I have a really full memory , I'm afraid ( Oh.........self-depreciation !!!!!!!!! ) for pop-rock records/songs of the , ummm , 45 RPM era and a little bit after , I'd say that for - Oh , 1955 to 1992 or so , if a record made the Top 20 of the BILLB
Read more…(Been making a "mix-tape" again!)
Side A:
1)Doctor Who - Opening Theme (Matt Smith Version)
2)The Pink Panther - Film Theme
3)Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
4)The Munsters -Season Two Opening Theme (This is a cover ffrom an AMC "Horror Theme" CD
Read more…I've been reading a book called "Fuzz and Fur: Japan's Costumed Characters", by Edward and John Harrison. It's all about how just about everything in Japan has its own costumed mascot. Oh, not just sports teams or businesses - but towns and prefectur
Read more…Dexter Stefan Doo Lane.
Superhero costumes sure to be forthcoming.
Read more…Long time members here have had the dubious distinction of being able to watch from the day we got our dog Scoobert Antonio Doo Lane eleven years ago to the present. They've seen him in the various costumes my wife Dolores got him every year, and he
Read more…I just got on Google+ today, and I like it a lot better than Facebook. It appears I have a good number of invites available, so if anyone wants one, send me an email or message me here. I just need the email YOU mainly check.
Read more…I've gone and done it...I've registered for Season 2 auditions for NBC's "The Voice". No word on audition times and places yet. Singing is a great love of mine, and life's short, so I'm going to give it a go. The truth is, I'd be happy just to mak
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Holly, Cat, and I visited my nomination...The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, England. For Geek Pride Day (tomorrow!), name your favorite Geek Shrine.
Read more…As a budding writer/editor, I will be attending my first convention this weekend as a GUEST and not as a fan.
The inaugural Pulp Ark gathering in Batesville, Arkansas is both a summit for new/current pulp creators and a traditional convention for eve
Read more…I made my minivan into a personal Batmobile. :)
Oh...and there's a TARDIS decal on the back...
Read more…So, wait, is Canada having an election, or thinking about having an election, or what?
American politics is nuts, but Canadian politics is mystifying.
Read more…There was a wonderful add-on/plugin my browser used to have -- I keep thinking it was called writebox, but Google can't find it for me under that name -- that would let me right click on a message board box and pull up a new window with many more opt
Read more…"Complete aside, but is it true that George Marshall was given the special title 'General of the Army' because otherwise he would have been called Marshal Marshall?"
-- Figserello
Read more…My co-worker's husband runs Online Action Figure Entertainment, a website dedicated to collecting action figures and offers reviews for them too.
The other day he got a really neat figure in the mail -- a homemade action figure from a U.S. Soldier in
Read more…"We're free! We're free! No! Wait! What's this? It's pulling us back in!"
Read more…"Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/09/julie-taymor-to-leave-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-musical/ I know it's a mess, but I still want to see it. :)
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You're responsible for every kid going through a magic phase...thank you, Harry.
Read more…For those that haven't heard, Mattel announced a couple of weeks ago that they would be ending the Justice League Unlimited action figure line at the end of 2011. I stopped collecting the series a few years ago, but after a nine-year run, and probab
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