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Monday, June 7, 2010
SAS ~ GIRLS WITH GUNS!
SAS ~ GIRLS WITH GUNS!YOU HAVE TO LOVE THIS SERIES OF COVERS FOR GERARD DE VILLIERS' SAS SERIES PUBLISHED IN FRANCE (I THINK) . . .
PER WIKIPEDIA
(De Villiers) is the author of the spy novel series SAS, from 1965 which tells the adventures of the Austrian prince and CIA agent Malko Linge. SAS is a play on initials: Son Altesse Sérénissime (SAS) is the French version of "His Royal Highness" (HRH); and the British Special Air Service (SAS); the principal special forces unit of the British Army.
As of 2007 171 novels of the franchise have been penned, with usually the locale of the story featuring in the title (like Les amazones de Pyongyang' or Putsch à Ouagadougou). Miles O'Keefe played Malko in the 1983 film S.A.S. à San Salvador with Richard Young in the role in Eye of the Widow (1989) directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.
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A GAME FOR HEROES!
A GAME FOR HEROES!AUGUST WEST GIVES US THE RUNDOWN ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE JACK HIGGIN’S NOVELS (AS BY JAMES GRAHAM) OVER AT HIS VINTAGE HARDBOILED READS BLOG . . .
Nowadays, when I pick up a Harry Patterson novel, I feel like I'm going home again. Be it under the name of Patterson, Jack Higgins, Hugh Marlowe, or James Graham, the author continually delivers exciting plots with risk venturing characters. In my youth I've read so many of his early thrillers that reading one now I get a bittersweet longing for those days. The excellent "A Game for Heroes" is one of those and it's aptly titled because heroes and heroics fill the novel. But the tale really revolves around one and his name is Owen Morgan. And how can you not love this British Ops Specialist, with his scarred face, wearing a patch to cover his lost eye, the deadly tricks he does with his spring-loaded knife, and the numerous dangerous missions found in his dossier . . .
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MODERN PULP: FIVE SHOTS AND A FUNERAL!
MODERN PULP: FIVE SHOTS AND A FUNERAL!TOM FASSBENDER AND JIM PASCOE
ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL POPE
THE SHORT FICTION OF DASHIELL LOVELESS
Follow cigar-smoking, bourbon-drinking detective Ben Drake as he returns for the first time in this collection of five murder-packed mystery capers, including "The Silent Ventriloquest," "Death Plays a Foul Game," "A Cold-Blooded Kidnapping," "Midnight Train to Nowhere," and the highly anticipated case of "Raspberry Jack."
My gun held five shots. I only had one left. I'd often remarked that if I didn't hit may target with five shots, the sixth wouldn't do me any good. Until now I'd always meant that as a joke.
WHO IS DASHIELL LOVELESS?
Dashiell Loveless is an author. Dashiell Loveless is not a pseudonym, at least in the truest sense of the word. He exists solely in fiction time, crafted as the centerpiece of a forthcoming UglyTown novel. He is the true creator and innovator of the pulp artifact – a novel out of place in time – such as Five Shots and a Funeral and its predecessor By The Balls.
These pulp artifacts, like Loveless himself, exist within a larger narrative. Dashiell Loveless is a construct of paper and ideas who in turn constructs ideas on paper. Dashiell Loveless is a man. Dashiell Loveless remains a mystery.
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STEAMPUNK CENTRAL: THE BUNTLINE SPECIAL!
STEAMPUNK CENTRAL: THE BUNTLINE SPECIAL!MIKE RESNICK
The year is 1881. The United States of America ends at the Mississippi River. Beyond lies the Indian nations, where the magic of powerful Medicine Men have halted the advance of the Americans east of the river.
An American government desperate to expand its territory sends Thomas Alva Edison out West to the town of Tombstone, Arizona on a mission to discover a scientific means of counteracting magic. Hired to protect this great genius, Wyatt Earp and his brothers.
But there are plenty who would like to see the Earps and Edison dead. Riding to their aid–old friends Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson. Against them stand the Apache wizard Geronimo and the Clanton gang. Battle lines are drawn, and the Clanton gang, which has their own reasons for wanting Edison dead, sends for Johnny Ringo, the one man who might be Doc Holliday’s equal in a gunfight. But what shows up instead is The Thing That Was Once Johnny Ringo, returned from the dead and come to Tombstone looking for a fight.
Welcome to a West like you’ve never seen before, where “Bat Masterson” hails from the ranks of the undead, where electric lights shine down on the streets of Tombstone, while horseless stagecoaches carry passengers to and fro, and where death is no obstacle to The Thing That Was Once Johnny Ringo. Think you know the story of the O.K. Corral? Think again, as five time Hugo winner Mike Resnick takes on his first steampunk western tale, and the West will never be the same.
JACINTHA ~ DEDICATED TO JULIE LONDON (2003)!
JACINTHA ~ DEDICATED TO JULIE LONDON (2003)!SOMETHING COOL AND DIFFERENT FROM JENSENBRAZIL . . .
