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Sunday morning listen: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records '64-'65, #3 in Light in the Attic's series. Comprehensive liner notes by Richie Unterberger. "The Ostrich" is the highlight, an attempt at a frivolous dance craze. The rest depict a sincere dedication to the craft and the art of pop songwriting.
13.04.2025 21:20 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RIP - Joseph Wambaugh.
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John Ford on the set of what was his apparently his favourite television series - "Adam-12".
02.02.2025 22:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Odd thrift find of the week is this Italian VHS of "C'e un Fantasma nel mio Letto" - aka: THERE'S A GHOST IN MY BED, starring Lilli Carati, 1981. No subtitles of course.
12.01.2025 19:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book #1 for 2025: 1971 Pan edition of a political thriller first published in '66. A gruff ex-RAF pilot involved with the FBI, a Central American dictatorship, and a movie shoot whose director is inspired by author Lyall's time with John Wayne on the set of H. Hathaway's LEGEND OF THE LOST (1957).
02.01.2025 18:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Magnetic Video Corp VHS for Michael Mann's THIEF, its first home video release in 1982. Sound is incredible. And the top right image on the back of the box (from the "Beach Scene") does not appear in the film (or any later Director's Versions).
29.12.2024 23:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The beginning of a Canadian dinner theatre glasses collection: Victor Buono (touring in "Dracula") and Donny Most (in "I Love My Wife").
27.12.2024 19:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Orbison bio briefly mentions an independently made production by Earl Owensby, starting as a fully-sanctioned Orbison bio-pic (made in the wake of THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY), with Martin Sheen in the lead. But in the end, this is what eked out.
16.12.2024 14:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
December/the holidays: When I basically mainline biographies. So far this month --
16.12.2024 14:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Viewed last night: This Melody Maker music video and live footage VHS compilation. Sales intended to aid the homeless. From 1987, with opening missive by John Peel. Highlights: The Dragsters, Laugh, the Close Lobsters and, of course, Television Personalities.
14.12.2024 23:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A trashy speculative work of fiction that somehow includes two unlikely high profile blurbs: from Richard Donner (just post SUPERMAN) and Melvin Van Peebles.
04.12.2024 23:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Recent book sale haul, with exceptional Richard Stark paperback art work. It's my second copy of the "The Black Ice Score" edition.
19.11.2024 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
