Saturday, March 30, 2013

Frank R. Paul's Vintage Illustrations

Frank R. Paul's Vintage Illustrations Reveal What Life On Other Planets Might Have Looked Like (PHOTOS)

Warning: Annoying slideshow.
Hat tip to George Kelley.

Here's the Plot for Your Next Big WWII Spy Thriller

My aunts, the unlikely spies

2013 Hugo Nominees

2013 Hugo Awards | The Hugo Awards

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Construction worker stuffs sandwich into the face of another during lunch break fight 

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Fay Kanin, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: Fay Kanin, half of the husband-and-wife team that wrote the Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy “Teacher’s Pet” and the writer of television movies including Emmy-winning vehicles for Maureen Stapleton and Carol Burnett, died on Wednesday at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 95.

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

Amazon.com: Micro Weird: Tiny Tales of the Strange eBook: Charles Gramlich: Kindle Store: Micro Weird is an anthology of fifteen flash fiction stories from the author of Cold in the Light and the Talera Trilogy. The collection contains horror stories, science fiction tales, humor, and even some mainstream pieces. The common denominator that ties the stories together is the “twist ending.”

Phil Ramone, R. I. P.

MiamiHerald.com: Phil Ramone, the Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, has died at 72

Free for Kindle for a Limited Time

Amazon.com: Yellow Medicine (Billy Lafitte #1) eBook: Anthony Neil Smith, Craig Johnson: Kindle Store: Deputy Billy Lafitte is not unfamiliar with the law—he just prefers to enforce it, rather than abide by it. But his rule-bending and bribe-taking have gotten him kicked off the force in Gulfport, Mississippi, and he’s been given a second chance—in the desolate, Siberian wastelands of rural Minnesota. Now Billy’s only got the local girls and local booze to keep him company. 

Until one of the local girls—cute little Drew, bassist for a psychobilly band—asks Billy for help with her boyfriend. Something about the drugs Ian’s been selling, some product he may have lost, and the men who are threatening him because of it. Billy agrees to look into it, and before long he’s speeding down a snowy road, tracking a cell of terrorists, with a severed head in his truck’s cab. And that’s only the start.

Song of the Day

Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House (Stereo) - YouTube:

If He Wins, Will We Be Able to Understand His Acceptance Speech?

Fox News: Forty-five years ago, Yank Barry was belting out “Louie, Louie” with iconic band The Kingsmen. Cut to 2013, and he’s a third-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee with very real prospects of joining the ranks of past winners including The Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa.

Trees that Have Been to the Moon

In Search of Moon Trees - NASA Science: Hundreds of trees have been to the Moon. How they got there and back again is a curious tale.

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Hissing Horror!


You can read the whole story (written by Otto Binder) here: Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1232: The Marvel Family gets hissed off

Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.

Letters of Audacious Requests Mark Twain Received

Letters of Audacious Requests Mark Twain Received

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Glen Watkins, Reckless Virgin, Croydon, 1949


Peeps show: 20 clever and comical marshallow scenes

Peeps show: 20 clever and comical marshallow scenes

Warning: Annoying slide show.
Hat tip to Art Scott.

5 Recurring Movie Extras You Won't Believe You Never Noticed

5 Recurring Movie Extras You Won't Believe You Never Noticed

Or Maybe Not

23 Of The Greatest Puns Of All Time

10 Famous Films That Were Abandoned by Their Directors

10 Famous Films That Were Abandoned by Their Directors 

16 Truly Terrible Beatles Covers

16 Truly Terrible Beatles Covers

Who Said It?

This Is Not a Novel To Be Tossed Aside Lightly. It Should Be Thrown with Great Force

WINNER: 2013 Philip K. Dick Award

WINNER: 2013 Philip K. Dick Award - SF Signal

Coelacanth Update

New quest to study 'living fossil' coelacanth: French and South African biologists will dive to deep-sea caves in the Indian Ocean next month in a bid to locate the coelacanth, the "living fossil" fish whose history predates the dinosaurs, France's National Museum of Natural History said on Friday.

The Giant Spider Invasion

The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) trailer - YouTube:

Friday, March 29, 2013

We're #2

Fattest countries in the world revealed: Extraordinary graphic charts the average body mass index of men and women in every country (with some surprising results)

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Readers’ Choice: 10 More of the Coolest Librarians Alive

Readers’ Choice: 10 More of the Coolest Librarians Alive

The Polls Are Closed, and We Have a Winner

What is the Great American Novel?