TRACK LISTINGS:
01 - Willow Weep For Me
02 - The Thrill Is Gone
03 - Something Cool
04 - Don't Smoke In Bed
05 - Light My Fire
06 - I'm In The Mood For Love
07 - God Bless This Child
08 - Round Midnight
09 - I'll Never Smile Again
10 - Gone With The Wind
11 - Cry Me A River
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SPRING-HEELED JACK!
SPRING-HEELED JACK!MARK HODDER
When one man changes history, history changes everyone!
London, 1861.
Sir Richard Francis Burton–Explorer, linguist, scholar and swordsman; his reputation tarnished; his career in tatters; his former partner missing and probably dead.
Algernon Charles Swinburne–Unsuccessful poet and follower of de Sade; for whom pain is pleasure, and brandy is ruin!
They stand at a crossroads in their lives; and are caught in the epicentre of an empire torn by conflicting forces: Engineers transform the landscape with bigger, faster, noisier and dirtier technological wonders; Eugenicists develop specialist animals to provide unpaid labour; Libertines oppose repressive laws and demand a society based on beauty and creativity; while the Rakes push the boundaries of human behaviour to the limits with magic, drugs and anarchy.
The two men are sucked into the perilous depths of this moral and ethical vacuum when Lord Palmerston commissions Burton to investigate assaults on young women committed by a weird apparition known as Spring Heeled Jack, and to find out why werewolves are terrorising London’s East End.
Their investigations lead them to one of the defining events of the age; and the terrifying possibility that the world they inhabit shouldn’t exist at all!
THE BLACK COBRA!
THE BLACK COBRA!FROM THE CO-CREATOR OF JOHNNY RECON(MITCH GERADS), A NEW HERO FOR A NEW AGE . . . THE BLACK COBRA!
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JOHNNY RECON #2!
JOHNNY RECON #2!WRITTEN BY SCOTT DILLON
ILLUSTRATED BY MITCH GERADS
COLORS BY KYLE LATINO AND MITCH GERADS
On the planet Threa, deep within Marshan space, a full-scale invasion has rocked the world to its very core!
Johnny Recon, his spirited sister Kierra, and his best friend Finn find themselves in the fight of their lives against a bizarre menace to save those closest to them — and now they must grapple with the grass itself, which has come to life before their very eyes with an unquenchable thirst for human blood!
GUEST ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS SAMNEE, EVAN SHANER, NATHAN FAIRBAIRN, RON SALAS, and DECLAN SHALVEY.
28 PGS / $3.99
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RIP HAYWIRE!
RIP HAYWIRE!I JUST LOVE THE GUY’S NAME ~ RIP HAYWIRE!
Created by Dan Thompson, Rip Haywire is a soldier of fortune, a contemporary adventure hero in the classic mold: a brave, square-jawed man of honor who lives for danger. He’s also a bit of a lug.
Accompanied on random adventures by his cowardly dog TNT and his venomous ex-girlfriend Cobra, Rip tracks down lost treasure, takes down madmen and takes on any job that promises heart-pounding action, peril and intrigue! And, of course, cash.
For Rip Haywire and his pals, every adventure can turn into a surf-and-turf platter of nonstop trouble — or it can just deal with the everyday hazards of a life lived to the max. Rip Haywire is an action-packed, silly send-up of the adventure comic strip that takes readers on a roller-coaster ride across the globe and shows how even studly mercenaries get yelled at by their mothers.
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MODERN PULP COMICS ~ DALLAS MCCOY!
MODERN PULP COMICS ~ DALLAS MCCOY!Dallas McCoy launches as a new ongoing series this September!
Picking up where the original one-shot and the recent zero issue left off, Dallas McCoy continues the tale of hard-boiled bodyguard Dallas McCoy and her unwanted charge, the ever popular and perky pop star Celeste Robbins!
Written by series writer Amy Riddle, Dallas McCoy will feature the art chores of the talented Ron McCain. Ron has worked for several of the comic book companies over the years, most notably on several titles such as Black Lightning, Deathstroke, and Batman over at DC Comics. The first set of covers for the series are by the fantastically talented Edward Pun.
As with the recent Prelude issue, Dallas McCoy will be published as a Modern Pulp Comic by Rorschach Entertainment. The first issue will be available at the upcoming Jet City Comic Show on September 25th, 2010.
DALLAS MCCOY
Following in her parents footsteps, Dallas McCoy joined the military straight out of high school. Her career in the army soon skyrocketed and she made quite the name for herself, excelling at everything the Army could throw at her.
It was her specialized training in the Airborne and the Rangers that got her noticed by the various local organizations of the intelligence community, such as the FBI, CIA and NSA. She eventually landed with the CIA, ending up as part of an extraction/reconnaissance team overseas.
After a few years, Dallas was recruited by the National Security Council (NSC), a small group comprised of members from all of the various other intelligence organizations. She was given a command position in a top secret project called Black Sheep. This did not end well.
Although the details are locked away, Project Black Sheep was considered an abysmal failure and Dallas resigned in a shroud of controversy.
