Here's an online petition:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_pussy_riot_free_russia_a/?bzDbsbb&v=17285

Check your national Amnesty International site. The Norwegian site has an online petition.

"Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, over a protest in a cathedral."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19297373

By the time this is posted, it'll be old news to most of you, but maybe not to all. I've read that rallies are being held in NYC and other cities. If anyone's aware of an online petition drive, please let us know. - Rick

THIS IS A "STARMAN" (50's Japanese superhero , pre - giant aliens and robots era. ) feature , dubbed in English. I don't have a copy , tho'.

LOL!  That watch would come in handy:)

brentashby said:

don't remember this one, but i dig it. i need one of those watches.

don't remember this one, but i dig it. i need one of those watches.

Does anyone here remember this one?  I can remember watching it years ago when I was a kid.  

I said this somewhere else , but , did you know "That's The Way It's Got To Be" by The Poets (Scotland , managed by Andrew Loog Oldham.) was the theme song to "Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster"? It did'nt really make sense , but, it was cool......

Lithium Xmas recorded , but , never released a version of the song in The 90'S.

LOL!  That is priceless.

Joseph L. Savitz III said:

Upon its initial release in 1965, theater patrons were issued special "glasses" -actually a strip of cheap celluloid- to protect their eyes from "cosmic rays" purportedly emitted by the movie screen as the film was shown.

Upon its initial release in 1965, theater patrons were issued special "glasses" -actually a strip of cheap celluloid- to protect their eyes from "cosmic rays" purportedly emitted by the movie screen as the film was shown.

And here's another gem from my childhood.  Just to clear up any confusion, "Frankenstein" refers to the android astronaut who comes back to earth horribly disfigured.

To be honest the Haters Guide to the Olympics might have been readable if the author was able to cut out the crap about the "British" being jerks. Particularly as some pikey gave him shit about the revolution and a friend of mine was given crap about being English by Americans at a baseball game who thought they were Irish.

The Rutherford link was pretty accurate. I live in Germany but am amazed every time I go back to the UK. The games certainly showed the very modern London but that's a double edged sword as the almost futuristic convenience that you get there compared to Germany means you can be tracked and traced and found for any crime. And only this week a man has been found guilty under a law set up by the last government banning "extreme" pornography. Had he lived in Germany it wouldn't have been an issue.

Children of Men (the film) sums it up really well just how easily this technology can be used by a nasty government.

Are you really? Mazeltov. Wish I'd seen this , sooner. But , you've seen my "work" already. 

Then , of course , there's Jack Hill's Karloff films , made for the Mexican market , "Snake People " , "Sinister Invasion", etc. Karloff's parts were shot in the states , and , as we was dying from Emphysema , he is only shown propped up or lying down. Hill told me , though , that still being able to work is what gave Boris the will to live.
 
John Battles said:

UMMM , THEN THERE'S "Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors" (Not to be mistaken for the cool Cushing/Lee flick , with five short stories...though it does have five short stories , shot on a soundstage . Neither Lon Chaney , Jr. nor John Carradine (Both well past their prime , but still able to turning a good performance with the right material.), nor two vampires (One being a Dracula that resembles GG Allin.) , nor a Jonathan Harker who takes revenge  on Drac by (Very briefly ) turning ino a werewolf , can savethis sinking ship. Do I love it ? Better know it.

Blood of Dracula's Castle - Early Al Adamson shlock horror. Dracula (Alex D'Arcy) and his Bride settle in modern California (Horrors !!) and have a giant hunchback servant and a Butler played by John Carradine (Huh?) do all their shit work. A subplot about a werewolf slumming at Falconrock (Castle Dracula) is pretty funny , but , usually deleted from existing prints....The storyline (?) resembles the Count Yorga picturess , though it was released in 1967.

UMMM , THEN THERE'S "Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors" (Not to be mistaken for the cool Cushing/Lee flick , with five short stories...though it does have five short stories , shot on a soundstage . Neither Lon Chaney , Jr. nor John Carradine (Both well past their prime , but still able to turning a good performance with the right material.), nor two vampires (One being a Dracula that resembles GG Allin.) , nor a Jonathan Harker who takes revenge  on Drac by (Very briefly ) turning ino a werewolf , can savethis sinking ship. Do I love it ? Better know it.

Blood of Dracula's Castle - Early Al Adamson shlock horror. Dracula (Alex D'Arcy) and his Bride settle in modern California (Horrors !!) and have a giant hunchback servant and a Butler played by John Carradine (Huh?) do all their shit work. A subplot about a werewolf slumming at Falconrock (Castle Dracula) is pretty funny , but , usually deleted from existing prints....The storyline (?) resembles the Count Yorga picturess , though it was released in 1967.

I saw it on tv way back in the early-mid 80s and loved it. Finally saw it again this year and, uh, it's not quite what I remember. It's good fun though for what it is.

