Crusader Tobacco!

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Monster’ (1980)

A.K.A. Humanoids From the Deep.

‘Girl on a Motorcycle’

Cinebeats has a nice selection of vintage posters and ads for The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull.

(The image above, however, is not from their collection, which is hosted on Flickr and isn’t terribly high quality; instead, I got it from the ever-trusty MoviePosterDB.)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Le Monstre de l'Ocean Rouge’ (1984)

A.K.A. Shark: Rosso nell'Oceano.

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Crocodile’ (2000)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Killer Crocodile 2’ (1990)

Hell Gate Bridge

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Shark Attack 2’ (2001)

'Some Like It Hot'

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day, pre-‘Jaws’ special: ‘Creature From the Haunted Sea’ (1961)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Shark in Venice’ (2008)

A.K.A. Sharks in Venice.

Hazy shade of V.I.P.

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Jaws 2’ (1978)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Orca’ (1977)

reefer2

[f. reef n.² or v.² + -er¹.]

1. Austral. and N.Z. One who works on a gold-reef.

1859 Adelong Mining Jrnl. 15 Apr. 4/2 On Monday last he made known to a few of our old reefers his discovery. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 285 He was not a miner, a speculator, a reefer, nor an engine-driver. 1940 Baker N.Z. Slang iv. 28 Gold-fields brought [to N.Z.] the reefer, the deep lead, the gutter, the monkey shaft.

2. U.S. A reef-oyster (Cent. Dict. 1891).

3. Austral. One associated with the Great Barrier Reef.

1951 J. Devanny Travels N. Queensland xv. 78 We plunged into the water up to our knees..holding the sticks which experienced ‘reefers’ invariably carry.

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Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

Wake Up America Day

Oh, forgot to mention

Tweeting Coachella here.

The before and the during

Palm Desert

Mrs. Dick in the news again

Variety reports:

The widow of sci-fi scribe Philip K. Dick has sued the production arm of the estate and several other entities, alleging her rights to proceeds from “Ubik” and “A Scanner Darkly” were violated...

The suit asserts that Electric Shepherd — a shingle run by [Laura] Leslie and another of the late author’s daughters — has allegedly disclaimed any obligation to Dick for proceeds from “Ubik,” first published in 1969 and set in 1992 in the “North American Confederation.”

The suit also asserts that Tessa Dick, the author’s fifth wife, is entitled to the proceeds of the two novels as a result of the 1976 divorce agreement in which she relinquished her interest to a number of other projects the writer had started, completed or published during their relationship.

Tessa B. Dick recently “reworked” her late ex-husband’s last book, The Owl in Daylight. She also wrote in to this blog after reading a post about similarities between The Flash #123 and The Man in the High Castle.

(Via ArtsBeat.)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Chihuanhas’ (2009?)

To the festival in the desert

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘The Bees’ (1978)

Santa Monica

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Eaten Alive’ (1977)

I think I see nail polish on that hand in the foreground. Therefore: babe.

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘The Jaws of Death’ (1977)

Possibly the hand of a babe.

Rancho Park

MJJ

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Jaws’ (1975)

Wilshire Boulevard

10th Avenue at night

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘La Mort au Large’ (1981)

A.K.A. Great White.

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Up From the Depths’ (1979)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Great White’ (1981)

Monster-about-to-chomp-babe poster of the day: ‘Piranha’ (1978)

Press release of the day: ‘No further information available at this time’

Keywords: Beatles, catalog, digitally, remastered.

Could it be that the Beatles are finally coming to iTunes, as has been rumored and rushed into print so many times? Nope. Reissued CDs, that powerhouse commodity of 2009:

London, England – April 7, 2009 – Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game. Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

Hey, it's better than a $395 White Album fountain pen ... right?

To their credit, the biggest-selling act of all time did offer this thoroughly lawyered non-update on the issue of digital distribution:

Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue. There is no further information available at this time.

City of industry

Pancakes ’n’ pork

Apparently a Cleveland special.

Dubious enticement

Vintage horror posters

Well Medicated has a wonderful collection of posters from 100 vintage horror movies, from the Bela Lugosi era to our favorite cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers. A few randomly chosen examples from the two-part post are below, but every image is awesome.

(Via the amazing FFFFOUND!)

Bob Mould on Popcast

Tooting own horn dept.:

We’ve had some wonderful guests lately on Popcast, the Times’s weekly music podcast: Eleni Mandell, Bishop Allen and Krishna Das each came in to perform a song, and, in a neat studio-to-studio linkup with London, Psapp demonstrated some of their kooky instruments, like the “bone-a-phone.” (Archived links, below right on this page.)

But this week we are spoiled by the presence of mighty Bob Mould, who sat for a candid interview and performed his new song “I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand in My Light Anymore,” which he calls one of his best in 15 years.

Listen to it here (this week’s show also includes Jon Pareles reviewing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and subscribe to Popcast here. (I will also review Mould’s new album, Life and Times, next week on the WFUV Music Review.)

You get more bounce

Conteporary Records, 1956. Later reissued on Original Jazz Classics/Fantasy, and now available on eMusic.

(Via.)