Bowie & Slaughter
Couple of recent commission pieces: David Bowie and old-time horror icon Tod Slaughter!
Chrissie
American Recordings
Not only is today Fred the Elder’s 30th birthday—on the day he was born, the first of Johnny Cash’s final six-album run with producer Rick Rubin, American Recordings, was unleashed.
I am bit of a Johnny Cash fan (ie. I own 30+ of his albums!), so I didn’t want to pass this without a mention…
The dogs are named Sin and Redemption, BTW.
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Remembering the Two Freds
As hinted at in this post, March 14 would have been Fred (Jr)’s 20th birthday, if he was still here. He died in 2018.
Well, further to that, today would have been a big birthday for the “original” Fred, who was born on April 26 1994. Yup, the Big Three-Oh! Of course, no Westie in the long history of Westiedom ever lived to be 30, but it’s a bittersweet landmark that I wanted to note. I also plan to make a few more postings about both of the Freds in due course, 2024 being a big year for them. Below are a couple of pics of OG Fred in the meantime (I’m working on scanning many more)…
OG Fred as a pup, early July 1994.
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2023 Viewing (Q4)
Long overdue: the viewings for the approx last quarter of 2023. Previous viewings @ here.
Haven’t felt much like blogging for some time (hardly anyone reads this thing & the Internet in general has become something I really dislike—a rant for another time, mebbe!), but this is a tradition now. Onwards.
The Rockford Files seasons 1-3 (DVD)
Starsky & Hutch seasons 1-2 (DVD)
Columbo seasons 3-10 (DVD)
The Deputy season 1 (download)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series 2 (DVD)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes series 1-2 (DVD)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes series 1-3 (DVD)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes series 1 (DVD)
Reacher season 1 (download)
Tulsa King season 1 (download)
Some commentary…
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Tikki’s 7th Birthday
All best wishes welcome! Here are two pics from earlier today… the second one is her having a bit of cream (a fave treat).
(And yes, she’s due for a grooming…)
Fred Six Years On
Yesterday (Feb 28) was the sixth anniversary of Fred Jr’s passing. Six years?! That clock is whizzing round these days. I can’t think of an upside to this, sadly. This year would also be a big birthday for him, and I’ll post about that in a couple of weeks.
The pic is of Fred from September 3, 2006.
Tom Baker at 90
Just as Doctor Who reached its 60th recently, THE DOCTOR himself celebrates his 90th today.
Tom Baker in 2023.
Happy birthday to Tom!
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David Soul
I was very sorry to hear of David Soul’s passing just recently. It reminded me of back in 2020, when, halfway through watching the original (best!) James Bond movies, Sean Connery passed on. This time we were in the middle of watching the complete Starsky & Hutch series.
About that series… of course, it’s a mixed bag. It started out very, very gritty, but it seems they quickly realised with a strong younger audience they should probably dial that aspect back a bit. But never fully, which means by the third season we still get very edgy, adult episodes side-by-side with absurdly camp, jokey nonsense. At its best, Starksy & Hutch is superb—at its worst, the cheesiness is off the scale.
Best Wishes For 2024
Having neglected the blog (as usual) for a while, I do plan to post a few things to kick off ’24… meanwhile, thought I’d drop… Read More »Best Wishes For 2024
Alan Moore Is Effing Insane
Alan Moore’s recent interview with IGN is causing the usual kerfuffle & arguments, about which I frankly do not wish to comment… except… EXCEPT… for this one astonishing remark he made…
“Now they’re called ‘graphic novels’, which sounds sophisticated and you can charge a lot more for them. What appealed to me most about comics is no more, and these innocent and inventive and imaginative superhero characters from the Forties, Fifties, Sixties are being recycled to a modern audience as if they were adult fare.”
This man is an absolute loon.
Where do I start?! Firstly, I agree 100% with this statement…
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