The Unicorn Strikes Back (2006) by the prolific American artist Red Grooms. Grooms is best known for his comic portraits of life in New York City, but here he creates a brilliant spoof of medieval French manuscript illumination.
FILMS — AUGUST 2019
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(Blair 1961) The Adventures of Superboy [unsold TV series pilot]
(Tuttle 1929) The Studio Murder Mystery
(Langdale 1995) Earthworm Jim: Ep.1 ― Sidekicked
(Robbins 1978) Corvette Summer
(Kincaid 1986) Robot Holocaust
(Trelfer 2019) Dark Corners Review: (365) Robot Holocaust
(Kincaid 1986) Robot Holocaust [Mystery Science Theatre version]
(Reardon 1994) The Simpsons: Ep.109 ― Treehouse of Horror V
(Price 1974) The Tomorrow People: Ep.23 ― The Doomsday Men, Part 1: Dressed to Kill
(Price 1974) The Tomorrow People: Ep.24 ― The Doomsday Men, Part 2: The Burning Sword
(Price 1974) The Tomorrow People: Ep.25 ― The Doomsday Men, Part 3: Run Rabbit Run
(Price 1974) The Tomorrow People: Ep.26 ― The Doomsday Men, Part 4: The Shuttlecock
(Pillai 2016) MidSomer Murders: Ep.105 ― Habeas Corpus
(Vasquez 2001) Invader Zim: Ep.1 ― The Nightmare Begins
(Rose 2012) Max von Sydow on Ingmar Bergman
(Schuster 1952) Kid Monk Baroni
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First-time listening for August 2019
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25795. (John Coltrane) Giant Steps
25796. (Trad.Attack!) Live at Trans Musicales, Rennes, France. Recorded December 1, 2016
25797. (Afternoons In Stereo) The City Is Sleeping
Chillhop Essentials — Spring 2018:
. . . . 25798. (Cap Kendricks) “The One”
. . . . 25799. (J’san) “Good Morning Sunshine”
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READING — AUGUST 2019
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24208. (Arthur Machen) The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War
. . . . . [article]
24209. (Athur Machen) The Bowmen [story]
24210. (V. Watrous, et al) Economy and Society in the Gournia Region of Crete [article]
24211. (Amy Reed) The Boy and Girl who Broke the World
24212. (Ármann Jakobsson) Felce, William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas [review of William
. . . . . Morris and the Icelandic Sagas by Ian Felce] [review]
24213. (Tom Mason, et al) Spiders of Toronto
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FILMS — JULY 2019
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(Hawks 1955) Land of the Pharaohs
(Irving 1968) Columbo: Ep.1 ― Prescription: Murder
(Zucker 1991) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
(Mahon 1965) The Beast That Killed Women
(Trelfer 2019) Dark Corners Review: (360) The Beast That Killed Women
(Palmer 2015) MidSomer Murders: Ep.102 ― Murder by Magic
(King 1930) Shadow Ranch
(Smith 2001) MidSomer Murders: Ep.16 — The Electric Vendetta
(Guðmundsson 1981) Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli [Útlaginn]
(Milosaveljevich 2018) How Long Have People Lived In America?
(2016) The Ark Before Noah: A Great Adventure [Irving Finkel lecture]
(Grissmer 1987) Blood Rage
(Trelfer 2019) Dark Corners Review: (361) Blood Rage
(Gowariker 2016) Mohenjo Daro
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First-time listening for July 2019
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25667. (Saxophones) Songs of the Saxophones
25668. (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck) Toccata G1/a (23a) for Organ
25669. (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck) O God die onse Vader bist (61) for Organ
25670. (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck) Fantasia a2 (57) for Organ
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READING — JULY 2019
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24195. (Fred C. Woudhuizen) Origin of the Luwian Hieroglyphic Script [article]
24196. (John Henry Cutler) Tom Stetson On the Trail of the Lost Tribe
24197. (Serge Cassen, et al) La détection des gravures sur deux monolithes du haut-cours du
. . . . . Rhône : Le Chemin des Collines à Sion et Le Genevray à Thonon-les-Bains [article]
24198. (Stephen Greenspan) Annals of Gullibility
24199. (Arup Majumder) Effect of Land Acquisition on Social Structure: An Ethnographic
. . . . . Study of a Village in Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal [article]
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Image of the Month
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Thompson (left) & Mackenzie (right)
FILMS — JUNE 2019
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(Lantz 1930) Spooks [Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon]
(Lantz 1930) Snappy Salesman [Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon]
(Lantz 1928) Ozzie of the Mounted [Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon]
(Cooke 2018) MidSomer Murders: Ep.121 ― Till Death Do Us Part
(Armstrong 2000) MidSomer Murders: Ep.13 — Beyond the Grave
(Yapp 2007) The Secret Life of Brian
(Jex 2008) Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
(Jex 2009) Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
(Pillai 2014) MidSomer Murders: Ep.97 ― Let Us Prey
(del Toro 2017) The Shape of Water
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