My Favourite Blog du Jour: Moxie Cinema
I’ve mentioned them before, but I really dig Moxie Cinema. It’s a blog about opening an independent art house cinema in Springfield, Missouri. Readers have been able to follow the process from acquisition through renovation and they recently had their grand opening. Here’s a post about recent box office success:
By 7:00, Rock n’ Roll Space Patrol was completely sold out, breaking our previous record of 54 admissions for one showing. It was amazing! Kudos to Mr. Jim Bultas, the director of R&RSP, for bringing in such a huge crowd. We even had to turn people away! Had Justin and Kelley not been there, Nicole and I would’ve exploded into a million gooey pieces of wriggling flesh. Then came the 9:15 show - our last showing of Murderball. Thirty-one people! That’s insane. We actually tied the total attendance record that we set on opening night! AWESOME!
Why do I dig this site? As usual, it’s all about the content. They write intensively about one thing: opening a cinema. It’s a dream of mine to run a little movie theatre some day. Plus, the blogger’s a good, friendly writer and the site’s got a clean, readable design. If you’re looking to blog for either personal or professional reasons, the Moxie blog is a great example. The only improvement? They need to post more often.
October 6th, 2005 at 5:01 am
Hi Darren, if I see a blog I like, how do I know which template they use? Thanks
October 6th, 2005 at 9:08 am
It’s a little tricky. Sometimes there will be a little button that says ‘Powered by’ the blogging service.
However, more importantly, I know that the creator of Moxie designed his site on his own–it’s not from a template. The same goes for mine.
October 7th, 2005 at 11:47 pm
Thanks for the post Darren! I hope to start updating on a more regular basis as soon as things begin to cool down around here and I get into a somewhat predictable work routine… whenever that may be.