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Logan's Run
Close enough to the original novel by George Clayton Johnson and Bill Nolan to loosely qualify as an "adaptation," tho the filmmakers changed even the most basic premise of what age qualifies you for the death penalty (the book stipulates that only kids and teenagers are allowed to live). Johnson made his mark writing for the original Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Kung Fu (for which he wrote the pilot), and the original Ocean's 11 story. Nolan, however, is the one who has picked up the Logan ball and run with a sequel - Logan's World - and a just-released comic book series based on his own view of the World in which Logan runs. The original novel, tho slim, remains the best of Logan's lot - the shortlived TV show being the worst - tho I'd recommend seeking the 1990s comic books drawn by Elf artist Barry Blair. Those hew closest to George Clayton Johnson's take on Logan, which to my mind is superior to Nolan's divergent direction, which seems more enamored of the chase than the witty and timeless social observations that so sparked the duo's initial collaboration ---
— April 8, 2010 12:17 a.m.
Cheap Trick
HaHa - at Hit Parader mag, we were all once challenged to do a series of two-word reviews of bands. The best way I could describe Cheap Trick thusly was "Accidentally brilliant."
— April 7, 2010 11:59 p.m.
Vote for your favorite Former Famous Neighbors theme song!
Wow, I'm blown away by all six entrants! Congrats to Steve and the Pescadero Pickers - we'll be seeing them in the funny pages, all right! Thanks to everyone who entered, voted, and commented - our little comic strip seemed like a nifty idea, but we never could have foreseen anything like these songs or the responses to them. I'm sure I'll play these tunes every time I need a little cartoonistic inspiration for my scribbles ---
— April 4, 2010 12:19 a.m.
Randy California & Spirit in San Diego 1968 to 1996, plus Worst Concerts, History of San Diego Music 1-7, more
Spirit historian Bruce Pates sent these clarifications to the band's San Diego history: "First of all, I need to correct one show capsule. Despite the signed Paul Butterfield contract I have, SPIRIT did not play the SD Sports Arena with them and TEN YEARS AFTER om 11-29-70. Since the two concerts were booked by the same agency, and so close to each other, the mistake on the contract is likely a clerical error." "The SPIRIT gig should instead be December 13, 1970 at the Sports Arena with Country Joe McDonald (solo) and JOY OF COOKING. There was a review of the show in the Dec. 14th issue of the "San Diego Union" which lauded Country Joe, and spent little time on SPIRIT. All comments about the PA system issues attributed to 11-29-70 are still correct. It was the last time the original group played San Diego until the 1984 reunion gig at the Rodeo club in La Jolla." "Also: Spirit played Winstons in OB again on April 6th and 7th, 1990."
— April 2, 2010 11:34 p.m.
Who Is Matthew Alice, Gringo?
It's time for the longtime MA puzzle to finally be solved once and for all. As a contributing Reader writer/cartoonist for over 15 years and counting, I've been sitting on the secret far too long. The mysterious columnist known as Matthew Alice is in reality, and has always been aaaak --- thpppt (Funeral donations to the family of the late Jayallen can be forwarded thru the Reader)
— April 2, 2010 9:31 p.m.
The X-Files
I just this past year started watching the X-Files, after I got a cheap first season box set ------- meh. It's no Kolchak the Night Stalker, surely its main inspiration (that, and old issues of Fate and Fortean Times), but the first season at least had stand-alone episodes that didn't require secret decoder rings to understand the dialogue. I particularly liked the Jersey Devil ep, having lived near the epicentre of that particular urban myth at the time --- The movie, lacking all the layers-upon-layers of conspiracy theory context from its preceding TV show eps, made about as much sense as a random excerpt from the Da Vinci Code ---- my kingdom for one of Zaphod's handy Babel fish translators, tho perhaps there's too much babbling in XF: The Movie for even that to work ----
— April 2, 2010 4:25 p.m.
None
Trek had a huge opening weekend in San Diego, playing at no less than 10 local drive-ins, the huge Cinerama theater, and at downtown's Balboa theater, where they had just installed the city's second deluxe Dolby surround sound system. In fact, one of the Balboa employees risked life and limb to climb atop the tower dome and install laser light fixtures intended to draw the curious to 4th Avenue from all over downtown, likely contributing to the then-rundown theater selling out for the first several nights of Trek's engagement. The following weekend, most theaters screening Trek were all but empty. And the city had forced the Balboa to remove the laser, as it allegedly caused much confusion among pilots landing at nearby Lindberg field. Ah, those were the days - back when Jaws made you afraid of the water, Friday the 13th made you afraid of hockey masks, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture made you afraid of sequels....
— March 26, 2010 1:23 a.m.
