midnight movie party

'psychomania' (1973)

'the return of the vampire' (1944)

'how to make a monster' (1958) 'blood of dracula' (1957)

'tourist trap' (1979)

currently listening to:

'gorillaz' (gorillaz) 2001

new!

'filmfax plus' #125, fall 2010

'famous monsters of filmland' #253, december 2010

'fangoria' #299, january 2010

'videoscope' #76, october/december 2010

currently listening to:

'destroy' (various) mojo, 2008
pictured, soo lucas aka 'sue catwoman' (born 1954, west london)
photograph by ray stevenson, 1976

i recommend:

'room' (emma donoghue)
little brown & company, new york 2010

'zombie apocalypse' (stephen jones)
constable & robinson ltd., london 2010

'handling the undead' (john ajvide lindqvist)
st. martin's press, new york 2005, 2009

'a lion among men' (gregory maguire)
william morrow, new york 2008

lou:
you alright there margie?

marge gunderson:
oh i just think I'm gonna barf...

(standing up again after a moment)

marge gunderson:
... well that passed. now i'm hungry again.

'fargo' (1996)
written & directed by joel & ethan coen

the transcendent power of science fiction

'the walking dead' season finale, episode 6 'ts-19'

if today was not a crooked highway,
if tonight was not a crooked trail,
if tomorrow wasn't such a long time,
then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.
yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
and if I could only hear her heart a-softly poundin',
yes and only if she was lyin' by me,
then I'd lie in my bed once again.

i can't see my reflection in the water,
i can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
i can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
or can't remember the sound of my own name.
yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
and if I could only hear her heart a-softly poundin',
yes and only if she was lyin' by me,
then I'd lie in my bed once again.

there's beauty in the silver singin' river,
there's beauty in the rainbow in the sky,
but no one and nothing else can touch the beauty
that I remember in my true love's eyes.
yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
and if I could only hear her heart a-softly poundin',
yes and only if she was lyin' by me,
then I'd lie in my bed once again.

- bob dylan 'tomorrow is a long time'
from 'the bootleg series vol. 9: the witmark demos: 1962-1964' (2010)

currently listening to:

'black sabbath' (black sabbath) 1970, 1990

'inception ost' (hans zimmer) 2010

'standin at the crossroads' (robert johnson) 2009

'the ghost who walks' (karen elson) 2010

this film wears cormac maccarthy on its chain-mail sleeve

'valhalla rising' (2009)
written & directed by nicolas winding refn

'his vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it cannot hold
anything else. it seems to him there are
a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.

as he paces in cramped circles, over and over,
the movement of his powerful soft strides
is like a ritual dance around a center
in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.

only at times, the curtain of the pupils
lifts, quietly - an image enters in,
rushes down through the tensed, arrested muscles,
plunges into the heart and is gone.'

- 'the panther' rainer maria rilke (1875 - 1926)

from my collection

'akira club' (katsuhiro otomo)
dark horse manga, milwaukie OR 2007

'the art of ponyo' (hayao miyazaki)
viz media LLC, san francisco CA 2008

'lain illustrations' (abe yoshitoshi)
digital manga publishing, gardena CA 2006

'the art of blade of the immortal' (samura hiroaki)
dark horse manga, milwaukie OR 2010

my top 4 albums from back in the day:

the cult 'love' (1985)

siouxsie and the banshees 'hyaena' (1984)

echo and the bunnymen 'crocodiles' (1980)

x 'under the big black sun' (1982)

heart of darkness

'there's stuff that you're gonna have to get over bein scared of'

'winter's bone' (2010)
written & directed by debra granik

currently listening to:

'let me in' original motion picture soundtrack
(michael giacchino) 2010

zombies!

'the walking dead compendium one' (robert kirkman)
image comics inc., california 2010

'the new dead' (christopher golden, editor)
st martin's griffin, new york 2010

'the dead that walk' (stephen jones, editor)
ulysses press, california 2010

'the living dead' (john joseph adams, editor)
night shade books, california 2008

back in print!

'famous monsters of filmland' #252 october 2010

from my collection

'isle of the dead' (1945) 'bedlam' (1946)

'i walked with a zombie' (1943) 'the body snatcher' (1945)

jeanie tomaini 1916 - 1999

jeannie (left) & her father jack smith, denver colorado
from 'shocked & amazed' (james taylor, kathleen kotcher)
lyons press, connecticut 2002

from my collection

'spacepaw' (gordon dickson)
berkley publishing, new york 1969

'elric of melnibone' (michael moorcock)
daw books, inc. new york 1972

'the anything box' (zenna henderson)
avon books, new york 1965

'luana' (alan dean foster)
ballantine books, new york 1974

lots of screenplay competitions here

'writer's digest complete guide to writing contests'
september/december 2010