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MORE FROST!
MORE FROST!THIS IS GREAT NEWS AS FROST IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BRITISH COPPERS ~ HE’S CERTAINLY THE MOST HUMOROUS AND PUT UPON.
BOOKSELLER.COM REPORTS . . .
Transworld has signed a deal to publish two new Jack Frost novels, written on behalf of the estate of R. D Wingfield, who died in 2007.
Sarah Turner, editorial Director, acquired the UK & Commonwealth rights from Philip Patterson at Marjacq Scripts.
Writing under the pseudonym James Henry, the books will be co-authored by James Gurbutt, who has just joined Constable & Robinson to found a new imprint, and Harvill Secker author Henry Sutton.
They will be prequels to the bestselling series written by Wingfield, which inspired the series A Touch Of Frost, and the first will be published by Bantam Press in early 2011. Gurbutt said: "‘The prospect is tremendously exciting and it’s a privilege to continue such an outstanding series.
Wingfield was one of our finest crime writers, and a brilliant stylist. I grew up where Wingfield lived and wrote, and have always been deeply immersed in the best of British crime writing."
Philip Wingfield, son of the late author, added: "The authors have captured my father’s style superbly. Fans and newcomers alike will not be disappointed."
BURY ME DEEP ~ MEGAN ABBOTT!
BURY ME DEEP ~ MEGAN ABBOTT!THE RAP SHEET HAS A GREAT POST TODAY ON MEGAN ABBOTT’S LATEST NOVEL, BURY ME DEEP. WITHOUT A DOUBT, ABBOTT GETS SOME OF THE COOLEST COVERS FOR HER BOOKS ~ AND THE INSIDES AREN’T BAD EITHER . . .
THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF OUR “STORY BEHIND THE STORY” SERIES. TODAY WE WELCOME NEW YORK CITY AUTHOR MEGAN ABBOTT, WHO GIVES US THE BACKGROUND TO HER NEW HISTORICAL SUSPENSE NOVEL, BURY ME DEEP, WHICH IS BASED ON A TRUE, 1930S CRIME INVOLVING JEALOUSY, ABANDONMENT, AND HOMICIDE.
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I SPY!
I SPY!ROBERT CULP RECALLS THE MAKING OF I SPY IN A RECENT AMERICAN TELEVISION ARCHIVE VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE.
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
YUKI 7 ~ TO CATCH A TEMPTRESS (1967)!
YUKI 7 ~ TO CATCH A TEMPTRESS (1967)!IN TO CATCH A TEMPTRESS, OUR HEROINE YUKI IS BRAINWASHED BY A MASKED VILLAINESS AND FORCED TO STEAL VALUABLE JEWELS FROM A HEAVILY GUARDED PALACE THAT ONLY SHE HAS THE SKILLS TO PENETRATE. HOW WILL SHE ESCAPE THE GRASP OF THE MASKED TEMPTRESS?
TO CHECK OUT YUKI 7 CREATOR KEVIN DART'S WEBSITE CLICK HERE
YUKI 7 ~ ROMAN RENDEZVOUS (1966)!
YUKI 7 ~ ROMAN RENDEZVOUS (1966)!THIS IS YUKI'S THIRD FILM IN WHICH SHE ENCOUNTERS LOTUS, THE ALLURING ITALIAN DOUBLE AGENT, AS WELL AS THE MYSTERIOUS BIKINI ASSASSINATION SQUAD.
TO CHECK OUT YUKI 7 CREATOR KEVIN DART'S WEBSITE CLICK HERE
YUKI 7 ~ DANGER IS A FEMALE (1965)!
YUKI 7 ~ DANGER IS A FEMALE (1965)!WHO IS YUKI 7? SHE’S THE ULTIMATE HIP 60’S CHICK. SHE’S SEXY, HER CLOTHES ARE TO DIE FOR, AND SHE CAN BEAT ANY MAN OR WOMAN IN A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE. IN THE WORLD OF ESPIONAGE, NO ONE CAN KEEP A SECRET FROM HER AND NO ONE CAN RESIST HER CHARM.
TO CHECK OUT YUKI 7 CREATOR KEVIN DART'S WEBSITE CLICK HERE
YUKI 7 ~ A KISS FROM TOKYO (1964)!
YUKI 7 ~ A KISS FROM TOKYO (1964)!A KISS FROM TOKYO WAS THE FIRST MOVIE TO STAR INTERNATIONAL GIRL OF MYSTERY YUKI 7. MADE IN 1964 AMID THE SPY CULTURE CRAZE THAT FOLLOWED THE WORLDWIDE SUCCESS OF "DR. NO", IT LAUNCHED THE CAREER OF KIMIKO SUZUKI WHO WOULD GO ON TO PLAY YUKI 7 IN SEVERAL MORE SPY FILMS.
TO CHECK OUT YUKI 7 CREATOR KEVIN DART'S WEBSITE CLICK HERE
KEVIN DART ~ NO DOUBT!
