tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62347398303670021052024-03-06T00:32:38.850-05:00OOB blogThe rather silly blog page of outofbodies.comOut Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-9403809315267462052024-02-14T08:44:00.002-05:002024-02-14T08:44:47.742-05:00Sabotage!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1skvL5LOD-7XGoIX3fBMP6qirkyxPxXH2tFvjSbE72MB8FaetwWy3_3wp7lrSf5KQjNxv59qhvOUKoPpoFmASh4Muyniq2BLXqdeEMwar8RP6v9J3y1StZUnPesqq0l2BptVueEvPcwGN8yBJ_YxyBbZf3mq4YXG8lJ6vWDw121PGrHKcGPnqs1utjW0N/s802/radio-mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1skvL5LOD-7XGoIX3fBMP6qirkyxPxXH2tFvjSbE72MB8FaetwWy3_3wp7lrSf5KQjNxv59qhvOUKoPpoFmASh4Muyniq2BLXqdeEMwar8RP6v9J3y1StZUnPesqq0l2BptVueEvPcwGN8yBJ_YxyBbZf3mq4YXG8lJ6vWDw121PGrHKcGPnqs1utjW0N/w479-h640/radio-mirror.jpg" width="479" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Joey sabotaging one of my songs!</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-38712617391949395372023-12-28T23:44:00.004-05:002023-12-31T10:16:56.799-05:00Remembering Harry<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLD-N0oh9ioDK3vcYApTevfau0geUVI0IDgc2W_CoTBts0E_EdwMNH2RuFg2JAVKIpBUfwy5bv-Kh-V6azas_jql-aJADW-KoVff3CHW1t24n0gwMjA8MsAOQDdQaDQoybamHAK-7kPvBmoWqJsdgN8SXfL7ckbD_xVZ_2h8BQxhifj7hEcQasSzlko2B/s1000/harry-signed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLD-N0oh9ioDK3vcYApTevfau0geUVI0IDgc2W_CoTBts0E_EdwMNH2RuFg2JAVKIpBUfwy5bv-Kh-V6azas_jql-aJADW-KoVff3CHW1t24n0gwMjA8MsAOQDdQaDQoybamHAK-7kPvBmoWqJsdgN8SXfL7ckbD_xVZ_2h8BQxhifj7hEcQasSzlko2B/w400-h400/harry-signed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>While cleaning up in my den I came across this... my signed copy of Harry Nilsson's The Point. Nothing much to add tonight - 'cept that it took me back to this... "Meeting Harry"...<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://the-oob-blog.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-last-time-harry-nilsson-ever-sang.html">https://the-oob-blog.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-last-time-harry-nilsson-ever-sang.html</a><br /></p><p>...and that particular memorable moment I had with Harry. Check it out.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">---<br /></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-11452867337930167782023-11-16T20:22:00.011-05:002023-11-19T12:38:43.098-05:00The Beatles Now and Then, and Forever<div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I CAN'T BELIEVE IT...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwVz8df87SI9G1rJ43iOV6UbYAwDufGb37gcVpRRZDTDMpT2N4q7V5YxwmFGAfvggBsN3ewDr9AkGHWxoPMG7V-W9opj6Sogh6PJe3FD9DHfnLi8X2Xuxo8h3aTxKG-oB0lUouL1XQmHAhCVzkMTTBGB59bc0eIPkvfHh3GDreKGVmQ2bdUNGBmdnyFsj/s600/200373-the-beatles-now-and-then.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwVz8df87SI9G1rJ43iOV6UbYAwDufGb37gcVpRRZDTDMpT2N4q7V5YxwmFGAfvggBsN3ewDr9AkGHWxoPMG7V-W9opj6Sogh6PJe3FD9DHfnLi8X2Xuxo8h3aTxKG-oB0lUouL1XQmHAhCVzkMTTBGB59bc0eIPkvfHh3GDreKGVmQ2bdUNGBmdnyFsj/s320/200373-the-beatles-now-and-then.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here we are in 2023 and the Beatles are chart toppers once AGAIN??! </span></p><p>The abandoned third Anthology track "Now and Then", which was meant to accompany The Beatles "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" in 1995 - but shelved due to excessive tape hiss and glitches galore - has been resuscitated - CLEANED UP (using AI technology - more on this later) and COMPLETED by the last two surviving Beatles - Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.</p><p>...It's also (as of this time of writing) a Top 10 Hit on Billboard's charts (at #7) and #1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">BUT BEFORE I GO ON</span></p><p>Let me just squeeze this in here - - right upfront...</p><p>The bottomless quagmire that anyone writing about the Beatles finds themselves in is that just about ANYTHING said about the Beatles has ALREADY been said - and NOW AND THEN is no exception. Since it's release the media has been inundated with opinions, reviews, praise and scorn (although not too much scorn, actually) and - dear God - those teary-eyed REACTION videos on YouTube! So let me say right off the bat - forgive me - I may be preaching to the choir (or schooling the academy?) when I state the obvious, reveal the well-known, and refry those Beatle beans... but since you're already here...</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimgohAnO2AuIEEHyoH4T2Cw2HtmWm6PieEJdM7cQUrBiIInJNu6HJQwsD0zQaL9Oj2QEccLzeITU73ALYmCFcidpcoB1qmIdeXfx5elYG344WAnFz5ySWROrFWcDBLPhNtRU4rN62BVx3pvPurrhb8fJr5zyT-1TqU5JqZloWsfokCdbf2jVKgVZe4ODa/s758/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-16%20at%207.54.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="758" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimgohAnO2AuIEEHyoH4T2Cw2HtmWm6PieEJdM7cQUrBiIInJNu6HJQwsD0zQaL9Oj2QEccLzeITU73ALYmCFcidpcoB1qmIdeXfx5elYG344WAnFz5ySWROrFWcDBLPhNtRU4rN62BVx3pvPurrhb8fJr5zyT-1TqU5JqZloWsfokCdbf2jVKgVZe4ODa/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-16%20at%207.54.58%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">EVERYONE KNOWS (DON'T THEY?)</span></p><p>1994 was the beginning of something beautiful. At the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony where John Lennon was posthumously inducted by his widow, Yoko Ono - she hand-delivered a cassette to Paul McCartney which contained several John Lennon home recordings that he did in 1977. On the tape were the unfinished/unreleased recordings of "Free As A Bird", "Grow Old With Me", "Real Love" and "Now And Then".</p><p>"Grow Old With Me" had already been released on "Milk And Honey" in 1984 - (and again in 1998 on the John Lennon Anthology box set with full George Martin orchestration) so the three surviving Beatles (dubbed The Threetles) focused their attentions on the other three songs for the Beatles Anthology sessions, which commenced in March 1995.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zo28gniFZBx6NCjKyTqwcC_Zak-LUk5CQtiDl9DEZ1QG0eg73sgMiAvNg_T4kGAPliJyWFcQJ8pHJbPnQ94pXI_XWfuQ3-oGTO11Cbs895M1vTMc-_E9O7qgT1J0AmuMjz57A-JZoEhFSW6a4kcCBn1nd_mYUXmnpx-IEZMiGKwlgTkrQGFQugxfA8X1/s567/The-threetles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="567" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zo28gniFZBx6NCjKyTqwcC_Zak-LUk5CQtiDl9DEZ1QG0eg73sgMiAvNg_T4kGAPliJyWFcQJ8pHJbPnQ94pXI_XWfuQ3-oGTO11Cbs895M1vTMc-_E9O7qgT1J0AmuMjz57A-JZoEhFSW6a4kcCBn1nd_mYUXmnpx-IEZMiGKwlgTkrQGFQugxfA8X1/w400-h289/The-threetles.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It was big BIG news back then just to learn that the remaining Beatles all agreed on reuniting - and they were going to utilize home recordings of John Lennon to release "NEW" Beatles recordings! I remember watching the countdown on TV for the "Free As A Bird" video. WHAT WOULD THIS SOUND LIKE? The anticipation was met with something unforgettable - a familiar sound that resonates in our DNA. Ringo's drums, George's haunting slide guitar, Paul's suigeneris bass, John's voice which sounded both familiar and ethereal - and those Beatles harmonies... even moreso on their second song "Real Love" - we were actually HEARING the Beatles again.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">COMMENCE THE NITPICKING</span></p><p>Now SOME would say - adding three former Beatles to a John Lennon demo - does that REALLY make it a Beatles track? Okay - what are we going to do here - call in LAWYERS? Define a Beatles track. One might say - it's not the Beatles unless they're all alive, in the same room, recording at once... and perhaps you'd be right. But others would say (aside from saying go f-yourselves) that we'll TAKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN... for "Free As A Bird/Real Love" was the "reunion" we thought we'd NEVER live to see. Although, technically, it was three Beatles and John Lennon on cassette tape - nonetheless it was beautiful... heartfelt... and we're awfully GLAD they did it (I know I am!) </p><p>Now, let's get to NOW AND THEN...</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEl4OR1UzjAWV3Ai7L3eFaelse0GgfGlMurx_KxFvLABlzqsUH_Okyc_MwFK5SpBtjDS43Cat_O-AsfD0fY8iD_kJFgZYvizf6fu4vyMg6U-wZYl-j31gfZ1NcdKwY1Wtq6bN2UfYyAk-6SQdqnMT3DnloA06LmnSwDlg7-5sPJ9XiO-mclwJtW6AuhJw/s1198/john%20lennon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="994" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEl4OR1UzjAWV3Ai7L3eFaelse0GgfGlMurx_KxFvLABlzqsUH_Okyc_MwFK5SpBtjDS43Cat_O-AsfD0fY8iD_kJFgZYvizf6fu4vyMg6U-wZYl-j31gfZ1NcdKwY1Wtq6bN2UfYyAk-6SQdqnMT3DnloA06LmnSwDlg7-5sPJ9XiO-mclwJtW6AuhJw/w333-h400/john%20lennon.png" width="333" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">NOW...</span></p><p>Considering that the original demo of Now And Then was almost undecipherable, incomplete and somewhat depressing (due to sound quality - not sentiment) it's nothing short of amazing what Paul McCartney did with it. Okay, let's address the elephant in the room... artificial intelligence software had SOMETHING to do with it - and it was somewhat controversial.<br /></p><p>Now let's be clear - we're not talking robot John Lennon here - what you hear is 100% John Lennon. The original recording was John Lennon singing and playing piano on cassette tape - with a TV playing in the background (yes, you read that right - a TV was playing in the background!) So what this AI software does is it learns the sound of John Lennon's voice - and then pulls every OTHER sound that's NOT John Lennon's voice (piano, TV, tape hum, clicks and ticks) OUT. That's it - plain and simple. Oh you should have HEARD the panic I heard when Paul announced that the tape was being salvaged by AI - - everyone thought the worst of it - - John's going to be artificially created! Paul's ruining the Beatles! ...Not so. Relax.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">AND THEN...</span></p><p>This technology wasn't available in 1995 when Jeff Lynne had the production task of working with "Free As A Bird/Real Love" - which is testament to what a genius producer Lynne is, as he did a terrific job. the Now And Then demo tape - as anyone who's heard it will tell you - was a REAL MESS. George Harrison, at the time, called it "f-ing RUBBISH". They gave it a few tries. McCartney said "George didn't like it. The Beatles, being a democracy, we didn't do it." </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPjCbnZmunXp909GN4yAgcH8sayMrrYodtpZy1H34Nk4Bd6eBTaeVCtsmqIB8ljP9c800bMUF9qvborzDv5zwmBOKjoDLxVRrTeC4odH166CcC7JhhESxYV_Eca60WZWpZWVEnffIiTGbbcwgPeC8ybFyeDspf_Irs-RfyN1nGcY-S2WrWUWLrYzWbhuh/s800/beatles-with-jeff-lynne-1994-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="800" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPjCbnZmunXp909GN4yAgcH8sayMrrYodtpZy1H34Nk4Bd6eBTaeVCtsmqIB8ljP9c800bMUF9qvborzDv5zwmBOKjoDLxVRrTeC4odH166CcC7JhhESxYV_Eca60WZWpZWVEnffIiTGbbcwgPeC8ybFyeDspf_Irs-RfyN1nGcY-S2WrWUWLrYzWbhuh/w400-h288/beatles-with-jeff-lynne-1994-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Listening to the Now And Then demo?