JDG
@cottonmather.bsky.social
Fan of music & theater & have published much (and/or made public radio) about each. Interests: Phish, Bob Dylan, national parks, Shakespeare, fiction, BBC Natural History Unit, Miles Davis, colonial New England. Lived in Boston, Berkshires, St. Louis.
“Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein” offers us some great meme material, in the form of a remark by Lon Chaney, Jr. as the sad sack, always whining Lawrence Talbot/The Wolfman.
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein” offers us some great meme material, in the form of a remark by Lon Chaney, Jr. as the sad sack, always whining Lawrence Talbot/The Wolfman.
Going through the Universal monster movies in toto, it’s interesting to see which details from which films made their way into popular culture. The idea of Frankenstein’s monster in a black blazer comes from “Ghost of…” It’s ostensibly to help him blend in when Igor takes him through a town publicly
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Going through the Universal monster movies in toto, it’s interesting to see which details from which films made their way into popular culture. The idea of Frankenstein’s monster in a black blazer comes from “Ghost of…” It’s ostensibly to help him blend in when Igor takes him through a town publicly
It seems like this should be an indelible moment in movie history, but I guess people don’t work their way down to “Ghost of Frankenstein,” the fourth film in the series, often enough.
It’s such a great detail that the Monster gets along w/kids who are just nice to him.
It’s such a great detail that the Monster gets along w/kids who are just nice to him.
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It seems like this should be an indelible moment in movie history, but I guess people don’t work their way down to “Ghost of Frankenstein,” the fourth film in the series, often enough.
It’s such a great detail that the Monster gets along w/kids who are just nice to him.
It’s such a great detail that the Monster gets along w/kids who are just nice to him.
I’m really enjoying the directing of the Universal monster movies. A seemingly endless number of really carefully composed shots that are a joy
From “Ghost of Frankenstein” (dir. Earle C. Kenton) here’s Bela Lugosi as Igor & Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Monster, watching the Frankenstein castle explode.
From “Ghost of Frankenstein” (dir. Earle C. Kenton) here’s Bela Lugosi as Igor & Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Monster, watching the Frankenstein castle explode.
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I’m really enjoying the directing of the Universal monster movies. A seemingly endless number of really carefully composed shots that are a joy
From “Ghost of Frankenstein” (dir. Earle C. Kenton) here’s Bela Lugosi as Igor & Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Monster, watching the Frankenstein castle explode.
From “Ghost of Frankenstein” (dir. Earle C. Kenton) here’s Bela Lugosi as Igor & Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Monster, watching the Frankenstein castle explode.
Throwing the Chicago side on on for some early-afternoon solidarity sounds 🥁🎻🪇🎷:acoustic bass emoji::
(Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings)
(Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings)
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Throwing the Chicago side on on for some early-afternoon solidarity sounds 🥁🎻🪇🎷:acoustic bass emoji::
(Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings)
(Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings)
Just finished a home double feature of The Mummy’s Ghost and The Mummy’s Curse.
The addition of a female mummy in “Curse” is much appreciated, and there are some very spooky-pretty shots of her wandering through the swamp. Rural Mass. in Ghost somehow became the bayou in Curse.)
#universalmonster
The addition of a female mummy in “Curse” is much appreciated, and there are some very spooky-pretty shots of her wandering through the swamp. Rural Mass. in Ghost somehow became the bayou in Curse.)
#universalmonster
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just finished a home double feature of The Mummy’s Ghost and The Mummy’s Curse.
The addition of a female mummy in “Curse” is much appreciated, and there are some very spooky-pretty shots of her wandering through the swamp. Rural Mass. in Ghost somehow became the bayou in Curse.)
#universalmonster
The addition of a female mummy in “Curse” is much appreciated, and there are some very spooky-pretty shots of her wandering through the swamp. Rural Mass. in Ghost somehow became the bayou in Curse.)