After a long transitional period, Dallas agreed to go to work for Emerald Securities, a security firm located in Cosmopolis. She is now one of their top bodyguards and field agents.
MARLOWE ~ THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!
MARLOWE ~ THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!I SAW THE COVER OF THIS 2003 GRAPHIC ADAPTATION OF THREE RAYMOND CHANDLER TALES FEATURED AS THE PIC ‘O THE DAY OVER AT WIN SCOT ECKERT’S BLOG.
THE FULL TITLE FOR THIS COLLECTION IS RAYMOND CHANDLER’S MARLOWE: THE AUTHORIZED PHILIP MARLOW GRAPHIC NOVEL. INCLUDED ARE CHANDLER’S SHORT STORIES THE GOLDFISH (IN COLOR) ADAPTED BY TOM DEHAVEN WITH ART BY RIAN HUGHES, TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS (B&W) ADAPTED BY JAMES ROSE, AND THE PENCIL ADAPTED BY JEROME CHARYN WITH ART BY TOM LLOYD. THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ARE FROM THE EVER RELIABLE STERANKO. PUBLISHED BY BYRON PREISS VISUAL PUBLICATIONS WHO USED TO SPECIALIZE IN THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
Y/A CORNER: NOCTURNE!
Y/A CORNER: NOCTURNE!
L.D. HARKRADER
Flanders Lane is tired of being protected by her Uncle Anatole. After years of studying magic in the back of his bookshop, she’s ready for an adventure of her own. Then one day, strange things start happening. A burglar breaks into the butcher’s shop, stealing nothing, but leaving the floors sparkling clean. Soon the seamstress’s apprentice vanishes on her way home, leaving behind only a shoe still laced at the top. And then worst of all, Uncle Anatole disappears.
That night, a young vampire hunter named Pascoe knocks urgently on the bookshop door. Pascoe insists there is a vampire lurking in nearby Blakely Hall. Flanders looks deep into Pascoe’s gorgeous eyes and finds herself agreeing to help him. As Flanders tracks the vampire, her feelings for Pascoe grow until she stumbles upon a secret that turns everything she thought she knew about Pascoe — and herself — upside down.
Y/A CORNER: SUPER HUMAN!
Y/A CORNER: SUPER HUMAN!MICHAEL CARROLL
Four thousand years ago, the world’s first super human walked the earth. Possessing the strength of one hundred men, skin impervious to attack, and the ability to read minds, this immortal being used his power to conquer and enslave nations. Now plans are in motion that will transport this super human to the present, where he’ll usher in a new age of tyranny unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
TV COPS WEEKEND ~ COPS & BOSSES!
TV COPS WEEKEND ~ COPS & BOSSES!MY FINAL GUEST BLOG IS UP ON THE TAINTED ARCHIVE AS PART OF THE BIG TV COP WEEKEND. THIS TIME, I TAKE ON THOSE FRUSTRATED AND RAGE FILLED CHARACTERS WHO TRY TO POLICE THE POLICE . . .
A standard ingredient of almost every ‘70s cop show was the boss of the hero cops who were the main stars of each show. The sole purpose for the higher ranking character appeared to be to yell and scream at the hero cops, threatening to pull their badges and throw them off the force.
This was a thankless job. Viewers loved the hero cops, cheering their take no prisoners tactics, while hissing at their impotent bosses. There was even perverse pleasure when the hero cops got their man despite their bosses efforts to hinder them.
Think Tige Andrews from The Mod Squad . . .
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
TV COPS VS. REALITY!
TV COPS VS. REALITY!MY FIRST GUEST POST OVER AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVES BIG TV COP WEEKEND IS UP AND RUNNING . . . APPARENTLY, I’M PRETTY SNARKY . . .
‘WHO LOVES ‘YA, BABY?’ ~ THEO KOJACK
Well, it certainly isn’t the writers of TV cop shows. They are more than willing to sacrifice realism for the sake of story. But who can blame them? After all, story is what television is all about – it’s an escape from reality. Still, there are some consistent aggravations that immediately snap the delicate suspension of disbelief between the writer and a viewer with actual law enforcement experience . . .
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COCKTAIL NATION # 127!
COCKTAIL NATION # 127!Thanks to Tiki Shark, it’s the Cocktail Nation thanks with Koop Kooper. Tonight Koop talks to vibes legend DJ Bonebreak, Tiki Mug maker Captain Pharaoh has a new mug to let us know about, and a giveaway is on the cards. The Ask Koop segment is back along with a look at the world of swank and a track from the new Waitiki 7 album, New Sounds of Exotica.
PLAYLIST:
Royal Crown Revue ~ Brazil
Voodoo Island ~ Shot In The Dark
DJ Bonebrake ~ Abstract
Martin Denny ~ Exotica
HB Radke ~ Straighten Up And Fly Right
Abe Lagrimas ~ As Time Stood Still
Don Tiki ~ Jungle Julie
Waitiki 7 ~ Flower Humming
Spy Fi ~ WEB Theme
Linda Lawson ~ Mood Indigo
Koke Band ~ Moon of Manakoora
Martini Kings ~ Teach Me Tonight
Len Stevens ~ Quiet Village
Patti Page ~ I've Got My Eyes On You
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BEAT TO A PULP #77!
