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Time to update, no doubt. Where do I begin…Holly and I moved out of Little Forest Hills at the end of last month and into a 3-1/5 nearer to Casa View (I never thought I would write those words). I actually like Extreme East Dallas. I’ve been exploring some of the nabes over here as…

Not much to say, just wanted to mark a moment in time: Thinking about The Monkees. I’m a fan. I’ve been a fan for nearly 25 years. I make no apologies for it. Part of it is their status as a portal in time for me, both now — and back in the day, when…

Spent a little time this hot Sunday morning watching some David Bowie live videos on Youtube. It’s interesting that the MSM continues to beat the dead horse of Michael Jackson and the general public laps it up — ignoring the fact that a REAL performer is out there, 10x the entertainer that Jackson ever was…

Tomorrowpeople played a private party out in Cedar Hill, TX this past Saturday (6.27.09). It was an outdoor affair with lots of kids running around, adults munching on fajitas — lots of beer drinking — and the band sweating in the 100 degree heat in their rock and roll fancy pants. It was our first…

Landed a near mint vinyl copy of the two platter Morricone comp, I Film Della Violenza, last week. Been checking it out the past couple of days. I’d kinda been in a rock mood lately, so I was surprised how good this sounded to me. The vinyl is in excellent shape and sounds fantastic on…

Ok, I’m not gonna say anything about MJ…not a peep about Farrah. Ed McMahon — more like Dead McMahon. Billy Mays — we hardly knew ye! But this one is different. Not because it was unexpected. Actually, for many baby boomers — it might even be regrief. But after 97 years on the planet, actor…

OUT OF THE PAST (1947) — 16mm

Grooving on the soundtrack music of Ennio Morricone. Bought two vinyl LPs this weekend at Forever Young — 1971’s UNA LUCERTOLA CON LA PELLE and the obscure 1969 LA DONNA INVISIBLE. Both could be comfortably filed under Mondo Morricone material, reflecting a dreamier, slightly loungy side of the Il Maestro…although I wouldn’t go so far…

Watched a bit of the new Midnight Choir DVD release of Mario Bava’s THE WHIP AND THE BODY coupled with Fulci’s CONSPIRACY OF TORTURE. Ordered it off Amazon after reading a little controversy surrounding the disc’s legal status. If you know me, you know I’m a huge Bava fan — I own Tim Lucas’ 1000+…

OK, ok. I caught some flak from Head of Press and Publicity for AFI, John Wildman, for my last post. I just wanted to clarify a few points regarding my comments about AFI Dallas’ screenings. First off, I in no way wanted to sound ungrateful to the fest organizers. I was an invited guest at…