Song of the Day

Johnny Mathis - The Twelfth of Never - YouTube:

Mark Twain's Fan Mail

Mark Twain's Fan Mail

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

FOX16.com Little Rock, AR: North Little Rock Police say a man drove his girlfriend's truck into their house after a break-up fight.

Hat tip to John Duke.

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5 Real Prison Escapes That Shouldn't Have Been Possible

5 Real Prison Escapes That Shouldn't Have Been Possible

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Paul Cain (aka George Carroll Sims and Peter Ruric), Fast One, Popular Library, 1978.

Or Maybe You Did

A Few Things You Might Not Have Known About Abraham Lincoln 

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Snowstorm: Man Crashes Into Woman's Car, He Apologizes, She Shoots Him, St. Louis Police Say 

The many underappreciated film roles of James Woods

The many underappreciated film roles of James Woods

1982 Was a Different World

This Toy Gun Commercial Would Never Be Shown On T.V. Today

Richard Griffiths, R. I. P.

ABC News: Richard Griffiths, the versatile British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died. He was 65. 

Agent Simon Beresford announced Friday that Griffiths died a day earlier of complications following heart surgery at University Hospital in Coventry, central England.

Forgotten Books: Overkill -- Norman Daniels

When this book was published back in 1965, I was reading just about anything that had the word spy on the cover.  Or secret agent or espionage.  You get the idea.  The books didn't have to be any good.  Just give me a James Bond clone, and I was happy.

Overkill is the first adventure of Super-secret-agent John Keith.  I'm sure the super means that the agency he works for (the American Policy Executive, or A.P.E.) is super secret and that John Keith is a super agent.  In fact, A.P.E. is so secret that Keith doesn't even have anyone to report to. Agents can pretty much do as they please, though apparently some of them are assigned to be sleepers.  

In this adventure, Keith is trying to prevent the Chinese from arming an Albanian missile with an atomic warhead and shooting it at . . . well, who knows?  It doesn't matter.  What matters is that they must be stopped.  Keith is working with the KGB, though he hates them, and of course he falls in love with a beautiful Chinese woman, who might as well have "I Am Going to Die" tattooed on her forehead.  The ending, with its attitude toward the dangers of an atomic explosion in the atmosphere is ludicrous by today's standards.  Daniels moves things right along, though, and the local color is well done in both Russia (where the story opens) and Albania.

Daniels was a prolific writer, beginning in the pulp era.  He could, and did, write just about anything.  His wife was Dorothy, and Norman is suspected of having written many gothics as Dorothy Daniels.  There's not much information on Daniels on the 'Net, so it's  hard to sort out just what he did and didn't write.  At any rate, his work is usually solidly professional and often even better than that.  

John Keith went on to star in five or six more novels, all of them after the second having the word Operation in the title.  I read some of them long ago, so I must have liked them at least a little.

Horrors of Spider Island

Horrors of Spider Island (theatrical trailer) - YouTube:

Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Doctor's Bag -- Then and Now

Western Fictioneers: THE DOCTOR'S BAG by Keith Souter aka Clay More –INSIDE THE BAG - THEN AND NOW

Here's the Plot for Your Next Big Footwear Thriller

Japan man 'tries to kill woman with poisoned shoes' 

Gordon Stoker, R. I. P.

Gordon Stoker, member of Jordanaires, dies at 88: Gordon Stoker, a member of The Jordanaires vocal group that backed Elvis Presley, died Wednesday. He was 88. 

His son, Alan, told The Associated Press that Stoker died at his home in Brentwood, Tenn., after a lengthy illness. Stoker, who was born in Gleason, Tenn., got his start playing the piano on WSM radio and its signature show, the Grand Ole Opry.

Gator Update (Neighbor from Hell Edition)

Valrico couple says they live next to 'neighbor from hell' | wtsp.com: A dispute over an alligator has ignited a feud between two neighbors that appears to be spiraling out of control.

Paging Aldous Huxley

Eyeballs found in trash at Kansas City gas station

Why It's Great To Be An Introvert

Why It's Great To Be An Introvert

Film Noir FAQ -- David J. Hogan

The full title of this one is Film Noir FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Hollywood’s Golden Age of Dames, Detectives, and Danger, and it's not an exaggeration.  Or if it is, it's not much of one.  This is a thoroughly indexed volume of nearly 400 pages of small print that's packed to the edges of the page with fascinating information. Not plot summaries, mind you, but real info on about two hundred films.  The chapters are arranged thematically, and each one has "Case Files," which are little sidebars of information about actors and directors.  There are some of the expected films covered here, but the author admits that readers might be surprised by some of his omissions (Cry Danger, for example), not to mention by some of the things he included (for example, a cartoon).  There's a short (8 or 9 pages) on "New Generation Noir," too.

