This isn’t exactly entertainment-related, but I wanted to share this story of John Nese and Galcos Soda Pop Stop not because it’s about soda (although that is especially charming), but also because it mirrors the same passion we tend to have here at Sodapop Journal.
In the last year or so we’ve covered all sorts of movies, TV shows, music and so on, and we believe that entertainment is a treat, not an entitlement, so we do our best to keep our coverage grounded in honest opinion and free of rampant cynicism and snark. That’s not to say we won’t be disappointed when one of our favorite TV shows goes awry or when the biggest film ever is an impressive-but-troubling success, but tearing something apart just for the sake of it is too easy and nobody’s any better off as a result.
Instead, Sodapop Journal focuses on talking about different entertainment for different tastes in a way that we can all be satisfied. I like to think John Nese has the right idea by building a market where the little guys can hold their own, and that’s something we’ll keep striving for here at SPJ. As some wise dude once said, “It takes different strokes to move the world.”