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ALTUS PRESS SALE - Final Day!
Tons of great books here. Deal good with minimum order of $25 (before discount). altuspress.com
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007 Soundtrack 1: DR. NO (1963)
Here are the groovy, groundbreaking sounds of the first real James Bond film. Stay tuned for more.
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John Wayne Adventure Comics: "Sudden Death at Dragon's Peak"
Here's another tale found on the fine public domain comic book archive comicbookplus. This is from the Winter 1949-50 issue of John Wayne Adventure Comics, published by the Toby Press. We are indebted...
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SCOOP Gum Cards (1954)
Collector extraordinaire Mike Britt put me hep to these cards, and they're pretty dang cool, so I figured it was time we looked at some of them. Thanks Mike!
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YouTube Theater: Leonard Nimoy in KID MONK BARONI (1952)
Leonard Nimoy in his first starring (or at least title) role. Thanks to 2005 Nebraska Radio Personalities Hall of Fame Inductee Drew Bentley for the tip. The Billy Goat Gang was apparently a group of...
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MICHAEL LANDON SINGS (sort of)
Following his performances of "Careless Love" and "Shenandoah" on the 1962 album PONDEROSA PARTY TIME! (You can hear that HERE), Little Joe recorded two singles, apparently in an attempt to become a...
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HOPALONG CASSIDY Comic Book Story: "The Poll Plot" (1948)
From the December 1948 issue, as uploaded to comicbookplus.com by "CB+." Enjoy.
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Forgotten Books: RED GARDENIAS by Jonathan Latimer (1939)
It took me a long time to reread and review all five books in the Bill Crane series. Not because I'm a slow reader (though I suppose I am), but because I wanted to savor each one, and spend some time...
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YouTube Theater: Flashgun Tracy in WOMEN ARE TROUBLE (1936)
Presenting . . . the 1936 movie based on the 1935 Flash Casey Black Mask story by George Harmon Coxe.
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The MOST IMPORTANT BOOK of the Century?
Well, maybe not. But certainly the most important Hardboiled Detective book of the century, which is almost the same thing. Not only does it include every single one of the Op stories, together for the...
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The Complete Crocadilettante -or- It's a Croc(k) by BILL CRIDER (1982)
With the kind permission of Mr. Bill and The Not So Private Eye editor Andy Jaysnovitch, we present this time-lost study in Crocodilology. It appeared in NSPE 10 in 1982.A recycled post from 2010.
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Secrets of BILL CRIDER'S Bookshelf!
We all know what kind of books Bill Crider reads these days (nudge nudge, wink wink), but what was he reading twenty-five years ago? For the straight skinny, we take a squint at this official author...
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FFB: A Visual Bibliography of BILL CRIDER's Novels and Stories
If you think this is a LONG, LONG post, don't blame me. Bill's the one who wrote all this stuff. My goal here was to present cover images of the first editions of Bill's novels, and the first...
View ArticleThe Five WORST Christmas Songs of All Time? You Be the Judge.
This Hall of Christmas Shame was proposed by a local deejay. Are they really the worst? I'm no judge. Even the best sound pretty bad to me. . . . and here's a late nominee from Keith West:
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