This isn't the kind of book I can read straight through.  Too much to process.  It's great for dipping into, though, and with the index, it's bound to be good for research as well.  If you're into noir films or would like to know more about them, you gotta have a copy.

Song of the Day

THE ROLLING STONES - THE LAST TIME (U.K.No1.1965) - YouTube:

Or Maybe Not

10 Books Guaranteed to Make You Cry

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10 of the Coolest Librarians Alive

10 of the Coolest Librarians Alive

The 13 Coolest Movie Theaters In The World

The 13 Coolest Movie Theaters In The World

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Richard Sale, The Oscar, Pocket Books, 1966

Oddest Book Title of the Year

The Bookseller: Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop has been named as the winner of Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year.

Other titles at the link, which comes via Neatorama.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

That’s some assault!

I'm Sure You'll All Agree

The 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone

4 Crazy Land Claims Actually Recognized By the Government

4 Crazy Land Claims Actually Recognized By the Government

Don Payne, R. I. P.

latimes.com: Don Payne, an award-winning writer and producer of "The Simpsons" and screenwriter of the 2011 blockbuster "Thor" as well as "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, said his friend and former writing partner John Frink. He was 48 and had bone cancer.

Forgotten Music: Robin Luke

Robin Luke was a Hawaiian rockabilly.  He scored one huge hit, "Susie Darlin'," but was never in the Top 10 again.  He did some other fine recordings, though, and then went on to get his Ph.D. in Business Administration.  Until his retirement, he was chair of Marketing at Missouri State University. He still performs occasionally.



The She-Creature

The She-Creature (1956) theatrical trailer - YouTube:

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Cops: SC woman stabs man, throws fake leg in yard

Say It Ain't So!

Cat Faces Eviction From Library

Feeling Safer Now?

NYPOST.com: A bumbling TSA agent “playing around” with a pepper-spray container at Kennedy Airport fired the caustic liquid at five fellow screeners yesterday, sending all six to the hospital, a source told The Post.

PimPage: An Occasional Feature In Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

Lee: Heath Lowrance, Scott Phillips, Johnny Shaw, Roger Smith, Adrian McKinty, Jenna Bass, Ray Banks, Jake Hinkson, Ryan K. Lindsay, Crime Factory: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Lee Marvin: one of the most coolly charismatic and extraordinary screen tough guys ever. Armed with a magnetic personality, a wild temper and major acting talent, he went from playing bit parts to starring in classics such as Cat Ballou, The Dirty Dozen and Point Blank, and winning an Academy Award. Crime Factory celebrates Marvin’s life by making him the star of his own fictional adventures. From WWII hospital ships, mishaps in Mexico, the open seas and Oscar night, to on-set stoushes and much more, LEE ranges from the gleefully gonzo to the painfully personal. 

With an intro by Mike White, and fiction by Scott Phillips, Heath Lowrance, Roger Smith, Johnny Shaw, Jenna Bass, Adrian McKinty, Jake Hinkson, Ray Banks, James Hopwood, Erik Lundy, Eric Beetner, Luke Preston, Nigel Bird, Ryan K. Lindsay, Andrew Nette, Cameron Ashley and Jimmy Callaway.

Doc Savage: Skull Island -- Will Murray

This is not your grandfather's Doc Savage.  

The story opens with Doc returning to New York just after the fall of Kong, whose enormous carcass is lying in front of the Empire State Building.  Doc tells Johnny, Monk, and Renny that he knows the beast.  He tells them nothing more for the moment but instead arranges for the removal of the body and its transport back to Skull Island.  Then we get the rest of the story in flashback.

When Doc returns home from WWI, he finds a message from his father waiting for him.  Clark Savage tells Doc to join him in California. From there they'll begin a search for Doc's grandfather, Stormalong Savage, a search that leads them to the Indian Ocean and to Skull Island.  Along the way, Murray spends a good bit of time on the relationship between Doc and his father, who, as fans of the series know, turned Doc's upbringing over to others in order to produce a man of many and varied accomplishments and skills.  Most of Doc's questions about his father and his upbringing go unanswered, though we do get a hint at the end of the story about where the idea for this unusual child-rearing method might have originated.  We learn nothing much about Doc's mother (though we do learn her name, which I won't reveal).  Doc and his father do grow a bit closer on their voyage, and even moreso later, but it's still not a comfortable relationship.

