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Birthday tribute to my favorite artist Paul McCartney on Spy Vibe: When I'm 84: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/06/paul...

PAUL: WHEN I'M 84

1960s Pop Culture, Design, TV, Movies, Music, Comics, Fashion, Architecture, James Bond, Man From UNCLE, Op Art, Pop Art, Mid-Century Modern, Mod

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New art book and facsimile comic from Hermes Press celebrate the 60th anniversary of Dark Shadows: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/06/dark...

DARK SHADOWS NOIR

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Expanded soundtrack edition of SPECTRE coming next from La-La Land Records: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/06/spec...

SPECTRE EXPANDED

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Gerry Anderson's CAPTAIN SCARLET announced as the next feature-length Super Space Theatre box set! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/05/capt...

CAPTAIN SCARLET SET

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George Lazenby kung-fu classic with Angela Mao coming to Blu-ray from 88 Films: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/05/kung...

KUNG FU LAZENBY

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Interesting Polish documentary about Star Wars fandom behind the Iron Curtain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWg3...

WOJNA GWIAZD cały dokument | WAR OF STARS full documentary

YouTube video by Wojna Gwiazd

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This interesting recommendation from Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree) brings subtle nuances of emotion into view: the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows | Words for Deep Emotions

Discover invented words for complex emotions in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows—a poetic lens on the human condition and the hidden depths of feeling.

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"It's not the pencil you use, it's what you say that's important. That will never change." -George Lucas Happy Birthday George, 82 today! #starwars #indianajones #thx1138 #americangraffiti #georgelucas #lucasfilm #skywalkerrach #skywalkersound #ilmvfx #sananselmo #yoda #statues

I just found this wonderful little note from one of my art students in 2011.

New reconstruction of John Barry's Ipcress File out from Quartet Records! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ipcr...

IPCRESS FILE RECONSTRUCTED

1960s Pop Culture, Design, TV, Movies, Music, Comics, Fashion, Architecture, James Bond, Man From UNCLE, Op Art, Pop Art, Mid-Century Modern, Mod

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I missed American Graffiti on the big screen today, but I caught the vintage car show and walked up and down some of the streets that appeared in the movie (San Rafael locations). Here are a couple of photographs from the day. #AmericanGraffiti #lucasfilm #cars #marin #sanrafael

Family time for Godzilla :)

Nice video essay about one of my favorite directors, Ozu: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5P2...

Ozu in Color - TCM x Every Frame a Painting | TCM Originals

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

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La-La Land Records 20% off sale through May 25th: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ost-...

OST SALE

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · last yr.

The Fourth will be with you, always! #starwars #maythefourth #yoda #photography #design #presidio #lucasfilm

There seems to be some misunderstandings about the recent James Bond expanded albums coming from @lalalandrecords.bsky.social so I wrote up this response. If you like it, feel free to let your friends know. A lot of this can also apply to other expanded albums I've produced.

Thanks to everyone for your support. Producing these albums is a privilege and responsibility none of us take lying down. I do wonder if the messaging on these releases is clear. Having worked on 10 of these Bond albums, I figured by now people would understand the intent, but that doesn't seem to be the case. With the exception of "Goldfinger" (for which no additional material can be found) all of these albums have been expanded beyond the original releases and even previous expanded releases. I thought that was obvious, but even in this thread and elsewhere, as soon as the Variety article broke with news of a forthcoming remastered OHMSS album, posts started appearing questioning the use of the word "remastered" and assuming it was only going to be one disc. The goal has always been to present the score, top to bottom, starting with the gun barrel cue all the way to the end of the movie, with film takes/performances intact. Starting with "Live And Let Die" and "Octopussy" we've begun including the original soundtrack albums too, preserving the unique takes and cuts from those releases. Essentially each CD collection is two programs, the film score and the soundtrack album. We also include additional tracks like extra source cues or alternate versions. Our goal is to get listeners as much James Bond music as possible in the best quality.

I posted this here: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/help-with-collecting-james-bond-007-soundtracks.288504/page-11#post-37037553

Looking at this year's official selections, I realized I forgot to post some submission updates: my screenplay The Silver Wings was an official selection at the Beverly Hills Film Festival '25, semifinalist at Flicker's Rhode Island International '24, and honorable mention at Big Apple FF '24.

Super fun to see my student's screening at the ILM theater at Lucasfilm yesterday with the SF Film Festival! It was great to see how each young writer/filmmaker in the program approached their various projects and channeled their own point of view. Some top tier work!

Book sale: ITC Entertained the World offers a rare look at graphic design in the mid-century as viewers tuned into historical adventures like Robin Hood and the 1960s spy boom with Danger Man, The Saint, The Prisoner, and more! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/04/itc-...

ITC BOOK SALE

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Proud of my film student Vivian, whose work is screening at ILM Theater at Lucasfilm w SF Film Festival! Developing projects w her over the years has been really rewarding. More screenings at SFMOMA, Chicago, and then off to NYU Tisch Film! Congrats! #SFFILM #ILMTheater #nyutischfilmtv

My annual animation class at the Disney Museum last week was super fun! I even made some progress on my animation project (Monsieur Ballon) and walked over to the Skywalker Ranch general store after class one day. Creative time well spent :) #disneyfamilymuseum #lucasfilm #presidio #animation

Amazing event at Lucasfilm today. Always fun to see the film posters, Star Wars props and Vader! Great Pete Docter & Frank Oz talk. I've always wished I could strike up creative collaborations -so much heart & humanity in their works! #pixar #frankoz #muppets #starwars #ILM #lucasfilm #petedocter

New vinyl edition of John Barry's expanded Man with the Golden Gun soundtrack coming from La-La Land Records! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/04/gold...

GOLDEN GUN OST LP

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