</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">...AND NOW...</span></p><p>Present day - upon learning that they were now able to get AROUND that problem Harrison's widow issued a press release stating "George felt the technical issues with the demo were insurmountable and concluded that it was not possible to finish the track to a high enough standard. If he were here today, Dhani and I know he would have wholeheartedly joined Paul and Ringo in completing the recording of Now And Then." <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A COMPLICATED ASSESSMENT</span></p><p>So... Was it good? Was it worth it? What do you THINK? First, a handful of comments sent to me by friends...</p><p>"It's a bit of a dirge. I just watched the video for the first time. It's fantastic. Much better than the song. I don't think there is any George on this. It's a shame this is the last "Beatles" song."</p><p>Another said they felt chills, "first by the song, then the video gobsmacked me again! This is the closest we'll ever get to having a religious experience. One thing's for sure - we picked a great band to love!"</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f8pskOIWw5E?si=IVg59-IlEAsBy2W_&controls=0&start=64" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Out Of Bodies pretending to be The Beatles</i></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">HIT PLAY</span></p><p>I too, like much of the world, heard the song first - without visuals - and, like much of the world, absorbing this as the "LAST Beatles recording" went into this ALREADY clutching a box of Kleenex. The first thing you hear is Paul's straightforward piano - playing very true to what John had done while he lived at the Dakota 47 years ago. Then John's voice comes in - as Paul had said it would be - crystal clear. .....CHILLS.....!!</p><p>I found myself straining though to hear George's presence - I wondered if that slide guitar was his (I learned later, it wasn't - it was Paul) - and then you hear the beautiful addition of orchestration added by George Martin's son - Giles (very nice, very nice!) - and what's THIS? Beatles harmony in the background? Where did THAT come from? (Turned out, as I read later, they used background singing from "Because", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Here, There and Everywhere") - - and then, before you knew it, the song shifts down in tempo, and ends. Knowing that there was no real ending on the demo I was wondering how they were going to handle this part. At 4 minutes and 8 seconds, the song ends. I was left wishing there was more.<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">WANTING MORE</span></p><p>Up against "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" which have George's slide guitar ALL OVER them - you DO notice that, even with the orchestral embellishments of Giles Martin and Paul filling in with an admirable George-like slide guitar, Now And Then DOES still seem to be... MISSING... SOMETHING... </p><p>...that integral, unmistakable George slide guitar. He might be playing acoustic guitar on this, I'm not certain - I know there was something of George's carried over from the Anthology sessions, but you wouldn't know it. It must have been daunting enough to complete "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" without John... it must've been even harder to do "Now And Then" without George.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Opxhh9Oh3rg?si=XNhMU3Wt_PiQ4E2u&controls=0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">THE VIDEO</span></p><p>The video does a very good job at filling in some of these gaps - although to some, it also seemed highly manipulative. Intermixed with present day grey-haired Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr we see Beatle-day George Harrison in a Sgt. Pepper suit and a smiling, dancing Beatle-day John Lennon - pointing at the others - as if even HE can't believe this AMAZING REUNION.</p><p>I became instantly fascinated with this video - but I remember saying to my buddy Lloyd "Just don't do what I did... started to look at animated young John and George, frame by frame... you look too closely they start to look like marionettes." Where he answered "Yeah, no point." "I know!! I have a tendency to look behind the curtain. It spoils things. But overall, VERY NICE!!" and he answered "No... you have a tendency to enjoy hearing YOURSELF COMPLAIN!"</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEL2hCUy1cpmqSUWj8RLWoJqkOLQXdAySbrJyq-8f3qsYduROWo1CoQndXCMStO7DlOzIafW9XZn-Lf1BhMxPQ7JCWGuvwtmqtxrYXrGDDzd6lhgGg6sZ7Qthk14EofvT4EB1wh9ahLQ3yWniv3EGY1GhJY2sd1IsExIf6gnAgO6AeiE7ZTtFn1vrN9yUH/s1934/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-16%20at%203.10.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1934" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEL2hCUy1cpmqSUWj8RLWoJqkOLQXdAySbrJyq-8f3qsYduROWo1CoQndXCMStO7DlOzIafW9XZn-Lf1BhMxPQ7JCWGuvwtmqtxrYXrGDDzd6lhgGg6sZ7Qthk14EofvT4EB1wh9ahLQ3yWniv3EGY1GhJY2sd1IsExIf6gnAgO6AeiE7ZTtFn1vrN9yUH/w400-h266/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-16%20at%203.10.52%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>The video also appears to have an aim at convincing us all that George, does in fact, contribute to (and approve of) Now And Then - as it includes 1995 Anthology Session George - strumming along while Paul mouths the words. Ringo is also there, of course, playing the drums - although he decided later to re-record them.<br /></p><p>Likewise, with the overall meaning of the song - 1977 John was probably not singing about his other half of the Lennon/McCartney partnership - but film-maker Peter Jackson, who created the Now And Then video, would help cement it forever more - that it's NOW a love song between old friends - living and departed. John Lennon, looking out across the ocean, sees four young Beatles clad in striped bathing suits circa 1963. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">I know it's true, it's all because of you, <br />And if I make it through, it's all because of you</span></p><p>None of these visual connectors are coincidental. It all appears to be carefully crafted - handpicked - to create the perfect BEATLE-FAN DREAM. And for most of us it's just what we wanted - it's just what we need - especially now.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Now and then, I miss you. <br />Oh, now and then, I want you to be there for me. <br />Always to return to me.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU33BDFArQJuaukgP7q5IZnOh3Ftapx2OlxMOnpbVXnTfHfeAmRYFDgkeWC2VXjY-KMmitTYisj6BGpFD5pKi85aTeUszDEE0hqam1tnQw7KU67CP0eMrg7oWs3w_LIkhbUHansIOBGFFhHnLoGBp0kCxn4U9fIAWuT-ecr-qlifJ-97MJzF__hRRvVB_d/s1039/memory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1039" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU33BDFArQJuaukgP7q5IZnOh3Ftapx2OlxMOnpbVXnTfHfeAmRYFDgkeWC2VXjY-KMmitTYisj6BGpFD5pKi85aTeUszDEE0hqam1tnQw7KU67CP0eMrg7oWs3w_LIkhbUHansIOBGFFhHnLoGBp0kCxn4U9fIAWuT-ecr-qlifJ-97MJzF__hRRvVB_d/w400-h221/memory.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">AND IN CONCLUSION</span></p><p>The world is a cynical place, where nothing is off limits to armchair critics and cynical types everywhere... (sometimes I find myself doing the same thing!) and I've grown tired of those who've said that Now And Then shouldn't have been done - and questioned McCartney's motives - as if he needed the money. Please - the guy is a multi Billionaire - he doesn't need the money. Maybe Ringo does but NOT McCartney (that's a JOKE folks, relax!!) I see it as a loose-end that was lovingly tied up nicely and shared with us all. It could have easily been left as a "what if" - and I'm glad that McCartney decided to give it another go.</p><p>Perhaps he wouldn't have if technology didn't make it a possibility - surely he had seen how it helped turn 55 hours of Beatles documentary footage into the critically acclaimed "Get Back" series - it made it look and sound as if it was recorded yesterday - even though it was 54 years ago. So for all of the bogey-man status AI has gotten recently, at least in this case, it's done more good than harm.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh4Yjx50lLUslqrPQ47-ps0xkjFH2ySaWHv3T-qG8cLqex0eOUV6nKf-nxE76IATGgZiMe1m0bOsp7K3olcaMG75-tuXXkoU0BdEaYVC4uT8VNbzQtQh8t5Z7P_D319gxGZ0tbU6Y24ehzVBljZlcQhF17ye0fMcUlFWN03dGW9s6QqKQv_-wquMud4t4/s600/free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="600" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh4Yjx50lLUslqrPQ47-ps0xkjFH2ySaWHv3T-qG8cLqex0eOUV6nKf-nxE76IATGgZiMe1m0bOsp7K3olcaMG75-tuXXkoU0BdEaYVC4uT8VNbzQtQh8t5Z7P_D319gxGZ0tbU6Y24ehzVBljZlcQhF17ye0fMcUlFWN03dGW9s6QqKQv_-wquMud4t4/w400-h275/free.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Threetles 1995 as imagined by Mark DeGross.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">AND IN THE END</span></p><p>With every passing day and a quick browse of YouTube - Now And Then CONTINUES to inspire discussions, demo to finished track comparisons, more reaction videos, note by note analysis and even cover bands doing versions of the song as if it was recorded circa 1964. For all the fuss and controversies surrounding Now And Then - to me it's simply a moving remembrance of four brothers who had each others backs and in spite of their problems never lost track of the fact that they truly loved each other. </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">NOW AND THEN... AND FOREVER.</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">- - - </p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2tSefoJDKsU?si=0v3TU-zE0H7yZmB0&controls=0&start=64" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-64983981736890720062023-10-28T02:44:00.030-04:002023-10-31T21:02:12.402-04:00Night of the Living Dead - Revisited!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CZFh0k9bZxBLn8-3MUvBUf0i1IxNaNtypPdtfBOzWWT1UwmOzP7O8LEiIAt0IXmTAG3bz0PYQaUQDdMF4PhlEZqhzecrPl9pS5AEFr0DvRn5kSEAbCialD_yxWlNeC4fX6-phCoofnN1Q3DZDCW29ppyAAZ0NHcmM4HMHTtzv5ar2W-azP1_lI7fg5pP/s1000/notld-signed_george_romero.