by Rodney Eric Griffith | Armour of Rod | |
What a stunning coincidence: “Military records related to President Bush’s service in the National Guard more than 30 years ago were inadvertently destroyed.” But there’s nothing untoward going on, and there’s no coverup involved.
Rodney | 8:03:00 AM [permalink]Mark Purseglove, referred to as the world’s biggest CD bootlegger, has been convicted and imprisoned for three and a half years by London’s Blackfriars Crown Court. Estimates of his take over 11 years range from £6 million (The Guardian) to £15 million (Sky News).
Rodney | 7:09:00 PM [permalink]Speaking of The Supremes, Hip-O Select has just released something that could, at last, actually be considered rare: a previously unissued 12-song LP, There’s A Place For Us, augmented by 14 unreleased bonus tracks from other aborted Supremes projects. (I was not previously aware just how many Motown projects were called off in mid-swing.)
Rodney | 10:44:00 PM [permalink]Listening to The #1s by Diana Ross & The Supremes I was reminded of this brilliant duet between George Bush and Tony Blair, lip synced in post by Johan Söderberg at Atmo.
Rodney | 8:49:00 PM [permalink]Paul Soles, the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man from 1967, has a spectacular new website featuring almost everything you’d want to know about the cast of the original animated Spider-Man series (it’s loaded with images and sounds from the show and is really very nicely presented).
The set is out now but I’m not rushing to buy The ’67 Collection. The post-Grantray-Lawrence episodes thrown together by Ralph Bakshi quickly lose their appeal. Also, it bugs me that Spider-Man is spelled ‘Spiderman’ so often throughout the series… he’s not Phil Spiderman.
Here’s an unexpected Spider-Man 2 teaser.
Rodney | 7:22:00 PM [permalink]A dream lineup on BBC America begins this Friday: The Avengers, The Prisoner and The Saint (none of which originally aired on the BBC).
Strangely, MPI is releasing an edition of Vendetta For The Saint on 31 August, despite the fact that the story is already available in the same format on A&E’s Saint Megaset. The MPI DVD will include audio commentary by Sir Roger Moore.
One more reason to wish for more free time at home, by courtesy of BBC America, who are suddenly fulfilling their promise after years of gardening shows: the original version of The Weakest Link.
When I was 4 years old, my parents took me to the local fireworks display and every time one of the fireworks burst into light, I shouted, “Love, American Style!” (Or so I’ve been told repeatedly over the years.) The show is running on Oxygen, which I think our cable company numerically juxtaposes with Spike TV. Spike TV makes a big deal out of running Star Trek: The Next Generation even though the series is the least alpha male of the 5; I quickly grew to dislike TNG during its original run because of the kowtowing to political correctness and the absence of Denise Crosby, who had the best character next to Michael Dorn’s. I watched an episode with John de Lancie recently; I did tolerate Q even though the character is basically copied from Paul Lynde’s character in Bewitched, but I think most continuations of Star Trek have just proven to be unnecessary and ultimately associated in name only, like CSI: Miami.
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