They eventually arrive at Skull Island, which is much as it's depicted in the King Kong movie, but with even more dangerous creatures.  And there are headhunters galore, Dyaks who have some to Skull Island to take the biggest head of all.  It becomes clear now, as had been indicated earlier, that WWI provided Doc with an education in violence and killing.  There's quite a lot of that in the novel, and it leads Doc to certain conclusions in the end.  Stormalong turns up, and he's quite a character.  Some of his adventures would no doubt make an entertaining novel of their own.

And then there's Kong.  He's the mighty force of nature that you'd expect, and some readers might wish there'd been even more of him in the novel.  There are some hints about his connection to the Savages that we'd like to learn more of, too.

Will Murray has been writing about Doc Savage for a long time.  He knows the series (and other pulp series) as well as anybody could, and until now he's been sticking with more or less conventional adventures for Doc and his crew.  Now he's breaking new ground.  Will he continue to do so?  An intriguing question, and one that we can look forward to having answered later, I'm sure.  For now, we have this rousing adventure in the great pulp tradition but with a modern sensibility, too. And some great Joe DeVito art.  Doc Savage fans will have to have it.  If you're not a fan yet, this would be a great place to begin your own adventure.

Song of the Day

Dion - Little Diane - MONO.wmv - YouTube:

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee. . . .

NBC Connecticut: Fairfield police have arrested a 55-year-old local man accused of throwing a sandwich at a McDonald’s employee because he did not like how it was made.

Fascinating Photos of Famous Authors as Teenagers

Fascinating Photos of Famous Authors as Teenagers 

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10 Fascinating Typographical Origins

10 Fascinating Typographical Origins

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee. . . .

Man Arrested For Assaulting Roommate After Male Genitalia Was Drawn On His Face

They're Simple for Seepy Benton

11 Math Problems That Look Simple But Are Not

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Dick Gregory, From the Back of the Bus, Avon, 1964

“History Mystery” (by Amy Myers)

“History Mystery” (by Amy Myers) | SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN

See the Real Life Models for Your Favorite Disney Characters

See the Real Life Models for Your Favorite Disney Characters

Piles of Junk in My House Not Included

11 Piles Of Junk That Are More Than They Seem

6 Design Flaws That Annoy You Every Day (And Why They Exist)

6 Design Flaws That Annoy You Every Day (And Why They Exist) 

Or Maybe You Did

10 Movies You Never Knew Were Also TV Shows 

Lori March Scourby, R. I. P.

The Hollywood Reporter: Lori March Scourby, an actress known as the “First Lady of Daytime Television” for her decades of work in serials who also starred in a memorable episode of The Twilight Zone, has died. She was 90.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

2013 Barry Award Nominations

Mystery Fanfare: 2013 Barry Award Nominations

And Keep Out of His Lane!

Trooper stops man, 87, after 11 miles against traffic on Pike

The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968) Trailer - YouTube

The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968) Trailer - YouTube:

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Here's the Outline for Your Next Big SF Thriller

Brain scans can predict whether a criminal is likely to reoffend

Fresh Signs of the Apocalypse

Two-headed bull shark discovered in Gulf of Mexico

Harry Houdini Speaks

Harry Houdini: Audio of the escape artist introducing his famous "water torture" escape: This recording captures Harry Houdini delivering an introduction to his Chinese Water Torture Cell escape. The performer spoke into Thomas Edison’s phonograph in 1914, creating one of the only known records of his voice. The audio allows us to hear Houdini’s measured cadence and careful enunciation.

Virgil Trucks, R. I. P.