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="790" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CZFh0k9bZxBLn8-3MUvBUf0i1IxNaNtypPdtfBOzWWT1UwmOzP7O8LEiIAt0IXmTAG3bz0PYQaUQDdMF4PhlEZqhzecrPl9pS5AEFr0DvRn5kSEAbCialD_yxWlNeC4fX6-phCoofnN1Q3DZDCW29ppyAAZ0NHcmM4HMHTtzv5ar2W-azP1_lI7fg5pP/w316-h400/notld-signed_george_romero.jpg" width="316" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I had a brief encounter with George Romero, or as he's known to his fans "the Godfather of Zombies" - the creator behind the iconic "Night Of The Living Dead (1968)" and an ongoing onslaught of these shambling flesh eaters for the next four decades... "Dawn Of The Dead (1978)", "Day Of The Dead (1985)", "Land Of The Dead (2005)", "Diary Of The Dead (2007)" and "Survival Of The Dead (2009)"... </p><p>It was at one of those comic conventions, Big Apple Con 2006? I think... not sure - where I also met Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark (Cassandra Peterson) and Major Healy from "I Dream Of Jeannie" (Bill Daily) - I would much rather had met Barbara Eden - but anyway... no doubt he's heard this a MILLION times - but as he was signing his autograph to the Night Of The Living Dead cast and crew photo you see above I said something like "You know, you scared the SHIT outta me with this movie!" and without missing a beat (as if he was taking what I just said LITERALLY) he looked at me through those big Sally Jessy Raphael glasses and apologetically quipped "Oh.... SORRY about that!!"</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQ12KL2k8nC22xT_1ys_s5RGSbxKNNfxFf3wlmYHa739IrUP83LpKaZsobrGWc-t0OS4WqFKvk6VtTiE4F2jUacOHPFtmUJ3bhawqEvP-zFOeYE8d58jL3s97LdrfJNycTiyEa0O5rp-mJA2mnZvHAqDB03adhRTGQVsyrx1Rwruov1vlhVrZS7e5CnjG/s816/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.11.42%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="816" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQ12KL2k8nC22xT_1ys_s5RGSbxKNNfxFf3wlmYHa739IrUP83LpKaZsobrGWc-t0OS4WqFKvk6VtTiE4F2jUacOHPFtmUJ3bhawqEvP-zFOeYE8d58jL3s97LdrfJNycTiyEa0O5rp-mJA2mnZvHAqDB03adhRTGQVsyrx1Rwruov1vlhVrZS7e5CnjG/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.11.42%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>But yeah... okay, In reality I DID manage to retain bowel control - but he really DID scare me - - over and over and OVER again. And I can say with absolute certainty, and without hyperbole - he really DID create the modern day ZOMBIE. No one can argue that. Without George Romero there would be no Walking Dead comic or TV series of the same name - which in itself went on longer (and continues to go on in spin-offs) much longer than ANYONE had anticipated.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x6sN_ss5bx-VPoal7QPmUEW0sEjII5w4A3Qa9nmwfCS7bFQAcjqvF2NHLFj8K7jNCk6rDKr72w6Rv2PJe18RfuHLaT46D2M4C3KQp3du7L5rd_wroDq-v_zGI_uZ4BuJglgBT0Tf2fp3x-cYJL7wcqLQrRjm6LRInJevyO13QuZlx8G22CQtoZQGrtq_/s696/night-of-the-living-dead-iv-696x544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="696" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x6sN_ss5bx-VPoal7QPmUEW0sEjII5w4A3Qa9nmwfCS7bFQAcjqvF2NHLFj8K7jNCk6rDKr72w6Rv2PJe18RfuHLaT46D2M4C3KQp3du7L5rd_wroDq-v_zGI_uZ4BuJglgBT0Tf2fp3x-cYJL7wcqLQrRjm6LRInJevyO13QuZlx8G22CQtoZQGrtq_/w400-h313/night-of-the-living-dead-iv-696x544.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>What IS IT with these zombies that captures the hearts and minds (not to mention, the brains and spleens) of so many? Back in 1967 when Romero set out with his film crew to that little farmhouse south of Pittsburgh he had absolutely no idea that HIS concept of zombies was going to be such a huge cult phenomenon - often copied, elaborated on, and cemented firmly into the eternal canon of unforgettable monster troves loved by millions.<br /></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">PRE-ROMERO ZOMBIES </span><br /></p><p>Prior to Romero's concept zombies were more "magic" than science. They were more or less, to put it plainly, arguably NOT dead at all - but helpless individuals... stripped of their free will... controlled by and repurposed to do the bidding of their captor. They were basically robots, put in their predicament by sometimes nothing more than mind control - other times via supernatural means? Ask anyone in monster circles worth their salt what the first pre-Romero zombie movie was, and they'll tell you "White Zombie" (1932)... and that's pretty much how they remained until about 35 years later.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCpmLcxK061u1JBI6_Vln5nqmp_tcWhTUCO5q7623qrEXItUW3BRsI6yJiK_0gOdXZD-jG6m-w97tjiaIAG_rUg3vMQsPy4F01URmN6j8jIhPLfxa3xzmRPB0ceALsIMXzplhiBeB4p8CkKIpKefzCBh8rFXA0u5xPijJICJt-s2P1U5gm_9TXx79xDyj/s1004/white-zombie.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1004" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCpmLcxK061u1JBI6_Vln5nqmp_tcWhTUCO5q7623qrEXItUW3BRsI6yJiK_0gOdXZD-jG6m-w97tjiaIAG_rUg3vMQsPy4F01URmN6j8jIhPLfxa3xzmRPB0ceALsIMXzplhiBeB4p8CkKIpKefzCBh8rFXA0u5xPijJICJt-s2P1U5gm_9TXx79xDyj/w200-h200/white-zombie.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pre-Romero Zombie, 1932<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">ROMERO'S VISION</span> <br /></p><p>It's difficult to surmise if Romero set out to intentionally create a new genre of zombie - or if his "Night of the Flesh Eaters" (as it was originally titled) was just interpreted that way - and it stuck. Either way it certainly didn't hurt his career and he gladly accepted the notoriety. No matter whatever else he did he would always be known for his zombie pics.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">ENTER ZOMBIE #1</span> <br /></p><p>When we're introduced to zombie #1 (as it was listed in Romero's script) it took EVERYONE by surprise. When Barbara and her brother Johnny go to the Evans City Cemetery to pay their respects to their recently departed mother, Johnny (being somewhat of a jerk to his sister) insists on scaring her by pretending the dead all around them are after her, by saying the iconic line of the movie "They're coming to GET YOU, Barbara!" In the distant background we see a figure of a man walking through the cemetery - who is, at this point, seemingly just another "visitor". "Look! There's one of them NOW!" Johnny says. She tells Johnny to "stop it!" and warns, "he'll HEAR you!" They have NO IDEA what's about to happen...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76eTjGOVfsZZS-Cxf4Hg8lC9td5AirNfF-6t-uf2IR-NZce1_rDquhmy00KMwcwyNWCho3QVnPacPuBEO2GE55yzIfdYp2rqB9GEIFA8DEqls3L5Q3cHCC-jF3JObb5sKFKQUBeilFawY4LobEp6LflGAinteQN992_qpQ2ppQc1gmHcjZ6XCQj9HBMKo/s1000/notld-bill_hinzman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76eTjGOVfsZZS-Cxf4Hg8lC9td5AirNfF-6t-uf2IR-NZce1_rDquhmy00KMwcwyNWCho3QVnPacPuBEO2GE55yzIfdYp2rqB9GEIFA8DEqls3L5Q3cHCC-jF3JObb5sKFKQUBeilFawY4LobEp6LflGAinteQN992_qpQ2ppQc1gmHcjZ6XCQj9HBMKo/s320/notld-bill_hinzman.jpg" width="223" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>When zombie #1 comes closer Barbara is too ashamed to look directly at him - and when it lunges at her Johnny intercedes and wrestles with it - falls backwards - and hits his head at the base of a tombstone. Zombie #1 seems more interested in Barbara and pursues her - leaving Johnny behind. At this point, we (the audience) are just scared witless - who IS this man? WHY is he acting like that? Barbara flees, loses her car and shoes - and ends up running into a nearby farmhouse - crazy man in relentless pursuit. Something is DEFINITELY wrong with that guy - but no one knows .....WHAT!??<br /></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFif4Y21aJ6AW-jRBOomZCs2Jkezo69fD6yGjbuHibXFswHwMxGQsBkyD26zKiiXi2vnrho2IeW61UzQ2PCFY1c78QVnAGukxFw7W5fg2cfsJsYejTo9qkz-k9pgEknr9leVrb-NVLRZ_VDfD4riQJ-cy-Fx-aqmG3Fn7nBz_eUjuR3rh3JGBz91oXbaH/s806/notld-dave_james.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="806" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFif4Y21aJ6AW-jRBOomZCs2Jkezo69fD6yGjbuHibXFswHwMxGQsBkyD26zKiiXi2vnrho2IeW61UzQ2PCFY1c78QVnAGukxFw7W5fg2cfsJsYejTo9qkz-k9pgEknr9leVrb-NVLRZ_VDfD4riQJ-cy-Fx-aqmG3Fn7nBz_eUjuR3rh3JGBz91oXbaH/s320/notld-dave_james.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Barbara finds a half-eaten corpse on the second landing and goes to run from the house - where she meets Ben, who is also running from the dead, who are now appearing in greater numbers. They discover more people hiding in the basement. No one knows WHAT'S GOING ON or WHY... Romero plays with the audience by leaving much of the horror off-screen. We only get to HEAR about the individual encounters with the dead that these people have gone through. Then there's the radio... that radio that plays an integral part in the movie.<br /></p><p>As my buddy <a href="http://outofbodies.com/new-oob/ponderings/notld.htm" target="_blank">Joey pointed out years ago</a>, the eerie news reports coming in over the radio add much to the movie's sense of anxiety. To hear the confirmation that the recently un-buried dead are coming back to life and attacking (and in EVERY instance, EATING) the living was a horrifying nightmare in which to come to terms with.<br /></p><p>Joey pointed out that when he first saw NotLD when he was just 13 years old, during the radio broadcast scenes, the network showing the movie superimposed the disclaimer "A DRAMATIZATION" that scrolled across the bottom of the screen - as if ANY ONE tuning in might actually think the news reports were REAL... and that the dead were actually COMING BACK TO LIFE! Imagine that... as if the movie wasn't terrifying ENOUGH... NOW it had us imagining what could very well be just beyond our own window blinds!<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7zkehQE9LjYumNZoB4rWM7enw-5O7TmsKCgIcGBn1gWQr9UnsawKkrNaTVplIpD5YbaCGZ1wer3sccznPJl9IFPBnGf5IHDbZlEI8nbtFS6hSs6y-uPbJhwO2epdj64Ed4OVQsRQScsmPSeuLcTC5VqLp7US3-61cPWF1vYv8rgTIjhDlJN-UT-xYGw_/s674/notld-marilyn_eastman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="521" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7zkehQE9LjYumNZoB4rWM7enw-5O7TmsKCgIcGBn1gWQr9UnsawKkrNaTVplIpD5YbaCGZ1wer3sccznPJl9IFPBnGf5IHDbZlEI8nbtFS6hSs6y-uPbJhwO2epdj64Ed4OVQsRQScsmPSeuLcTC5VqLp7US3-61cPWF1vYv8rgTIjhDlJN-UT-xYGw_/s320/notld-marilyn_eastman.