THIS PAST WEEK:
It was a great week with tons of visits and thoughtful comments!
If the Thing, Nick Fury, or Marvel Two-In-One were your bronze age passions then swing on back to Monday's post for a This & That review. While there hit other recent posts like the Follow the Leader Tuesday collection of comments regarding the king of comics and the king of pop: Jack Kirby and Michael Jackson. And we also discussed a myriad of Spider-Man panels with Redartz on Wednesday, robotic action on Thursday, rural programming on Friday, and flea market collecting yesterday. If you missed it, check it out. If you are just visiting, there is plenty to see - just take a look at the sidebar topics!
THE BOISTROUS BITBA CHECKLIST FOR THE COMING WEEK:
Monday: The Quarter Bin gets Byrned with 63 cover samples of outstanding bronze era art.
Tuesday: Stretch your minds and push the limits as Follow The Leader opens the door for more unexpected commenter topics.
Wednesday: Penny for your thoughts and a penny for a gumball? Join in on a small but fun topic at Short Cuts!
Thursday: Bring on the bad gangs with a Rank and File of the rank and vile.
Friday: Politics may be at the forefront of discussion, but let's take a look at what is on the cover of our favorite mags with a special inauguration day $1 Challenge that will have you laughing, cringing, and comic binging.
Saturday: Forget about the present and travel to yesteryear on Redartz' Retro Metro for a review of pop culture decades old.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Television: A qualified recommendation for The OA, on Netflix. It is an interesting tale of a strange woman who returns to her family after a seven year absence with her blindness healed and an extraordinary tale of her missing years. With this show, the path may be more fun than the destination but we still give it a thumbs up for being very different than other TV. Comparisons will be drawn to Stranger Things; some folks like it better and some not so much. 3.5 Bronze Medallions.
Food: If you are in the Atlanta area celebrating with a nice dinner, check out the restaurant Canoe for the wonderful Sage Roasted Pheasant or the Cervena Venison with Tuscan Kale and Cherry Szechuan sauce. Try the Eggnog and Ginger Crème Broulet. Extremely good service and 4 Bronze Medallions.
Movies: If you like old style musicals, then La La Land at theaters currently may be for you. A throwback in concept but with some complexity in delivery and relationships, it has some ups and downs but overall leaves a nice mark. And one particular scene will leave the bronze age music lovers of the 80s chuckling. 4 Bronze Medallions.
Take a look at past Sunday posts for other suggestions for blog sites to visit, movies to see, and food to try! And join in on today's comments to leave your own recommendations.
Cheers all!
6 comments:
Good Morning Al1 (or afternoon to Edo and others in Europe!),
Just wanted to suggest an author and two best books, of many that he wrote. I went to Purdue University and lived in a dormitory called Tarkenton Hall. Never knew the specifics about Tarkenton but a few years ago I learned he was from Indiana, and a prolific, very popular author from the early 1900s. He won two (!) Pulitzers. I figured "Why not?" and got two of his original books on ebay, printed around 1910, for like $3 each. I highly, highly recommend "The Gentleman from Indiana" and "The Magnificent Ambersons." I felt like I was back in my childhood which, given the rapid advances in technology, was much more similar to 1900 than 2015. If you are from a smaller town, or long for a more peaceful time, or want to learn a little history, or want a beautiful and non-threatening escape, or just want to read very compelling stories... check them out! It was an experience for me like discovering Jim Shooters Legion of Superheroes a few years ago... (And Redartz and Martin, you have a moral obligation to do so as fellow Hoosiers or close enough!) Buy an actual hundred-year-older on ebay for a few $... It will add to the pleasure, I assure you! Cheers, CH-47
The OA was intriguing and well made. I felt it dragged a bit but that ending worked for me, despite the tremendous backlash from internet commentators. If you've ever read "A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving" (a top 5 all time book for me), you kinda felt what was gonna happen.
With all potentially ongoing series, you never know if the obvious plot holes were really holes (like the FBI guy showing up when and where he did) or portends of some future direction to take the show.
Yoyo
Yoyo, your insight and connection in theme of OA to "A Prayer for Owen Meany" is spot on. Good call. I agree that the show left open many interpretations about the books under the bed, the agent, the movements, the missing years, the internet searches, etc. Maybe intentional, maybe not. I recommended River last week ... it is very different but you may like it as well.
And Irving's book is definitely a modern classic.
Hey guys!!! What's the email address again? I can't find it.......
Backinthebronzeage@gmail.com
Magical Mystery Tours: My Life With the Beatles by Tony Bramwell is a fun romp through the 1960s music scene. Highly recommended!
Bramwell was a childhood friend of George Harrison who knew all of the Beatles intimately and worked for Brian Epstein. He had a front row seat to all things Beatles and relates a seemingly endless litany of anecdotes. And he pulls no punches.
Spoiler -- he was not then and is not now a Yoko Ono fan.
Doug
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