THE BUTCHER'S BILL 2013

EVERY DECEMBER, AS THE YEAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE, IT IS MY SAD DUTY TO LIST THE NOTABLES WHO LEFT US THIS YEAR. 

Take a moment to read the names and remember.

• PATTI PAGE, singer  "Tennessee Waltz", "Doggie in the Window"
• CHARLES CHILTON,  BBC radio writer/producer/presenter "Journey Into Space"
• SAMMY JOHNS, singer  "Chevy Van"
• NED WERTIMER, actor  "The Jeffersons"
• MARIANGELA MELATO, actress  "Swept Away", "Flash Gordon"
• NAGISA OSHIMA, director  "In the Realm of the Senses"
• CONRAD BAIN, actor  "Maude", "Diff'rent Strokes"
• PAULINE PHILLIPS, columnist  "Dear Abby"
• MICHAEL WINNER, director  "Burke and Hare", "Death Wish"
• SALLY STARR, TV host
• RALPH COLLIER, radio host  "Collier at Large"
• BERNARD HORSFALL, actor  "Dr. Who: The War Games", "Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin"
• LEROY "SUGARFOOT" BONNER, singer  "Ohio Players"
• PATTY ANDREWS, singer  "The Andrews Sisters"
• ED KOCH, politician  "Former Mayor of New York"
• JOHN KERR, actor  "Pit and the Pendulum", "South Pacific"
• REG PRESLEY, singer  "The Troggs"
• TONY SHERIDAN, singer  "My Bonnie"
• RICHARD BRIERS, actor  "The Good Life"
• ELSPET GRAY, actress  "Solo", "The Black Adder"
• OTIS "DAMON" HARRIS, singer  "The Temptations"
• DAN TOLER, guitarist  "Allman Brothers Band"
• C. EVERETT KOOP, former U.S. Surgeon General
• RICHARD STREET, singer  "The Temptations"
• ADAM STRANGE, director
• VAN CLIBURN, pianist
• RAY CUSICK, designer  "Doctor Who", "The Daleks"
• BONNIE FRANKLIN, actress  "One Day at a Time"
• BOBBY ROGERS, singer  "The Miracles"
• ALVIN LEE, guitarist  "Ten Years After"
• DEL TENNEY, director  "I Eat Your Skin",  "Horror at Party Beach"
• CLAUDE KING, singer  "Wolverton Mountain"
• CLIVE BURR, drummer  "Iron Maiden"
• MALACHI THRONE, actor  "Star Trek"
• BOBBY SMITH, singer  "The Spinners"
• FRANK THORNTON, actor  "Are You Being Served?"
• JAMES HERBERT, author  "The Rats"
• RISE STEVENS, soprano
• RICK HAUTALA, author  "Night Stone", "The Mountain King"
• CHINUA ACHEBE, author  "Things Fall Apart"
• RICHARD GRIFFITHS, actor  "Harry Potter series", "Gormenghast"
• PHIL RAMONE, record producer
• BOB CLARKE, artist  "Mad Magazine"
• MILO O'SHEA, actor  "Theatre of Blood", "Barbarella"
• JESUS FRANCO, director  "Count Dracula", "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"
• ROGER EBERT, film critic
• CARMINE INFANTINO, artist  "The Flash", "Batman"
• BASIL COPPER, author  "Dark Things", "Necropolis"
• MARGARET THATCHER, politician  "Former British Prime Minister"
• ANNETTE FUNICELLO, actress/singer  "Beach Blanket Bingo"
• JONATHAN WINTERS, comedian
• SIR COLIN DAVIS, conductor
• RICHARD LEPARMENTIER, actor  "Star Wars"
• PAT SUMMERALL, TV sportscaster
• ALLAN ARBUS, actor  "M*A*S*H*", "Coffy"
• RICHIE HAVENS, singer
• GEORGE JONES, singer  "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
• DEANNA DURBIN, singer/actress
• RAY HARRYHAUSEN, filmmaker/special effects  "Jason and the Argonauts"
• BRYAN FORBES, actor/director  "League of Gentlemen", "The Stepford Wives"
• DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, psychologist/TV personality
• DICK TRICKLE, NASCAR driver
• ALAN O'DAY, singer/songwriter  "Undercover Angel"
• RAY MANZAREK, musician  "The Doors"
• STEVE FORREST, actor  "S.W.A.T."
• MARVIN JUNIOR, singer  "The Dells"
• JEAN STAPLETON, actress  "All In the Family"
• MANDAWUY YUNUPINGU, singer  "Yothu Yindi"
• FRANK LAUTENBERG, New Jersey Senator
• DEACON JONES, football player  "Los Angeles Rams"
• JOEY COVINGTON, drummer  "Jefferson Airplane"
• ESTHER WILLIAMS, actress  "Neptune's Daughter", "Bathing Beauty"
• MAXINE STUART, actress  "Twilight Zone - Eye of the Beholder"
• RICHARD RAMIREZ, serial killer
• HARRY LEWIS, actor  "Key Largo", "Gun Crazy"
• IAIN BANKS, author  "The Wasp Factory"
• SLIM WHITMAN, singer  "Indian Love Call"
• KIM THOMPSON, editor/publisher  "Fantagraphics", "The Comics Journal"