BEAT TO A PULP #77!COLLISION ~ DAVID KING
HERE’S THE WORD FROM BTAP EDITOR DAVID CRANMER . . .
I'm a daily peruser of David King's distinctive Pics and Poems blog with posts on everything from reviews of books, pictures of original pieces of art, and his own poignant, and sometimes humorous, haikus. Dave's poem "I am the man who swallowed the boy" impressed upon me the need to have his work featured in BTAP. Poetry and I are strange bedfellows. I am unable to compose it or critique it properly, but I know when I like it, and I like Mr. King's prose a whole heck of a lot. I approached him about contributing some lines for our Weekly Punch and he delivered in a big way. So without further ado, here's David King at BEAT to a PULP with "Collision."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David King went to art school, intending to teach art and paint during the holidays, but became interested in helping Special Needs kids and went that route instead. He began writing seriously after retirement. Following a self-published novel, he turned to poetry. His interests still gravitate towards art and poetry (obviously!) but he's also interested in pretty much everything else. He's married with an adult son and daughter and lives in Surry, United Kingdom.
ALSO A SPECIAL BTAP GIVEAWAY . . .
BTAP has purchased some stamps with our logo including the boxer image and we are set to give them away! These are legitimate stamps that can be used on your regular snail mail for those of you who still use the U.S. Postal services and for those who don't, well, you'll have a nice addition to your stamp collection. Two lucky winners will receive a sheet of ten stamps just by leaving a comment on "Collision." Names will be tossed into a hat for a random drawing on Saturday, June 12th and the two winners will be announced on next week's BTAP blogger post.
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THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF MAF THE DOG, AND OF HIS FRIEND MARILYN MONROE!
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF MAF THE DOG, AND OF HIS FRIEND MARILYN MONROE!ANDREW O’HAGAN
COMING DECEMBER 2010
In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. His name was Mafia Honey, or Maf for short. He had an instinct for celebrity. For politics. For psychoanalysis. For literature. For interior decoration. For Liver Treat with a side order of National Biscuits.
Born in the household of Vanessa Bell, brought to the United States by Natalie Wood’s mother, given as a Christmas present to Marilyn the winter after she separated from Arthur Miller, Maf offers a keen insight into the world of Hollywood’s greatest star. Not to mention a hilarious peek into the brain of an opinionated, well-read, politically scrappy, complex canine hero.
Maf was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life, first in New York, where she mixed with everyone who was anyone—the art dealer Leo Castelli, Lee Strasberg and the Actor’s Studio crowd, Upper West Side émigrés—then back to Los Angeles. She took him to meet President Kennedy and to Hollywood restaurants, department stores, and interviews. To Mexico, for her divorce. With style, brilliance, and panache, Andrew O’Hagan has drawn an altogether original portrait of the woman behind the icon, and the dog behind the woman.
A TIP OF THE FEDORA TO ULTRA SWANK
BISH ~ THE INTERVIEW!
BISH ~ THE INTERVIEW!GARY DOBBS HAS POSTED HIS INTERVIEW WITH ME OVER AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVE BLOG AS PART OF THE BIG TV COPS WEEKEND.
IN MY DEFENSE, I CAN ONLY SAY GARY GOT THE DROP ON ME AND CONDUCTED THE INTERVIEW AT GUNPOINT . . .
AND, WHILE VISITING THE TAINTED ARCHIVE, DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT GARY’S NEW, AND EXCELLENT WELCH COP NOVEL, A POLICEMAN’S LOT, IN WHICH JACK THE RIPPER AND BUFFALO BILL CODY FIND THEY ARE NO MATCH FOR INSPECTOR FRANK PARADE . . .
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TO CHECK OUT A POLICEMAN’S LOT CLICK HERE
PULP CENTRAL: THE ADVENTURERS!
PULP CENTRAL: THE ADVENTURERS!TOM ROBERTS / BLACK DOG BOOKS
THIS IS ANOTHER EXCELLENT PULP TITLE FROM BLACK DOG BOOKS ~ BEAUTIFULLY PUBLISHED AND FILLED WITH TOP NOTCH TALES . . .
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Doc Savage was the first one-character magazine of its type. Within six months, there were nineteen imitators of which I knew. The stands were flooded with one-character magazines.
— Lester Dent, author of Doc Savage
In the years between the Great Depression and World War II, the all-fiction pulp magazines were flourishing on newsstands across the United States. Within the pulps were born many of the icons of popular culture that shaped America's entertainment for generations to come--Tarzan, Zorro, Fu Manchu, The Shadow, and others. One of the most prominent and popular pulp heroes was Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, a physical superman and scientific genius. With his crew of assistants, utilizing an array of gadgets of his own invention, he traveled the world and battled a dazzling assortment of villains through 181 issues of the magazine.
