Great Gandolfini’s Ghost

I love your writing. I spent endless evenings at the Starlite Drive-In with Mom while Dad worked late, watching wholesome kiddie fare like Suspiria, The Devil’s Nightmare, Dr. Phibes, Cotton Cones to Harlem, you name it. Whatever I read about in Famous Monsters of Filmland was acceptable viewing!

Honestly, I went in cold & watched it last week at AMC’s Monday mystery movie. I knew it had a great rep & the bare bones of what it’d be like, and it worked like a charm for me. I’m just starting to go thru the series now myself.

Sure! Found it here…

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I know the three seasons are available on the archive.org site

Cover art for the DVD of the documentary “The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell”

Big thanks to Alonso & Dave telling listeners of their @linoleumcast.bsky.social about this terrific music documentary. It’s out NOW on DVD/blu-ray or streaming for as low as $1.99 on YT, Google Play & Prime (physical media includes a full hour of bonus content). Well worth a watch!

Wonderful writing. That Libbyland ad is such a Proustian preschool moment for me. I’m back home with my hamburger TV dinner on the tray, watching “Dusty’s Trail” at 6:30 pm on a Saturday night with nary a care in the world.

The logo font on the Libbyand box…wow.

I’ve been watching season 3 of Cannon on MeTV & can confirm that “Terror” appears in the episode titles multiple times.

Safe travels! Hope it resolves itself quickly for your journey.

Toots & Farts

No one gives cuter winks than you, Barnaby. 😍

Postcard from Frisky Dingo saying Welcome to you’re “DOOM!” with “you’re” incorrectly used in place of “your”

Gone but not forgotten.

Ooh, you beat me to it! **shakes fist** 🫡🤘

I liked the discussion you had on your Queer Horror podcast about TransAmerican Killer (a movie I’d not previously known about), which definitely falls into that category.

Looks like it got pushed forward to next week, Feb 10th, per reports this morning.

I just finished watching Griffin In Summer thanks to you alerting us that it even existed. I don’t recall hearing about it before - so glad I saw it!

Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was

I give them kudos for the use of New Order’s “The Perfect Kiss.” 🫡

I liked using “Change” to open the film, but for a TFF bookend they could’ve closed with a track like “Mothers Talk” instead of that overused chestnut (same for Alphaville’s “Forever Young” as well, grumble grumble).

FWIW, I turned off reposts and replies in my Following Feed Settings long ago. I can see them all if/when I view someone’s profile page, but I typically just want to see original comments in my main feed, not tons of shared NSFW or news/politics stuff. It just gets too redundant otherwise for me.

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Mitch is adorable, no matter whether he’s a snow-grower or a snow-shower. 😍🐻🥰

Bottom left picture #4 is mustachioed perfection to me. Unbelievably hot! 🥵

I’m the same way, Sean - a running dialogue in complete sentences, as well as typically having constant song snippets playing in my mind. I can have monologues, conversations with myself, or even ones with folks that I haven’t actually had in real life. No wonder my brain is exhausted at bedtime!

Neon barely released this film in North America - I think it hit around 110 theaters max last week? I had to drive 30 miles to a small non-profit cinema in a neighboring town to watch it (well worth the effort, btw).

I know they run them in episode order as part of the free (ad-supported) streaming Universal Action channel, which you can find on many services such as the Roku Channel, Pluto TV, etc.

I just learned about the fifth episode using a Wolf Parade song I love as an effective needle drop, so I *guess* I need to give it a try soon?

I would’ve hopped on board sooner if the leads were burly bears, mind you…

Your friend was correct! Sexy cowboy bear time! 🤠🐻🥵
Now I’m picturing you with a nice western-style leather blazer or vest to go with that ensemble….

I regret every time in my youth that I neglected those half price Partridge Family novelizations at Wally’s Paperback Trade-In in favor of a few more comic books.

I don’t think Muschietti really lands a joke (or a needle drop as part of said joke) in either the prior films or these first two episodes. We just veer from corny clunkers to sad cruelty in that charmless manner you described.

The practical FX in episode two were pretty good, though!

A great read as always, Dave. I grew up in Alamogordo around that same time, and it at least had the mountains & White Sands (plus it was close to Las Cruces/El Paso for concerts). My brother moved to Dallas for college - after visiting him there I knew I HAD to escape to an actual city ASAP.