Virgil Trucks, who threw 2 no-hitters in 1952, dies at 95: Virgil "Fire" Trucks, who threw two no-hitters for the Detroit Tigers in an otherwise dreadful 1952 season and was the last pitcher to toss a complete-game no-hitter at Yankee Stadium, has died. He was 95

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

Amazon.com: Evil to Burn (Dead Man #17) eBook: Lisa Klink, Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin: Kindle Store: Matt Cahill is travelling by bus through the blasted wilderness of the Southwest to prevent a massacre from happening in Nevada, but Mr. Dark is intent on preventing him from making it there. A terrible crash leaves the bus totaled, and now Matt is injured, stranded, and fighting for his life against the elements…and an insidious evil that has spread through the surviving passengers. It’s a race against time, with Matt struggling to overcome his injuries even as he tries to save the survivors from the horror that they’ve become…because, while the evil surrounding him is bad, it’s nothing compared to the desert hell he needs to cross in order to keep a greater nightmare from unfolding—one that could give Mr. Dark terrifying new powers.

Song of the Day

The Bachelors ~ Diane ~ 1964 - YouTube:

Here's the Outline for Your Next Forensic Thriller

Forensic scientist uses secret technique to rehydrate mummified corpses from old homicides: Mexican forensic expert Alejandro Hernandez dips dry, yellowish cadavers in a see-through bath, hoping his technique to rehydrate mummified bodies will solve murders in crime-infested Ciudad Juarez.

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'How happy can a chubby girl be?' Sexist ads from Mad Men-era target women who have lost their 'sleek appeal'

10 (More) Wonderful Short Stories to Read for Free Online

10 (More) Wonderful Short Stories to Read for Free Online 

I'm Sure You'll All Agree

The 22 Most Iconic Book Covers Of All Time

Fantastic Art from Frank Frazetta

Flashing Swords #1 by Lin CarterAbeBooks: Fantastic Art from Frank Frazetta: Men are manly beyond belief and women are impossibly sexy in Frank Frazetta’s genre-defining artwork for fantasy and science fiction books. You know the covers we’re talking about - heroes with rippling muscles and massive swords, and scantily-clad heroines with bodies that supermodels would envy. 


Frazetta’s career spanned more than 50 years and his work went way beyond Conan the Barbarian, but he will always be remembered for those startling book covers. His influence can be measured by the huge number of parodies that exist.

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George Bartram (Kenneth Cameron), White Peril, Popular Library, 1977

Western Comics Focus: Stan Lee

Western Comics Focus: Stan Lee

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Police: Neighbors shoot out each other's windshields with bow and arrow, shotgun 

Roy Chapman Andrews: A Real Life Indiana Jones

Roy Chapman Andrews: A Real Life Indiana Jones

5 Types of People Who Ruin Every Story

5 Types of People Who Ruin Every Story

The Origins of 10 Great Insults

The Origins of 10 Great Insults

Overlooked Movies: Blackbead the Pirate

This may not be the best pirate movie ever, but it does have the best pirate.  There can be no dissent about this.  Robert Newton (Arrrrrrrr!) defines pirate as Blackbeard. If you don't believe me, just check out the trailer.  Keith Andes is okay as the hero, but he's terrific in the sword fights, which are some of the best in any pirate film. Texas beauty Linda Darnell is just fine in her decorative role as the governor's kidnapped daughter, and William Bendix is in Chester A. Riley mode as the comic relief.  Torin Thatcher is the "reformed" Sir Henry Morgan (come on, would a Torin Thatcher character ever reform?). And there's Technicolor. And sea battles. Did I mention the sword fights? Who could ask for more?  Oh, a great story?  Well, you can't have everything. There's so much to recommend this movie that a great story isn't necessary. It's a good story, and you won't care that it's not great.  Trust me.

Blackbeard the Pirate

Blackbeard the Pirate (Trailer) - YouTube:

Monday, March 25, 2013

The view from the TOP

The view from the TOP of the Great Pyramid: Tourists secretly climb Egyptian landmark to get these amazing photos

Feeling Old Yet?

Michael Jackson's Moonwalk Is 30 Years Old: On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson debuted his moonwalk at the Motown 25 taping.

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Dream Job: Full-Time Barbecue Editor

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Bargain of the Day

From Arkansas, I guess.

Complex 90 -- Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

It's Mike Hammer against the commies again, and again the commies don't have a chance.  If you remember The Girl Hunters from 1964, you might recall that in that book Mike has just recovered after drowning his sorrows in booze for years. Why the booze? Because his beloved Velda had disappeared.  Now she's back, and Mike is Mike again, battling (with Velda) the dirty reds who held her captive and tortured her in Russia.  Mike unfortunately leaves one of the commie scum with his hand nailed to a table so he can be picked up by the authorities.  Why unfortunately?  Well, let's just say he should've killed him.

