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Tuesday's Overlooked A/V: more links and THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE;...
The Crimson Petal and the White makes for a fine, if grim, three and a half hour BBC television adaptation of the novel by Michel Faber, with screenplay by Lucinda Coxon. Broadcast in the UK in 2011,...
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Dave Brubeck, December 6, 1920-December 5, 2012
The last studio album, devoted to original compositions (save a reunion album they would record in 1976 for A&M), that the Paul Desmond/Joe Morello/Gene Wright quartet would record, 1966. This was...
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FFBradbury: Sturgeon, Brackett, Bloch; Bradbury; Knight, Matheson, Beaumont,...
Ray Bradbury. I've finally gotten around to reading "Skeleton," having meant to do so for decades, one of the early stories, published in Dorothy McIlwraith's Weird Tales for September, 1945. Here's...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: more links
American GangsterAs always, thanks to all of the contributors of reviews and citations below, and to all you readers of them...there are likely to be additional links added over the course of the day,...
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FFB: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65? by David Wallechinsky and...
It was a surefire commercial prospect, this book...not altogether unlike the continuing British documentary series that began with 7 Up and has continued with seven-year increments since to focus on...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: the links
A certain holiday approaches. As always, thanks to all the contributors of reviews and citations linked to below, and to you readers...if I've overlooked your A/V write-up, please let me know in the...
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Kindertotenlieder (public broadcasting on the implications of the Newtown...
PBS, Friday, 8-9pm ET (though the legend on the videoclip incorrectly cites the 22nd as the date): Watch Preview: After Newtown on PBS. See more from After Newtown.And...Syndicated to public stations,...
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WHO FEARS THE DEVIL? (and its variations) by Manly Wade Wellman
This book has been addressed previously, in one or another of its various editions, in the "Forgotten" Books roundelay by at least two reviewers, but I haven't taken my informal but discrete swipe at...
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still another 10 actors
Susanna ThompsonSharon LealVivian WuKelly HuSara MartinsHelena Bonham CarterSheryl LeeLiz VasseyElizabeth PeñaGreta Scacchi
View ArticleSaturday Music Club on Monday: some soundtrack music
from Who Fears the Devil? (aka The Legend of Hillbilly John): "The Devil" by Hoyt Axtonfrom the television series Legacy (which used it as opening theme), "The Mummer's Dance" by Loreena McKennitt...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Film and/or Other A/V: late for Xmas links
"The Miracle on 34th Street"Happy Xmas, Xians (and all those of other persuasions, such as myself)! Rather tardily, but 'tis a day off and I'm feeling lazy, here are the links to today's list of a/v...
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December's Underappreciated Music: the links
Patti Abbott: The Drifters, Bonnie Raitt, et al.Brian Arnold: "It's a Bad Brains Christmas, Charlie Brown"Sean Coleman: Ravi ShankarBill Crider: Obscure Christmas Songs"A M Dude": XmasLee Hartsfeld:...
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FFB: MONAD: Essays on Science Fiction [except when they are about fantasy or...
the paperback editionMonad, Damon Knight's last editorial project, produced three issues or volumes (1990-1993), depending how you looked at the hardcover and paperback editions published by the busy,...
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15 actors for a new year
Iyari LimónKhandi AlexanderMira SorvinoMaria OzawaDeborah ForemanJessica St. ClairKimberly RussellPaige TurcoAlicia CoppolaAlana de la GarzaFrancis O'ConnorRosalind ChaoFelicia DayParker PoseyNavi Rawat
View ArticleSaturday Music Club: some of Teo Macero's music
Macero's music performed by him and others:"Blues for Amy""Monk's Funk""How Low the Earth" N.Y.C., 5 December 1953Teo Macero (ts)Lanny DiJay (accordion)Charles Mingus (b, cello)Louis Labella (b)Ed...
View ArticleSaturday Music Club on Sunday: some chamber music
Wu Man with the Kronos Quartet: "Mehbooba Mehbooba" (Rahul Dev Buhrman)The Eroica Trio: "Trio No. 1" (Joaquin Turina) at the Tango Evolution concertThe Han Piano Trio: "Oblivion" (Astor Piazzolla)The...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: the New Year's Links
A Thousand Pieces of GoldHappy New Year to all the contributors and all you readers of these reviews and citations of (mostly) overlooked examples of audio/visual (or in some cases audio or visual)...
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a few more Friday's "Forgotten" Books: the links for the New Year
As the year is still new both for our Common Era and for FFB founder Patti Abbott (whose natal anniversary is also 1/1), it's time for another hosting of books deserving more current attention (or...
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The Neptunas "Chicken of the Sea"The T-Bones "No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In"from 1960s/70s cult midwestern US tv sketch series Beyond Our Control: "The Teaberry Shuffle"The American Breed...
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