Happy 60th Birthday Revolver, and in a months time Star Trek the original series
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If you don't like U2, and they split up tomorrow, would you cry?
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
"This isn't Tesco's, is it?" 'Under the Skin' (2013) is on Film4 at 23.15, tonight.
“Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California ....” Listen below to Leonard Nimoy’s recording of Ray Bradbury’s powerful 1950 science fiction short story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” set on this very day.
Stephen Schwartz@atomicanalyst.bsky.social · last mo.Listen here to Nimoy’s 1975 recording of Ray Bradbury’s 1950 science fiction short story (and chapter in “The Martian Chronicles”) “There Will Come Soft Rains,” which hauntingly envisioned one potential future arising from unconstrained nuclear testing and arms races. archive.org/details/brad...
Ralph Bakshi's gorgeous, rotoscoped, and incredibly dark animated version of THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978) was, at times, like a nightmare to my 9 year-old self. I had particular problems with the creepy Nazgûl, especially during this famous scene...
Ghosts in the garden? The billowing, shroud-like figure seen on couple's washing line has sparked debate among researchers.
Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · yesterdayCat.
It’s the 75th anniversary of two English women on holiday in France waking in the small hours to the sounds of a fierce battle taking place, later discovering that they were ‘witnessing’ the disastrous raid on Dieppe, which had taken place almost exactly nine years earlier 🧵
Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
"Denial is a powerful thing." 'The Mist' (2007) is on BBC1 at 22.45, tonight.
Showing mum Big Jim's Big Boozy Bike Trip, as she hasn't seen it before. youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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End of Part One: easily the most underrated sketch show, hobbled by ITV bunging it out at Sunday teatimes, but at its best surpassing Python in the realm of savage TV parody. open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
Importing the archive: The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need. #newscientistbandnames
I love capturing those moments where London Underground trains line up perfectly with station posters. With a little patience and a bit of luck, you can end up with some wonderfully amusing and unexpected shots.
Bloody hell, it's *gorgeous*... "ITV Content Services are delighted to reveal that we've completed work on a new 4K restoration of Whistle Down the Wind, restored from 35mm original camera negatives Now streaming in HD on ITVX..." #FilmSky youtu.be/Q9ItJA0DdAw?...
Whistle Down the Wind | 4K Restoration Trailer
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If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
📚 #OnThisDay in the #History of #Literature 30 July 1935, Sir #AllenLane of the Penguin Press revolutionised the #publishing industry by releasing new affordable paperbacks. A huge hit with booksellers and readers, they were originally colour-coded according to genre. Iconic.
Morning all. Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
Tidying up, I came across this unexpectedly moving little gem. Mortifying typo aside.
I'm putting out the Comfort Blanket episode on The Thing as a free preview for this mini series, which I'm proud of, and have really enjoyed making. Should be up on the usual Patreon, Substack and public podcast feeds for Comfort Blanket. Hope you enjoy it. If not, you're clearly an alien.