• JAMES GANDOLFINI, actor  "The Sopranos", "In the Loop"
• MICHAEL BAIGENT, author  "Holy Blood, Holy Grail"
• ELLIOT REID, actor  "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "CBS Radio Mystery Theater"
• GARY DAVID GOLDBERG, writer/producer  "Family Ties"
• RICHARD MATHESON, author  "The Shrinking Man", "I Am Legend", "Twilight Zone"
• BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND, singer
• ALAN MYERS, drummer  "Devo"
• LAU KAR-LEUNG, director  "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin"
• JIM KELLY, actor  "Enter the Dragon", "Black Belt Jones"
• BOB CARTER, TV horror host  "Sammy Terry"
• ANNA WING, actress  "EastEnders"
• ALAN WHICKER, TV host  "Whicker's World"
• MEL SMITH, actor/comedian  "Not the 9 O'clock News", "Brain Donors"
• HELEN THOMAS, journalist "White House press corps"
• J.J. CALE, songwriter/musician  "After Midnight", "Call Me the Breeze", "Cocaine"
• EILEEN BRENNAN, actress  "Private Benjamin", "Murder By Death"
• MICHAEL ANSARA, actor  "Star Trek"
• GEORGE DUKE, jazz musician
• JACK CLEMENT, singer/songwriter/producer  "Sun Records"
• KAREN BLACK, actress  "Trilogy of Terror"
• HAJI, actress  "Faster Pussycat!  Kill!  Kill!"
• EYDIE GORME, singer
• LOUIS KILLEN, folk singer
• AMY WALLACE, author  "The People's Almanac", "The Book of Lists"
• HENRY POLIC II, actor  "When Things Were Rotten", "Batman: The Animated Series"
• BERT LANCE, politician
• ELMORE LEONARD, author  "Jackie Brown", "3:10 To Yuma", "Get Shorty"
• MARIAN MCPARTLAND, jazz musician
• TED POST, director  "Hang 'Em High", "Magnum Force"
• DENNIS FARINA, actor  "Snatch"
• JULIE HARRIS, actress  "The Haunting", "East of Eden"
• GERARD MURPHY, actor  "Dr. Who: Silver Nemesis", "Father Ted", "Batman Begins"
• DAVID FROST, TV broadcaster  "That Was the Week That Was", "The Frost Report"
• FREDERICK POHL, author
• LOUISE CURRIE, actress  "You'll Find Out", "Voodoo Man", "Adventures of Captain Marvel", "Citizen Kane"
• OTTO SANDER, actor  "Wings of Desire", "Das Boot"
• JERRY G. BISHOP, TV horror host  "Svengoolie"
• RICHARD C. SARAFIAN, director  "Vanishing Point", "Bound"
• JAY ROBINSON, actor  "Dr. Shrinker", "Star Trek - Elaan of Troyius"
• TOM CLANCY, author  "Patriot Games", "The Hunt for Red October"
• PHIL CHEVRON, musician  "The Pogues"
• CAL SMITH, singer  "Country Bumpkin"
• KUMAR PALLANA, actor  "The Royal Tenenbaums"
• SCOTT CARPENTER, astronaut
• DAPHNE CALDER, actress  "The Overlanders"
• LOU SCHEIMER, TV producer  "Filmation"
• MARCIA WALLACE, actress  "The Bob Newhart Show"
• LOU REED, musician  "Walk On the Wild Side"
• NIGEL DAVENPORT, actor  "A Man For All Seasons", "Dracula (1973)", "Peeping Tom"
• NICK CARDY, comic book artist  "Aquaman", "Teen Titans"
• MANFRED ROMMEL, German politician
• SIR JOHN TAVENER, composer
• PAUL MANTEE, actor  "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"
• AL PLASTINO, comic book artist  "Superman"
• CHICO HAMILTON, jazz drummer
• TONY MUSANTE, actor  "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage"
• OLIVER CHEATHAM, singer  "Get Down Saturday Night"
• JEAN KENT, actress  "The Prince and the Showgirl", "The Haunted Strangler"
• PAUL WALKER, actor  "The Fast and the Furious", "Pleasantville"
• TABU LEY ROCHEREAU, singer
• JUNIOR MURVIN, singer  "Police and Thieves"
• BARRY JACKSON, actor  "Dr. Who - The Armageddon Factor", "Dr. Who - The Romans"
• NELSON MANDELA, activist/politician
• COLIN WILSON, author  "Unsolved Mysteries"
• ELEANOR PARKER, actress  "The Naked Jungle"
• AUDREY TOTTER, actress  "The Postman Always Rings Twice", "Medical Center"
• TOM LAUGHLIN, actor  "Billy Jack"
• PETER O'TOOLE, actor  "The Lion In Winter", "Becket", "Lawrence of Arabia"
• JOAN FONTAINE, actress  "Rebecca", "Suspicion"
• RAY PRICE, singer  "For the Good Times", "Heartaches By the Number"
• JOHN EISENHOWER, historian/ambassador
• JOHN FORTUNE, comedian  "Bird and Fortune"

Portrait of the Grim Reaper by Steve Ring.

UNOFFICIAL FLICKERS PROJECT 2013 CONCLUSION

WHILE I WASN'T ACTUALLY DOING AN "OFFICIAL" FLICKERS PROJECT THIS YEAR (LIKE THE ONE I DID IN 2012), I DID POST LAST MAY THE FIRST 100 FILMS I WATCHED THIS YEAR.  Click on the "Flickers Project" label to view the first 100.  As promised, here I am again to post the remainder of the films I watched this year.  Will there be an "official" Flickers Project in 2014?  I haven't decided yet.  But until then . . . I provide a listing of the rest of the films as well as THIS LINK which will take you to my "Letterboxd" list where you will see all the films beautifully displayed with their pretty little movie posters.  Enjoy.

• 101)  ASYLUM
• 102)  POSTMAN'S KNOCK
• 103)  THE X FROM OUTER SPACE
• 104)  GOKE BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL
• 105)  THE LIVING SKELETON
• 106)  GENOCIDE
• 107)  CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
• 108)  DJANGO
• 109)  GOLDEN BAT
• 110)  THE INVISIBLE DR. MABUSE
• 111)  Z CHANNEL:  A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
• 112)  CASH ON DEMAND
• 113)  THE PASSENGER
• 114)  LE MAGNIFIQUE
• 115)  THE LEGACY
• 116)  GAMES
• 117)  WITCHCRAFT
• 118)  BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
• 119)  MOONRISE KINGDOM
• 120)  THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING
• 121)  PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER
• 122)  THE DEVIL-SHIP PIRATES
• 123)  THE FULL MONTY
• 124)  THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY
• 125)  THE TERROR OF THE TONGS
• 126)  THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943)
• 127)  SITTING TARGET
• 128)  THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN
• 129)  CHERISH
• 130)  SMASHING TIME
• 131)  HOUSE IN NIGHTMARE PARK
• 132)  NEVER TOO YOUNG TO ROCK
• 133)  CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
• 134)  DESTINATION MOON
• 135)  THE RUNAWAY BUS
• 136)  AMERICAN SCARY
• 137)  THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
• 138)  MISERY
• 139)  THE LOVE WE MAKE
• 140)  ROCK 'N' ROLL EXPOSED:  THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BOB GRUEN
• 141)  56 UP
• 142)  THE HINDENBURG:  THE UNTOLD STORY
• 143)  HANDS OF THE RIPPER
• 144)  STALKER
• 145)  MON ONCLE
• 146)  MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
• 147)  LOVE, MARILYN
• 148)  ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
• 149)  RICHARD PRYOR:  OMIT THE LOGIC
• 150)  NIGHT TIDE
• 151)  MAN ON THE MOON
• 152)  COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
• 153)  MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S
• 154)  GIGANTIC (A TALE OF TWO JOHNS)
• 155)  GHOST RIDER:  SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
• 156)  LINCOLN
• 157)  JUSTICE LEAGUE:  DOOM
• 158)  DJANGO UNCHAINED
• 159)  HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE
• 160)  CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
• 161)  WAIT UNTIL DARK
• 162)  CASTING BY
• 163)  THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
• 164)  AMPHIBIAN MAN
• 165)  MONTEREY POP
• 166)  THE ABCS OF DEATH
• 167)  ROBIN HOOD (1973)
• 168)  SNATCH
• 169)  ROLLERBALL
• 170)  CHINATOWN
• 171)  GEORGE HARRISON:  LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
• 172)  STEALING LINCOLN'S BODY
• 173)  THE HORDE
• 174)  CAR WASH
• 175)  BILLY JACK
• 176)  JOHN DIES AT THE END
• 177)  THE LORDS OF SALEM
• 178)  THE HOWLING
• 179)  THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY
• 180)  AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
• 181)  THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE
• 182)  DEMONS
• 183)  STRANGE AEONS:  THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP
• 184)  THE RING
• 185)  SEVEN
• 186)  ZODIAC
• 187)  TERROR TRAIN
• 188)  SILVER BULLET
• 189)  THE STRANGER
• 190)  NETHERBEAST INCORPORATED
• 191)  THE BATMAN VS. DRACULA
• 192)  INFERNO
• 193)  THE TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS
• 194)  MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
• 195)  LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE aka SECOND BREATH
• 196)  THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE
• 197)  THE GHOST OF GREVILLE LODGE
• 198)  JUSTICE LEAGUE:  THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX
• 199)  PICKMAN'S MUSE
• 200)  THE NIGHT STRANGLER
• 201)  THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS
• 202)  KING LEAR (KOROL LIR)
• 203)  GERMANY IN AUTUMN
• 204)  LA BELLE ET LA BETE aka BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
• 205)  THE AWAKENING (2011)
• 206)  MIDNIGHT MOVIES
• 207)  HENRY V  (1989)
• 208)  HITCHCOCK
• 209)  SHARKNADO
• 210)  DEMONS 2
• 211)  HORRIBLE HORROR:  THE SPECIAL EDITION
• 212)  THE SHADOW KNOWS
• 213)  THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR
• 214)  GOD BLESS OZZY OSBOURNE
• 215)  RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
• 216)  MARS ATTACKS
• 217)  COMIC BOOK VILLAINS
• 218)  TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL
• 219)  V/H/S
• 220)  ROMAN POLANSKI:  ODD MAN OUT
• 221)  CHILLERAMA
• 222)  THE TWO WORLDS OF JENNIE LOGAN
• 223)  SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (2013)
• 224)  NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT
• 225)  THE LIVING COFFIN
• 226)  CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN
• 227)  HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
• 228)  DRACULA A.D. 1972
• 229)  THE MUMMY
• 230)  DAWN OF THE DEAD
• 231)  DOCTOR MORDRID
• 232)  THE DEAD ONE
• 233)  HIS GIRL FRIDAY
• 234)  STROMBOLI
• 235)  EUROPA '51
• 236)  FLESH AND FANTASY
• 237)  VIAGGIO IN ITALIA
• 238)  THE UNINVITED
• 239)  AFTER HOURS
• 240)  TWENTIETH CENTURY
• 241)  THE PRODUCERS
• 242)  MINISTRY OF FEAR
• 243)  PARKLAND
• 244)  THE LOST WEEKEND
• 245)  I MARRIED A WITCH
• 246)  ME AND ORSON WELLES
• 247)  THE WOMEN
• 248)  A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA
• 249)  SEEDPEOPLE
• 250)  DEMONIC TOYS
• 251)  DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS
• 252)  SPIRIT TRAP
• 253)  THIS GUN FOR HIRE
• 254)  JFK
• 255)  WHOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY
• 256)  CHILD OF GLASS
• 257)  AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME
• 258)  AMAZING GRACE
• 259)  SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
• 260)  A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
• 261)  LOVE ME TONIGHT
• 262)  RED 2
• 263)  LURED
• 264)  PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
• 265)  THE SECRET GARDEN (1949)
• 266)  EVIL UNDER THE SUN
• 267)  THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT
• 268)  ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS
• 269)  HOT FUZZ
• 270)  EASY LIVING (1937)
• 271)  THE MORE THE MERRIER
• 272)  THE KNACK . . . AND HOW TO GET IT
• 273)  THE GOOD FAIRY
• 274)  PACIFIC RIM
• 275)  BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
• 276)  DOGORA
• 277)  TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
• 278)  NOW YOU SEE ME
• 279)  SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER . . . AND SPRING
• 280)  NOBODY'S FOOL
• 281)  MRS. BROWN
• 282)  HIT THE ICE
• 283)  IN SOCIETY
• 284)  TOWER OF LONDON
• 285)  DESK SET
• 286)  CHASING TROUBLE
• 287)  CABIN IN THE WOODS
• 288)  THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
• 289)  YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
• 290)  WHITE CHRISTMAS
• 291)  THE MATRIX
• 292)  THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN
• 293)  BEWARE OF MR. BAKER
• 294)  THE LION IN WINTER
• 295)  EASY TO WED
• 296)  THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE
• 297)  THE INFORMER
• 298)  LAST MAN STANDING
• 299)  THE SEVENTH VICTIM
• 300)  NIGHT OF THE DEMON
• 301)  DEAD OF NIGHT
• 302)  ROPE
• 303)  ANCHORMAN:  THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY
• 304)  CONSTANTINE
• 305)  LOST IN TRANSLATION
• 306)  MAN OF STEEL
• 307)  JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL
• 308)  DRIVE
• 309)  DIE HARD
• 310)  THE BISHOP'S WIFE
• 311)  CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
• 312)  A CHRISTMAS STORY
• 313)  HOLIDAY
• 314)  CASABLANCA
• 315)  JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
• 316)  THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
• 317)  RESERVOIR DOGS
• 318)  THE EYES OF CHARLES SAND
• 319)  STAMOUL QUEST
• 320)  THE WORLD'S END
• 321)  IT MIGHT GET LOUD
• 322)  OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
• 323)  THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD
• 324)  THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
• 325)  KONGA (1961)
• 326)  THE CONJURING

