifesto (themed to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, truly the sign of a teenage film nerd - but at least it wasn't the typical Tarantino tirade!) detailing my plans to move Adam's Final Cut to a brand new website and leaving Blogger behind (for the most part) only a few months. As you can see that plan failed spectacularly because we're still here almost five years later.

BUT NOT ANYMORE!!

Friends, a new and sleek world awaits us just beyond the riverbend. I now have a domain name and a brand new website. In the next few months, I'll be reuploading all of my Phase Three content up there while adding new content. So if you've been wondering why I haven't reviewed The Greatest Showman, Darkest Hour, The Post, or Lady Bird even after raving about (most of) them on Twitter, this is why. Those reviews are gonna be over there! I'll share the link on Sunday with my final Blogger post when I'm ready to share the new site with the world.

Until then, here's the new logo!

See y'all real soon. After we change the reel, anyway.