Tell me about it.  I thought Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars" was awesome.

Funhouse Skull said:

Too many people criticize these b-movie gems because of their low budget special effects without taking into account what is being accomplished within those restraints. Roger Corman is the master of creating some of the most imaginative SF films ever committed to celluloid while bearing the weight of critical bludgeoning for daring to create films that are less than "Top Shelf".

Too many people criticize these b-movie gems because of their low budget special effects without taking into account what is being accomplished within those restraints. Roger Corman is the master of creating some of the most imaginative SF films ever committed to celluloid while bearing the weight of critical bludgeoning for daring to create films that are less than "Top Shelf".

Does anyone here remember this movie?  I never even heard of it until I came across this trailer.

The Ganymede Takeover is one of the few PKD sci-fi books I haven't read, probably because it does not appear to be a Vintage paperback. I had to order it, for 8 bucks you can't go wrong. Interesting that one of the characters is a Black Muslim as I read that one of PKD's wives ran off with a Black Panther. Just recommeded Dr. Bloodmoney to a friend who sent me an e-mail referencing the image of an astronaut floating forever in space. Though I think that Ballard is really his own genre of speculative fiction at times, and not just a British PKD. 
 
The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Hope you enjoy it!......I have to say that I love both Ballard and Dick.....They are both great......A bit ironically, as i read Ballard because he was considered Sci Fi, I think I like his non Sci Fi stuff best...."Empire of The Sun" and "Kindness Of Women" are a couple of the best books I have ever read......

Have you read Dick's "The Ganymede Takeover"?......its a bit more "Pulp" than some of his stuff, but I really like it......

Glenn Armstrong said:

 

I put The Kindness of Women on hold at the library along with Super-cannes. It had good reviews although I would probably trust the opinion of someone on The Bookshelf more than a reviewer with an agenda. I have decided that I am more of an aficionado than a reviewer. If I like an author I cannot bear to slash and burn his work just to elevate myself. Honest criticism is another thing. I am looking forward to reading more Ballard . . .
 
The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Ballard's "The Kindness of Women" is one of my favourites........It's a sort if.....very SORT OF.... sequel to "Empire of The Sun"....although they overlap a lot.......

Hope you enjoy it!......I have to say that I love both Ballard and Dick.....They are both great......A bit ironically, as i read Ballard because he was considered Sci Fi, I think I like his non Sci Fi stuff best...."Empire of The Sun" and "Kindness Of Women" are a couple of the best books I have ever read......

Have you read Dick's "The Ganymede Takeover"?......its a bit more "Pulp" than some of his stuff, but I really like it......

Glenn Armstrong said:

 

I put The Kindness of Women on hold at the library along with Super-cannes. It had good reviews although I would probably trust the opinion of someone on The Bookshelf more than a reviewer with an agenda. I have decided that I am more of an aficionado than a reviewer. If I like an author I cannot bear to slash and burn his work just to elevate myself. Honest criticism is another thing. I am looking forward to reading more Ballard . . .
 
The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Ballard's "The Kindness of Women" is one of my favourites........It's a sort if.....very SORT OF.... sequel to "Empire of The Sun"....although they overlap a lot.......

I put The Kindness of Women on hold at the library along with Super-cannes. It had good reviews although I would probably trust the opinion of someone on The Bookshelf more than a reviewer with an agenda. I have decided that I am more of an aficionado than a reviewer. If I like an author I cannot bear to slash and burn his work just to elevate myself. Honest criticism is another thing. I am looking forward to reading more Ballard . . .
 
The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

Ballard's "The Kindness of Women" is one of my favourites........It's a sort if.....very SORT OF.... sequel to "Empire of The Sun"....although they overlap a lot.......

Ballard's "The Kindness of Women" is one of my favourites........It's a sort if.....very SORT OF.... sequel to "Empire of The Sun"....although they overlap a lot.......

Just finished Ballard's Hello America. I got it from the public library and I would say, contrary to a review I read, it does measure up to Ballard's other stuff. It goes to show that you can't always trust the reviewers. It is a parable of American decline from an imperial heyday of tailfin cars, Mickey Mouse and Marilyn Monroe. The novel also features Ballard's obsession with US Presidents. I read it while listening to Redd Kross' new album Researching the Blues. I bought the LP with free download although it is free on Spotify. What that has to do with J.G. Ballard I don't know but it is a good album.
 
Howie Pyro said:

they were my 2 favorite authors (along with wm burroughs & charles g finney, harlan ellison & the late ray bradbury) since high school...glad to see you guys recognizing these geniuses...as far as ballard goes i lean towards the early stuff but i love HELLO AMERICA, which takes place in the future & has weird references like an insane apollo expedition survivor who calls himself President Charles Manson, etc, etc...