Saturday, July 31, 2010

Hell on Earth

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Night caches are among my favorites. You go out into the woods, armed with flashlights, and follow reflectors set up at intervals until you ...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Those Black Hole Guys Are At It Again

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Terror of MechaGodzilla ( Mekagojira no Gyakushu, 1975) DVD Description: Released by Classic Media (2008); additional material: audio comm...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Barugon: A Rare Gem

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Gamera vs. Barugon ( Gamera Tai Barugon, 1966) DVD Description: Released by Shout! Factory, (2010); additional material: publicity galler...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Endless Shadows at Elder Signs Press....

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A blog about a blog.... Endless Shadows.... "I’ve always loved Dark Shadows, the horror/fantasy/SF/gothic/romance ABC-TV soap oper...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Japan's Urban Renewal Program

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Godzilla 1985 ( Gojira, 1984) DVD release: none currently; available on VHS only (OOP) Directed by Koji Hashimoto Starring Ken Tanaka, Yas...
Friday, July 16, 2010

A Major Monster Meldown...

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Godzilla vs. Destroyah (Gojira Tai Desutoroya) ( 1995) DVD Description: Released by Sony/Tristar; additional material: trailers Directed by...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Godzilla Clone From Outer Space

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Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (Gojira Tai Supesu Gojira) ( 1994) DVD Description: Released by Sony/Tristar; additional material: trailers Dir...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Godzilla Battles for the Earth

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Godzilla and Mothra: Battle for the Earth ( Gojira Tai Mosura , 1992) DVD Description: Released by Sony/Tristar; additional material: traile...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Drat! It's Ghidorah Again!

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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ( Gojira Tai Kingu Gidora, 1991) DVD Description: Released by Sony/Tristar; additional material: trailers Direct...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

There's No Fest Like No G-Fest

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Right now, G-Fest is happening in Chicago, and I'm not there again...drat it all. It's been five years, I believe, since I've b...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

My God, What a Rigorous Exam

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When I was in high school, I performed a portion of this skit at the senior class assembly. It was a hootin' hollerin' bunch of fun,...
Monday, July 5, 2010

Cleared for Takeoff

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Gearing up for flight: Douggum, Kelroy, Jared, and Rodan (Damned) Ever been ziplining? First time for me today. You get into a harness; hook...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

Chocolate-Covered What?

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I kind of overbooked myself for the Fourth of July weekend, but I reckon that's all right as, otherwise, it's been an uncomplicated...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Anne Elk?

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I tend to be rather fond of jerky. You know, dried salted delicious dead animal hide. There's beef jerky, turkey jerky, chicken jerky, e...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New Interview at The Authors Speak

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Probably the most fun I've had doing an interview. Nicely conducted by Mr. Eric Mays. A bit of blathering about everything from Dark Sha...
Monday, June 21, 2010

A German and a Scholar

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Spent the better part of the day yesterday in Selma, NC, at the home of multi-tentacled Bob "Crypt of Cthulhu" Price, who has bee...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Time Passages

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Mercy; today would have been my dad's 80th birthday. He passed away in 2001, which sometimes seems ages and ages ago...and other times...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Stumpage

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Most afternoons on my drive home from the office, I listen to Allan Handelman on the local talk radio station ( WZTK, 101.1 FM ), whose sho...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Endless Odyssey

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Back in the days of yore (1979–1980-something), I was a knocked-out, die-hard fan of Japanese animation, particularly the work of Leiji Ma...
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Caching, ConCarolinas, and Critters

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Ed Schubert (editor of Orson Scott Card's Intergalatic Medicine Show ), and Old Man Rodan looking festive. It was a wicked hot, eight-ho...