Mark H
@blackhole.bsky.social
Horror movies, 1970s paperbacks (especially New English Library), building original Lego models, synthesizer music, movie locations, Blade Runner, Lon Chaney, Peter Cushing, Amicus films, David Lynch…
Gay, and in the UK.
Gay, and in the UK.
NOW I can saw I’ve seen every episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. The series certainly had its moments, but as usual the last two seasons were a slog.
Might do the later TV movies, but nothing could match Wine Women and War, one of the pilot films that had Steve as pun-cracking James Bond type.
Might do the later TV movies, but nothing could match Wine Women and War, one of the pilot films that had Steve as pun-cracking James Bond type.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NOW I can saw I’ve seen every episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. The series certainly had its moments, but as usual the last two seasons were a slog.
Might do the later TV movies, but nothing could match Wine Women and War, one of the pilot films that had Steve as pun-cracking James Bond type.
Might do the later TV movies, but nothing could match Wine Women and War, one of the pilot films that had Steve as pun-cracking James Bond type.
Dirty Harry double-bills were four hours of gold dust in late 70s cinemas. Back then I never thought I’d ever see San Francisco. The other side of the world.
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Dirty Harry double-bills were four hours of gold dust in late 70s cinemas. Back then I never thought I’d ever see San Francisco. The other side of the world.
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Huge apologies, but sadly Garth/me is down with flu and won’t be able to make his/my two Cambridge shows tonight & tomorrow. Hugely sorry for the late notice but I was hoping we could somehow manage it still, but alas we’ve more or less collapsed. Both gigs will hopefully be rescheduled for January.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Huge apologies, but sadly Garth/me is down with flu and won’t be able to make his/my two Cambridge shows tonight & tomorrow. Hugely sorry for the late notice but I was hoping we could somehow manage it still, but alas we’ve more or less collapsed. Both gigs will hopefully be rescheduled for January.
Used to see this out of the window, where I used to work.
"Let's go away for a while."
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Used to see this out of the window, where I used to work.
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Talked about WITHOUT CONSENT with the great folks at the Jefferson Exchange (it should be airing now, and again at 8 PM Pacific):
Mon 9AM | Two generations ago, marital rape wasn't a crime in most U.S. states. How did that change?
Sarah Weinman joins the Exchange to discuss her book.
www.ijpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Talked about WITHOUT CONSENT with the great folks at the Jefferson Exchange (it should be airing now, and again at 8 PM Pacific):
Andrew Ross’ tribute to Patricia Laffan. Makes up for there not being a biography, as he explains. She was in a quite a few films and TV, but no other starring roles like Devil Girl From Mars or Quo Vadis. Which would both be hard to match.
Amazing photo of her in Devil Girl outfit at a bus stop!
Amazing photo of her in Devil Girl outfit at a bus stop!
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Andrew Ross’ tribute to Patricia Laffan. Makes up for there not being a biography, as he explains. She was in a quite a few films and TV, but no other starring roles like Devil Girl From Mars or Quo Vadis. Which would both be hard to match.
Amazing photo of her in Devil Girl outfit at a bus stop!
Amazing photo of her in Devil Girl outfit at a bus stop!
1958 UK edition of Mildred Pierce. Didn’t realise it was a chunky novel, not a pulp! Cain on the back cover looking a bit grumpy.
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
1958 UK edition of Mildred Pierce. Didn’t realise it was a chunky novel, not a pulp! Cain on the back cover looking a bit grumpy.
Twinkle Twinkle “Killer” Kane by William Peter Blatty.
Why is nothing simple?
This was originally a movie script by Blatty (1965), which he then published as the novel (1966). Various sources say he rewrote in 1978 as The Ninth Configuration, but this was also the year he filmed it himself…
Why is nothing simple?
This was originally a movie script by Blatty (1965), which he then published as the novel (1966). Various sources say he rewrote in 1978 as The Ninth Configuration, but this was also the year he filmed it himself…
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Twinkle Twinkle “Killer” Kane by William Peter Blatty.
Why is nothing simple?
This was originally a movie script by Blatty (1965), which he then published as the novel (1966). Various sources say he rewrote in 1978 as The Ninth Configuration, but this was also the year he filmed it himself…
Why is nothing simple?
