BruceH

Reminds me of the "Eyebeam" strip.

No one.

Count me as a skeptic who slowly became a Naxos-lover. The label has put out all sorts of wonderful music for bargain prices.

Steely Dan is very NYC in my book. ...And environs: "Drivin' like a fool out to Hackensack"

Looking forward to reading this.

Who the Hell's In It: Portraits and Conversations---Peter Bogdanovich

I never read a Heinlein's book, but mid-fifties is exactly the common age for wishing such wet-dreams. Of course normally you talk about it with friends at pub after a few pints, or with your psychiatrist, you don't write it in a serious book. Ah, but Heinlein's books AREN'T serious. That's why the right wing politics gets up my nose; because he just slips it in and people get it into their heads without really noticing. MG That FIEND!!

When did "commercial" become a dirty word? When they smeared garbage and dog-poop all over it. Pee-yoo!! Disgusting.

Glory Road is a strange Heinlein novel---there are some elements in it that, more pronounced, would make his later novels all but unreadable, but briefer here and more entertaining. This also has to be one of the first novels that melds sword-and-sorcery fantasy with science fiction, and pretty successfully at that. Still, a strange one. As for the right wing stuff, yes his occasional patriotism-on-the-sleeve diatribes are here, but he also seems to be against what would soon be called the Vietnam war. Well, it's not so much the patriotism that gets to me as the anti-tax and anti-Government stance, which I think is quite pronounced. If you hadn't noticed it, it must have slipped past you, as it was intended to. MG Oh, I noticed. And I don't really mind it too much as long as he doesn't lecture about it too much. But the later the Heinlein book, generally, the longer the lectures, until it becomes insufferable. I think it started getting bad with The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, although I have to admit I never read Farnham's Freehold. Another thing I don't care for is the adolescent approach to love and sex. Maybe this was considered progressive in someone of Heinlein's generation, but it just seems embarrassing now. The main female character in Glory Road is one of the first on a long line of Heinlein "characters" who are really just male wish-fulfillment wet-dreams. Might seem cool to a 13-year old reader but hey, Heinlein was, what, in his mid-fifties when he wrote this? Grow up, Bob.

It's also kind of funny how much the younger Jerry Stiller resembles the present-day Ben Stiller.

Glory Road is a strange Heinlein novel---there are some elements in it that, more pronounced, would make his later novels all but unreadable, but briefer here and more entertaining. This also has to be one of the first novels that melds sword-and-sorcery fantasy with science fiction, and pretty successfully at that. Still, a strange one. As for the right wing stuff, yes his occasional patriotism-on-the-sleeve diatribes are here, but he also seems to be against what would soon be called the Vietnam war.

Say "fuck it" and not buy any. Herbie sure likes to rip people off.

The Accidental Time Machine---Joe Haldeman Just finished this a little while back. Has its moments but in the main: Very disappointing. Not really worth the, if you'll pardon the word, time.

Good ol' Boney Mozart...

Both Shaw and Matthau are wonderful in Pellham. And one of the great things about that movie is how it's almost a time capsule of mid-70's New York.

Everything sounded so right, I'm starting to think Gwynn knows where its at ... and then I read those last five words. :bad: :bad: Never heard of 'em before.

When the dawn patrol got to tell you twice, they're gonna do it with a shotgun That's Night by Night from Pretzel Logic (that and Parker's Band are my favorite tracks). The title track I'm far less convinced about. Hitler as fashionista?? "Well I don't even care If it's wrong or if it's right But until my ship comes in--- I live nighhht byyy night..." Okay, that's gonna be going through my head for the next day or two.

"Bump bump BUMP... Ba dump bump BUMP--"

That book is a very good and engaging biography. I read it on the recommendation of a board-member, in fact (Kalo), about a year ago. A must for any and all Herrmann fans.

He also did the music for The 49th Parallel.

You betcha. He's been my favorite film composer for many years. Check out Citizen Kane, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. The man was a genius.

Saw this on Olberman's show the other day. Can't blame the guy for getting pissed and throwing them out.

It's about time.

No Boston street views. That's disappointing.

Dern's mother sounds like quite a monster.