RECENTLY: This past week, we ranked the primary characters (both big and little) from the Avengers and the JLA. We travelled to February of 1974 on the Retro Metro and visited television, comics, and Top 10 hits of the day. We discussed our favorite newspaper comic strips from Beetle Bailey to Dondi. We analyzed high concept television from Bewitched to Mork and Mindy, And we reminisced about our comic purchasing events.
As always, we encourage you to take a look at the posts you missed. Feel free to join in the conversation late; we will circle back too.
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COMING SOON: We have some completely new topics up our sleeves and ready to share with you this week! Expect some exciting posts that concern the connection between music and comics, crazy radio shows, comic storage stories, and much much more. We think you will like what is on the docket - including some new ongoing category creations.
And be prepared for Tuesday, because we will again throw it to you the commenters for an episode of Follow the Leader. So if something has been rattling your cages or nagging your noggins, share it on Tuesday and get the discussion rolling.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Remember that Sunday is a day to share recommendations on anything you enjoy - from something you are eating to something you are reading. Comics, novels, movies, food, and music are all fair game - so comment if you have anything to recommend.
Here are a few for you:
MUSIC: King Crimson, the long running and ever-evolving band released an album in 1984 entitled Three of a Perfect Pair, that may be lesser known but is still one of my favorites. The band at that time was made up of Adrian Belew (guitar and lead vocals), Robert Fripp (guitar and his wild electronics), Tony Levin (bass and vocals), and Bill Bruford (drums). Following up on their previous work Beat, which was more traditional in its song structure, Three of a Perfect Pair, has a duality ranging from nearly catchy tunes with interesting storytelling to freeform electronic and rhythmic exploration. I liked this era of King Crimson and give this work 3.5 Bronze Medallions.
GAMES: If you like games and you have a creative group of friends or family, then Balderdash may be for you. Played like many trivia games with a simple board and game card structure, the fun really begins as the contestants make up definitions, biographical information, movie plots, and more in order to bluff other players into thinking the complete balderdash is a correct description. If you are familiar with Fictionary, then this is a nice expansion of the game. I give it 4 Bronze Medallions for a good night of fun.
Have a great week everybody and join us all week for discussion and entertainment. Cheers!
4 comments:
I just read that Bill Paxton, the actor who had memorable appearances in movies like "Aliens" and "Weird Science" passed away at age 61. I was surprised to see that and had always enjoyed his portrayals in those movies.
Oh, that is definitely too bad. Man, and so young. I daresay he's the most-quoted figure from "Aliens", too. Solid, solid supporting-actor who sometimes sneaked into the lead/protagonist slot (TWISTER, for one-- and he served the film very well, I thought). And in TRUE LIES, as Schwarzenegger's oblivious and despicable romantic rival, he totally stole the featured-role thunder from the supposedly-bigger-star, (talent-free) Tom Arnold. Yup.
HB
And how could I forget the later part of the first season of AGENTS OF SHIELD? You honestly hated that this charismatic old agent went so bad-- and didn't even see it as such.
Just discovered that an old friend of mine was a regular cast member with him on BIG LOVE, and she confirms that he was both a delight AND a consummate professional-- everyone loved him to pieces. Geeze, surgical complications--- it can be anyone, can't it?
HB
I knew a guy from school who worked on the set of Twister, and he remarked to me about twenty years ago what a great guy Bill Paxton was. He said he was just a very funny, friendly guy, nice to everybody.
Paxton's portrayal of Chet in Weird Science was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a movie. Sad day.
M.P.
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