Complex 90 follows right along after The Girl Hunters.  The Cold War is plenty hot when Hammer takes a bodyguarding job as a favor to an old friend.  It's just for a senator's party, one evening only, and seems like an easy way to make money.  Sure enough, someone shows up and tries to kill the senator, but it's Hammer's buddy who takes the bullet.  Hammer kills the assassin, and later accepts a job of being the senator's bodyguard on a trip to Russia.  The Reds grab Hammer and take him to be "questioned."  That's their mistake.  Hammer escapes and fights his way across Russia before stowing away on a plane back to the U. S.  Along the way he kills 45 of the commie horde, so naturally they're a little unhappy with him.  They demand that the U. S. return him, and it's being considered.  That's when the story really gets going.  Hammer's going to find out why he was kidnapped.  He's going to find out why the commies are so hellbent on getting him back.  And what about that assassin?  And how does Velda figure into all this, and what really happened to her in Russia?  And what the hell is Complex 90?

This might just be my favorite of Max Allan Collins' posthumous collaborations with Mickey Spillane.  It's thoroughly true to the spirit of Hammer's '50s and early '60s novels, with lots of action, lots of great Hammer put-downs of the government agencies who think they can control him, a great evocation of the times, and a socko ending.  Top-notch entertainment.


Song of the Day

The Drifters - Adorable - YouTube:

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Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Vial of easily weaponized virus goes missing in Texas

How 10 Famous Landmarks Get Clean

How 10 Famous Landmarks Get Clean

A Brief History of Applause

A Brief History of Applause, the 'Big Data' of the Ancient World

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Art Bourgeau, A Lonely Way to Die, Charter, 1980



8 Amazing Stories of Stuff Discovered by Accident

8 Amazing Stories of Stuff Discovered by Accident

Or Maybe Not

Best Opening Scenes in Movies: The 50 Best Opening Scenes of All Time

Six Adult Movies Found in Toobworld.

INNER TOOB:: SUPER IX LIST: SIX ADULT MOVIES FOUND IN TOOBWORLD (Safe for Work)

The 15 Greatest Understatements Of All Time

The 15 Greatest Understatements Of All Time

I Miss the Old Days

The '60s at 50: Friday, March 22, 1963: 'Please Please Me'

The 7 Most WTF Post-Fame Careers of Famous Musicians

The 7 Most WTF Post-Fame Careers of Famous Musicians

Paris Hilton Update

Paris Hilton meets 'oldest DJ in the world' Ziggy 420 as she attends Ultra Music Festival

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

New Poem at The 5-2

The 5-2 : Crime Poetry Weekly: Doug Draime: ON HIGHWAY 66

Or Maybe You Have

The Greatest Fantasy Films You Haven’t Seen

A Date With Judy

A Date With Judy (1948) trailer Elizabeth Taylor - YouTube:

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Song of the Day

Jay and the Americans - Sunday and Me (1965) - YouTube:

Will the Persecution Never End?

Ford apologizes for ad that shows Paris Hilton smiling with glee at sight of the Kardashians bound and tied in her trunk

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Chicago crime: Man shot in head over double-parked car

DH Lawrence's poetry saved from censor's pen

The Observer: DH Lawrence's poetry saved from censor's pen New edition of author's work reveals him as a talented war poet who attacked British imperialism

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Oil your teeth

Will the Persecution Never End?

Paris Hilton becomes the latest 'swatting' victim after police are called to her Hollywood home over bogus break in

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

5 Famous Wars That Showed Up in the Last Place You'd Expect

5 Famous Wars That Showed Up in the Last Place You'd Expect

A Thriller Giveaway

Lesa's Book Critiques: A Thriller Giveaway

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Art Bourgeau, The Most Likely Suspects, Charter, 1981

SHORT STORY SUNDAY

Western Fictioneers: SHORT STORY SUNDAY by Troy D. Smith

20 Awesome Examples Of Literary Graffiti

20 Awesome Examples Of Literary Graffiti

Left Coast Crime Awards 2013

Mystery Fanfare: Left Coast Crime Awards 2013

Truman Capote's Ashes Not Hauled

Truman Capote's cremated remains invited to attend 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Broadway premier 

What's that Smell?

How Manufactured Smells Are Making People Shop Longer And Kill Better

11 Things Everyone Thinks Are In The Bible, But Aren't

11 Things Everyone Thinks Are In The Bible, But Aren't

Elephant Walk

ELEPHANT WALK (1954) trailer - YouTube: