Remember this from Edinburgh.
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Remember this from Edinburgh.
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
It's decades too late but a Cyberpunk before Cyberpunk antho would have been fun.
My nomination would be Disch's "Concepts" (1978) offering ideas akin to internet (via headsets), vlogging, chat-roulette (to sexual intimidation), online romance/exploitation, AI children
archive.org/details/Fant...
My nomination would be Disch's "Concepts" (1978) offering ideas akin to internet (via headsets), vlogging, chat-roulette (to sexual intimidation), online romance/exploitation, AI children
archive.org/details/Fant...
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
It's decades too late but a Cyberpunk before Cyberpunk antho would have been fun.
My nomination would be Disch's "Concepts" (1978) offering ideas akin to internet (via headsets), vlogging, chat-roulette (to sexual intimidation), online romance/exploitation, AI children
archive.org/details/Fant...
My nomination would be Disch's "Concepts" (1978) offering ideas akin to internet (via headsets), vlogging, chat-roulette (to sexual intimidation), online romance/exploitation, AI children
archive.org/details/Fant...
If you can lay hands on it "None of the Above", his adapatation of "Bug Jack Barron" is good too.
As in "I Robot" he's intent on creating proactive rounded female characters for works that lacked them.
If it had been made in the early 80s "NOTA" might have been something close to a cberpunk movie
As in "I Robot" he's intent on creating proactive rounded female characters for works that lacked them.
If it had been made in the early 80s "NOTA" might have been something close to a cberpunk movie
February 12, 2026 at 10:52 PM
If you can lay hands on it "None of the Above", his adapatation of "Bug Jack Barron" is good too.
As in "I Robot" he's intent on creating proactive rounded female characters for works that lacked them.
If it had been made in the early 80s "NOTA" might have been something close to a cberpunk movie
As in "I Robot" he's intent on creating proactive rounded female characters for works that lacked them.
If it had been made in the early 80s "NOTA" might have been something close to a cberpunk movie
It's an homage.
Fennell's reused the title format from the 1920 British silent version that also had the title in quotation marks.
Fennell's reused the title format from the 1920 British silent version that also had the title in quotation marks.
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It's an homage.
Fennell's reused the title format from the 1920 British silent version that also had the title in quotation marks.
Fennell's reused the title format from the 1920 British silent version that also had the title in quotation marks.
I haven't wached it yet, but BBC have just uploaded McGoohan's performance in "Brand" (1959) as part of their Ibsen season.
Apparently McGoohan plays an "uncompromising" character. What would that be like, eh?
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Apparently McGoohan plays an "uncompromising" character. What would that be like, eh?
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Ibsen - Brand
The 1959 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's verse tragedy about an uncompromising priest.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I haven't wached it yet, but BBC have just uploaded McGoohan's performance in "Brand" (1959) as part of their Ibsen season.
Apparently McGoohan plays an "uncompromising" character. What would that be like, eh?
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Apparently McGoohan plays an "uncompromising" character. What would that be like, eh?
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Much of the humour was at the level of a decent sitcom, emphasised by this film prefiguring the early 60s trend of small town sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show and Green Acres
February 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Much of the humour was at the level of a decent sitcom, emphasised by this film prefiguring the early 60s trend of small town sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show and Green Acres
I'm probaby just too soft and charitable and am prepared to believe that Gaiman may even have meant his feminism about 75% of the time.
But it just didn't matter when his dick got hard, which really is when it's most crucial.
But it just didn't matter when his dick got hard, which really is when it's most crucial.
February 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I'm probaby just too soft and charitable and am prepared to believe that Gaiman may even have meant his feminism about 75% of the time.
But it just didn't matter when his dick got hard, which really is when it's most crucial.
But it just didn't matter when his dick got hard, which really is when it's most crucial.
I have a fondness for Ellison but my vague recollection is that was a wholly graceless spectacle.
But if modern fans revile him becase of his treatment of Connie Willis and K. Tempest Bradford, it's slightly ironic as he hoped some of his legacy would draw upon his 70s feminist ERA campaigning
But if modern fans revile him becase of his treatment of Connie Willis and K. Tempest Bradford, it's slightly ironic as he hoped some of his legacy would draw upon his 70s feminist ERA campaigning
February 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I have a fondness for Ellison but my vague recollection is that was a wholly graceless spectacle.
But if modern fans revile him becase of his treatment of Connie Willis and K. Tempest Bradford, it's slightly ironic as he hoped some of his legacy would draw upon his 70s feminist ERA campaigning
But if modern fans revile him becase of his treatment of Connie Willis and K. Tempest Bradford, it's slightly ironic as he hoped some of his legacy would draw upon his 70s feminist ERA campaigning
Ellison spends **25 minutes** relating how he eventually tracked this fabulated piece of gossip down to a malicious William Tenn / Philip Klass
jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/track/06-apo...
jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/track/06-apo...
06-Apocryphal Stories, by Harlan Ellison @ Albacon '86 - recorded by Chris O'Kane
from the album Leprechaun Nuns - and Other Apocryphal Stories
jimmortimore.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Ellison spends **25 minutes** relating how he eventually tracked this fabulated piece of gossip down to a malicious William Tenn / Philip Klass
jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/track/06-apo...
jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/track/06-apo...
It's a really strange piece.
If it had been printed five years earlier I could almost give it a horrifed pass. Issues of consent and age were still being thrashed out. By the mid 80s, people knew what arguments from NAMBLA, PIE, etc meant
So what did these fans think they were reading at the time?
If it had been printed five years earlier I could almost give it a horrifed pass. Issues of consent and age were still being thrashed out. By the mid 80s, people knew what arguments from NAMBLA, PIE, etc meant
So what did these fans think they were reading at the time?
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It's a really strange piece.
If it had been printed five years earlier I could almost give it a horrifed pass. Issues of consent and age were still being thrashed out. By the mid 80s, people knew what arguments from NAMBLA, PIE, etc meant
So what did these fans think they were reading at the time?
If it had been printed five years earlier I could almost give it a horrifed pass. Issues of consent and age were still being thrashed out. By the mid 80s, people knew what arguments from NAMBLA, PIE, etc meant
So what did these fans think they were reading at the time?
I came out early 90s, so books like K.J. Dover’s Greek Homosexuality (1978) showed a tradition of gays having always existed.
But supplying moral support to child-abuse en masse?
Even if in the 70s age of consent was debated, by mid-80s people knew what PIE, NAMBLA etc were really about.
But supplying moral support to child-abuse en masse?
Even if in the 70s age of consent was debated, by mid-80s people knew what PIE, NAMBLA etc were really about.
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I came out early 90s, so books like K.J. Dover’s Greek Homosexuality (1978) showed a tradition of gays having always existed.
But supplying moral support to child-abuse en masse?
Even if in the 70s age of consent was debated, by mid-80s people knew what PIE, NAMBLA etc were really about.
But supplying moral support to child-abuse en masse?
Even if in the 70s age of consent was debated, by mid-80s people knew what PIE, NAMBLA etc were really about.
In the light of the Epstein letters, here's Ted White boasting of his part publishing Breen’s Paedophile Apologetics “Greek Love” and other P.A works. Published in a Hugo-nominated fanzine by the Haydens, with other big-name fans, but never mentioned since:
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...
Izzard 9 - Page 33
Modern Fanzine, Izzard 9, Page 33
fanac.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
In the light of the Epstein letters, here's Ted White boasting of his part publishing Breen’s Paedophile Apologetics “Greek Love” and other P.A works. Published in a Hugo-nominated fanzine by the Haydens, with other big-name fans, but never mentioned since:
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...
As it appeared in a Hugo-nominated fanzine by the Haydens, I'm a litle surprised I’ve never seen ANY references to writer/editor/old-time-fan staple Ted White boasting of his part in publishing Breen’s Paedophile Apologetics “Greek Love” and other P.A works
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...?
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...?
Izzard 9 - Page 33
Modern Fanzine, Izzard 9, Page 33
fanac.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
As it appeared in a Hugo-nominated fanzine by the Haydens, I'm a litle surprised I’ve never seen ANY references to writer/editor/old-time-fan staple Ted White boasting of his part in publishing Breen’s Paedophile Apologetics “Greek Love” and other P.A works
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...?
fanac.org/fanzines/Izz...?
I watch every 3rd KB film as atonement to the gods of film.
He really ought to be stopped...
But...
In a film notable for KB distractingly looking like Ben Kingsley, that 20min seq was TRULY superb. It should be detached and shown as a separate play.
He really ought to be stopped...
But...
In a film notable for KB distractingly looking like Ben Kingsley, that 20min seq was TRULY superb. It should be detached and shown as a separate play.
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I watch every 3rd KB film as atonement to the gods of film.
He really ought to be stopped...
But...
In a film notable for KB distractingly looking like Ben Kingsley, that 20min seq was TRULY superb. It should be detached and shown as a separate play.
He really ought to be stopped...
But...
In a film notable for KB distractingly looking like Ben Kingsley, that 20min seq was TRULY superb. It should be detached and shown as a separate play.
Ohhh....
There's a whole magazine archive in Google Books: New York magazine, Life, Spin, Billboard, historical US gay and black
They all suddenly vanished from searches 10-14 days ago.
Sent several emails to Google feedback and works again about 3-4 days ago
books.google.co.uk/books/magazi...
There's a whole magazine archive in Google Books: New York magazine, Life, Spin, Billboard, historical US gay and black
They all suddenly vanished from searches 10-14 days ago.
Sent several emails to Google feedback and works again about 3-4 days ago
books.google.co.uk/books/magazi...
Google Books
books.google.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Ohhh....
There's a whole magazine archive in Google Books: New York magazine, Life, Spin, Billboard, historical US gay and black
They all suddenly vanished from searches 10-14 days ago.
Sent several emails to Google feedback and works again about 3-4 days ago
books.google.co.uk/books/magazi...
