Eddie Selover

This image is a 1984 Life in Hell comic strip by Matt Groening titled "Your Guide to the Modern Creative Artistic Types".  It satirically categorizes different artists (Writers, Painters, Poets, etc.) by their personality traits, distinguishing features, and inner struggles.

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Happy Birthday, Matt Groening

Wonderful piece.

I believe it was Ralph Faulkner, but no doubt Rathbone gave him tips.

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I want every inch of it built back exactly the way it was, and every other trace of this loathsome POS erased from the property.

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

My theory, based on her other films, is that she has no idea what she's doing.

"The needle to the last, eh Holmes?" It's a moment that goes by quick, probably to get it past the censors.

Um... whoa.

The Biographer and the Detective with Eddie Selover

Me talking Basil Rathbone and the challenges of writing an honest in-depth biography, on the Creatively Well podcast with Derek Orth.

open.spotify.com/episode/4cLG...

Now *this* is a statement.

Holmes' drug addiction was also addressed in SH AND THE SECRET WEAPON, where Professor Moriarty teases him about it.

Nice. What's funny and charming is that it's the bashfulness of a Victorian gentleman who has clearly known a lot of ladies. Houston (who made his name walking around half-naked in THE BLUE LAGOON) was the first sexy Watson... the only one until Jude Law.

The "other" Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper movie, and just as good as Murder by Decree, though in a punchier and more lurid style.

Lots to love here. Neville is a pretty darn good Sherlock and Houston is one of the best Watsons. Great art direction, and I especially love the score.

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

To me, "libertarian" has always meant "Republican, but ashamed of admitting it." As for their so-called philosophy, it's like arguing that traffic lights are an impediment to personal freedom, and then shrugging at the resulting crashes.

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

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I've seen people here posting that legacy media is ignoring this story, but it was the main headline of yesterday's New York Times.

The media is not the problem. 40% of the country being irredeemable racists is the problem.

Flemyng's role was first offered to Basil Rathbone, who accepted but passed away shortly before filming. The movie would've been 10x better but not necessarily good.

In other news, I have reason to believe the sky is blue.

Who was she singing this for, that's the question.

Happy heavenly birthday, Eyes.

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Sure. But that’s opening weekend. The rush will subside.

A bot, most likely.

Just a quick note about Bovino being moved and the other aesthetic politicoplasty the Trump administration is undertaking:

Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.

Amen. The whole apparatus needs to be taken down.

"I voted for the face-eating leopards. They're my leopards!" Yeah what could possibly go wrong?