KEVIN DART ~ NO DOUBT!YUKI 7 CREATOR KEVIN DART WAS ALSO RECENTLY COMMISIONED TO CREATE A POSTER FOR THIS SUMMER'S NO DOUBT SUMMER TOUR.
INSPIRED BY 60'S SUSPENSE MOVIE POSTERS, THIS WAS A ODE TO THE SONG "SPIDERWEBS."
IN ADDITION, KEVIN'S POSTER WILL BE GIVEN OUT AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL NO DOUBT CLUB TOUR PACKAGE. IT WAS ALSO SCREEN-PRINTED ON TOTES FOR NO DOUBT'S OFFICIAL TOUR MERCHANDISE.
AWESOME JOB KEVIN!
INSPIRED BY 60'S SUSPENSE MOVIE POSTERS, THIS WAS A ODE TO THE SONG "SPIDERWEBS."
IN ADDITION, KEVIN'S POSTER WILL BE GIVEN OUT AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL NO DOUBT CLUB TOUR PACKAGE. IT WAS ALSO SCREEN-PRINTED ON TOTES FOR NO DOUBT'S OFFICIAL TOUR MERCHANDISE.
AWESOME JOB KEVIN!
THE MAKING OF YUKI 7!
THE MAKING OF YUKI 7!TO CATCH UP ON THE CREATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPY YUKI SEVEN READ THESE RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS:
PER CREATOR KEVIN DART:
I combed through some folders of reference I had collected over the last few years, immersing myself in campy Euro-spy film posters, 1960’s Thai pop music album covers, and mid-century modern architecture. I went back and re-watched some of my favorite spy films like “You Only Live Twice” and discovered new ones like “Deadlier than the Male”. A world slowly started to form in my head and I could feel hundreds of backlogged ideas and unfinished stories suddenly collide into one cohesive mass. Later on, I realized Yuki 7 had been building for years even though she arrived in a flash of insight.
PART I
PART II
PART III
EYES ONLY!
SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE PART II!
SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE PART II!MORE YUKI 7 ART CONNECTED TO KEVIN DART'S NEW BOOK, SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE: THE WORLD OF YUKI 7 . . .
Artist Kevin Dart invites you to discover his favorite swinging 60’s spy girl, Yuki 7. Seductive, intelligent, and charming, Yuki romps through film after film, vanquishing villains while looking fabulous. Since these madcap movies exist only in his imagination, Dart has brought Yuki’s world to life through a collection of artwork accompanied by the clever writings of Ada Cole.
TO CHECK OUT KEVIN DART'S WEBSITE CLICK HERE
SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE!
SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE!THIS IS AN ALERT FOR ALL C.O.B.R.A.S. ~ SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE: THE WORLD OF YUKI 7!
Artist Kevin Dart has created a series of beautiful movie posters in his unique retro style for movies WE CAN ONLY WISH TO WATCH.
Along with a few friends, Dart will be releasing a new book containing a collection of posters, soundtrack covers, and other illustrated memorabilia.
A Kiss From Tokyo, Theatrical Trailer (1964) - Yuki 7 dashes around the world in hot pursuit of the tantalizingly tricky Diamond Eye, who is stealing parts and plans and leaving behind a path of murdered scientists in her quest to build a missile inside her volcanic lair.
This animation is a part of a promotional event about the release of Kevin Dart's new book, Seductive Espionage, the world of Yuki 7, which will be published this summer.
Kevin produced the graphics and Stephane Coedel gave them life with After Effects.Coedel cleverly captures the typical vintage look of the spy movies of the period. Lighting, grain, old school Special Effects (car chase in a studio with background projected film, miniature sets), editing, old fashion transitions, Music, etc...
Cyrille Marchesseau created a great piece of music inspired by Laurie Johnson (The Avengers) and John Barry (James Bond).
TO ORDER SEDUCTIVE ESPIONAGE: THE WORLD OF YUKI 7 CLICK HERE
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SOME SPIES CAN'T GET A BREAK!
SOME SPIES CAN'T GET A BREAK!LONDON'S DAILY MAIL IS REPORTING . . .
MI6 CHIEF BLOWS HIS COVER AS WIFE'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT REVEALS FAMILY HOLIDAYS, SHOWBIZ FRIENDS AND MORE.
The new head of MI6 has been left exposed by a major personal security breach after his wife published intimate photographs and family details on the Facebook website.
Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November, putting him in charge of all Britain's spying operations abroad.But his wife's entries on the social networking site have exposed potentially compromising details about where they live and work, who their friends are and where they spend their holidays.
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A SHRUG OF THE TRENCHCOAT TO BILL CRIDER
BEAT TO A PULP #31
BEAT TO A PULP #31ARTIFACTS BY GERALD SO!
While Reggie Price had grown to an imposing six-four, two hundred-twenty pounds, I could see the twelve year-old in his eyes. His smile, even with two chipped teeth, was full of infectious charm. We'd been up about an hour when he jostled his wife, who had complained six times she getting airsick. "This is it, sweetheart. Just like on the map," he said. "This is it. We're rich!"
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Next week: "Nothing You Can Do" by Jason Hunt
Coming soon: Nik Morton's "I Celebrate Myself"
Saturday, July 4, 2009
SATURDAY NIGHT SWINGIN’!
