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First-time listening for January, 2022

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26271. (Adele) 30
26272. (Bahamas) Earthtones
26273. (Vince Guaral­di Trio) The Vince Guaral­di Trio
26274. (Pat­ti Page) The Best of Pat­ti Page [20th Cen­tu­ry Masters]
26275. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #106 “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeite”, 
. . . . . bwv.106
26276. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #107 “Was willst du dich betrüben”, bwv.107
26277. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #108 “Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe”, 
. . . . . bwv.108
26278. (Right­eous Broth­ers) “Unchained Melody” [Bob­by Hat­field solo, 1965]
26279. (Moby) Great­est Hits [web compilation]
26280. (Ames Broth­ers) Autumn Leaves
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READING — JANUARY 2022

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Unknown Worlds of Sci­ence Fic­tion, Vol.1 #3, May 1975:
. . . . 24827. (Roy Thomas) A Night at the Space Opera [edi­to­r­i­al]
. . . . 24828. (Tony Isabel­la [text], Gene Colan [art] & Frank Chiara­monte [art])
. . . . . . . . . The Star-Magi[based on “Slow Glass” by Bob Shaw] [comix]
. . . . 24829. (Ger­ry Con­way [text] & George Perez [art]) Occu­pa­tion Force [comix]
. . . . 24830. (Doug Moench [text] & Vin­cente Alcazar [art]) … Not Long Before 
. . . . . . . . . the End [from the sto­ry by Lar­ry Niv­en] [comix]
. . . . 24831. (Ed Leim­bach­er) Sand­worms and Sav­iors: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Frank 
. . . . . . . . . Her­bert, Author of Dune [inter­view]
. . . . 24832. (Bruce Jones [text & art]) Ges­ta­tion [comix]
. . . . 24833. (Don Thomp­son) SFWA: The Thing that Spawned Neb­u­las [arti­cle]
. . . . 24834. (Roy Thomas [text] & Alex Nino [art]) “Repent, Har­le­quin!” Said the 
. . . . . . . . . Tick­tock­man [from the sto­ry by Har­lan Elli­son] [comix]
24834. (Jean-Paul Gagnon & George Vasilev) Oppor­tu­ni­ty in the Cri­sis of Democracy 
. . . . . [arti­cle]
24835. (Jean-Paul Gagnon, et al) The Mar­gin­al­ized Democ­ra­cies of the World [arti­cle]
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Image of the Month

Posted by on January 1, 2022 No comments

End­pa­per for the Win­ston series of juve­nile sci­ence fic­tion nov­els by the comics and sci­ence fic­tion artist Alex Schom­burg [Ale­jan­dro Schom­burg y Rosa] (1905–1998)

FILMS — DECEMBER 2021

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(Dear­den 1969) The Assas­si­na­tion Bureau
(New­land 1959) One Step Beyond: Ep.1 ― The Bride Pos­sessed [pilot]
(Hon­da 1964) Moth­ra vs. Godzil­la [モスラ対ゴジラ; Mosura tai Gojira]
(Trelfer 2021) Bran­don’s Cult Movie Review: Moth­ra vs. Godzilla
(Dante ) Trail­ers from Hell: Joe Dante on The Curse of the Cat People
(von Fritsch & Wise 1944) The Curse of the Cat People
(Trelfer 2021) Val Lew­ton’s Cat Peo­ple: Beyond the Shadows
(Matthews 1998) The Fairy King of Ar [aka Beings] [Riff­Trax version]
(Grei­danus 1990) The Final Sac­ri­fice [Mys­tery Sci­ence The­atre version]
(Sanders 2021) Foun­da­tion: Ep.1 ― The Emperor’s Peace
(Gowarik­er 2016) Mohen­jo Daro
(Hon­da 1963) Atragon [海底軍艦; Kaitei Gunkan] 
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First-time listening for December, 2021