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">TEAM SLOW or TEAM FAST? </span><br /></p><p>Some years after the first NotLD, with the popularity of video games and their need to keep gamers engaged, a newer rendition of zombies have cropped up - or more accurately, a different variant... zombies moving at hyper speeds - running, chasing, darting at and tearing apart their victims like wild animals. This led to debates among zombie fans everywhere, splitting into two different camps. The zombie purists (like myself) preferring Romero's original SLOW moving zombies VS the FAST moving zombies as depicted in movies like "28 Days Later" and the 2004 remake of "Dawn Of The Dead" by Director Zack Snyder. You had to pick a side. I opted for SLOW moving zombies with a multitude of reasons to back me up (and yes... I know how sad that sounded just as it came out of my mouth...)</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkZ24CtaTA4KQumhCpGsFRgPLXb1SpKKx3RcFW2vIuFHM3l7nOhQ3Z8U06BwtNvHfdhoDosHc0IrXWOFLOEQI4l-qfwAv5BUhMfVawVPQJAkvgF9JNEd8JdLjgYUPdMh-WxiPkww9tcz8dvhyehZtAAgHmzp3kPFWKl__fuqe6Gks8K6_KLLqn8gNWr5z/s1457/creedmore.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1457" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkZ24CtaTA4KQumhCpGsFRgPLXb1SpKKx3RcFW2vIuFHM3l7nOhQ3Z8U06BwtNvHfdhoDosHc0IrXWOFLOEQI4l-qfwAv5BUhMfVawVPQJAkvgF9JNEd8JdLjgYUPdMh-WxiPkww9tcz8dvhyehZtAAgHmzp3kPFWKl__fuqe6Gks8K6_KLLqn8gNWr5z/s320/creedmore.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The OOBs pretending to be zombies.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">DEAD or ALIVE? </span><br /></p><p>Firstly, I argued that fast zombies could hardly be categorized as zombies at all. To me, they weren't so much reanimated dead as they were "infected". What other explanation could be given that would make someone move QUICKER "dead" than they could EVER have moved when they were "alive"? Throughout all of Romero's zombie movies (and in most ways even throughout The Walking Dead, which for the most part follows Romero's template) there is SOMEWHAT of a logic that remains intact. </p><p>With Romero's slow-moving zombies, once you're re-animated you come back NO physically different (aside from black rings under your eyes and perhaps a pale complexion) than you were BEFORE - most notably NO additional strength, NO added vigor - and you DON'T suddenly become Usain Bolt! Your body moves as if some force is pulling you along - you move spastically.</p><p>With the fast-moving types - one might argue that they're not dead at all... they just caught some really bad "rage virus" that turns them all into Tasmanian Devils. Face one of those, let alone a whole bunch of those, and you'll quickly be outrun and torn to pieces. Sure, that might SOUND like a scary thing - but in my humble opinion something shambling towards you with racoon-eyes is much scarier. When I first heard about AMC's Walking Dead and learned that they were following George Romero's zombie guidelines, I knew it was going to be something I could get behind. Unfortunately, Romero himself - when asked to participate in the writing of a few episodes for The Walking Dead series, respectively declined. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBFGc3M-EsYqHtJd-2rzTTFrt4bSzSzCllG9NhDLn2sHN1lkSRys9g0OLePyTNDTBQs8mk7BPjQw1MTSpRWOic0MONtUqmdzSxW5llWgyxJzf2eEfslUnDO9yIsaKzL_DH3JYhdjTP8KpCUfrw41Hxc9NZsZH8_MM2QoGqAtpEelrxWstPckOvefbCWlk/s500/Bill_Hinzman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="500" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBFGc3M-EsYqHtJd-2rzTTFrt4bSzSzCllG9NhDLn2sHN1lkSRys9g0OLePyTNDTBQs8mk7BPjQw1MTSpRWOic0MONtUqmdzSxW5llWgyxJzf2eEfslUnDO9yIsaKzL_DH3JYhdjTP8KpCUfrw41Hxc9NZsZH8_MM2QoGqAtpEelrxWstPckOvefbCWlk/w400-h274/Bill_Hinzman.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">ANOTHER LOOK</span> <br /></p><p>Watching NOTLD again just before writing this brings up a few things I should mention. I've already gone through the fact that Zombie #1 played by Bill Hinzman is one of the CREEPIEST zombies I've EVER seen. It's his depiction that beautifully sets the whole creepy tone for the rest of the movie - and creates somewhat of a zombie precedent for the whole franchise. Watching it again today I realized that he's really not all that slow. He actually pursues poor Barbara with a fair amount of speed and unwavering persistence. While Barbara manages to outrun him, it's not the speed that worries you - it's that these things don't tire. They don't need to sleep and quite frankly - besides chasing you they don't really have anything else to do! He stumbles, jerks, spins about stiffly - doesn't know where the hell he is - eeshh, even thinking about him now gives me the willies. Let's move on from zombie #1, shall we?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIOBPQc8ehdaKwM_pXPqVq-bNRaxBdWWhq0Mz7SWRYE6X3UAZn3RIBwpym5b3BouJkILl5PyoWhdJhu8SrvsE5-RN5kPbKQnc_dTwRuHaPjcZjMpJUX_kdq4L8T7AdPDdB99-rYGOywtQaWVfaHMMaPnlAfP2CcZrQGTgqEEHXEEdsi3ZsZENVvR2e69q/s1000/notld-kyra_schon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIOBPQc8ehdaKwM_pXPqVq-bNRaxBdWWhq0Mz7SWRYE6X3UAZn3RIBwpym5b3BouJkILl5PyoWhdJhu8SrvsE5-RN5kPbKQnc_dTwRuHaPjcZjMpJUX_kdq4L8T7AdPDdB99-rYGOywtQaWVfaHMMaPnlAfP2CcZrQGTgqEEHXEEdsi3ZsZENVvR2e69q/s320/notld-kyra_schon.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Another thing I realized while watching this again - these zombies in the FIRST NOTLD movie - there's not a single scene where they attack anyone and BITE. You only hear on the radio about them eating their victims. There is a scene where two victims blow up in a truck as they're trying to pump gas to make their escape - and after the fire subsides the zombies can be seen reaching into the smoldering truck and pulling out pieces of them and eating - but at this point it's more or less a barbecue, isn't it? Even the little girl who dies in the basement (I'm going to assume anyone reading this has already seen the movie) doesn't bite her mother, she actually picks up a trowel and plunges it into her chest. Okay, she does eat her dad's arm off - but that's mostly off-screen.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">FROM NIGHT TO DAWN </span><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>By the time Romero gets to "Dawn Of The Dead" ten years later you DEFINITELY see things in that film that you simply can NOT unsee. The only time I've EVER found myself feeling queasy - and I'll never forget it - is that scene in the beginning of the movie where a woman runs up to her husband (not realizing he's dead) and he takes a BITE out of her throat! I saw this in the movie theater and I remember hearing the entire audience SCREAM!</p><p>I mean the whole audience actually SCREAMED!!!<br /></p><p>Again.... full circle back to George Romero signing my picture. I should of added he almost made me toss my cookies! But that was Dawn Of The Dead - a much gorier picture - back to Night Of...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCvcRcQvMmjW-nXJ6TS_vXO-SlZV7ox3v-9XihRcNdKY02DYl45j3prlTBvdk4XSVDlal-H16D3s4sDOqAR7PycDsU1s6tGoUM8cY2iej-IK9TO8-pB0fY-xtOA6q-dRr1gu-MNYYmzfFsPS7Hkg6AKquH8uKzheFRODW2sI49bWLA23z0YPGHcOmbnTi/s1505/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.03.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1505" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCvcRcQvMmjW-nXJ6TS_vXO-SlZV7ox3v-9XihRcNdKY02DYl45j3prlTBvdk4XSVDlal-H16D3s4sDOqAR7PycDsU1s6tGoUM8cY2iej-IK9TO8-pB0fY-xtOA6q-dRr1gu-MNYYmzfFsPS7Hkg6AKquH8uKzheFRODW2sI49bWLA23z0YPGHcOmbnTi/w400-h225/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.03.23%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>It's creepy - and the creepiness doesn't happen due to any excessive in-your-face gore - because yes, there is SOME, but to today's standards it's really subdued. The zombies, aside from their behavior, and a little dark make-up around their eyes - look just like your Aunt Matilda, and George your neighbor who lives down the road. Maybe that's what makes it creepy. They're people you know...</p><p>...but they're NOT.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_Wy9PhJxhmaIUFDnLDTH5pxsA2Pqa4i7gN33s7aTbp_fMJ1747LusYfzUDW8B_s-EyUckBKTmsPUAc8cqKr7qfzgXbffTunzp4H65qVI1hckRD3f7VDD4cXuopXvNOEFF-VLOnWZxnHNtz3hiVNNTdwEfxP_uTFMB3l5CVOiaNpLeQGNik-TG0h-dB6r/s777/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.05.44%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="777" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_Wy9PhJxhmaIUFDnLDTH5pxsA2Pqa4i7gN33s7aTbp_fMJ1747LusYfzUDW8B_s-EyUckBKTmsPUAc8cqKr7qfzgXbffTunzp4H65qVI1hckRD3f7VDD4cXuopXvNOEFF-VLOnWZxnHNtz3hiVNNTdwEfxP_uTFMB3l5CVOiaNpLeQGNik-TG0h-dB6r/w400-h224/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.05.44%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>There's also lots of social commentary that people can easily read into the movie, which was in part by design but mostly happenstance - as Romero explained - the real-life assassination of Martin Luther King Jr happened just prior to the film's release. Although the script never mentioned race, the lead character, Ben, played by actor Duane Jones, is black - and there is palatable discourse between him and Harry Cooper, played by Karl Hardman, the white father of the family featured in the film - who Ben ends up shooting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQN0JRrXWjBdgnV2JOaRaMyoD1s7SF1TG9Sy28qze10s-p-IJFdFrFIjrCPWFpBnFP_bOuIMDDXggcjn0StJlAzJRkNuBpQnNeF1y-WI-7GqaS_mYrzC9v5Ne176oIWiulv4kWrYV-1sojopRis5GmGU5buyDATKGJJiYNycCvm685wLfkdCSOdlwSj3h/s760/basement.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="760" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQN0JRrXWjBdgnV2JOaRaMyoD1s7SF1TG9Sy28qze10s-p-IJFdFrFIjrCPWFpBnFP_bOuIMDDXggcjn0StJlAzJRkNuBpQnNeF1y-WI-7GqaS_mYrzC9v5Ne176oIWiulv4kWrYV-1sojopRis5GmGU5buyDATKGJJiYNycCvm685wLfkdCSOdlwSj3h/w200-h196/basement.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">NOT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING</span> <br /></p><p>The film's ending took many audiences at the time by surprise - Ben survives the night, only to be mistaken as a zombie in the morning and shot in the head by a gun toting posse sweeping the area. The movie ends with disturbing, grainy stills of zombies (including Ben) being impaled on meat hooks and thrown on a bonfire - while a canned, echoey soundtrack plays, intermixed with the sound of walkie talkies makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up on end. The End.</p><p>Now.... <span style="font-size: medium;">try going to sleep.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">THANK YOU, MR. ROMERO...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTVIQAHFWsaTzHv-ycPmthLW4wC9L_dCexFnf9NAzjZI-lXiCkoe2WaA9-IgGdB4PLEqmBpm39q2uIu3L7hWt4GNrAAwZ66BzXybcM6AaeOsL5x9M4E8bqydORmB38zXx1brfmLtAkMXVN16b-y3Mupif8RLmRxNvj06LV-DZqZsg2VPBOhvSdw4S3l8E/s1237/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.14.49%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1237" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTVIQAHFWsaTzHv-ycPmthLW4wC9L_dCexFnf9NAzjZI-lXiCkoe2WaA9-IgGdB4PLEqmBpm39q2uIu3L7hWt4GNrAAwZ66BzXybcM6AaeOsL5x9M4E8bqydORmB38zXx1brfmLtAkMXVN16b-y3Mupif8RLmRxNvj06LV-DZqZsg2VPBOhvSdw4S3l8E/w400-h265/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.14.49%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span><p></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">- - - </p><p><br /></p><br />Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-8638213331703181302023-10-08T00:45:00.004-04:002023-10-09T00:11:59.544-04:00The OOBs present Monster Trivia, Vol 1: Vampira<div><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxPaA4toMcWM1iz9EUidD8xFzul65tv5kmzd17p6TuNNPIj1ilI8ZERsbP59Y7GDYgt_kwWrztYLrsGYiMddUP3RrJflJIJNg9Dw_0x7z8szRpU8bsPynB_fjvrMI7ROISNOk8eO-tdIPE_zc4GSyGjwPqxgVuUC4YCCzw99t-YJYi9DLVZn5KP3TbAOf/s684/Maila_Nurmi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxPaA4toMcWM1iz9EUidD8xFzul65tv5kmzd17p6TuNNPIj1ilI8ZERsbP59Y7GDYgt_kwWrztYLrsGYiMddUP3RrJflJIJNg9Dw_0x7z8szRpU8bsPynB_fjvrMI7ROISNOk8eO-tdIPE_zc4GSyGjwPqxgVuUC4YCCzw99t-YJYi9DLVZn5KP3TbAOf/w492-h640/Maila_Nurmi.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><br /><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">In celebration of Halloween month here's a little random pop culture moment brought to you by The Out Of Bodies - - a little MONSTER TRIVIA I happened upon not too long ago...<br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="font-size: medium;">DID YOU KNOW.... </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">...that BEFORE