SATURDAY NIGHT SWINGIN’!ROBBIE WILLIAMS ~ AIN’T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD?
EAT YOUR HEART OUT BUBLE!
THE TIKI BAR IS OPEN ~ JOHN HIATT!
THE TIKI BAR IS OPEN ~ JOHN HIATT!Following on the heels of "Crossing Muddy Waters," "Tiki Bar" signals John Hiatt's return to the electric guitar. Recorded with The Goners (his old band), Hiatt's new album is joyfully noisy and genuinely peremeated with bluesy soul. From the boisterous opener, "Everybody Went Low" to the thoughtful closer, "Farther Stars," it is clear that Hiatt has crossed his muddy waters and landed on the shore of straight ahead rock. Featuring his usual quirky, yet brilliant, lyrics, "Tiki" shows that Hiatt is having a helluva lot of fun as he grows older. Solid from top to bottom, this album ranks up there with Hiatt's best work ("Bring The Family," "Stolen Moments," "Slow Turning," and "Walk On), and it should garner the maestro quite a few new fans. It's about time Hiatt got the recognition he deserved. There is no filler here; Hiatt delivers the goods just like he has always done.
CHORUS:
Thank God the tiki bar is open
Thank God the tiki torch still shines
Thank God the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
I was out on a leave of absence
From any resemblance to reality
I felt like a rocket launched to the great blue yonder
From the boys down at Kennedy
I was driving by his majesty's court hotel
Where the sign said praise his name
I was tired and alone I couldn't see too well
But I don't think that he was to blame
CHORUS
There's a full moon over Daytona beach
There's a full moon in my mind
And my suntan dream is still out of reach
And the strip malls are robbing me blind
Well his name was Mr. Dale Earnhardt
And he drove the black number three
Now the king is gone but he'll not be forgotten
Nor his like will we ever see
CHORUS
I know a drink ain't no solution
I ain't had one in seventeen years
But if that tiki bar was closed tonight
Well I might just disappear
CHORUS TWICE
© JOHN HIATT 2001
TO LISTEN TO SAMPLES CLICK HERE
COCKTAIL NATION #81~ SAM BUTERA!
COCKTAIL NATION #81~ SAM BUTERA!Thanks to the Tiki Shark, Koop Kooper and the Cocktail Nation are spinning the latest and greatest classic and neo lounge and looking at the world of swank.
Tonight, we take a look at the life of the recently departed Sam Butera with a special interview recorded back stage with Sam in 1999. I've got another track of the latest Tikiyaki Orchestra album, and news from the Martini Kings.
I’ve been out record collecting again and found some fantastic original albums in the record bins of charity stores to play for you soon.
PLAYLIST:
Cy Coleman ~ Playboys Theme
Dom Halpin ~ Out Of The Blue
Sam Butera ~ Dig That Crazy Chick
Jackie Gleason ~ Temptation
Martini Kings ~ Because of You
Arthur Lyman ~ Carabunta
Sylvia Telles ~ Discussao
Cocktail Angst ~ Rhumba Of The Saints
Tikiyaki Orchestra ~ Makaha
Fisherman ~ Hell Toupee
Kava Kon ~ Chinese Surfer
The SG Sound ~ I Feel the Earth Move
Octobop ~ Hugged your Martian Today
Richard Cheese ~ Spiderman
Jack Constanzo ~ Young Man With a Horn
Pete King ~ The Height Of The Spy Season
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SINGING WAS THE EASY PART!
SINGING WAS THE EASY PART!BY VIC DAMONE WITH DAVID CHANOFF
Born Vito Farinola in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1928, Vic worked as an usher at the fabled Paramount Theatre before realizing a dream by shooting to the top of the Billboard Chart in 1947 with his first hit “I Have But One Heart.” He was mentored by everyone from Perry Como to Tommy Dorsey. Frank Sinatra praised his voice and became a friend for life, giving him advice on singing and women. Damone had one of the most successful careers ever had by an American pop singer and one of the most glamorous and exciting lives of any guy who lived while the Ratpack reigned.
• He was almost thrown out of the window of a New York City hotel by a mobster.
• He dated Ava Gardner, who got him drunk for the first time.
• He married glamorous Italian actress Ana Maria Pierangeli and later, Diahann Carroll.
• He appeared at the Sands Hotel during the glory days of Vegas and once took a nude chorus girl into the steam room where the Ratpack was relaxing.
In Singing Was the Easy Part, he talks frankly about his bankruptcy, his many marriages and his belief in God. It’s a warm, funny, and inspiring memoir from one of America’s greatest pop singers.
FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:
One of the most enduring American pop music crooners, Damone, writing with Chanoff, tells his story in this straightforward, honest memoir by an ambitious boy from a middle-class Brooklyn Italian family, rising to fame on hit charts over a 60-year career. In his foreword, CNN talk host Larry King writes, With a little better luck Vic would have classed right with Frank Sinatra. At that he is probably regarded one rung below, but it is a very short rung. As Damone tells it, he experienced it all—he was a babe magnet with the creamy voice; a one-time Paramount usher, he had his life saved by Frank Sinatra; he dated Ava Gardner and Liz Taylor and married the beautiful actress Pier Angeli; he starred in several films, all this between gigs at Ciro's, Mogambo, the Copa and Vegas. Highlights of this celeb-laden book include dealing with a bigot in defense of boxing champ Sugar Ray Robinson, having mob chieftain Frank Costello save his life against a hateful capo and marrying singer Diahann Carroll. With many dramatic moments, this memoir—complete with bold-faced names and mob stories—makes for a delightful summer read.
TO READ THE FIRST CHAPTER CLICK HERE
NAKED VINYL!
NAKED VINYL!Fun, contemporary and visually stunning, Naked Vinyl (Universe Publishing ~ January 18, 2003) is guaranteed to act as a conversation piece, it lovingly brings together more than one hundred of the best album covers from that unique sub-genre of the music industry—the bachelor album. The collection focuses on the development of the "vinyl nude" from the adult-oriented eroticism of the fifties to the brash exhibitionism of the seventies. Listings of artists, musicians, producers, lyricists and photographers accompany the cover art to create a sexy, stylish and contemporary collection of beautiful, sometimes tawdry, vinyl nudes.
The genre of record cover art holds a visual interest all its own. It holds appeal for record collectors and music enthusiasts, design and photography enthusiasts, and anyone with an eye for color, style, or beauty. Naked Vinyl features classic album cover art that brings together music, art and eroticism, displaying their playful character shamelessly to the world.
Author Tim O'Brien began compiling this book while working at "Prime Cuts Music Exchange," a successful second-hand record shop. It was here that the idea of the ‘vinyl nude’ was born.
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VIXENS OF VINYL!
VIXENS OF VINYL!Vixens of Vinyl: The Alluring Ladies of Vintage Album Covers by Benjamin Darling (Chronicle Books, 200) is the perfect bachelor pad book.
It touches on two favorite swank subjects ~ Hi-Fi records and beautiful women. One of the great joys of lounge music collecting is finding a great album with a great album cover, one with a sultry woman draped over a velvet couch or learning on a bar in a cocktail lounge.
Artists like
Gleason had his glamourous, forlorn beauties.
Denny had the versatile Sandy Warner who changed her look with each cover.
And who could forget the cover to Alpert's Whipped Cream and Other Delights?
Vixens of Vinyl includes these famous covers as well as dozens of others, all from the golden age of the hi-fi record.
The author is very particular about just who qualifies as a vixen, “This baddest of the bad girls looks out at us in the eye, straight at us. Invitingly, engagingly, she looks out from the album cover, commanding us with her come hither stare. Music appeals to our passions; vixens do as well.”
What Vixens of Vinyl lacks in text, it more than makes up for in page after page in gorgeous album art. It has sections dedicated to the cosmopolitan vixen, the exotic vixen, the mambo vixen, the famous vixen, the international vixen, and a few others thrown in for good measure. Any swinger worth his salt needs to own at least a handful of these albums, regardless if you like the music.
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OHANA LUAU AT THE LAKE!
OHANA LUAU AT THE LAKE!September 18-20, Lake George, New York.
Presented by the Fraternal Order of Moai, the Ohana is a three spectacular days of music, cocktails at the only surviving 60's era tiki resort in America--The Tiki Motor Inn Resort in Lake George, NY. Featuring music from Waitiki, Cocktail Preachers, Fisherman, and more.
More info can be found at their website:
www.luauatthelake.com
ATOMIC FROLIC 2009 ~ JULY 18, DALLAS, TX!
ATOMIC FROLIC 2009 ~ JULY 18, DALLAS, TX!La Divina in association with Bachelor Pad Magazine and Java are pleased to announce that they are jointly presenting the:
The Atomic Frolic is a tribute to the era of the late 1950's. A time of booze, babes and burly-que. This show will feature both classic burlesque performances from the style of that era as well as live music to dance the night away.
Our Host and MC for the Atomic Frolic is Java, the publishing genius behind Bachelor Pad Magazine.
The featured burlesque performer is Kitten DeVille from Los Angeles.
Kitten de Ville is the winner of 2002 Miss Exotic world at the burlesques Hall of Fame in Las Vegas performs across the United States and Europe where she headlines with a variety of top musicians and performers from around the globe. She has been featured in two Burlesque documentaries and has appeared Hollywood movies, in several Independent films and music videos. She lives and teaches burlesque in Los Angles, California.
Other local burlesque stars performing at Atomic Frolic include, all new performances from Angela Ryan, La Divina, and Black Mariah. Also, performing will be Ruby Rocket from Austin, Texas, Ginger Valentine and Rose Darling.
Local music sensation Ricki Derek will be performing with his band on the stage to the Lakewood Theater. Ricki Derek is known for his magical voice and for his ability to entertain like the greats of yesterday. Known locally and nationally for singing like his influence “Old Blue Eyes.” You will love to listen to him croon. The dance floor will be available at the Lakewood Theater.