There's a whole magazine archive in Google Books: New York magazine, Life, Spin, Billboard, historical US gay and black
They all suddenly vanished from searches 10-14 days ago.
Sent several emails to Google feedback and works again about 3-4 days ago
books.google.co.uk/books/magazi...
I went on a huge splurge of late 1940s US films once
"Lower" films - thrillers/comedies/westersn were no more than 1hr 35 - and the lesser versions were often approx 1hr 15
Prestige films were all 1hr 50 - 2hrs
"Lower" films - thrillers/comedies/westersn were no more than 1hr 35 - and the lesser versions were often approx 1hr 15
Prestige films were all 1hr 50 - 2hrs
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I went on a huge splurge of late 1940s US films once
"Lower" films - thrillers/comedies/westersn were no more than 1hr 35 - and the lesser versions were often approx 1hr 15
Prestige films were all 1hr 50 - 2hrs
"Lower" films - thrillers/comedies/westersn were no more than 1hr 35 - and the lesser versions were often approx 1hr 15
Prestige films were all 1hr 50 - 2hrs
3rd is Antonio Atza
4th is Antoni Garces
4th is Antoni Garces
February 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
3rd is Antonio Atza
4th is Antoni Garces
4th is Antoni Garces
Yes, some exist.
I regularly check Youtube for certain names.
A search 6-8(?) years ago for Willie Rushton very surprisingly produced a couple of episodes but they got taken down. Never seen them reposted
I regularly check Youtube for certain names.
A search 6-8(?) years ago for Willie Rushton very surprisingly produced a couple of episodes but they got taken down. Never seen them reposted
February 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Yes, some exist.
I regularly check Youtube for certain names.
A search 6-8(?) years ago for Willie Rushton very surprisingly produced a couple of episodes but they got taken down. Never seen them reposted
I regularly check Youtube for certain names.
A search 6-8(?) years ago for Willie Rushton very surprisingly produced a couple of episodes but they got taken down. Never seen them reposted
Probably like Carol Grace [later Matthau).
She was married twice to William Saroyan. Each time a horrible demanding disaster.
She married him the second time: "Because I couldn't believe how terrible it was the first time"
She was married twice to William Saroyan. Each time a horrible demanding disaster.
She married him the second time: "Because I couldn't believe how terrible it was the first time"
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Probably like Carol Grace [later Matthau).
She was married twice to William Saroyan. Each time a horrible demanding disaster.
She married him the second time: "Because I couldn't believe how terrible it was the first time"
She was married twice to William Saroyan. Each time a horrible demanding disaster.
She married him the second time: "Because I couldn't believe how terrible it was the first time"
Spy in Black, Thief of Bagdad, 49th Parallel and Black Narcissus are all part of the permanent ITVX film catalogue.
But by God they work hard to make sure you'll never find out
But by God they work hard to make sure you'll never find out
February 1, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Spy in Black, Thief of Bagdad, 49th Parallel and Black Narcissus are all part of the permanent ITVX film catalogue.
But by God they work hard to make sure you'll never find out
But by God they work hard to make sure you'll never find out
S*A*U*S*A*G*E
the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould?
the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould?
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
S*A*U*S*A*G*E
the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould?
the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould?
Nancy Lemann – Lives of the Saints, 1985
Blends Waugh, FS Fitzgerald and Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer in 1980s New Orleans. Style to burn. A eulogy of a crumbling, formerly lavish, dying social order and narrator’s affection for sweet, graced-wastrel male friend.
Reprinted later this year
Blends Waugh, FS Fitzgerald and Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer in 1980s New Orleans. Style to burn. A eulogy of a crumbling, formerly lavish, dying social order and narrator’s affection for sweet, graced-wastrel male friend.
Reprinted later this year
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Nancy Lemann – Lives of the Saints, 1985
Blends Waugh, FS Fitzgerald and Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer in 1980s New Orleans. Style to burn. A eulogy of a crumbling, formerly lavish, dying social order and narrator’s affection for sweet, graced-wastrel male friend.
Reprinted later this year
Blends Waugh, FS Fitzgerald and Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer in 1980s New Orleans. Style to burn. A eulogy of a crumbling, formerly lavish, dying social order and narrator’s affection for sweet, graced-wastrel male friend.
Reprinted later this year
Hughes's late 70s/80s NatLamp work shows a very small-c proto-yuppy sensibility that was not particularly forward-thinking towards minorities - ala PJ O'Rourke.
Feeling bothered and pestered by gays' new conspicuousness in society.
Which doesn't naturally lead to making this sympathetic character
Feeling bothered and pestered by gays' new conspicuousness in society.
Which doesn't naturally lead to making this sympathetic character
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Hughes's late 70s/80s NatLamp work shows a very small-c proto-yuppy sensibility that was not particularly forward-thinking towards minorities - ala PJ O'Rourke.
Feeling bothered and pestered by gays' new conspicuousness in society.
Which doesn't naturally lead to making this sympathetic character
Feeling bothered and pestered by gays' new conspicuousness in society.
Which doesn't naturally lead to making this sympathetic character