ODD COUPLES WE NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE PART 3

MY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.  Two years, in fact, since the last installment of this extremely infrequent little feature I introduced and then quickly forgot about.  Simply put, here I post photos of incongruous pairings of famous people.  For the previous two examples of odd couplery, click on the "Odd Couples" label at the bottom of this post.  But here we have a very unlikely photo from the golden age of Hollywood.  While the pairing of Basil Rathbone and Marlene Dietrich isn't that odd (they would appear in movies together), it's their appearance together in character from two different movies set in two different historical eras which delights.  We see here Basil Rathbone in character as Richard III from the film TOWER OF LONDON and Marlene Dietrich as her character Frenchy from DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; both films being shot simultaneously.  I first came across this pic in the new 50th anniversary issue of MIDNIGHT MARQUEE (congrats, Gary & Sue) where it is captioned with the very funny (and FJA-like) pun: 

"MY KINGDOM FOR A WHORE!"

 

Perhaps I might be allowed my own little attempt:  "See what the boys in the throne room will have."  Or perhaps not.  

A Star In the Night 1945

PENGUIN AWARDS NOMINEES 2013

BETTER LATE THAN SORRY. 

Hectic time.  And consequently this penguin has been a little spaced -- as you can see from the photo.  I usually name the nominees post-Thanksgiving.  Well, this is technically post-Thanksgiving but it's usually a tad bit CLOSER to Thanksgiving than Christmas.  Beg the Congress's pardon.  However, now that we're here, let's get this shindig shundug.  Here are the nominees for the 2013 Penguin Awards.  As always, the winners will be announced (hopefully) sometime between Christmas and New Year's.

