I'm the nostalgic type. I remember a lot of my favorite things from when I was a child, and I try to share them with Sebastian.

Books, for example; I have a copy of almost every old book that I loved as a young boy. I've managed to get copies of some of those old TV shows and specials, too (although I still haven't managed to get Hodge Podge ( Read more... )

This is torture.

I've found something absolutely, totally wonderful online. Something I've wanted to find for decades. And now that I've found it, I have absolutely no one to share it with!

I'm listening to it right now: Jean Shepherd in 1973 on WOR, telling the story of the carbide cannon. I can remember clear as day the first time I listened to ( Read more... )

I'm running an incredible sleep deficit.

I've reached the point where I'm sweating, all the time, and I'm half in a daze.

Maybe that explains why I've been struggling with an overpowering urge to talk like Lo Pan for the past couple of days...

Shut Up
Pisses Me Off

While I'm at it, here's a cool blog entry somebody did about Big Trouble In ( Read more... )

Stan Ridgway is an American original - a real character. He's also a damned good musician ( Read more... )

We've been watching the Underdog show on Boomerang lately. I used to watch it as a kid, of course; it was one of my favorites ( Read more... )

Sebastian has been singing a new song lately, and it stuck in my head ( Read more... )

I always liked this song. And it always irritated me that the only version I could find was the instrumental one by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I don't know who sang the version in the movie, but he's clearly insane and has a lot of gusto. That's a winning combination in my book ( Read more... )

I search for cool rare things. The internet has made that a lot easier, and I've found most of them. I can't afford them all, but I can find a source for them.

There are two exceptions. One is the TV movie Shadow On The Land, which I've been working on but will probably never be available (more about that some other time). The other was a song ( Read more... )