Fans of ERB may be happy to discover (as I just did) that Fall River Press has begun issuing reasonably-priced paperback collections of the Tarzan and Mars series (3 volumes of each in print right now), with a 1-volume collection of the Caspak novels
Read more…A LOT of American based Internet companies (including Google and Wikipedia) are planning to take tomorrow "off" and go dark in order to protest two pending bills in Congress.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from the House of Representatives and the
Read more…If you were trying to put a topical reference to the " SPIDER-MAN " musical into a new recording/performance of Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart's song1920s song " MANHATTAN " where earlier versions have references to:
1920s much-disliked by the self-des
Read more…Well, we're heading to a mountain resort for Christmas today - think subtropical rainforest, rather than a snowbound ski chalet - so I probably won't be able to post much from there. So this is just to say Happy Christmas one and all. Thanks for bei
Read more…Side A:
1)A Christmas Carol - Tom Lehrer
2)You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft (It should be illegal for anyone else to sing this song. I've never heard anyone else do it justice.)
3)Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen (A favorite
Read more…"In the year 1969, intrepid astronaut Major Tom was launched in a tin capsule atop a glimmering rocket into the vast reaches of extraterrestrial space. Halfway through the mission, the Major exited his floating ship and was never heard from again. Wh
Read more…Side A:
1)Doctor Who Theme - Mark Lambert/Ian Hu arrangement
2)Stayin' Alive - Ozzy Osbourne, with Dweezil Zappa
3)Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
4)Smells Like Nirvana - "Weird" Al Yankovic
5)Gitarzan - Ray Stevens
6)Star Trekki
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1)Doctor Who Theme - Eric Winstone and His Orchestra
2)The Fury of Godzilla - Akira Ifukube, from the Godzilla vs. Megaguirus soundtrack
3)Captain Lou's History of Music/Captain Lou - Captain Lou Albano, with George "The Animal" Steele
4)Fogg
Read more…I just got an email message this morning from Lee Houston Jr. who is presently in London. He was mugged and now cannot leave because although he still has his passport, he has no cash and the hotel won't let him leave until the bill is settled which
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To all of the women and men who have made and are currently making sacrifices to keep us safe...thank you.
Everyone:
If anyone has gotten an e-mail about or allegedly from me claiming that I was stranded somewhere in the UK without funds to return home, DISREGARD IT!
Sometime between late Sunday night November 6 and the wee hours of Monday morning (the 7t
Read more…Because no one demanded it!
(If this doesn't interest you, you may also be uninterested in Volume One, Volume Two, and Volume Six. Coming eventually: Volumes Four and Five.)
Volume Three, Side A:
1)Doctor Who Opening Theme - McGann version
2)The
Read more…Just for chuckles, I thought I'd try another one of these. The period will cover from today, 10/31/2011 through 10/29/2012. (There's a "Leap Day" next year.)
1)H.P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural, edited by Stephen Jones. Started: 10/31/2011
Read more…I'm not much of a gamer but I was excited for the release of Batman Arkham City. I had played a friend's copy of Arkham Asylum and loved it. I got far in the game but haven't beat it yet. I'm not that great at game's and it tends to take me longer t
Read more…I got hit by a SCAM artist today. had to take quick action, contacted my bank, their "Lost or Stolen ATM or Debit Card" section, their "Identity theft unit" for info, and then put out 30-day alerts with Trans Union and Check Systems. Boy am I pisse
Read more…Picked this book up at the Barnes & Noble over on the Sunrise yesterday. It's got what purports to be all of our Howard's fiction in the order that he wrote it. Anyhow, we shall see.
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