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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: more links
Nothing PersonalThanks as always to all the contributors to the reviews and citations linked to below, and to all you readers; as usual, some additional links and posts are likely to be added over the...
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comic book cover of the day
 courtesy Jeff Cantwell...inspired by Bill Crider's post here:
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FFB: THE [SKIFFY] CHANNEL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TV SCIENCE FICTION (sic) by Roger...
The Skiffy Channel Guide to In Any Way FantasticatedTV Stuff We Could Cram In by Mid 1998Roger Fulton, on staff at Britain's TV Times, first saw published (in the UK) his The Encyclopedia of TV Science...
View ArticleSaturday Music Club: choreography to Stravinsky's THE RITE OF SPING
I have been the merest dabbler as an audience for dance, while appreciative (though the notion that ballerinas, and of course only ballerinas, should sacrifice their feet to en pointe strikes me at my...
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some Overlooked a/v: NOTHING PERSONAL (2009 feature), ONE MORE TRAIN TO ROB,...
Nothing Personal, the first feature by Polish-born Dutch writer/director Urszula Antoniak, seems to encourage people to project upon it, filling in details that are not actually provided nor really...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: the links
Thanks as always to all the contributors to the reviews and citations linked to below, and to all you readers; as usual, some additional links and posts are likely to be added over the course of the...
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FFM: some first issues of fantasy magazines
Actually, the second issue...w/expanded title...This week, the "forgotten" books links are being compiled by Evan Lewis (who goes by Dave Lewis in some circumstances) at his blog, Davy Crockett's...
View ArticleMLK Day Music Club: some songs and pieces
Happy King Day! May there be peace, freedom and justice for all of us.A decent slideshow of MLK, Jr. quotations (courtesy Bill Crider).The Staple Singers: "Freedom Highway"Charles Mingus: "Original...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: the links
Zhang Yimou and Gong LiThanks as always to all the contributors of the reviews and citations linked to below, and to you readers. This is just a bit after the second anniversary of this weekly...
View ArticleSaturday Music Club on Wednesday: some more cover versions
Girls' Generation: "Dancing Queen" (a Korean-language cover of "Mercy" by Duffy)The Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Hit 'Em Up Style"The Bangles: "How Is the Air Up There?"Susanna Hoffs, Richard Lloyd,...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: the links
This week's collection of reviews and citations of the books at the links below is brought to you in part by the fans of "J. J. Connington" (with two books independently reviewed) and a slew of mostly...
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3 books I almost completely forgot (two deservedly) and recently finally...
However, all three have been haunting my memory...all made an impression, one way or another, in my early reading... At the fine site, Vintage Scholastics, I finally found a reasonably good accounting...
View ArticleSaturday Music Club: jazz (and some jazz-pop) for winter
The Modern Jazz Quartet: "Skating in Central Park"The Dave Brubeck Quatet: "Winter Ballad"Winter Ballad (Album Version)The Vince Guaraldi Trio: "Skating"The Claude Thornhill Orchestra:...
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Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: the links
Thanks as always to all the contributors of the reviews and citations linked to below, and to you readers. If I've overlooked your or someone else's post, please let me know in comments...as usual,...
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January's Underappreciated Music: the links
Patti Abbott: Tuesday Night MusicBrian Arnold: "Batman is Minding His Business..."("Orange Colored Sky") by Adam West and friendsSean Coleman: The Beatles on Apple's rooftopBill Crider: songs of the...
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FFB: TEN TALES CALCULATED TO GIVE YOU SHUDDERS edited by Ross Olney (and its...
Whitman, as an expression of Western Publishing, was certainly omnipresent in the mid-price and discount department stores, and the drugstores, of my youth, with their comics and even more notably with...
View ArticleSaturday Music Club: some pop music over the last century
Ruth Etting: "Love Me or Leave Me"The Mills Brothers: "Caravan"The Glenn Miller Orchestra: "Blues in the Night"Blossom Dearie: "Someone to Watch Over Me"The Seekers: "I'll Never Find Another You"A...
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more links: Tuesday's Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: the links
The DaytrippersHere are the links to this week's reviews and citations of insufficiently appreciated a/v items, mostly film and television but not all...and, as with most weeks, there might be a few...
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a handful of Bok cover illustrations (and a Wesso)
cover by H. W. Wesso? ISFDb says so...but Hannes Bok did all the interior art n the issue. Featuring stories by founding editor Frederik Pohl ("James MacCreigh") and Robert Heinlein ("Lyle Monroe") and...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: more links
This week's collection of links to reviews and citations of the books (and other literature) listed below; other items might be added over the course of the day. Next week, Evan Lewis will be hosting...
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