The show will be at the fabulously restored Lakewood Theater located at 1825 Abrams Way, Dallas, Texas 75214. The doors will open at 8:00 and the show will start at 9:30. Additional parking for the show will be available to the west of the theater behind Faulkner Tower 6220 Gaston Avenue. The Lakewood Theater will have 3 full bars to serve you.
All seating at this show will be reserved. Tickets are available in three classes, VIP, Premium and Standard admission. The VIP seating will be on the main floor down front, there will be NO table service in VIP at this show however. Premium seating will be in the back half of the main floor and standard seating is in the balcony. Advanced ticket prices are $35.00 for VIP, $25.00 for Premium and $20.00 for Standard. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the Theater at 214/821-7469 or purchased at the box office. Based on suggestions from our fans from the last show we will have more staff at the door to get the audience in more quickly. There will be more parking available just for the audience of the show. Photography will be allowed provided it does not interfere with the show.
THE BACHELOR PAD RADIO SHOW!
THE BACHELOR PAD RADIO SHOW!Every week, The Bachelor Pad Radio Show features music every swinging bachelor needs to have. Lounge, cocktail, exotica, private-eye jazz, and even a touch of retro-swing from the likes of Esquivel, Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Julie London, Les Baxter, Frank Sinatra, and many others. Tune in and enjoy!
THE BACHELOR PAD 6/26/09
Esquivel—Mini Skirt (Theme Music)
Joey Altruda—April In Portugal
Terry Snyder—Theme From Picnic
Sammy Davis Jr.—Someone To Watch Over Me
Red Novro's Trio—Night and Day
Dean Martin—Go Go Go Go
Perez Prado—Go Go Mambo!
Los Albinos—Go Go Conga
Les Baxter—Go Chango
Julie London—Go Slow
Bobby Darin—I Got Rhythm
Laurie Johnson—Shopping Spree
George Shearing—Pawn Ticket
Jo Stafford—Imagination
Esquivel—Sentimental Journey
Robert Farnon—Industrial Samba
Xavier Cugat—Daiquiri
Combustible Edison—Seduction
Skip Heller—Watch Us Burn
Jack Jones—Wives And Lovers
Astrud Gilberto—Cocovado (Quiet Nights)
Laurindo Almeida—Fly Me To The Moon
Don Ralke Orchestra—Head Hunter
John Buzon Trio—It Must Be True
Billy May—Brassmen's Holiday
Buddy Morrow—Isle of Capri
Howard Roberts—Cute
Les Paul—Lover
Ethel Smith—Poinciana
Jet Set Six—My Torrid Heart
Elliott Fisher—Dr. No's Fantasy
Jack Costanzo & His Afro-Cuban Band—Just One Of Those Things
Keely Smith—I Understand
Les Double Six—Sweets
Joe "Fingers" Carr—Under Paris Skies / La La Collette
Ada Lee—Night In Tunisia
Eden Ahbez—Eden's Cove
Kava Kon—Polynesia Poppies
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FIRST BOND MOVIE ARTWORK!
FIRST BOND MOVIE ARTWORK!Most hardcore Bond fans are aware that in 1959, Irish entrepreneur Kevin McClory envisioned the making of a movie with Ian Fleming featuring James Bond.
At a time when the first seven Fleming novels had been turned down by the top film studios of the day, for being too violent, sadistic, and unbelievable, successful novelist, Ian Fleming had wearied of writing; was ‘bereft of new ideas’, and wanted to kill Bond off and go travelling.
British screenwriter, Jack Whittingham who had just gone freelance from the Ealing Studios team, was commissioned to write a film that would be acceptable to the British public and, with Ian Fleming’s permission, took the character of James Bond and created the very first original 007 screenplay entitled “Thunderball”.
‘Thunderball,’ therefore, was the very first screenplay of the movie series, and should have been the first produced film, however, the making of it was halted and held up by long drawn out legal complications, and, eventually, it came out as the fourth Bond film, and the biggest in box office terms.
Originally, a series of unique pre-production storyboard drawings by Stephen Grimes were created for the first concept of Thunderball and shown at the 1959 Venice Film Festival in a bid to raise interest for the proposed new project.
Represent the ‘First Imaginings’ of what a Bond film could look like long before production commenced on any of them, they now adorn the walls of the English city of Fulham’s restaurant, The Fulham Grill.
Local photographer Sylvan Mason (screenwriter Jack Whittingham’s daughter), however, has captured the art on canvas and has made them available to collectors.
FOR MORE INFO CLICK HERE
A SHRUG OF THE TRENCHCOAT TO ULTIMATE JAMES BOND FAN BLOG
SEXY! SAVVY! UNSTOPPABLE! HONEY WEST!
SEXY! SAVVY! UNSTOPPABLE! HONEY WEST!HONEY WEST ~ BY JOHN C. FREDRIKSON
Honey West debuted in the fall of 1965, derived from the famous detective novels of the same name. Produced by Aaron Spelling, she was television's first liberated female, a crack private investigator and an expert in martial arts-beholden to no man. The beautiful actress Anne Francis was cast in the central role as the sexy, wise-cracking star, and she is assisted by her cantankerous sidekick, Sam Bolt (John Ericson) and somewhat flaky live-in, Aunt Meg (Irene Hervey).