Doc Savage and The Shadow were the earliest one-character magazines, shaping and defining a genre that came to be known as "the hero pulps." Each had a host of imitators, with names like The Black Bat, The Green Ghost, The Crimson Clown, and Don Diavolo, written by a variety of writers such as Paul Chadwick, Victor Rousseau and William G. Bogart.
This collection assembles four pulp heroes who attempted to rival Doc Savage: Secret Agent X, Captain Hazzard, Super Jim Anthony, and "Adventurers, Inc.," headed by Rush Randall.
With an introduction by Doc Savage author Will Murray.
Cover art by Tom Roberts.
Read the thrilling exploits of:
•Secret Agent X in "Kingdom of Blue Corpses" by Paul Chadwick writing as Brant House
•Captain Hazzard in "Python Men of the Lost City" by Paul Chadwick writing as Chester Hawks
•Super Jim Anthony in "Dealer in Death" by Victor Rousseau writing as John Grange
•Rush Randall and Adventurers, Inc. in "The Crazy Indian" (a rejected Doc Savage novel) by Wm. Bogart
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Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Doc Savage was the first one-character magazine of its type. Within six months, there were nineteen imitators of which I knew. The stands were flooded with one-character magazines.
— Lester Dent, author of Doc Savage
In the years between the Great Depression and World War II, the all-fiction pulp magazines were flourishing on newsstands across the United States. Within the pulps were born many of the icons of popular culture that shaped America's entertainment for generations to come--Tarzan, Zorro, Fu Manchu, The Shadow, and others. One of the most prominent and popular pulp heroes was Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, a physical superman and scientific genius. With his crew of assistants, utilizing an array of gadgets of his own invention, he traveled the world and battled a dazzling assortment of villains through 181 issues of the magazine.
Doc Savage and The Shadow were the earliest one-character magazines, shaping and defining a genre that came to be known as "the hero pulps." Each had a host of imitators, with names like The Black Bat, The Green Ghost, The Crimson Clown, and Don Diavolo, written by a variety of writers such as Paul Chadwick, Victor Rousseau and William G. Bogart.
This collection assembles four pulp heroes who attempted to rival Doc Savage: Secret Agent X, Captain Hazzard, Super Jim Anthony, and "Adventurers, Inc.," headed by Rush Randall.
With an introduction by Doc Savage author Will Murray.
Cover art by Tom Roberts.
Read the thrilling exploits of:
•Secret Agent X in "Kingdom of Blue Corpses" by Paul Chadwick writing as Brant House
•Captain Hazzard in "Python Men of the Lost City" by Paul Chadwick writing as Chester Hawks
•Super Jim Anthony in "Dealer in Death" by Victor Rousseau writing as John Grange
•Rush Randall and Adventurers, Inc. in "The Crazy Indian" (a rejected Doc Savage novel) by Wm. Bogart
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Friday, June 4, 2010
MASKED!
MASKED!WELCOME TO THE SECOND “GOLDEN AGE” OF SUPERHEROES AND HEROINES!
Superheroes have come a long way since the “Man of Steel” was introduced in 1938. This brilliant new collection features original stories and novellas from some of today’s most exciting voices in comics, science fiction, and fantasy. Each marvelously inventive tale shows us just how far our classic crusaders have evolved—and how the greatest of heroes are, much like ourselves, all too human.
In “Call Her Savage,” MARJORIE M. LIU enters the dark heart of a fierce mythic heroine who is forced, by war, to live up to her own terrible legend.
In “A to Z in the Ultimate Big Company Superhero Universe (Villains Too),” BILL WILLINGHAM presents a fully-realized vision of a universe where epic feats and tragic flaws have transformed the human race.
In “Vacuum Lad,” STEPHEN BAXTER unveils the secret origins of the first true child of the space age—and disproves the theory that “nothing exists in a vacuum.”
In “Head Cases,” PETER DAVID and KATHLEEN DAVID blast through the blogosphere to expose the secret longings of a Lonely Superhero Wife.
In “The Non-Event,” MIKE CAREY removes the gag order on a super-thief named Lockjaw . . . and pries out a confession of life-altering events.
Also includes stories by Mike Baron • Mark Chadbourn • Paul Cornell • Daryl Gregory • Joseph Mallozzi • James Maxey • Ian McDonald • Chris Roberson • Gail Simone • Matthew Sturges . . . and an introduction by Lou Anders, “one of the brightest and best of the new generation of science fiction editors” (Jonathan Strahan, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year).
TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY!
TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY!Fabulous Films is releasing Tales of the Gold Monkey -The Complete Series, in the U.S. on June 8th.
This set from Fabulous Films includes the complete series -- The 2 hour pilot movie and the 20 subsequent hour long episodes -- uncut. Also included for certain will be a new 30+ minute Making-of documentary and interviews with cast and crew including Stephen Collins, Caitlin O'Heaney, Tom Greene (writer/producer), and Harvey Laidman (director). Other bonus material from the U.K. release has not been confirmed for the U.S. release yet. These include: episode synopses; series synopsis; cast biographies; 3 Photo galleries (a stills gallery, an artifacts gallery, and Caitlin's original costume gallery); episode commentary by Tom Greene (5 episodes); and a 26 page Collectors Booklet.