#universalmonster
Seems like the official Trump response isn’t “you’re wrong, we don’t want kings.” It’s “Yes, king.”
October 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Seems like the official Trump response isn’t “you’re wrong, we don’t want kings.” It’s “Yes, king.”
OK, I never anticipated that I’d acquire granular knowledge of this genre, but I can now add another answer to the question “Which sequels were better than the first film?”
“Revenge of the Creature” blows “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (which I like) away!
So much fun!
“Revenge of the Creature” blows “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (which I like) away!
So much fun!
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
OK, I never anticipated that I’d acquire granular knowledge of this genre, but I can now add another answer to the question “Which sequels were better than the first film?”
“Revenge of the Creature” blows “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (which I like) away!
So much fun!
“Revenge of the Creature” blows “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (which I like) away!
So much fun!
“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
I was single-digit yrs old when mom brought a copy of this home from Stop & Shop for free with a coupon. Trying to remember a culture in which the supermarket gave you a Beethoven LP as a promotion.
The last gasps of midcentury “middlebrow” culture?
Picked this up at a thrift shop, sounds good!
The last gasps of midcentury “middlebrow” culture?
Picked this up at a thrift shop, sounds good!
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I was single-digit yrs old when mom brought a copy of this home from Stop & Shop for free with a coupon. Trying to remember a culture in which the supermarket gave you a Beethoven LP as a promotion.
The last gasps of midcentury “middlebrow” culture?
Picked this up at a thrift shop, sounds good!
The last gasps of midcentury “middlebrow” culture?
Picked this up at a thrift shop, sounds good!
But … this is a story about how digital distribution has upended a conflict that goes all the way back. Which acknowledges the history of the issue and argues that it’s more in the public conversation now.
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
But … this is a story about how digital distribution has upended a conflict that goes all the way back. Which acknowledges the history of the issue and argues that it’s more in the public conversation now.
Have you read this? ‘Tis very good.
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Have you read this? ‘Tis very good.
There appears to be no bedrock American value or basic legal principle that NYT won’t cooly reduce to a “norm” — as in, a way polite people like to act but which is optional and up for negotiation.
September 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There appears to be no bedrock American value or basic legal principle that NYT won’t cooly reduce to a “norm” — as in, a way polite people like to act but which is optional and up for negotiation.
12/31/99.
There probably “should” be a YEM exemption in this stat, since in some eras a standard version gets to the 20-minute mark … but I’m not sure I’ve heard people make that case in the past.
There probably “should” be a YEM exemption in this stat, since in some eras a standard version gets to the 20-minute mark … but I’m not sure I’ve heard people make that case in the past.
September 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
12/31/99.
There probably “should” be a YEM exemption in this stat, since in some eras a standard version gets to the 20-minute mark … but I’m not sure I’ve heard people make that case in the past.
There probably “should” be a YEM exemption in this stat, since in some eras a standard version gets to the 20-minute mark … but I’m not sure I’ve heard people make that case in the past.
What planet am I on??
But, w00t
But, w00t
September 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What planet am I on??
But, w00t
But, w00t
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
September 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
This is the article OP is responding to…
August 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is the article OP is responding to…
Recently I was talking on here w/ someone about the cool show posters by Gamelan Presents in the late ‘90s. I said I’d lost track of the two I saved, but no, they’re right where they’ve been since ‘97: the wall of my childhood bedroom.
August 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Recently I was talking on here w/ someone about the cool show posters by Gamelan Presents in the late ‘90s. I said I’d lost track of the two I saved, but no, they’re right where they’ve been since ‘97: the wall of my childhood bedroom.
Visiting Mom and came across some great Phish stubs I haven’t seen in a while.
August 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Visiting Mom and came across some great Phish stubs I haven’t seen in a while.
What a great Sunday doubleheader! The Boston Red Sox won and then Phish won too.
July 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What a great Sunday doubleheader! The Boston Red Sox won and then Phish won too.