Inside Deep Throat
Projectionist Dan Whitehead recalls opening Deep Throat at the downtown Pussycat Theater on 4th Avenue. "I worked for three days straight, because the day projectionist, Michael Knight, was a college student and afraid of getting busted; he later became management. Those were 18-hour shifts, back to back. After the third day, I literally couldn't go on any longer and went home and crashed." "That was the night the vice squad came in and confiscated the print." The theater's head of public relations, Don Haley, was staying in town and prepared. "He brought a second print over from the St. James Hotel [also owned by the Pussycat chain] -- the cops could only take one print until a court decided if it was obscene -- and then he proceeded to call all the radio and TV stations in town. When I got to work the next night, people were lined up way down the street and around the block, and it stayed that way for a long time. It was so busy that we were answering the phone in the projection booth, because the concession stand and box office were literally too swamped to do it." The Pussycat's owners battled the city over this and other Pussycat matters for years....
— March 25, 2010 2:39 a.m.
Record Release Roundup
Also new this month: Irish folk-punks Lexington Field debuted their five-song EP The Streets of Dover on St. Paddy’s Day, with a release party at the Belly Up. Dreadlocked songsmith Gonjasufi released A Sufi and a Killer, co-produced by Gaslamp Killer, with a March 19 headline gig at Wit’s End. Crashing Marbles held a release party set for their Pocket CD at 710 Beach Club on March 22. The shoegazers of the FMera (pronounced ef-em-era) threw a release party for their first studio EP This Will Dissuade Me on Friday, March 19, at Hillcrest’s Ruby Room. “On the inside cover of the CD,” says singer/guitarist Michael Stauffer, “you’ll find a picture of the great French composer Claude DeBussy. Debussy was considered an impressionist, but he rejected that label. His style may be best described as experimental, and he challenged the notion of fitting into any particular mold. This best signifies what we’re all about, too.” Also in March, Flogging Molly returns with a concert DVD and two-CD set, Live at the Greek. Additional new releases are now available from Mike Keneally, Steph Johnson, Higher Minds, and the glee gals of Bitter Sober (who recently saw members appear as delinquent musicians on the TV show Glee).
— March 25, 2010 1:03 a.m.
Tuned, You and Me
Just looked at the file for this story, and it refers to this pic's "Savannah cat."
— March 24, 2010 11:37 p.m.
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Logan's Run
Close enough to the original novel by George Clayton Johnson and Bill Nolan to loosely qualify as an "adaptation," tho the filmmakers changed even the most basic premise of what age qualifies you for the death penalty (the book stipulates that only kids and teenagers are allowed to live). Johnson made his mark writing for the original Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Kung Fu (for which he wrote the pilot), and the original Ocean's 11 story. Nolan, however, is the one who has picked up the Logan ball and run with a sequel - Logan's World - and a just-released comic book series based on his own view of the World in which Logan runs. The original novel, tho slim, remains the best of Logan's lot - the shortlived TV show being the worst - tho I'd recommend seeking the 1990s comic books drawn by Elf artist Barry Blair. Those hew closest to George Clayton Johnson's take on Logan, which to my mind is superior to Nolan's divergent direction, which seems more enamored of the chase than the witty and timeless social observations that so sparked the duo's initial collaboration ---— April 8, 2010 12:17 a.m.
Cheap Trick
HaHa - at Hit Parader mag, we were all once challenged to do a series of two-word reviews of bands. The best way I could describe Cheap Trick thusly was "Accidentally brilliant."— April 7, 2010 11:59 p.m.
Vote for your favorite Former Famous Neighbors theme song!
Wow, I'm blown away by all six entrants! Congrats to Steve and the Pescadero Pickers - we'll be seeing them in the funny pages, all right! Thanks to everyone who entered, voted, and commented - our little comic strip seemed like a nifty idea, but we never could have foreseen anything like these songs or the responses to them. I'm sure I'll play these tunes every time I need a little cartoonistic inspiration for my scribbles ---— April 4, 2010 12:19 a.m.
Randy California & Spirit in San Diego 1968 to 1996, plus Worst Concerts, History of San Diego Music 1-7, more
Spirit historian Bruce Pates sent these clarifications to the band's San Diego history: "First of all, I need to correct one show capsule. Despite the signed Paul Butterfield contract I have, SPIRIT did not play the SD Sports Arena with them and TEN YEARS AFTER om 11-29-70. Since the two concerts were booked by the same agency, and so close to each other, the mistake on the contract is likely a clerical error." "The SPIRIT gig should instead be December 13, 1970 at the Sports Arena with Country Joe McDonald (solo) and JOY OF COOKING. There was a review of the show in the Dec. 14th issue of the "San Diego Union" which lauded Country Joe, and spent little time on SPIRIT. All comments about the PA system issues attributed to 11-29-70 are still correct. It was the last time the original group played San Diego until the 1984 reunion gig at the Rodeo club in La Jolla." "Also: Spirit played Winstons in OB again on April 6th and 7th, 1990."— April 2, 2010 11:34 p.m.