This was originally a movie script by Blatty (1965), which he then published as the novel (1966). Various sources say he rewrote in 1978 as The Ninth Configuration, but this was also the year he filmed it himself…
Drop something BLACK & WHITE…
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Drop something BLACK & WHITE…
Now reading…
Finally, a book about the history of haunted houses! For fans of gothic architecture, and stories, who are not necessarily believers in the supernatural.
Chapter One is about Horace Walpole, whose gothic classic I now have to read and his gothic mansion I no longer live near to.
Finally, a book about the history of haunted houses! For fans of gothic architecture, and stories, who are not necessarily believers in the supernatural.
Chapter One is about Horace Walpole, whose gothic classic I now have to read and his gothic mansion I no longer live near to.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Now reading…
Finally, a book about the history of haunted houses! For fans of gothic architecture, and stories, who are not necessarily believers in the supernatural.
Chapter One is about Horace Walpole, whose gothic classic I now have to read and his gothic mansion I no longer live near to.
Finally, a book about the history of haunted houses! For fans of gothic architecture, and stories, who are not necessarily believers in the supernatural.
Chapter One is about Horace Walpole, whose gothic classic I now have to read and his gothic mansion I no longer live near to.
Psyching myself up to a rummage in the attic. Want to retrieve my Starlogs, a couple of books and vinyl figures.
Oh yes, and decorations.
Oh yes, and decorations.
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Psyching myself up to a rummage in the attic. Want to retrieve my Starlogs, a couple of books and vinyl figures.
Oh yes, and decorations.
Oh yes, and decorations.
Reworked the roof of my model of John Lautner’s amazingly designed octagonal home in the Hollywood Hills.
Nicknamed The Chemosphere, it was built in 1960 and has survived quakes ever since.
It’s mostly angles that aren’t easy in Lego but I’m now happier with how the roof sections fit together.
Nicknamed The Chemosphere, it was built in 1960 and has survived quakes ever since.
It’s mostly angles that aren’t easy in Lego but I’m now happier with how the roof sections fit together.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reworked the roof of my model of John Lautner’s amazingly designed octagonal home in the Hollywood Hills.
Nicknamed The Chemosphere, it was built in 1960 and has survived quakes ever since.
It’s mostly angles that aren’t easy in Lego but I’m now happier with how the roof sections fit together.
Nicknamed The Chemosphere, it was built in 1960 and has survived quakes ever since.
It’s mostly angles that aren’t easy in Lego but I’m now happier with how the roof sections fit together.
Recent purchase.
Arthur Kent wrote novels as well as non-fiction. Including several Sexton Blakes in the 1960s.
The Death Doctors (1975) was retitled for the US as Deadly Medicine - Doctors and True Crime.
Arthur Kent wrote novels as well as non-fiction. Including several Sexton Blakes in the 1960s.
The Death Doctors (1975) was retitled for the US as Deadly Medicine - Doctors and True Crime.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Recent purchase.
Arthur Kent wrote novels as well as non-fiction. Including several Sexton Blakes in the 1960s.
The Death Doctors (1975) was retitled for the US as Deadly Medicine - Doctors and True Crime.
Arthur Kent wrote novels as well as non-fiction. Including several Sexton Blakes in the 1960s.
The Death Doctors (1975) was retitled for the US as Deadly Medicine - Doctors and True Crime.
1960s’ sort-of equality. When the female flip of The Man From UNCLE wasn’t The Woman From UNCLE.
Starred Stefanie Powers and Noel (Windmills of Your Mind ) Harrison.
TV tie-ins from Four Square/NEL.
Starred Stefanie Powers and Noel (Windmills of Your Mind ) Harrison.
TV tie-ins from Four Square/NEL.
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
1960s’ sort-of equality. When the female flip of The Man From UNCLE wasn’t The Woman From UNCLE.
Starred Stefanie Powers and Noel (Windmills of Your Mind ) Harrison.
TV tie-ins from Four Square/NEL.
Starred Stefanie Powers and Noel (Windmills of Your Mind ) Harrison.