In 30 black-and-white episodes, Honey battles her way through the underworld by dint of her wits, judo prowess, and killer looks, aided by an arsenal of high-tech gimmicks, a sexy Cobra sports car, and an ocelot named Bruce! The result is an unmistakable slice of 1960s Americana, one which cut the template for strong female roles to follow.
Celebrated as a cult hit, Honey West is a must for any afficionados of crime drama television or just a half-hour of good entertainment.
This ground-breaking book examines the series in detail with interviews of the surviving cast members, and listings of websites, addresses, bibliographies, episode synopses, and an appendix. Profusely illustrated.
John C. Fredriksen received his doctorate in history from Providence College. He is the author of 20 reference books on various topics.
FOR MORE INFO CLICK HERE
XCENTRICA RADIO ~ LIVE 365!
XCENTRICA RADIO ~ LIVE 365!ALSO CHECK OUT THIS PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR YOUR BACHELOR PAD! DELICIOUS TUNES FOR SECRET AGENTS IN A RETRO-FUTURISTIC ADVENTURE FEATURING EXOTICA, COCKTAIL JAZZ, FUTURE JAZZ, KITSCH, LOUNGE, SPACE AGE POP, CHILLOUT, SOFT ELECTRONICA AND EASY LISTENING!
TO LISTEN CLICK HERE
BUDDIES LOUNGE ~ LIVE 365!
BUDDIES LOUNGE ~ LIVE 365!The ALL NEW Buddies Lounge channel on Live365.com is up and running as they play over 24 hours of Space-Age pop music every day! The playlist continues to grow daily and it’s the perfect all music station to listen to at work or home ~ presented in living stereo!
Please give a listen and let them know what you think!
Have a great 4th of July ~ and there’ll be an all-new episode of “An Evening at the Buddies Lounge” on July 10th.
TO LISTEN CLICK HERE
Friday, July 3, 2009
LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE SATAN FACTORY!
LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE SATAN FACTORY!HELLBOY'S PREMIER CRIME FIGHTER IN AN ALL-NEW NOVEL!
Where greed and the occult walk hand in hand, where mobsters and monsters prowl the streets, none escape the justice of Lobster Johnson!In the years before World War II, Jonas Chapel was a respected physician, until his appetite for vice got the best of him and he found himself on the run from one of New York's most powerful mob bosses.
On the lam in Mexico, Chapel stumbles across a powerful witch and a cursed skeleton -- and the power to transform men into monsters. Now, he's back in New York, selling his creations to the highest bidder.Only one man, backed by his team of trusted sidekicks, stands in his way.
But will the Lobster's resolve be enough to shut down Chapel's twisted Satan Factory -- before New York itself is consumed?
A new novel by Thomas E. Sniegoski, writer for the top-rated ABC Family television miniseries Fallen.
Publication Date: July 22, 2009
Format: B&W, 256 pages
Price: $12.95
LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE SATAN FACTORY (NOVEL) IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT THINGS FROM ANOTHER WORLD!
Publication Date: July 22, 2009
Format: B&W, 256 pages
Price: $12.95
LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE SATAN FACTORY (NOVEL) IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT THINGS FROM ANOTHER WORLD!
GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN: THE DORUS NOEL STORIES!
GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN: THE DORUS NOEL STORIES!BY ARTHUR J. BURKS
INTRODUCTION BY JOHN LOCKE
Dorus Noel spent many years in the Far East, and had the torture scars to prove it. Now he was back in New York, working undercover in Manhattan's Chinatown, confronting the most insidious crimes and criminals imaginable, cases beyond the ability of the police. Burks' Chinatown is a society of strange alliances, a place of dark menace and mystery, an urban nightmare of secret passageways riddling the district like rabbit warrens, a world under the shadow of China's past.
Collected here for the first time are all 11 Dorus Noel stories from All Detective Magazine (1933-34). Also included is extensive new information on All Detective and the fascinating career of the Speed-King of the Pulps, Arthur J. Burks.
Stories complete with original illustrations.
6x9-inch
perfect bound
192 pages
$16.00 postpaid
Check or MO to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
THE SPIDER: JUDGEMENT KNIGHT!
THE SPIDER: JUDGEMENT KNIGHT!Now available and arriving in comic shops July 8th!
BY NORVELL W. PAGE, HOWARD HOPKINS & GARY CARBON
If you like your justice served ice cold, baby, The Spider is it! The body count is high as the most ruthless crime fighter of all time stars in his very own wide-vision graphic novel!
No one comes close to how deliciously deadly The Spider dispatches justice. The criminals are not left behind for the police; they are not rehabilitated. They are no longer a burden on society, as The Spider just mows them down with extreme prejudice! A murderous ghost of crime terrorizes New York City, dealing gruesome agonized death to any who stand in the way of his quest for power.
The city reeling, threatened with wholesale murder, The Spider finds himself wounded and caught in a desperate battle within America's very symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty. At stake, the fate of millions and the life of the woman he loves — Nita van Sloan! Painted in gorgeous noir black & white!Softcover
7x10
72 pages
B&W
$9.95
GREEN HORNET - COMING IN JULY!
GREEN HORNET - COMING IN JULY!The Green Hornet (1940) and The Green Hornet Strikes Again (1941). The 2-disc sets are due out on July 28th and feature liner notes, radio shows and a photo gallery.
Retail for each is $29.99
THE GREEN HORNET (1940)
The Green Hornet (also referred to as simply Green Hornet) is a masked fictional crime fighter. Originally created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker for an American radio program in the 1930s, the character has appeared in two Universal serials.
In the 13 episode serial, the city is faced with rising crime and increased racketeering activity, intrepid newspaper editor Britt Reid (Gordon Jones) becomes the crime fighter the Green Hornet. As far as the police are concerned, the Hornet is himself a criminal; this misunderstanding enables Reid to operate "outside the law" to battle criminals and racketeers.
Working along side the Hornet is the brilliant inventor/sidekick Kato (Keye Luke), the only living person who knows the true identity of the Hornet.
Our heroes fight an infamous racket's that's menacing their city.
BONUS FEATURES:
Episode Selection
Liner Notes by author Martin Grams Jr.
Two Radio Episodes of THE GREEN HORNET
Photo Gallery
THE GREEN HORNET STRIKES AGAIN!
A Universal movie serial based on the The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle. The sequel to the 1940 serial The Green Hornet. A thousand ALL-NEW thrills!
In this 15 episode serial, Britt Reid (Warren Hull) is enjoying a vacation in Hawaii. While he is away, he learns that a crime organization has extended its activities into virtually every industry in the city.
Disguised as the Green Hornet, Britt makes forays against the underworld establishment. Each attack brings him closer to the identity of the syndicate mastermind, an arch crook named Grogan.
BONUS FEATURES:
In this 15 episode serial, Britt Reid (Warren Hull) is enjoying a vacation in Hawaii. While he is away, he learns that a crime organization has extended its activities into virtually every industry in the city.
Disguised as the Green Hornet, Britt makes forays against the underworld establishment. Each attack brings him closer to the identity of the syndicate mastermind, an arch crook named Grogan.
BONUS FEATURES:
Episode Selection
Liner Notes by Martin Grams Jr.
Two Radio Episodes of THE GREEN HORNET
Photo Gallery
SPENSER FOR HIRE AGAIN!
SPENSER FOR HIRE AGAIN!ROBERT B. PARKER IS KEEPING HIS FRANCHISES TURNING AND BURNING. WRITING FOR HIS BLOG, HE UPDATES NEWS ON A REMAKE OF HIS SPENSER FOR HIRE SERIES . . .
(April 23rd) We are in negotiation for a remake of the SPENSER: FOR HIRE series to be produced by SONY/DREAMWORKS, and shown on TNT. There is often a slip twixt cup and lip in Los Angeles, but so far things are promising.
(May 29th) Negotiations continue on the Spenser For Hire front. The mills of Hollywood grind exceeding fine. But I have no reason to think it won't happen in awhile.
PARKER ALSO REPORTS HE’S ADDING NEW LIFE TO HIS SPENSER SERIES . . .
(May 29th) I am currently writing a book with the working title SIXKILL in which a new character joins Spenser's world. Probably be out next year . . . The next Spenser novel, THE PROFESSIONAL will go on sale October 5 of this year.
AND REGARDING JESSE STONE . . .
(April 23rd) The next Jesse Stone movie will be on CBS sometime later this year (its done and waiting) and Jesse Stone movie #7 will start shooting in Nova Scotia on , I am told, September 8.
AND THERE MAY ALSO BE LIFE LEFT IN HITCH AND COLE BEYOND THE TRILOGY COMPLETED BY BRIMSTONE . . .
(May 29th) The response to BRIMSTONE has been gratifying. I don't know very far ahead, what I'm going to write. But I rather don't like the idea of not writing anymore about Hitch and Cole, so, probably, I will.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
FORGOTTEN BOOKS – JASS BY DAVID FULMER!
FORGOTTEN BOOKS – JASS BY DAVID FULMER!This one is not so much forgotten as under appreciated. I only recently discovered Fulmer’s work through his 2008 non-series novel The Blue Door, which led me to immediately pick up his Shamus award winning Chasing the Devil’s Tail.
Jass is the follow up to Chasing the Devil’s Tail, and as such is the second outing for Creole private detective Valentin St. Cyr (pronounced Son Ser – I only know this from listening to a wonderful CD verison of another book in the series, Rampart Street). If anything, Jass is even more evocative and involving than its predecessor – a full, rich, compelling read, in which the earliest notes of jass (or jazz) resonate long after the last page is turned.
In the red-light district New Orleans, players of the new music they call "jass" have been turning up dead.
To Storyville detective Valentin St. Cyr, it's no surprise. These characters, mostly lowdown "rounders," walk on the wild side, working their rowdy music through the night and spending their days in excess that sets the tone for a hundred years of American musical mayhem to follow. Anyway, the Creole detective has his own problems. With his woman Justine drifting back to the life of a sporting girl, the last thing he needs is some tawdry distraction.
But this is Storyville, and nothing is ever quite as it seems. Once Valentin is persuaded to investigate, he discovers the deaths are not random at all, because every one of the victims once played in the same band. Four are dead, and the only one left alive has gone into hiding.
As he digs deeper, Valentin becomes convinced that a certain mysterious woman is the key to the mystery. He's digging too deep, though, and soon Tom Anderson, "The King of Storyville," police lieutenant J. Picot, and even the Chief of Police want him off the case. It's all the proof he needs that there is something larger and darker at the heart of this sordid business.
Indeed, this is a tale of dark secrets that lurk in the shadows of the New Orleans nights, under the painted faces of the sporting girls, and especially behind the loud, wild music that echoes up the scarlet streets.
"Jass" is a compelling sequel to David Fulmer's award-winning and critically-acclaimed "Chasing the Devil's Tail" - an even deeper and darker journey into the bloody and raucous miasma called Storyville.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
JAMES BOND ~ THE GIRL MACHINE!
JAMES BOND ~ THE GIRL MACHINE!The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest and most famous secret agent, James Bond, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever in a deluxe collectors' library edition!
This bumper action-packed volume collects ultra rare Bond stories that have not been seen since their original syndication between 1973-74: "The Girl Machine", "Beware of Butterflies" and "The Nevsky Nude".
Plus a brand new celebrity introduction and an exclusive selection of recently unearthed James Bond comic strip artwork that has never before seen print, this latest essential volume is not to be missed!
'CASTLE' TIE-IN NOVEL TO PROMOTE SERIES!
'CASTLE' TIE-IN NOVEL TO PROMOTE SERIES!The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that ABC television will promote the second season of Castle by publishing a mystery novel "written" by the series lead, Richard Castle (played by Nathan Fillion).
Titled Heat Wave, the first chapter will be available on ABC.com on August 10th. Additional chapters will be posted weekly for 10 weeks. The real author of the book has not been identified.
Castle premiered as a mid-season replacement for the network earlier this year. In the opening episode, a killer is staging murder scenes depicted in Castle's bestselling mysteries. He teams up with Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) to solve the crime. Later episodes have Castle and Beckett continuing to work together and bring a hint of romance between the two series leads.
The first season of Castle will be available on DVD September 22, 2009.
TOM SELLECK ON JESSE STONE!
TOM SELLECK ON JESSE STONE!DOUG NYE OF MERCURY NEWS.COM INTERVIEWS SELLECK ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF JESSE STONE . . .
Jesse Stone is a guy with a lot of baggage. He drinks too much and his personal life has had its share of wrecks. But Tom Selleck likes him.
"He's a pretty darn good policeman and dedicated to his job," Selleck said during a recent telephone interview. "We also like to show his humanity."
Selleck has played Stone in five made-for-TV movies, the latest being "Thin Ice," which is now available on DVD. A sixth one, "No Remorse," has been completed.
The Stone films, each pulling in stellar ratings, are more examples of the drawing power of Selleck, who became a full-fledged star in the 1980s with his "Magnum, P.I." series. Still, he wasn't really looking for another character to develop until CBS approached him five years ago.
"They asked me about doing a movie with them," Selleck said. "I wasn't crazy about the idea because I didn't want to be involved in another one of those movies of the week. They look like TV movies. I told them I would do it if we could do something that looked like a feature film that had been sold to television."
CBS agreed and production began on the first film, "Stone Cold." Robert Parker, who is the author of the Stone books, was brought in on the project and Selleck had nothing but praise for Parker's efforts.
"The book was 350 pages and Robert Parker trimmed it down to 90 pages," Selleck said. "He changed so many things to make it a screenplay. He seemed pleased with the results. We did so well with the first one that we decided to do another and then another."
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Y/A CORNER ~ HUGE BYJAMES FUERST!
Y/A CORNER ~ HUGE BYJAMES FUERST!Encyclopedia Brown meets Holden Caufield!
Whatever you do, don’t call him “Genie.” The name is “Huge,” or so Eugene Smalls insists. But folks persist in applying the diminutive, since the 12-year-old is the smallest boy in his sixth-grade class. Small but mean. And tough. And hard-boiled. Just like his hero, Philip Marlowe.
The wannabe detective is thrilled when his grandma hires him to find out who has defaced the sign at her retirement home. But Huge has, ahem, huge problems—anger management being only one—and his investigations may take him to dark places he’d rather not visit.
Fuerst’s first novel is a bit of a coming-of-age tour de force that borrows some of the tone and attitude of hard-boiled detective fiction while giving its first-person narrator an irresistibly noirish, wise-guy voice, which means that this kid has got some mouth on him. And he sometimes sounds and seems much older than 12.
But his search for whodunit, which turns into a search for self and sense in a world that’s smaller than it should be, is always engrossing. Huge will occupy a, yes, huge place in readers’ affections and memories.
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