SONG OF THE YEAR

 

BURN IT DOWN  -  Linkin Park

CASTLE OF GLASS  -  Linkin Park

CLOISONNE  -  They Might Be Giants

COLD COLD HEARTS  -  The Launderettes
DEAR FATHER  -  Black Sabbath

DOOM AND GLOOM  -  The Rolling Stones

GET LUCKY  -  Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

GOLD ON THE CEILING  -  The Black Keys

HOME AGAIN  -  Elton John

I SAT BY THE OCEAN  -  Queens of the Stone Age

LITTLE BLACK SUBMARINES  -  The Black Keys

LONER  -  Black Sabbath

MADNESS  -  Muse

MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK (LIGHT 'EM UP)  -  Fall Out Boy

PANIC STATION  -  Muse

THE PHOENIX  -  Fall Out Boy

RED HANDS  -  Walk Off the Earth
SOMETHING GOING WRONG  -  Chickenfoot

TRIPLE MANTRA  -  Nirinjan Kaur

 

 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

 

CHURCH OF REVERB  -  Messer Chups

EL CAMINO  -  The Black Keys

LEAVING EDEN  -  Carolina Chocolate Drops
...LIKE CLOCKWORK  -  Queens of the Stone Age

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES  -  Daft Punk

SAVE ROCK AND ROLL  -  Fall Out Boy

THE 2ND LAW  -  Muse
13  -  Black Sabbath
III  -  Chickenfoot

TOM RUSH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN MUSIC  -  Tom Rush & Friends

 

 

DUET OF THE YEAR

 

GET LUCKY  -  Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

ROSE TATTOO  -  Dropkick Murphys & Bruce Springsteen

TOUCH  -  Daft Punk & Paul Williams

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR  -  Mary J. Blige & Barbra Steisand

 

 

COVER SONG OF THE YEAR

 

CRAZY  -  Petula Clark

FOREVER YOUNG (LIVE)  -  Brandi Carlile

HARLEM NOCTURNE  -  Messer Chups

SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW  -  Walk Off the Earth

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (LIVE)  -  Heart

YOU BE ILLIN'  -  Carolina Chocolate Drops

 

 

BEST ALBUM COVER ART

 

CHURCH OF REVERB  -  Messer Chups

THE DIVING BOARD  -  Elton John

 

GRRR!  -  The Rolling Stones
 

 

...LIKE CLOCKWORK  -  Queens of the Stone Age
 

SAVE ROCK AND ROLL  -  Fall Out Boy
 

THE 2ND LAW  -  Muse



National Film Board of Canada - The Great Toy Robbery

THANKSGIVING ON THE COVER OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2013!  Nothing said Americana in the early to mid-20th century like "THE SATURDAY EVENING POST" and it always featured glorious cover art by the likes of Rockwell and Leyendecker.  Here is a sampling of early 20th century Thanksgiving. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MY TARDY TRIBUTE TO NICK CARDY

EARLY IN NOVEMBER WE LOST ONE OF THE COMIC BOOK ARTISTS WHO, TO ME, REPRESENTED THE LOOK OF SEVENTIES DC COMICS:  NICK CARDY. 

He was never a superstar artist like Neal Adams et. al. but Cardy's artwork was instantly recognizable and much-loved by me and many other comic book kids who grew up seeing it.  The late 60's into the 1970s saw Nick Cardy at the height of his powers and he was very prolific during that time; cranking out superb covers as well as interior artwork for our favourite DC heroes.  Particularly associated with Aquaman and the Teen Titans, Cardy probably drew almost every character and/or book DC published during that era and drew some of its most iconic covers as well (some of which you will see below).  Cardy was particularly adept at the "new look" covers DC was producing in the late 60's utilizing his graphically-strong, pop art style as well as his later 70's output of more straight-ahead, modern superheroic action.  The artwork of Nick Cardy is an integral part of my childhood comic book memories and his covers were so good and so numerous that I had to cut out a WHOLE LOT of favourites or else this post would've gone on for ages!  However, I'd like to present now just a small portion of the great comic book art of the late Nick Cardy in the following cover gallery: