Another Bubonicon (#42, for those of you counting) has come and gone, and I think this is the best time I’ve ever had at the convention. I apparently didn’t embarrass myself too badly during the panel on writing original screenplays (although about 30 seconds in, I did spill a glass of water on my lap — and on fellow panelist …
UFO Crash?
There’s an interesting post over at Phantoms & Monsters about a very recent UFO crash in California. Some cool video clips, too.
Geddy Links
Since I’m busy gettin’ dolled up for Bubonicon and I don’t wanna leave the Cheese Magnet hangin’, I thought I’d link to some sites that will keep you happy for the next few days (and even longer!). Meanwhile, I’m sure my buddy Tanzi will have some interesting stuff for you while I’m away, so fret not! W. Haden Blackman — …
Crypto-Creature of the Week: The Cannibal Babe
This week’s monster is a tough one to find information on — I had never heard of the Cannibal Babe before reading about it in W. Haden Blackman’s Field Guide to North American Monsters, and a Google search doesn’t turn up much (unless you’re looking for a 16-year-old girl on MySpace). I wasn’t able to find any images at all, …
Star Trek Fan Art
When Bjo Trimble’s Star Trek Concordance was published in 1976, I spent hours going over every page of that book. One of my favorite things was the fan art — and trust me, I’m not being ironic or poking fun. I really loved seeing the drawings that Trek fans had done. With Bubonicon coming up this weekend (come see me, …
Patrick Read Johnson, Where Is Your Movie?
I’ve been looking forward to Patrick Read Johnson’s 5-25-77 (since retitled simply 77) ever since I first heard about it — obviously, the story of a young movie geek in the late 70s is gonna resonate pretty seriously with me, since, like Patrick Johnson, I was also standing around in my backyard making Super-8 movies at that time, and anxiously …
King Kong goes Super-8
As a kid in the 70s, I made a ton of Super-8mm movies featuring clay monsters, Star Trek action figures, my friend Howie, and whatever else I could find. However, nothing I made was anywhere near as accomplished as this Super-8 version of King Kong, made by some kids in Cape Cod during the 70s. The dialogue, sound effects and …
Review:Spam Singles
I’m a bit late to the party here, Spam Singles have been available for a while but I happened to notice them in the store yesterday and bought a couple on impulse. I don’t eat Spam nearly enough these days. Don’t get me wrong, as card carrying white trash I love the stuff, grew up on it in fact. And …
The King.
I was Googling Jack Kirby this morning for an upcoming semi-regular feature here at Cheese Magnet, and man oh man! I mean, I grew up on Kirby’s comics and he’s my all-time favorite comic book artist, but whenever I go back and look at his stuff when I’ve been away from it for awhile, it never fails to knock me …
Have You Seen The Thunderbird Photo?
I know I have. Or at least I used to think so. I was going to save this for the Crypto-Creature of the Week, but since it’s more about a photo (and phenomenon) than about the creature itself, I figured I’d set it up on its own two feet. If you have any interest at all in Cryptozoology, then I’m …
Zardoz and the Fruity Future.
I’m in the midst of watching John Boorman’s Zardoz (1974) right now. I’ve seen it before (in fact, I saw it on The Dialing for Dollars Movie when I was a kid), and I’m not gonna write a review of it because I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t know where to begin — but I do know that if I had …
Crypto-Creature of the Week: The Flatwoods Monster
I’m a nut for all things UFO and Cryptozoology-related (although I’m sure hardcore members of both those groups would punch me in the stomach for equating one with the other) — and living in a semi-rural area and having to take the Chihuahua out in the middle of the night, a fella can’t help but wonder what’s making that odd …
Streaming Cassavetes.
I’m a huge fan of John Cassavetes, both as a director and as an actor, but unfortunately most of the films he directed were extremely hard to find until Criterion released their fantastic box set a few years ago. Now it’s even easier to see the five movies from that set — the Criterion releases have been made available via …
Dork Fight and UNSAFE ON ANY SCREEN.
I recently made the guarantee that my pal Don Adams and I will engage in a knife fight if 3000 copies of Unsafe On Any Screen, my collection of movie reviews, sell by August 31. Well, I’m upping the stakes. As of now, if we meet those sales goals, Don and I will fight it out armed with the Lirpa, …
The Big Unit: Aftermath
If you read my earlier post, you know that Jen and I were planning to tackle the gigantic hot dog known as “The Big Unit” (named for 6′ 10″ baseball player Randy Johnson) at Alice Cooper’s Cooperstown restaurant in Phoenix. The dog was made famous by Adam Richman on Man vs Food, and one version bears his name (sort of). …