Cassandra Peterson's Elvira (Mistress Of The Dark) - TV's most recognizable Horror Hostess with the Mostess... there was Maila Nurmi's Vampira - who in
addition to the Elvira persona inspired the likes of other lovely creatures of the night like Lily Munster (of The Munsters - 1964) and Warner
Comic's Vampirella (1969) - three of my top ten favorite vampire gals. Yes, it's true. We most likely wouldn't have these ghoul gals if it weren't for Maila Nurmi.</span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br /></span></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcW_gaecUGFl9VkqA7rpknCVhGibvNErwpYG1a_j_oXcVdh3N-gNtBXrFphzUJ6F-0OibAJCho-HsGULgTT4x3JXWFJ2p__14rWAHDfGFHmbYTiwl_3uCGU1fREKGWhjaHUH1K43MbqSsE-EDIQs6RuEgBeQVhr-rZ5kxqNgqBYUwRqZV2qK0Jzh8voOL/s603/lilly.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="501" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcW_gaecUGFl9VkqA7rpknCVhGibvNErwpYG1a_j_oXcVdh3N-gNtBXrFphzUJ6F-0OibAJCho-HsGULgTT4x3JXWFJ2p__14rWAHDfGFHmbYTiwl_3uCGU1fREKGWhjaHUH1K43MbqSsE-EDIQs6RuEgBeQVhr-rZ5kxqNgqBYUwRqZV2qK0Jzh8voOL/s320/lilly.png" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjc10owVlkIJZ2VCKnsojYeIqJb3NrujasVoOowAivjqzL3HLQML-ngqcFWj4Bq7By0eSNQRK_bLD5lPUx7H8vMHLFDkZi5hN7-1uaExoo9xM2wGPHoHgIWxSCjHOx8Uf_1HL1is-vTAwqEHAwRH4YWngeIsApRu5rZqroBOgTrmzFEYuqkUHJnfiVVA5I/s867/vampi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjc10owVlkIJZ2VCKnsojYeIqJb3NrujasVoOowAivjqzL3HLQML-ngqcFWj4Bq7By0eSNQRK_bLD5lPUx7H8vMHLFDkZi5hN7-1uaExoo9xM2wGPHoHgIWxSCjHOx8Uf_1HL1is-vTAwqEHAwRH4YWngeIsApRu5rZqroBOgTrmzFEYuqkUHJnfiVVA5I/w236-h400/vampi.png" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forrest J Ackerman's Vampirella<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Nurmi's
life story was that of tabloid news. She was television's first horror host on KABC-TV. Throughout the 50s she'd grab any appearance as Vampira in both TV and film. She starred on Broadway in the horror-themed "Spook Scandals" in which she "screamed, fainted, lay in a coffin and seductively lurked about a mock cemetery" - according to reviews. She was also a chorus-line showgirl and a frequent pin-up model posing for magazines like "Famous Models", "Gala" and "Glamorous Models".</span><div><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">She was stalked by creeps (both
unknown and known - including the likes of famous Hollywood legends like Marlon Brando, who used to climb into her
apartment via fire escape for late night booty calls - and had a baby with Orson Wells, who
because he was married decided to give it away. James Dean, who had a brief relationship with Nurmi, believed she was "obsessed by a Satanic force".<br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">She went on to hit even harder
times - did odd jobs including linoleum installation, and being
increasingly desperate for work reluctantly said yes to Ed Wood's "Plan 9
From Outer Space" (dubbed the worst movie ever made - although today it's got a bit of a <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cult following</a>)</span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_ao45qfIEIkMxRzPKtRVN47f96ArO2DKUmpLO0BlXzH5PrCzzjgRvuQOU6K8cIiW10EGIo1jGOtmKu7HCtBHMozBWLy3XLszwyZd7_AwkDkVaz_AcYl8EnrtTat8QFYK1DCQ3NNLsuit8pQAE1UqpegF_f-Ms3ycF8WrULSImg8Mxb26Tkj1oF-4IK2t/s747/plan-9-lg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_ao45qfIEIkMxRzPKtRVN47f96ArO2DKUmpLO0BlXzH5PrCzzjgRvuQOU6K8cIiW10EGIo1jGOtmKu7HCtBHMozBWLy3XLszwyZd7_AwkDkVaz_AcYl8EnrtTat8QFYK1DCQ3NNLsuit8pQAE1UqpegF_f-Ms3ycF8WrULSImg8Mxb26Tkj1oF-4IK2t/w514-h640/plan-9-lg.jpg" width="514" /></a></span></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="font-size: medium;">Bad Blood...</span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">In 1981 she was asked to revive her Vampira character for television, in which she wanted actress Lola Falana to play the title role. Producers disagreed and Nurmi ended up quitting. They put out a casting call and comedic actress Cassandra Peterson auditioned and aced the role. Unable to continue using the name Vampira (which Nurmi owned the exclusive rights for) the producers quickly renamed the show Elvira's Movie Macabre. Although Nurmi quit the project, she claimed Peterson was hired without her approval and she responded by suing Peterson</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> for supposed similarities between the Elvira and
Vampira characters. She lost... and with that, slipped into obscurity.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoerIQJ6ItJsMqO0a4ktT_Tncb7jouM6cKh-wVHQ3TXZ0DJZtSl-Gh7qkrkSxZpRY_ZC133uKy29ldEBaDUl7yHGn74Q_RzZ8zqxhbHDg1S_9QCZVGGtTPOqK8XNn0DvvG9paIumIf46oRROM2PuNX_qBN_0KUkWnjTQrG88zNlAAVI6dTFpUKg739YUY/s803/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-07%20at%2010.11.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="803" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoerIQJ6ItJsMqO0a4ktT_Tncb7jouM6cKh-wVHQ3TXZ0DJZtSl-Gh7qkrkSxZpRY_ZC133uKy29ldEBaDUl7yHGn74Q_RzZ8zqxhbHDg1S_9QCZVGGtTPOqK8XNn0DvvG9paIumIf46oRROM2PuNX_qBN_0KUkWnjTQrG88zNlAAVI6dTFpUKg739YUY/w400-h296/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-07%20at%2010.11.07%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elvira with a "hands-on" assistant, 1981 to present...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">In her later years she would meet fans in diners to talk about the old
days, and she began to write her autobiography that sadly, she never got to
finish. Although married three times she was found dead alone in her North Hollywood garage apartment by her niece January 10,
2008. She was 85. Notes for her autobiography were found in shirt pockets, behind
picture frames and taped to backs of calendars. Fortunately, her niece decided to gather up these bits and pieces and continue where her auntie had left off... <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKSRJCriSvlPXd2FquVbZttc7RwHhcoWLd5U2hLZpzWwu8OlrHNA0IPrCN9XZEDjDd7STG1V-PslQQ5Kz99fAwsmv8u3iEYz6IywuYiNzAFW-3-qui8VaX7HeP4HFdOPZ-tHO7_omEXsvqM_rPfvWNzWlKI4t-M9SYWusKmkirWQ8-KAKo_vf3nmYrK0H/s500/1627311009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKSRJCriSvlPXd2FquVbZttc7RwHhcoWLd5U2hLZpzWwu8OlrHNA0IPrCN9XZEDjDd7STG1V-PslQQ5Kz99fAwsmv8u3iEYz6IywuYiNzAFW-3-qui8VaX7HeP4HFdOPZ-tHO7_omEXsvqM_rPfvWNzWlKI4t-M9SYWusKmkirWQ8-KAKo_vf3nmYrK0H/s16000/1627311009.jpg" /></a></span></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> So there you have it... stay tuned for MORE Monster Trivia throughout this October and as Maila Nurmi used to sign off on her show...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="font-size: large;">"Bad dreams, darlings!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">- - Joey, 9 23, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIdLzIXwnRk8kDnD2mVR5w641TKde0013RzsUNbaDQxRToykEOnCe17c20CKy2C295jNYwimAcHctjc-S8xKHhAo6uY4oH5UUD2gALmXInDkdrP6EW3Xdl2WjCK69bVFHlcbJqf4ynhARtXOr37Deo0cOTMPQmbNsn14mq4uT5hPQBjJEV97Ye8OIX1Nm/s705/HB-is-back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="705" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIdLzIXwnRk8kDnD2mVR5w641TKde0013RzsUNbaDQxRToykEOnCe17c20CKy2C295jNYwimAcHctjc-S8xKHhAo6uY4oH5UUD2gALmXInDkdrP6EW3Xdl2WjCK69bVFHlcbJqf4ynhARtXOr37Deo0cOTMPQmbNsn14mq4uT5hPQBjJEV97Ye8OIX1Nm/w400-h301/HB-is-back.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p></p><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;">The Creepy season is here, so come get scared with us all over again! <br /></span></span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Haunted Barn has been running round like a flying monkey without a head these past months. Come to one or ALL of our local shows!! Ill be hosting and moderating the discussion at the first ever film series at "Castle Finklestein" in two weeks...all of your favorite classics...all month long!! Monstrous pieces from our collection included!! Don't miss it!!! Then the grand Paramount Theatre beckons for their annual Horror-Thon. Haunted Barn will be "haunting" the lobby with Hollywood artifacts from our 62 year old collection!! </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Stay Up With Haunted Barn and Watch the Monsters Come Out! </span><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1HNym6JV-RjLXIkOh6sOFN7x5Tl_mKJEP1PcUvkyzknagDEOHdDmKAH_mvWq31lGq2TLpkrKAv6WsHBXuuCmCmgtAqaUwRd5Fh0_ZOG3keoe8vrlVmlxGwhMNLtLUy78BMkAmHtcMFaGr_7W2kyqe1SsEldJk155MOx7yuY6CwwPQeUd1vkvKy0yVdZr/s1284/halloween-monster-movie-series.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1002" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1HNym6JV-RjLXIkOh6sOFN7x5Tl_mKJEP1PcUvkyzknagDEOHdDmKAH_mvWq31lGq2TLpkrKAv6WsHBXuuCmCmgtAqaUwRd5Fh0_ZOG3keoe8vrlVmlxGwhMNLtLUy78BMkAmHtcMFaGr_7W2kyqe1SsEldJk155MOx7yuY6CwwPQeUd1vkvKy0yVdZr/w501-h640/halloween-monster-movie-series.jpg" width="501" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>- - -</div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-18470054574736409012023-08-29T18:45:00.001-04:002023-08-29T18:45:28.665-04:00The OOBs Win BEST SONG Alternative Pop Rock 2023 at IndieMusicPeople.com<p>I really need to start paying closer attention to these things... but while randomly checking in at IndieMusicPeople I discovered the OOBs have done it once again! Yes.... we've WON</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqvpM7Ak-CkulsmyLwsRMy7M2aVsz4Y3VB2oZewa-KbY1AVhwFU8gpEhhJeTldOcVU2UQ4XD2SEL0Mxv4KsQt-7kM3JySeNU48tfZpM_uZ3GbJNLnw5ESM45wdKB-fLpNJJqoqMP0Xy2DcpU-O0-Fizn7TJgEWCBL_ieD3IF6oezoneE_xr8aS9KGoE8V/s150/altpoprock23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="95" data-original-width="150" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqvpM7Ak-CkulsmyLwsRMy7M2aVsz4Y3VB2oZewa-KbY1AVhwFU8gpEhhJeTldOcVU2UQ4XD2SEL0Mxv4KsQt-7kM3JySeNU48tfZpM_uZ3GbJNLnw5ESM45wdKB-fLpNJJqoqMP0Xy2DcpU-O0-Fizn7TJgEWCBL_ieD3IF6oezoneE_xr8aS9KGoE8V/s1600/altpoprock23.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BEST SONG</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">ALTERNATIVE POP ROCK</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">2023</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">(Watch Out For That) CRAZY BOY!!</span></b></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0offqAaxZWCy3YRdyRgIQ_-FdcVntM2WM1k5eSs1DSWxG0sAp-fO9mHKtlv4oVTqCpLNjW4PxQeHfRq38rhv8xUkNLJokIVPWNxNELrVc4_lqVUCqZaUC0RMvwLKCH2aBPzFQNLAesOwq4Fw1ajfXXIHe2WVE5JiDEmx6G_lhOrnhPyGZW5dv2KJIRa8b/s360/indie-oob-crazyboy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0offqAaxZWCy3YRdyRgIQ_-FdcVntM2WM1k5eSs1DSWxG0sAp-fO9mHKtlv4oVTqCpLNjW4PxQeHfRq38rhv8xUkNLJokIVPWNxNELrVc4_lqVUCqZaUC0RMvwLKCH2aBPzFQNLAesOwq4Fw1ajfXXIHe2WVE5JiDEmx6G_lhOrnhPyGZW5dv2KJIRa8b/s320/indie-oob-crazyboy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><p></p><p>Yes, I'm beginning to wonder if this is all LEGIT!! (no, I kid! I kid!) Well - I should contact the other fellas and let them know... and they'll probably have the same reaction as you (heh heh heh)...</p><p>I can recall this was Dan, Joe and myself - and we were probably in Dan's dusty bedroom when we recorded this on Dan's 4-Track recorder. Pity though - I don't think we did anything past a single take and I don't hear any over-dubs - so this was pretty bare bones, even for us! Joe sings lead and Dan and I sing back-up. Guitar is as usual, Dan.<br /></p><p>The song comes from a group of unknown street performers that we caught, if memory serves me well (which it doesn't) on some local UHF channel - only God knows what show - and I vaguely remember them being interviewed before they sang and learning that they originated from Puerto Rico and called themselves "The Crazy Boyz". One guy played guitar and sang while the others played crude percussion and sang background. To our credit, we did a near carbon copy rendition of what it sounded like.</p><p>You can listen to the song from a few places, like <a href="https://indiemusicpeople.com/songs.aspx?SongID=120607&ArtistID=172999" target="_blank">here</a>... <a href="https://indiemusicpeople.com/artist.aspx?ID=172999" target="_blank">here</a>... or <a href="http://www.outofbodies.com/new-oob/downloads/Crazy%20Boy.mp3" target="_blank">here</a>...</p><p style="text-align: center;">- - - </p><p><br /></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-2862270265048081552023-07-04T11:55:00.001-04:002023-07-04T11:55:45.105-04:00From all of us, to all two of you...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqwgopzmebMiNzseNsyQoOClrDV38O0j9Qbnm5LqZyyNc0oA0CiQ1veBLTQWGHMcifwFCRcF42mhmROWp2QvbQJUWSaY8eqIxF-Tm6w6WVOW70Dxa1VlNRB5D9gW9w9Sh2VK3wukVNHDxcIYbWT7vTQcpHeWHqYLl79dNwglkF798Ui1WLB6wQyhwFR3T/s955/HAUNTEDBARNHAPPY4TH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="955" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqwgopzmebMiNzseNsyQoOClrDV38O0j9Qbnm5LqZyyNc0oA0CiQ1veBLTQWGHMcifwFCRcF42mhmROWp2QvbQJUWSaY8eqIxF-Tm6w6WVOW70Dxa1VlNRB5D9gW9w9Sh2VK3wukVNHDxcIYbWT7vTQcpHeWHqYLl79dNwglkF798Ui1WLB6wQyhwFR3T/w400-h205/HAUNTEDBARNHAPPY4TH.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-87083614357060227852023-06-14T10:58:00.000-04:002023-06-14T10:58:41.083-04:00Royd Rage 2?<p> I can't help but wonder if this cartoonist is a Royds fan...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUJVBuU2u-Et_pesvtSgQY7aECSaMsFufYPkFUc5gWnDgUi5-D1VxX-wsgQgsLGLd8KVvuwmRm-ZmwQTelCLPIv1amwG0yIEwbFo2OUIgTKG7EUP64T0x6TWb85sU77UlpjjUZMm44M_vZ229yK1OVWIylxhww_hzfk7Xju_uwEDAagCTKieSvfOiJg/s2580/Royd-Rage2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2580" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUJVBuU2u-Et_pesvtSgQY7aECSaMsFufYPkFUc5gWnDgUi5-D1VxX-wsgQgsLGLd8KVvuwmRm-ZmwQTelCLPIv1amwG0yIEwbFo2OUIgTKG7EUP64T0x6TWb85sU77UlpjjUZMm44M_vZ229yK1OVWIylxhww_hzfk7Xju_uwEDAagCTKieSvfOiJg/w400-h310/Royd-Rage2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-80176721940370114092023-04-02T23:19:00.004-04:002023-04-02T23:19:50.501-04:00Out Of Bodies deleted from YouTube!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wBgOybDRg2EhUKpJReu3T-rfovBvTt1aF-hyONPMmBF66pz8QLzbddnq_oSGSOv5mix66eFpucuUV2abnohQxJLc9LQWGIT_ec3gqtCwriifSIJrNZkRL01UWnuR1_QN9Vqajs7kpDtgroMDA1xG98ACOLXKBqO2b0Iq1TIsQnj2ScHuq0b_vfwIMQ/s1277/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-29%20at%209.30.15%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1277" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wBgOybDRg2EhUKpJReu3T-rfovBvTt1aF-hyONPMmBF66pz8QLzbddnq_oSGSOv5mix66eFpucuUV2abnohQxJLc9LQWGIT_ec3gqtCwriifSIJrNZkRL01UWnuR1_QN9Vqajs7kpDtgroMDA1xG98ACOLXKBqO2b0Iq1TIsQnj2ScHuq0b_vfwIMQ/w400-h224/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-29%20at%209.30.15%20PM.png" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Quite frankly, I'm wondering what TOOK THEM SO LONG...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It took YouTube no less than 15 YEARS to notice that one of our videos, The Out Of Bodies - PRAY FOR THE DEAD, featured a few seconds of the infamous, publicly broadcasted LIVE ON-AIR SUICIDE of disgraced<span> Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Republican Budd Dwyer - who was found guilty on 11 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, perjury (among other things) and was due to be sentenced January 23, 1987. Budd had different plans.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>During a live, televised press conference the day before - when Dwyer was expected to announce his resignation - he instead babbled on endlessly about his "innocence", which prompted half the room to begin packing up their equipment and leaving. Noticing this he broke from his own written statement to say "those of you who are putting your cameras away, I think you ought to stay because we're not.... were not finished yet." He wasn't kidding. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>Moments later he pulled a .357 Magnum revolver from a manila envelope.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5yisL2-1wcLLiUHcAuUTe75twMqBIjXJQgEaCwOWslP5jeIhxFY3P_oYpTxqSe30z2P1bGnnM-nXm5d5ulcwzGJa6GsIuiZH7qs-EGzoLUb8Ymu7XzKSaNd9aRBCR6qeFYYaUVM78_MFrasX88JRrB_idwYyP7r3QVs84OHQ8M87FUCa0OGh8Xlc2A/s434/bud_dwyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5yisL2-1wcLLiUHcAuUTe75twMqBIjXJQgEaCwOWslP5jeIhxFY3P_oYpTxqSe30z2P1bGnnM-nXm5d5ulcwzGJa6GsIuiZH7qs-EGzoLUb8Ymu7XzKSaNd9aRBCR6qeFYYaUVM78_MFrasX88JRrB_idwYyP7r3QVs84OHQ8M87FUCa0OGh8Xlc2A/s16000/bud_dwyer.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now even though the length of time it just took you to read this back-story was much, MUCH longer than the actual clip I used - evidently, clips of ANY length showing ole' Budd emptying his skull on live TV goes against YouTube's "SELF HARM POLICY" ......and the video was removed.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ironically, the parts of the video showing the creepiest zombies I've ever seen from "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" was perfectly fine... and for roughly 15 years this video (featuring the sweaty, yet lovable Budd Dwyer) resided on YouTube unscathed, racking up thousands of page views. With all the videos on YouTube which SHOULD be removed for one reason or the other - makes me wonder, ... REALLY? THIS one???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">YouTube Cares </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So folks, that's it - Pray For The Dead is no more - - and now apparently YouTube is concerned about ME!... They've sent me an email... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">..."we're reaching out because members of the YouTube Community, including fellow creators, viewers, or staff, have expressed concern for your safety or wellbeing after coming across content you posted with topics related to suicide or self-harm... Video: Pray For The Dead - The Out Of Bodies."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thinking or self-harming, know there is help and you're not alone. It's not uncommon to turn suicidal thinking and self-harm as ways to cope with painful emotions. Talking to someone can help you process these emotions, as well as get support through a difficult time."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again, this was posted 15 YEARS AGO!! Gee, thanks for the QUICK RESPONSE, YouTube! YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!! LOL!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">--- <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span></span></div><p></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-62353339483589666412022-12-28T20:48:00.004-05:002022-12-28T20:55:40.272-05:00Dead or Alive<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDvH0gxq_7SOiR5TcNlWIRYYU-bNdissvlNqQdIDUuoF1AkpgCNnuZmUnp6KC3mwpYuOhbGVWD1QXuR70NWS20WPgDXkDDnKhDkDj_DbH_fhn655GDm1RUShMRXHeqbaZa-ZeqXPfV3f9UF3Mm8ic1ARjPZm6npz96CPt8dnutoOfXXybq3PGGes0hg/s555/zellweger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="555" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDvH0gxq_7SOiR5TcNlWIRYYU-bNdissvlNqQdIDUuoF1AkpgCNnuZmUnp6KC3mwpYuOhbGVWD1QXuR70NWS20WPgDXkDDnKhDkDj_DbH_fhn655GDm1RUShMRXHeqbaZa-ZeqXPfV3f9UF3Mm8ic1ARjPZm6npz96CPt8dnutoOfXXybq3PGGes0hg/w400-h297/zellweger.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and most recently, Karen Carpenter... may she rest in peace... <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-54639271064773341042022-11-15T12:40:00.000-05:002022-11-15T12:40:07.352-05:00What the hell is a Bubblerock?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBb7ru1RaT2Ec_vXGeUAVTs4vbKyCfVeeyFF3ZCSnwkV9yNT8uCYpgFA3HIijUmPcaFizoKjrTIjRs2S8QC1U393_7dAdOVf6Lt2aCI4PoMRn5jyVWgsjMaB5kePSTEZi-E8s_S0wCpP9dBEWqMwutbxwVgJYK8q-8iavfoYcplkQOBVsathTeZ1wFg/s824/532924_419014674792389_1044082791_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="824" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBb7ru1RaT2Ec_vXGeUAVTs4vbKyCfVeeyFF3ZCSnwkV9yNT8uCYpgFA3HIijUmPcaFizoKjrTIjRs2S8QC1U393_7dAdOVf6Lt2aCI4PoMRn5jyVWgsjMaB5kePSTEZi-E8s_S0wCpP9dBEWqMwutbxwVgJYK8q-8iavfoYcplkQOBVsathTeZ1wFg/w400-h268/532924_419014674792389_1044082791_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">That question has plagued me for YEARS... What the hell is a Bubblerock?</span></b></p><p>For years and years Dan has plugged Bubblerock endlessly... when he'd send Joey, Mark and I packages in the mail - which would contain lots of interesting goodies, such as news clippings about various things that mutually interested us, like The Beatles, Famous Monsters, David Bowie, The Kinks, Jerry Lewis, The Muensters, The Banana Splits, Rankin Bass - you know, ALL OUR USUAL OBSESSIONS... he'd include a drawing of one of his characters (either Botro Robot or Ka Ka Kat) with a word balloon going to the mouth which read "Bubblerock is Coming!" "Bubblerock is Great!" "Bubblerock is Out Of Sight!" - or something to that effect, sometimes just "Bubblerock!" - but there was NEVER an explanation of what Bubblerock WAS.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ_TxhcBu8zVlKezZN4UUKdABMrkXLEXn9Q47B3Etho0eueOA28lJQLPWkC1_43fuENieMW-eGRzkI9kW65udsYvhVA2TR3ldYaUFC6-LOdtqSFN1op3WB4m4kox5j2JNvdCvxaPqL6LDZgomlSf7y1lW-sPoS1uaVYUL6NV3EFTkJ3i0UmlQOJG80Q/s702/271244348_5319469698080171_8704269997794097940_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="702" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ_TxhcBu8zVlKezZN4UUKdABMrkXLEXn9Q47B3Etho0eueOA28lJQLPWkC1_43fuENieMW-eGRzkI9kW65udsYvhVA2TR3ldYaUFC6-LOdtqSFN1op3WB4m4kox5j2JNvdCvxaPqL6LDZgomlSf7y1lW-sPoS1uaVYUL6NV3EFTkJ3i0UmlQOJG80Q/w200-h153/271244348_5319469698080171_8704269997794097940_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBKAK-jQy4k0tGlZ6Cm3gWmRIYmzY6jaT2rOUP1A06Yf3QB4hUzP_GhFHBh5GZRnKNVrqfw5t6HsdprsJJZiNQQ6YW31gnpwxHC1l1zlHTMTEiZ4o2QCnLXIF_2ZiEb5oedSTGPwFE0vxc6CDDiW-_NbYZNne2o6ptUk1O1H4Eqxl_uY0zqRyIsy3Qg/s440/275258229_5530012123692593_2049766846753368466_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="440" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBKAK-jQy4k0tGlZ6Cm3gWmRIYmzY6jaT2rOUP1A06Yf3QB4hUzP_GhFHBh5GZRnKNVrqfw5t6HsdprsJJZiNQQ6YW31gnpwxHC1l1zlHTMTEiZ4o2QCnLXIF_2ZiEb5oedSTGPwFE0vxc6CDDiW-_NbYZNne2o6ptUk1O1H4Eqxl_uY0zqRyIsy3Qg/w200-h150/275258229_5530012123692593_2049766846753368466_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2esBuv25csVr6XyMdHwtnnnJWx_QQJpbzBgGuJQSRpOFkMWTCsvWUJ9HIeTxCFoCTHu7osSV8KHtRr8tibxWJJuaOjETJkC9alDaLTGamjWuS8YTNIC5ytlumkWeik1p66EsFOd57BY7sUxVU21GJDabpZ84XFbFIHzzP9BqJ730e-kT3rdtldjOLEQ/s544/242854782_4974644329229378_6431265872418402576_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="544" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2esBuv25csVr6XyMdHwtnnnJWx_QQJpbzBgGuJQSRpOFkMWTCsvWUJ9HIeTxCFoCTHu7osSV8KHtRr8tibxWJJuaOjETJkC9alDaLTGamjWuS8YTNIC5ytlumkWeik1p66EsFOd57BY7sUxVU21GJDabpZ84XFbFIHzzP9BqJ730e-kT3rdtldjOLEQ/s320/242854782_4974644329229378_6431265872418402576_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>It would SEEM Bubblerock was (more or less) an idea... a make-believe company... an all encompassing "project" that somehow pulled all of these mindless tangents under one umbrella. When Dan began exploring avenues made available to him via social media, primarily Facebook and Youtube - Bubblerock was often peddled to the masses using the unsolicited images of various celebrities like Susan Dey and Rene Zellweger - two particular subjects of Dan's undying adoration.</p><p>But Dan's calvalcade of unwitting celebrity "endorsements" just muddied the waters further. His adverts featured the likes of Martin Short's Ed Grimley, The Cowsills, Laurel and Hardy, ABBA, Melody Valentine of Josie and The Pussycats... what did these varying entities, living and dead, actual and make believe, have to do with each other?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Possibly nothing... nothing at all...</span></b></p><p>So I began not only <b>questioning</b> Bubblerock with Dan, but outright <b>protesting</b> it! Below are just a FEW of the many, many memes I've sent to Dan over the years... sometimes he'd laugh, sometimes he'd ignore them, sometimes they'd be removed from his Facebook page as soon as they went up...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANvSwxxAltCqvj-NaGr4203Nra5Lp9ziBoHFVCtQmYOGB8ZJTqlsNjSH_eS_FHae4Y90sI17E5KJUV2kzJ5WgZTh0BqGiJ6jBk6r9rsfYJ9InvysfaNXbrsN_d83vXl4ojxkaEOCfbtwMaK9l3cQ1EnR02ZWg2OJtk1LENTVGxJo5sHi0ceEkdyiZkQ/s960/12046633_919070401517767_7452302523535969815_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="960" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANvSwxxAltCqvj-NaGr4203Nra5Lp9ziBoHFVCtQmYOGB8ZJTqlsNjSH_eS_FHae4Y90sI17E5KJUV2kzJ5WgZTh0BqGiJ6jBk6r9rsfYJ9InvysfaNXbrsN_d83vXl4ojxkaEOCfbtwMaK9l3cQ1EnR02ZWg2OJtk1LENTVGxJo5sHi0ceEkdyiZkQ/w400-h385/12046633_919070401517767_7452302523535969815_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="723" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8jtNabzVpKKF_Ihe-zqu9KTDfADzbHiHoXAqPH5eXpbsbmMOGAN154n3chfteGjQwCG7NgUm7-PQDLG10PrTyHb6kIIqfn_9ZjU6Mgj67SEZ8l46FHfZQTCuK2sDEQqAvSW48BcwIn0dD2hutsMKvyVeaSGiSwKjnf5PQPcdq8ktRyWCYikyLLq2PA/w400-h316/IMG_3794.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>But in some weird, twisted way these Bubblerock ads have become, if nothing else to the rest of us - a type of... <b>reassurance</b>... <div><br /></div><div>We see a new Bubblerock ad pop up we know that Dan is still alive. I've told him I'd rather hear a new SONG or jam session recording, but no... we get Bubblerock ads - - and I reply with something like "Dan, for the love of God...." and he replies with a simple "HA HA". It's what we do these days.</div><div><br /></div><div>Long live Bubblerock...</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">...whatever it is...</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-40572923281980753292022-10-31T20:59:00.000-04:002022-10-31T20:59:45.598-04:00Happy Halloween from The Out Of Bodies<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-Qlj-K969d6lGMlUwzFM4M3scRmUL4xugpKQScy-itgjjIn6-oHizYtaTY2FGLmyZUONtJ7WyTpf4Z9oTiurTCJck9DGwma_GbaEdl5169Lm_pDiEM_rRO9o7BeQf6J2eGkkuSHjmG3iJzzuFuiD_ErJO8gVroRgIzDm-n8kOLRKrJs_msUWupbUFw/s4032/IMG_5108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-Qlj-K969d6lGMlUwzFM4M3scRmUL4xugpKQScy-itgjjIn6-oHizYtaTY2FGLmyZUONtJ7WyTpf4Z9oTiurTCJck9DGwma_GbaEdl5169Lm_pDiEM_rRO9o7BeQf6J2eGkkuSHjmG3iJzzuFuiD_ErJO8gVroRgIzDm-n8kOLRKrJs_msUWupbUFw/s320/IMG_5108.jpg" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ww-kl2rY8K2a2VK57nMala1iCRY8BnRtnVRH3Yx-cTF0pzEdIdWLqxCf2xXTg8XSG4hONYoYkpusTX-5B5tdCTQyiyaOjv9ViO10WMcvj15D1DqAHWe2x1xq2XKw3wP_HT6Cj0hkXSQJLb-rIp-VNhLZSGICS9H7ut7dqLtJ1kgnDtWMyboc_qQlVA/s4032/IMG_5107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ww-kl2rY8K2a2VK57nMala1iCRY8BnRtnVRH3Yx-cTF0pzEdIdWLqxCf2xXTg8XSG4hONYoYkpusTX-5B5tdCTQyiyaOjv9ViO10WMcvj15D1DqAHWe2x1xq2XKw3wP_HT6Cj0hkXSQJLb-rIp-VNhLZSGICS9H7ut7dqLtJ1kgnDtWMyboc_qQlVA/s320/IMG_5107.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> While the wife and I were handing out Halloween Treats to all the adorable little kids that rang our doorbell this Halloween - what was our friend Joey doing? Well....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvcTx7PCqIH68yKml68da89HcHJrjvT2_K7WgbCPdmU4F6zGzJukTP9iEovLXUaE3im8tuBuBnfEFRryiQijryiasTQmRYHkX43iXcXNtQnPFjUXdkYcfvzQFAjOLlgjAekHgv1ftPRW3JqXHGUxEBsuE5DaGF8HImEMlbUKS2iEuPJ3wW6Ni2MBe0w/s1008/Resized_20221028_172314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvcTx7PCqIH68yKml68da89HcHJrjvT2_K7WgbCPdmU4F6zGzJukTP9iEovLXUaE3im8tuBuBnfEFRryiQijryiasTQmRYHkX43iXcXNtQnPFjUXdkYcfvzQFAjOLlgjAekHgv1ftPRW3JqXHGUxEBsuE5DaGF8HImEMlbUKS2iEuPJ3wW6Ni2MBe0w/s320/Resized_20221028_172314.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu14KFWI27of1O-IPDQn7nFaRG_uLL1CyUh0L3WeA7ZPkqGw3e_b4ZXYtfQe9aEgLJOOcxKrYD6eAYEqsOhAQCs3dUXUcMOwtTPd8DcI33U7RCyMXO7MSwHvlaZbHV7v4AqwMI0wOpw4zpR2qH2fep2L9Vtr0VlHtEG-DDcOme-1ZMIEAqCf777vNHvA/s1008/Resized_20221028_145846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu14KFWI27of1O-IPDQn7nFaRG_uLL1CyUh0L3WeA7ZPkqGw3e_b4ZXYtfQe9aEgLJOOcxKrYD6eAYEqsOhAQCs3dUXUcMOwtTPd8DcI33U7RCyMXO7MSwHvlaZbHV7v4AqwMI0wOpw4zpR2qH2fep2L9Vtr0VlHtEG-DDcOme-1ZMIEAqCf777vNHvA/s320/Resized_20221028_145846.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...apparently he was causing unsuspecting theater goers to CHOKE on their popcorn - THAT'S what HE was doing! I mean.... just LOOK at these things!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3RztEGSz8Ad0MCpEtbB8804RN9AK3sqsPVRptcgbEDhtlS-TLz5Gd5JRnDMiF3P-hQSPJVi51eIYIC8xpXLhL8rCzToekvOnPZjbnKV03zru3Qj1s0sHisAUQwKB2MfcPcZGuX5muPUjymej8xNXzPRTITucwZ-k10vHoVRoEGvnUoXtOU-8hS0H7A/s1008/Resized_20221028_172525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3RztEGSz8Ad0MCpEtbB8804RN9AK3sqsPVRptcgbEDhtlS-TLz5Gd5JRnDMiF3P-hQSPJVi51eIYIC8xpXLhL8rCzToekvOnPZjbnKV03zru3Qj1s0sHisAUQwKB2MfcPcZGuX5muPUjymej8xNXzPRTITucwZ-k10vHoVRoEGvnUoXtOU-8hS0H7A/s320/Resized_20221028_172525.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I mean, seriously, what the H-E-double hockey sticks is THIS guy laughing about?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3wQ-q68NVyG59JdeQaSH-E_Kc_AopsiQuU3vAFdqg9e6sGz9YpL699SsvwXj69fop0F42PoleRP91Ngwepf-5Ex4gChngAbiyJ9xu2Ge3IZSDk3kZmPp_Hkx5ENmZ731hdYLhSKbs1CdjjJKAXUfMzFPhp_Z5FMF7FdeP26LxOhJcg6FO3eZSx6kDw/s1008/Resized_20221028_175252.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3wQ-q68NVyG59JdeQaSH-E_Kc_AopsiQuU3vAFdqg9e6sGz9YpL699SsvwXj69fop0F42PoleRP91Ngwepf-5Ex4gChngAbiyJ9xu2Ge3IZSDk3kZmPp_Hkx5ENmZ731hdYLhSKbs1CdjjJKAXUfMzFPhp_Z5FMF7FdeP26LxOhJcg6FO3eZSx6kDw/s320/Resized_20221028_175252.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How many people do you think swallowed their Milk Duds WHOLE while glancing at THIS lobby display of the macabre?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfOTkVCf19V6lcf2TVT69DPpGC49cE5RMgecEEN-PzAo_bO7aJesuuGhokriukRZxqNxzkHvfN5oso5aSxd2OgudK5rvAJUtX1CczFyP1aNkDb-2w__SOzdwlFxkrEhb3tjWLMPvq8FqzuwaSHMDgiO9HSBqq8LT_8WTHgrBj3MfM2JhKodsh52p_YQ/s1008/Resized_20221028_182031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfOTkVCf19V6lcf2TVT69DPpGC49cE5RMgecEEN-PzAo_bO7aJesuuGhokriukRZxqNxzkHvfN5oso5aSxd2OgudK5rvAJUtX1CczFyP1aNkDb-2w__SOzdwlFxkrEhb3tjWLMPvq8FqzuwaSHMDgiO9HSBqq8LT_8WTHgrBj3MfM2JhKodsh52p_YQ/s320/Resized_20221028_182031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Officer.... THAT's him!! That's the guy!