TV tie-ins from Four Square/NEL.
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1976 Guy N Smith novels helped pre-programme me for short novels, low on characterisation, high on horror with a twisty fast-moving story.
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
1976 Guy N Smith novels helped pre-programme me for short novels, low on characterisation, high on horror with a twisty fast-moving story.
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
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The Ghoul, by Frank King. First published in 1928, filmed in 1933 with Boris Karloff.
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Ghoul, by Frank King. First published in 1928, filmed in 1933 with Boris Karloff.
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
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Our long national nightmare is over. #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy
Star Wars Theatrical OT Official Restoration Leaked Clips
YouTube video by Sonny Hale
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November 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Our long national nightmare is over. #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy
“We now go live to the Warner-Pathé News balloon.”
Goodnight.
Margaret Bourke-White, Beach Accident, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1951
Margaret Bourke-White, Beach Accident, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1951
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“We now go live to the Warner-Pathé News balloon.”
The Ghoul, by Frank King. First published in 1928, filmed in 1933 with Boris Karloff.
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Ghoul, by Frank King. First published in 1928, filmed in 1933 with Boris Karloff.
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
But anyone know the likely age of this paperback? No date inside.
Dirty dustcover has protected the inner cover nicely.
Advert for nice houses in “Sunny” West Worthing for only £785 (!!!!)
1976 Guy N Smith novels helped pre-programme me for short novels, low on characterisation, high on horror with a twisty fast-moving story.
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
1976 Guy N Smith novels helped pre-programme me for short novels, low on characterisation, high on horror with a twisty fast-moving story.
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
Now, to my shame, decades of horror movies and pulps failed to prepare me for the werewolf origin story - he’s the son of a hangman?!?
How could I know that?
Hammer’s The Man In Black (1949) was more fun than I remember from a National Film Theatre screening eons ago. Think I was expecting Valentine Dyall to be the villain, rather than just the prologue.
But a there’s twisty plot and a snippy mother and daughter team that reminded me of Les Diaboliques.
But a there’s twisty plot and a snippy mother and daughter team that reminded me of Les Diaboliques.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hammer’s The Man In Black (1949) was more fun than I remember from a National Film Theatre screening eons ago. Think I was expecting Valentine Dyall to be the villain, rather than just the prologue.
But a there’s twisty plot and a snippy mother and daughter team that reminded me of Les Diaboliques.
But a there’s twisty plot and a snippy mother and daughter team that reminded me of Les Diaboliques.
Used to watch this on Sunday mornings (?) on LWT. For masochists, there’s a few episodes on YouTube.
An almost pantomime approach to sci-fi, certainly with regards to the regular baddies. Gruff hero talks to his crew like they were seven year olds.
But yes, the title sequence is the best bit.
An almost pantomime approach to sci-fi, certainly with regards to the regular baddies. Gruff hero talks to his crew like they were seven year olds.
But yes, the title sequence is the best bit.
Phoenix Five - low to no budget not remotely 'inspired' by Star Trek honest cheapo 'robot'-led Australian sci-fi escapade that probably got shown more by ITV as afternoon filler than it ever did in its homeland. It's almost entirely disappeared since then.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Used to watch this on Sunday mornings (?) on LWT. For masochists, there’s a few episodes on YouTube.
An almost pantomime approach to sci-fi, certainly with regards to the regular baddies. Gruff hero talks to his crew like they were seven year olds.
But yes, the title sequence is the best bit.
An almost pantomime approach to sci-fi, certainly with regards to the regular baddies. Gruff hero talks to his crew like they were seven year olds.
But yes, the title sequence is the best bit.
Clever idea for a protest and a playlist…
24 hours of number twos.
24 hours of number twos.
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24 hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Clever idea for a protest and a playlist…
24 hours of number twos.
24 hours of number twos.
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Linsey, who was wearing the jumper, has been incredibly kind and supportive, and we’ve been laughing about the incident for the last couple of days.
Read the whole story here:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Read the whole story here:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Linsey, who was wearing the jumper, has been incredibly kind and supportive, and we’ve been laughing about the incident for the last couple of days.
Read the whole story here:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Read the whole story here:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...