In a backwater corner of the South Pacific a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx, transporting people-on-the-run in a well-worn Grumman Goose seaplane. Set in 1938, this series captures the ambiance and character of a mysterious romantic era.
THE BEST FROM ADVENTURE VOLUME 1, 1910–1912!
THE BEST FROM ADVENTURE VOLUME 1, 1910–1912!EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DOUG ELLIS
BLACK DOG BOOKS - COMING SOON!
Adventure Magazine first appeared in late 1910 and soon, attracting top name authors, became renowned for the type of fiction its name implied. It grew into a powerhouse in the genre fiction field, and was later dubbed by Time magazine, the "No. 1 Pulp." But in its early years, the magazine printed a surprisingly wide variety of fiction types—from westerns to light-hearted comedy, from South Seas tales to adventures set in the deepest jungles—to even works that could be deemed science fiction.
Culled from its first 26 issues, this collection brings together 30 of the best tales that appeared therein, including rarely or never-before reprinted works by Talbot Mundy, Damon Runyon, Rafael Sabatini, William Hope Hodgson, R. Austin Freeman, James Francis Dwyer, Frank L. Packard and others.
BLACK DOG BOOKS
THE WEIRD ADVENTURES OF THE BLOND ADDER!
THE WEIRD ADVENTURES OF THE BLOND ADDER! LESTER DENT
It’s 1933 and pulp writer Lester Dent has created a new hero
who used gadgets to solve mysteries and fight crime.
No, it’s not Doc Savage, but Lee Nace, the Blond Adder!
This volume collects for the first time all five Lee Nace adventures from the pages of Ten Detective Aces. The majority of these have not seen the light of day since their original publication nearly 80 years ago!
We’ve gone back to the original manuscripts to restore deleted passages and also included Lester Dent’s original character Bible for the Blond Adder series.
Rounded out by an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray, it’s the must-own pulp publication of the year.
290 pages!
Softcover Edition AMAZON.COM
$29.95
Limited Edition Hardcover (100) LULU.COM
$39.95
LOUNGE CENTRAL: NIKKI YANOFSKY ~ NIKKI (CD)!
LOUNGE CENTRAL: NIKKI YANOFSKY ~ NIKKI (CD)!Sixteen-year-old Nikki Yanofsky is poised to break out as one of the year's most-exciting new artists with her self-titled CD Nikki. The press has hailed Yanofsky as a "young Ella Fitzgerald"--from jazz to originals, she is among the most unique vocalists in recent time. She has been captivating audiences from jazz festivals around the world and most recently appeared at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her song "I Believe" has sold 4x platinum in Canada, garnering the highest first week of any Canadian artist in Soundscan history.Nikki is produced by 15-time Grammy®-winning producer Phil Ramone and Grammy® winning songwriter / producer Jesse Harris (best known for his work on Norah Jones' Come Away With Me). "For Another Day" is the focus track and will be worked at AAA radio in the coming months. PBS pledge show Live From Montreal will begin airing in all major markets in May 2010.
TRACKLIST：01. Take The "A" Train
02. Never Make It On Time
03. I Got Rhythm
04. For Another Day
05. God Bless The Child
06. Cool My Heels
07. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)
08. Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie
09. First Lady
10. On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Fool In The Rain
11. Grey Skies
12. Try Try Try
13. Over The Rainbow
14. I Believe (Bonus Track)
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AUDIO CORNER: DIS BELIEF!
AUDIO CORNER: DIS BELIEF!NEW FROM 19 NOCTURNE BOULEVARD . . .
ADAPTED BY JULIE HOVERSON FROM THE STORY "TLON, UQBAR, ORBIS TERTIUS" BY JORGE LUIS BORGES
Do things still exist when you look away?
What if you stare too hard at something that shouldn't be there - does it give it more reality?
"What kind of a place is it?
Why it's an old man's cottage, can't you tell?"
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AN EVENING AT BUDDIES LOUNGE #100!
AN EVENING AT BUDDIES LOUNGE #100!Join the BIG W every Friday evening as he continues to explore, with drink in hand, the Space-Age Pop Hi-Fi musical sounds of the 1950’s and the 1960’s in LIVING STEREO!
PLAYLIST:
• I Ain’t Got Nobody - Lean Horne
• The “In” Crowd - Erine Heckscher
• Roses of Picardy - Buddy Greco
• Camelot - Les & Larry Elgart
• I Walk The Line - Eydie Gormé
• 77 Sunset Strip - Ralph Marterie
• Baby-O - Dean Martin
• The Best Is Yet To Come - David Carrol
• Two Ladies In de Shade of de Banana Tree - Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
• Up, Up And Away - Dick Hyman
• Me And My Shadow - Lou Rawls
• Up A Lazy River - Si Zentner
• The Lady Is A Tramp - Della Reese
• Dragnet - Buddy Morrow
• Let There Be Love - Steve Lawrence
• Anna - Hugo Montenego
• Baby, Baby Wait For Me - Peggy Lee
• That Old Back Scratcher - Allan Sherman
• String Of Trumpets - Billy Mure
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Keely Smith
TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE
TV COPS WEEKEND @ THE TAINTED ARCHIVE!