Who Is Matthew Alice, Gringo?
It's time for the longtime MA puzzle to finally be solved once and for all. As a contributing Reader writer/cartoonist for over 15 years and counting, I've been sitting on the secret far too long. The mysterious columnist known as Matthew Alice is in reality, and has always been aaaak --- thpppt (Funeral donations to the family of the late Jayallen can be forwarded thru the Reader)— April 2, 2010 9:31 p.m.
The X-Files
I just this past year started watching the X-Files, after I got a cheap first season box set ------- meh. It's no Kolchak the Night Stalker, surely its main inspiration (that, and old issues of Fate and Fortean Times), but the first season at least had stand-alone episodes that didn't require secret decoder rings to understand the dialogue. I particularly liked the Jersey Devil ep, having lived near the epicentre of that particular urban myth at the time --- The movie, lacking all the layers-upon-layers of conspiracy theory context from its preceding TV show eps, made about as much sense as a random excerpt from the Da Vinci Code ---- my kingdom for one of Zaphod's handy Babel fish translators, tho perhaps there's too much babbling in XF: The Movie for even that to work ----— April 2, 2010 4:25 p.m.
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Trek had a huge opening weekend in San Diego, playing at no less than 10 local drive-ins, the huge Cinerama theater, and at downtown's Balboa theater, where they had just installed the city's second deluxe Dolby surround sound system. In fact, one of the Balboa employees risked life and limb to climb atop the tower dome and install laser light fixtures intended to draw the curious to 4th Avenue from all over downtown, likely contributing to the then-rundown theater selling out for the first several nights of Trek's engagement. The following weekend, most theaters screening Trek were all but empty. And the city had forced the Balboa to remove the laser, as it allegedly caused much confusion among pilots landing at nearby Lindberg field. Ah, those were the days - back when Jaws made you afraid of the water, Friday the 13th made you afraid of hockey masks, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture made you afraid of sequels....— March 26, 2010 1:23 a.m.
Inside Deep Throat
Projectionist Dan Whitehead recalls opening Deep Throat at the downtown Pussycat Theater on 4th Avenue. "I worked for three days straight, because the day projectionist, Michael Knight, was a college student and afraid of getting busted; he later became management. Those were 18-hour shifts, back to back. After the third day, I literally couldn't go on any longer and went home and crashed." "That was the night the vice squad came in and confiscated the print." The theater's head of public relations, Don Haley, was staying in town and prepared. "He brought a second print over from the St. James Hotel [also owned by the Pussycat chain] -- the cops could only take one print until a court decided if it was obscene -- and then he proceeded to call all the radio and TV stations in town. When I got to work the next night, people were lined up way down the street and around the block, and it stayed that way for a long time. It was so busy that we were answering the phone in the projection booth, because the concession stand and box office were literally too swamped to do it." The Pussycat's owners battled the city over this and other Pussycat matters for years....— March 25, 2010 2:39 a.m.
Record Release Roundup
Also new this month: Irish folk-punks Lexington Field debuted their five-song EP The Streets of Dover on St. Paddy’s Day, with a release party at the Belly Up. Dreadlocked songsmith Gonjasufi released A Sufi and a Killer, co-produced by Gaslamp Killer, with a March 19 headline gig at Wit’s End. Crashing Marbles held a release party set for their Pocket CD at 710 Beach Club on March 22. The shoegazers of the FMera (pronounced ef-em-era) threw a release party for their first studio EP This Will Dissuade Me on Friday, March 19, at Hillcrest’s Ruby Room. “On the inside cover of the CD,” says singer/guitarist Michael Stauffer, “you’ll find a picture of the great French composer Claude DeBussy. Debussy was considered an impressionist, but he rejected that label. His style may be best described as experimental, and he challenged the notion of fitting into any particular mold. This best signifies what we’re all about, too.” Also in March, Flogging Molly returns with a concert DVD and two-CD set, Live at the Greek. Additional new releases are now available from Mike Keneally, Steph Johnson, Higher Minds, and the glee gals of Bitter Sober (who recently saw members appear as delinquent musicians on the TV show Glee).— March 25, 2010 1:03 a.m.
Tuned, You and Me
Just looked at the file for this story, and it refers to this pic's "Savannah cat."— March 24, 2010 11:37 p.m.