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26239. (Vish­wa Mohan Bhatt) Galaxy of Strings
26240. (Turkuaz) None’s A Ton
26241. (10,000 Mani­acs) Blind Man’s Zoo
26242. (Domeni­co Scar­lat­ti) Sonata in A Minor, K.175 for Piano
26243. (Domeni­co Scar­lat­ti) Sonata in C, K.513 for Piano
26244. (Domeni­co Scar­lat­ti) Sonata in E Minor, K.402 for Piano
26245. (Domeni­co Scar­lat­ti) Sonata in E, K.403 for Piano
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READING — DECEMBER 2021

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24787. (Bri­an Klaas) Cor­rupt­ible ― Who Gets Pow­er and How It Changes Us
24788. (Ben­jamin Isakhan) Civ­il Soci­ety in Hybrid Regimes: Trade Union Activism in 
. . . . . Post-2003 Iraq [arti­cle]
24789. (Mehmet Özdoğan) Human­iza­tion of Build­ings ― The Neolith­ic Rit­u­al of Burying 
. . . . . the Sacred [arti­cle]
24790. (John N. Mik­sic) Evolv­ing Archae­o­log­i­cal Per­spec­tives on South­east Asia, 
. . . . . 1970–1995 [arti­cle]
24791. (Anne Apple­baum) Twi­light of Democ­ra­cy ― The Seduc­tive Lure of 
. . . . . Authoritarianism
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Image of the Month

Posted by on December 1, 2021 No comments

Fur Traders Descend­ing the Mis­souri (1845) by George Caleb Bing­ham [Met­ro­pol­i­tan Muse­um of Art, New York]

FILMS — NOVEMBER 2021

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(Wilder 1953) Phan­tom From Space
(Trelfer 2021) Dark Cor­ners Review: Phan­tom From Space
(Tokar 1959) Leave It To Beaver: Ep.67 ― Beaver’s Newspaper
(Dante 2013) Trail­ers from Hell: Joe Dante on Phan­tom From Space
(Sands & Tojo 1975) Hanu­man and the Five Rid­ers [หนุมาน พบ 5 ไอ้มดแดง]
(Tenold 2021) Bran­don’s Cult Movie Review: Hanu­man and the Five Riders
(Min­er 1989) Warlock
(Tenold 2021) Bran­don’s Cult Movie Review: Warlock
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First-time listening for November 2021

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26227. (Clau­dio Mon­tever­di) Com­bat­ti­men­to di Tan­cre­di e Clorin­da [d. Alessandrini; 
. . . . . Gior­gani, Bel­lot­to, Piccinini]
26228. (Big Data) 1.0 EP
26229. (Shapeshifter) Sound Advice
26230. (John Stain­er) Hail, Glad­den­ing Light
26231. (MNQN) MNQN
26232. (Partho Sarathy) Trib­ute to Australia
26233. (Roy Hamil­ton) Unchained Melody
26234. (Sir Sly) The Rise and Fall of Loverboy
26235. (Bassek­ou Kouy­ate & Ngo­ni Ba) Jama Ko
26236. (30 Sec­onds to Mars) America
26237. (Miles Davis) Bag’s Groove
26338. (Starset) Transmissions

READING — NOVEMBER 2021

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24774. (Vaclav Smil) Enrich­ing the Earth ― Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the 
. . . . . Trans­for­ma­tion of World Food Production 
24775. (Joseph Rosen­bloom) Per­fect Put-Downs and Instant Insults 
24776. (John N. Mik­sic) Ear­ly Burmese Urban­iza­tion: Research and Con­ser­va­tion [arti­cle]
24777. (Josi­ah Hen­son) The Life of Josi­ah Hen­son, For­mer­ly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant 
. . . . . of Cana­da, as Nar­rat­ed by Him­self [1849]
24778. (Mehmet Özdoğan) Mediter­ranean as a Supra-Region­al Inter­ac­tion Sphere During 
. . . . . Late Pre­his­to­ry: An Overview on Prob­lems and Prospects [arti­cle]
24779. (David Grae­ber & David Wen­grow) The Dawn of Every­thing ― A New His­to­ry of 
. . . . . Humanity
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