TV COPS WEEKEND @ THE TAINTED ARCHIVE!GARY DOBBS HAS KICKED OFF THE TV COPS WEEKEND OVER AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVE BLOG . . .
The TV Cops Weekend is go. And we've got some great stuff for you - from now until midnight Sunday (BST) the Archive goes TV Cops mad with interviews, reviews, features and some great guest bloggers.
HERE’S THE IMPORTANT BIT . . .
All of our guest bloggers have come up with the goods and I am proud to be able to present such a wealth of talent under the Archive's TV Cops banner - the highlight of the weekend will be an interview with serving police officer, Paul Bishop or Bish to his friends. Paul is a 33 year veteran of the LA Police Department and will be giving us a unique insight into all those TV cop shows. Bish has also kindly devoted his time to bish-bash out a couple of great guest blogs
TO CHECK OUT ALL THE ACTION CLICK HERE
LOUNGE CENTRAL: RACHEL PRICE ~ THE GOOD HOURS (CD)!
LOUNGE CENTRAL: RACHEL PRICE ~ THE GOOD HOURS (CD)!Rachael Price and her touring trio (Warren Wolf on Piano, Erik Privert on Bass & Dave Brophy on Drums) perform the repertoire from their live concerts, which has dazzled audiences and garnered rave reviews across the county. The Los Angeles Times proclaimed she is "clearly a talent with extraordinary potential." Jazzpolice.com exclaimed that Price has "uncanny scatting ability and sophisticated phrasing . . . No unheralded artist has hooked me as quickly as did 20-year-old songstress, Rachael Price."
TRACKLIST:1. That Old Black Magic
2. The Trolley Song
3. I Only Have Eyes for You
4. You Go To My Head
5. Skylark
6. Lagrimas Negras
7. Stairway to the Stars
8. Serenade In Blue
9. From This Moment On
10. Mood Indigo
11. Love You Madly
LOUNGE CENTRAL: ROBERTA GAMBARINI ~ SO IN LOVE (CD)!
LOUNGE CENTRAL: ROBERTA GAMBARINI ~ SO IN LOVE (CD)!Every once in a while, a truly great singer comes along who possesses the beauty, individuality and talent to remind us of the magic and majesty of the human voice: that singer is Roberta Gambarini, celebrated throughout the world by fans, critics and many of the world's greatest musicians. With the August 25, 2009 release of `SO IN LOVE,' Roberta Gambarini affirms her status as the "true successor to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae" (Boston Globe) and "the best singer to emerge in over 60 years."
Roberta didn't set out to call the new album `So In Love,' but looking back at the song list after the recording, she realized that the "album is all about love: the love between a man and a woman, the love of song, children, and most of all, the love of life." As Roberta explains, she rarely goes into the studio with a "concept," instead she says that she tries "to let the songs come out of a balance between life experience and reflection," capturing the music I feel in the moment."
Joining her in this adventurous journey is a group of "exceptionally talented, sensitive, and sympathetic musicians," who are long-time supporters, friends, and collaborators of Roberta since her arrival in the States from Torino, Italy.
TRACKLIST:1. So In Love
2. Day In Day Out
3. Get Out Of Town
4. Crazy
5. That Old Black Magic
6. Estate
7. Beatles Medley
8. I See Your Face Before Me
9. From This Moment On
10. You Must Believe In Spring
11. This Is Always
12. You Ain't Nothing But A J.A.M.F.
13. Medley From "Cinema Paradiso"
14. Over The Rainbow
Thursday, June 3, 2010
JAZZ CENTRAL: SPENCER DAY ~ VAGABOND (CD)!
JAZZ CENTRAL: SPENCER DAY ~ VAGABOND (CD)! SPEND A SUMMER NIGHT UNDER THE STARS WITH SPENCER AT A FREE CONCERT!!
AS PART OF THEIR CONCERTS IN THE PARK SERIES, SPENCER WILL BE PERFORMING ON SATURDAY, JUNE 5 IN CONSTITUTION PARK IN CAMARILLO, CA.
THE FREE CONCERT STARTS AT 7:30 PM. CONSTITUTION PARK IN CAMARILLO IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CARMEN DR. AND PASEO CAMARILLO.
Vocalist-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day is an artistic vagabond, a modern-day musical nomad. Born in Utah, raised in rural Arizona, currently living in Los Angeles with extended residencies in New York and San Francisco, Day has called many places home. Along the way, he has wandered amid the expansive and diverse landscape of American music, developing an artistic sensibility that borrows from numerous sources: jazz, musical theater, cabaret, soul, folk, traditional pop and contemporary pop are just the tip of the iceberg.
Day uses intuition and improvisation as his primary tools to craft a sound that is traditional and familiar, yet fresh and innovative at the same time, creating a blend too subtle to parse into neatly defined categories. Vagabond, his new release and his first on Concord Jazz, cements his reputation as a balladeer for the new century whose creative voice is distilled from the best elements of the previous one.
TRACKLIST
1. Till You Come to Me
2. Someday
3. Everybody Knows (The Family Skeleton) 3:22 $0.99
4. Weeping Willow 4:25 $0.99
5. Joe
6. Vagabond
7. Summer
8. Vagabond Reprise
9. Little Soldier
10. Out of My Hands
11. I Got a Mind to Tell You
12. Maybe (Tuesday Morning)
13. 25
14. Better Way
FORGOTTEN BOOKS: 87TH PRECINCT DOUBLE PLAY!
FORGOTTEN BOOKS: 87TH PRECINCT DOUBLE PLAY!EIGHT BLACK HORSES / FIDDLERS
ED MCBAIN
In anticipation of the upcoming BIG TV COPS WEEKEND over at THE TAINTED ARCHIVE blog (in which I will have several featureed posts), I’m going for a double play this week because, to paraphrase the famous potato chip jingle, when it comes to McBain’s 87th Precinct novels, I bet you can’t read just one . . .
I discovered McBain’s 87th precinct novels in the mid-seventies, picking my first, Cop Hater, off a drugstore paperback rack. I read the novel straight through, heading out early the next morning to find more titles.
Over the years I’ve read a lot of McBain, enjoying his Mathew Hope novels and his tales based on warped fairytales, but it was always the boys of the 87th Precinct who were my first love. McBain just got cops. He understood them as human beings, warts and all, without judgment. The cops of the 87th are real because they make mistakes, show prejudices, and get hurt – both physically and emotionally – yet they are always there for each other.
McBain also understood the multi-stranded nature of detective work. Unlike other police procedural novels where the focus is usually on a single case, McBain was a master of weaving multiple strands from multiple cases into a seamless mix.
My favorite 87th Precinct novels featured McBain’s only returning villain, the Deaf Man. The boys of the 87th always had to rise to the occasion as the deaf man taxed them to the max. When the Deaf Man turned up like a bad penny, readers knew they were in for a hell of a ride along with the detectives.
I believe Eight Black Horses is the last appearance by the Deaf Man, and while it doesn’t pack as much humor as some of his earlier appearances – with each successive appearance the Deaf Man gets more dangerous – the tension is ratcheted up significantly.
EIGHT BLACK HORSES
It all got terribly confusing when the Deaf Man put in an appearance….
…and the criminal mastermind is making his presence known by the dead bodies that are turning up around Isola. Then there are the notes - with cryptic patterns including eight black horses dancing across a page - that look like they mean nothing. But Detectives Kling, Carella, and Meyer know that with the Deaf Man, the seemingly meaningless always means something. Something bad. And as late fall hurtles toward Christmas, the Deaf Man is counting down the days, luring the cops of the 87th Precinct with a series of taunting clues - all leading toward a horrifying act of revenge orchestrated by a psychopathic killer.
WITH McBain’s passing, the last book in the 87th Precinct series, Fiddlers, is a bittersweet tale for longtime fans, but serves as a good introduction for new readers. All of the 87th’s disparate crew of detectives has a role or puts in a cameo appearance during the investigation.
FIDDLERS
A killer living the high life is exacting the last full measure of revenge.
As his victims pile up, the 87th falls prey to the FMU or first man up rule. Since the initial victim, a blind violinist shot in the face, was done on the 87th's turf, all subsequent murders are theirs as well.
More are not long in arriving; each victim shot in the face at close range with the same 9mm Glock.
The whole cast of the 87th is stretched thin trying to track down clues in geographically disparate killings. This gives McBain license to update us on such matters as the romance between Bert Kling and Sharyn Cooke and Fat Ollie Weeks's courtship of Patricia Gomez. All are searching for the one lead that will pan out gold.
WHILE McBain had expressed his desire for the 87th Precinct to close down when he did, I don’t believe he intended Fiddlers to be the last novel in the series. While there are intimations of the end in Fiddlers, too many of the characters’ personal storylines are left open and ongoing – Carella is faced with teenage trouble on the home front; perpetual ladies man Bert Kling has his love life explodes with disastrous consequences; and Fat Ollie Weeks finds his inbred prejudice at risk as he falls in love with Patricia Gomez and the loss of his essential Ollie-ness.
Usually, these issues would be wrapped up or continued in the next 87th novel, but will now go unresolved. However, Fiddlers, is a perfect example of why the 87th Precinct series has become iconic. McBain created multi-dimensional characters – cops are engaged in a never-ending fight against the darkness, yet somehow never become dark themselves. They are basically good, decent, public servants who do their jobs and do them well, despite the frustrations and lack of monetary rewards.
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