Five years ago yesterday, I posted E.D. – Music, Movies, Etc.‘s first piece—a review of the film La La Land—officially launching this website, as well as getting myself back into public writing for the first time in eight years (my last public writing had been a contest winning poem named “Snow”). Since that first post, David Malone and I have been able to have some great fun writing and hosting articles to post on our website here, and I have been able to put my own writing and publishing into full swing. You can follow David Malone here or over on Twitter as @theedblogadmin. You can follow my writing and publishing at my site The Flummoxed, in addition of course to this site, or on Twitter as @AHeavyMetalPen.

To celebrate E.D.‘s five year anniversary, I want first to link my favorite article by each E.D. contributor, and second to link E.D.‘s top five pieces by how well they have been read (according to WordPress statistics). Enjoy!

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Ethan’s Favorite Article by Each E.D. Contributor

David Malone (E.D. Co-Founder)

“Commemorating Cliff Burton”

Ethan Collins/McGuire (Me)

“No Stranger to Controversy,” a two-part article on the band Stryper: “No Stranger to Controversy, Part 1: Metal, Stryper, and a Contentious, New Album” and “No Stranger to Controversy, Part 2: A Review of Stryper’s Contentious, New Album”

Collaborative Pieces by Both David and Ethan

“Movie Review (Collaborative) – Dunkirk”

Andrew Keating

“The Pact: An Anthrax Fan’s Journey and a Review of ‘For All Kings'”

MasterOfOneInchPunch

“Masterofoneinchpunch’s Top 50 Hong Kong Films – A Primer” (the only article this author has written so far for E.D.)

OHoulihanTheMan

“Quick Movie Review – Kingsman: The Secret Service” (the only article this author has written so far for E.D.)

Ryan Murphy

“Quick Movie Review – Payback (1999)”

Tyler Hummel

“RECOVERED REBELLER – 2019’s Best Action Movie Might Have Come from the African Slums”

My Favorite Article We Have Published at E.D. Thus Far

“Masterofoneinchpunch’s Top 50 Hong Kong Films – A Primer”

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Top Five E.D. Articles (According to WordPress Statistics)

2017-2021

  1. “2018 Thrash LPs That’ll Melt Your Face Off – Part 1” by Ethan McGuire
  2. “2019 Thrash Albums That’ll Melt Your Face Off – Part 1” by Ethan McGuire
  3. “Masterofoneinchpunch’s Top 50 Hong Kong Films – A Primer” by MasterOfOneInchPunch
  4. “Music Review – Anthrax’s Among the Living (30th Year Anniversary)” by David Malone
  5. “One Year Later… Reflections of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and the Fate of the MCU” by Tyler Hummel

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Thank you to everyone who has visited E.D. – Music, Movies, Etc. and read our articles here over the last five years. We have had fun, and I hope you have too!