Issue 2: October 21 - November 3

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DVD News

• Reports are already coming in that the "complete" 4th season isn't so complete after all. Sigh.
  Download missing scenes from Discomania and Targets Without a Badge from kassidy62's site (along with any from the previous 3 seasons you may have missed).

S&H Newsblips and Other References

• NZ rugby player Hutch Maiava (who has an older brother named Starsky) signs to UK team Hull for the 2007 season.
• Mare Winningham (Joey, Ninety Pounds of Trouble), visits Pure Country retreat (w/photo).
• Music from the original The Hills Have Eyes likened to S&H's "cheesy action-scene music". But...but...it's so GOOD.
• Composer Tom Scott ("Gotcha!", theme to S&H seasons 2 & 4) is currently on tour through CA and Hawaii.
• Ford releases a new racing game, where you can choose to be a '75 Torino Sport. The game itself's got horrible reviews, and the stripe's not in *quite* the right place, but hey, it's still nice to look at.
• ginalin reports that there's some S&H name-dropping in that classic Western sex comedy, Bikini Roundup. Now playing.
• USA Today has an article on the recent surge in the popularity of buddydom on tv, including a photo gallery of famous pairings, featuring our boys (at end).
• Ron Moody (Derek Stafford, "Murder at Sea") stars as Scrooge in new production of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
• "They are both single, reckless, and they are both clowns," says mom explaining her son and his friend's Halloween costumes (they're going as S&H).
• A strange sports fanfic-ish article...thing wherein Bill Doba and Dick Bennett's plans to go as S&H for Halloween are sadly foiled.
• Kojak, S&H and others left off of TV's greatest characters list.

Actor News and Mentions

• Antonio Fargas
  
  • One of the first reviews of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (with pic!)
  • Another blurb for Ma Rainey. Also check out the promo leaflet.
  • One Degree
    • Justin Fargas - Antonio's football player son possibly capitalizing on the Huggy Bear family name? Rap album debut Young Hugg in Black & White set for release Christmas 2006.
  • Yet another review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Antonio mentioned on p.2).
  • Piece on the pop media portrayal of black gay men opens with AF's infamous quote from Car Wash (1976).
• Paul Michael Glaser
  
  • PMG-directed The Cutting Edge chosen by Entertainment Weekly readers as one of their favorite bad movies. Sorry, Paulie.
  • Adjab.com pokes a bit of fun at Paulie's Consolidated Credit commercials.
• David Soul
  
  • blktauna shares a clip she dug up of Davey appearing on Top of the Pops in 1978.
  • DS to star in radio production of Sam Shapard's True West on BBC Radio 3, Nov 19 at 8PM (includes pic!).
  • Listen to the Soul-man croon away while you work; DS's music recently added to the Pandora.com database.
  • Jerry Springer's back in the news, and with him, mention of David's role in the Opera, and speculation on whether or not it'll ever cross overseas.
  • DS's Salem's Lot (1979) gets mention as one of the better book-to-screen adaptations of Stephen King, retaining lots of its creep-factor (no never mind the popsicle stick crosses).
  • One Degree
    • Arthur Hill - Costar on DS series "Owen Marshell: Counselor at Law" recently passed away.
  • Shivers magazine's Halloween issue features an exclusive interview with the director of DS's semi-recent film, Puritan.
  • The Warrington Hotel bar, frequented by DS and other musician-types, to be remodeled into a gastropub by famed chef Gordon Ramsay.
• Various - Don't forget to check out any of our guys' other roles on tv this month.

Bizarre Link o'the Biweek

• Balance Ball fitness routine cops a move from S&H (photo at bottom). I'd definitely say that's...stretching it.

Fandom News

• CC's got a new domain! Check out her lovely stories and other good stuff at www.ccwriter.org
• ugerchucker offers rules for a Starsky & Hutch Drinking Game.
• witchqueen wants participants for 3_ships, a multifandom threesome Secret Santa exchange. Got an itch for Starsky/Huggy/Colby that's never been scratched? Maybe try some Dobey/Johnny Blaine/Mike Ferguson on for size? The possibilities are...well, not endless, but there're at least a few.
• Speaking of famous couples (sort of...), S&H get brief mention in dancinbutterfly's story, Out of the Closet (fandom: Studio 60) (adult)
• Our boys are shown off in the boy_touching comm (to great squeals of delight from past and future fangirls).
• vermilionangel gives a rundown of the, uh, "art" from The Starsky & Hutch Annual 1978.
• fenlings has Dandruff picspam (now with more Gay).

New Fannish Reading

• Lucy & Elaine - Test of Faith

Fiction

• brightbear - Morning Visitor
• ea_calendula - The Issue
• mummyknows - Halloween Stakeout
• aesposito - Ghosting (adult)
• callistosh65 - The Yamamoto Reflex (drabble series)
• sjames_centre - Night Shift (double drabble)
• lolabobs - [untitled]
• morganlogan - Wanna Share?
• myrebelcat
  
  • Parenting
  • Grave Logic
  • Just an Old Story
• racric - Till the Sun Breaks Down; The Smallest Sound (2 stories)
• quill_shadow - [untitled] (for the AU ABC Challenge) (unfinished)
• Me & Thee Archive Update
  
  • Rebelcat - It's a Twilight Christmas Tale
  • Quill
    
    • Chatting with the Muses
    • Afterwards
    • As We Remember (adult)
  • Morgan Logan - Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (adult)
  • CC
    
    • The Reluctant Tourist (adult)
    • Did I Tell You?
  • Karen B. - Birthday Bash
  • Silver Chipmunk - Starsky Enforces His Law (sequel to The Other Side)
  • Ilianasdream - I'm In You (adult)

Vids

• kimberlyfdr - Cartoon Heroes; Falling for You (2 vids)
• cynatnite
  
  • Ghetto Gospel
  • Iris; My Immortal (2 vids - remade; repost)
  • Die Another Day
• morganlogan - 100 Years
• maidavids
  
  • Lasagna (remade)
  • My Old Yellow Car (remade)
  • Take It on the Run (remade)
  • Leaves That Are Green (remade)
  • Vatican Rag; Muskrat Love (2 vids - remade)
  • Moon Shadow (remade)
  • Two Fine People (remade)
  • Oh Very Young (remade)
• xlions_roarx - Baby Mine

Art

• enednoviel - Thoughtful Starsky

Discussion

• What's the scoop on Hutch & Vanessa?
• What would S and/or H say if they were giving speeches at an academy graduation?

That's all for this edition! Thanks for reading, and be sure to feedback your fandom creators.

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