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7c_4VMsKA5GL30o6c4V9CiqJd1OsPVS_FF4WqAosh-6X89blhohY4eMKf4hg5-vFCjtXW_aolRI10W5WQjic663XjppKbhkT4MdmarfIRngBhy7T6f9_QHGbjBQsxJ0qyGze3IvuLiFP1PvhUPEgKqFI1i3ItC-yvXBbItvTbaLKbRmj3OUTwK527Q/s1008/Resized_20221028_181721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7c_4VMsKA5GL30o6c4V9CiqJd1OsPVS_FF4WqAosh-6X89blhohY4eMKf4hg5-vFCjtXW_aolRI10W5WQjic663XjppKbhkT4MdmarfIRngBhy7T6f9_QHGbjBQsxJ0qyGze3IvuLiFP1PvhUPEgKqFI1i3ItC-yvXBbItvTbaLKbRmj3OUTwK527Q/s320/Resized_20221028_181721.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay...okay... I stand corrected... he was terrorizing patrons BEFORE Halloween - - and in his defense, it WAS, after all, a Horror-Thon - - so people going there were fully anticipating being scared s#itless - - maybe not in the lobby, but nonetheless...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, Joey - you're off the hook THIS TIME... but WATCH IT!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - - <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div></div><p></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-90653256839997426602022-10-14T23:18:00.013-04:002022-11-07T20:42:13.637-05:00The last time Harry Nilsson ever sang LIVE onstage<p>Okay - it's not horrible... but it's not great either... what it IS, it's the last time Harry Nilsson ever sang LIVE onstage - at a full fledged concert backed by Ringo Starr and his band at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, September 1992.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Performing LIVE was something Harry didn't do. </b></span></p><p>Some people will tell you it was because Harry, in spite of his bawdy reputation for hard drinking and partying, was really a painfully shy man. Others will tell you that the choice not to perform live was primarily a technical one - Harry's multi-octave, at times heavily multi-tracked singing was something that would not (could not) translate well to the stage. Add to that, and it's no secret, everyone knows Harry's voice was arguably not up to par in later years.</p><p>But there was a time - this time - where Ringo Starr (a long-time friend of Harry's) had convinced Harry to do so. Todd Rundgren, who was one of Ringo's All-Star band members at the time, sang along with Harry, filling out the high notes. And wouldn't you know it - Harry picked the most difficult of all the songs in his catalogue - the #1 chart topper of his career, "Without You".<br /></p><p>There's no VIDEO... just audio... apparently this is all that exists out there to date of his last performance. A few months after this Harry suffered a heart attack - and then about a year after that he suffered another - this time fatal. So take it for what it's worth... it's not Harry in his hey-day at the top of his game (it's anything but) however, it IS something VERY rare - - and special. It's still, after all, Harry...<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/arZqcTmIIyA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Meeting Harry<br /></b></span></p><p>I met Harry at an autograph table at one of those Beatlefest Conventions back in the mid 80s. Harry used to do Beatlefests back then as a way to increase awareness about the dangers of handgun violence. As everyone knows, Harry (and the world) lost John Lennon earlier that decade when a disturbed young man with a gun took his life outside The Dakota building, where the Lennon's had lived since 1973. Harry (who at one time was nicknamed "the fifth Beatle") took Lennon's death particularly hard, and spent the rest of his life supporting the National Coalition To Ban Handguns. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KRhTn5-MMGOhicW__IUMo4X_p5hIcjx3OEM3VhPmzhp0BrZtKiGKKa7usCApiUOKPk2S7tF3nPar2kvwXDBPKhtJL6DrhJQ28pIlT3wzrCJOVxHT8VAs1t66A4dSQagEJfgLj43NoKd1LgaVdquLKl_xRagbHwmkEGrS2hrUuzeHCU-E8GYohPARrg/s290/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-07%20at%208.02.00%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="267" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KRhTn5-MMGOhicW__IUMo4X_p5hIcjx3OEM3VhPmzhp0BrZtKiGKKa7usCApiUOKPk2S7tF3nPar2kvwXDBPKhtJL6DrhJQ28pIlT3wzrCJOVxHT8VAs1t66A4dSQagEJfgLj43NoKd1LgaVdquLKl_xRagbHwmkEGrS2hrUuzeHCU-E8GYohPARrg/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-07%20at%208.02.00%20PM.png" width="267" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Someone (perhaps Harry himself?) had placed a sign on the wall behind him that read "KISSES FOR SALE - $1.00". (I opted for a signature.) I also gave him a cartoon drawing I did of him - and surprisingly, right there on the spot - he drew a caricature of himself that he gave to me! My buddy Lloyd held out a dollar and said "how 'bout you sing a couple of lines?" and he snatched the dollar out of his hand (and sang) "couple of lines!!" Harry obviously had a great sense of humor!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NoKcADNJwwj0fu6pUnb4DdFB705xRTHNJgqWof1MLmLAprL1cnHOHbGOfl51apwczB0FAlDUfqbF1oHSO3iu9tJrsVnjPdWsvtxB_e8o4gMAK13aDNSkG-oCYmeNvdlFFsKMMrO4sBD7ZSt2TTB3kaS9hLULVcRmZD-mb7ohUWVXy846egqF_JSMrA/s594/114736164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="454" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NoKcADNJwwj0fu6pUnb4DdFB705xRTHNJgqWof1MLmLAprL1cnHOHbGOfl51apwczB0FAlDUfqbF1oHSO3iu9tJrsVnjPdWsvtxB_e8o4gMAK13aDNSkG-oCYmeNvdlFFsKMMrO4sBD7ZSt2TTB3kaS9hLULVcRmZD-mb7ohUWVXy846egqF_JSMrA/w306-h400/114736164.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><p>But after all, this was an autograph table encounter and everyone's supposed to move it along after a moment or two - so as great as that was, I had an even more memorable Harry encounter later that night.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpnhZlQGYFkfuskJ4KtsvZhGyjh_Rdr_sRGNhUVHrtnHqgbizgiyxtEnyG0HbuspsO_khevrea7lzC9LoDZKRvTAkyAM71LfBIkUIlTuHLVTQaNbt0nkETx9TzONT0gkP5FEWHQPMM2f2_oKewBMupRJ_HsX_2m_b-xqjQj0KZkudEO8oLLTf_VaCzQ/s1036/the-point-oblio-and-arrow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1036" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpnhZlQGYFkfuskJ4KtsvZhGyjh_Rdr_sRGNhUVHrtnHqgbizgiyxtEnyG0HbuspsO_khevrea7lzC9LoDZKRvTAkyAM71LfBIkUIlTuHLVTQaNbt0nkETx9TzONT0gkP5FEWHQPMM2f2_oKewBMupRJ_HsX_2m_b-xqjQj0KZkudEO8oLLTf_VaCzQ/s320/the-point-oblio-and-arrow.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Back To The Point</b></span><br /></p><p>With my Beatlefest goodie-bag and film schedule in hand I was making my way down one of the hallways when all of a sudden, coming up fast behind me, was Harry - as he was being carried through the hallway by a small entourage, big red glass of something in one hand (his other around someone's neck) and I would swear his feet weren't even touching the ground. His "support" group was taking him towards the elevator, perhaps to go to his room, and at one point I found myself right along side of him. I figured, well - while Harry's right here let me say hello. So I did - and I asked him if he had ever planned on doing a sequel for "The Point" - an album and an animated cartoon that had changed my life forever.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SmoXRXyf_iibMeaH90mIUiM5ArJoIClpLSA48w0w_hxhj2UnHNbALUnU7PBEnmAo1vBAL5e5trF813ptpQkJF0Mm2YQ6yiX4gJzBb_85kVEGPtVS5nltPHEFEtXRCO6xPZEXHnG7zKLel2G5WOwJz2vCfH5oXsiCgHLxGBc3NmB3W_bXSU4Y99bmEg/s600/RS-Point.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="600" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SmoXRXyf_iibMeaH90mIUiM5ArJoIClpLSA48w0w_hxhj2UnHNbALUnU7PBEnmAo1vBAL5e5trF813ptpQkJF0Mm2YQ6yiX4gJzBb_85kVEGPtVS5nltPHEFEtXRCO6xPZEXHnG7zKLel2G5WOwJz2vCfH5oXsiCgHLxGBc3NmB3W_bXSU4Y99bmEg/s320/RS-Point.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>For a brief moment he broke from his multiple conversations he was having with his group and looked me right in the eye. He seemed to be genuinely touched that I had asked that - and he answered, with a hint of forlorn, "...you know... I DID!!... although at the time no one was particularly interested enough, so it was dropped... I wanted to call it "Back To The Point". Then someone with him cut in and said something to the effect of "now let's get back to OUR point!" - whatever THAT was supposed to mean. It sounded like some thinly veiled reference to whatever they were planning to do once out of sight. Before I could say anything else to Harry they had already whisked him inside the elevator - and they were gone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LKoZ38mPPJSIlzXXuw_Rw_-KDevEcP3OzIY9BcVQ8xKLl2_M4J2mnjq7Ikf88M7c06czi-WdzD0yYAjrykU113HDN3oEhQu6wzhqlntmMEO8zBGHfBLdm2vyokZmQL5UZwQljN4T3MNORUpAhHuygO81MKCBGibQf7QpRbVTFJ5ED490XjTtdMcPYA/s950/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-07%20at%208.37.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="950" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LKoZ38mPPJSIlzXXuw_Rw_-KDevEcP3OzIY9BcVQ8xKLl2_M4J2mnjq7Ikf88M7c06czi-WdzD0yYAjrykU113HDN3oEhQu6wzhqlntmMEO8zBGHfBLdm2vyokZmQL5UZwQljN4T3MNORUpAhHuygO81MKCBGibQf7QpRbVTFJ5ED490XjTtdMcPYA/w400-h245/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-07%20at%208.37.19%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I turned around and headed back to the Dealer's room - with mixed emotions... glad I got to speak to Harry, but somewhat saddened by what he said - or more accurately how he sounded when he said it. There was also a nagging feeling that I was witnessing a kind of self-destruction - the very thing, the very same subject matter - that if you dig deep enough - you keep coming across whenever you read or see anything on Harry's career. There's always the mention that Harry had it in him to be great (and yes, he was) but he also had his demons. Enablers seemed to be everywhere.</p><p>But that night with Ringo was different - maybe THAT'S what makes it so special. It was Harry trying his best - and that's all anybody could've hoped for.<br /></p><p>Miss you Harry.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-71478009151585938382022-09-28T22:06:00.002-04:002022-09-28T22:06:33.287-04:00Seth MacFarlane owes me money, allegedly...<p style="text-align: center;"><u><span><span data-dobid="hdw"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>al·leg·ed·ly (adverb)</b></span><br /></span></span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><i><span><span>used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place,<br />although there is no proof.</span></span></i></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>- - - </span></span><span><span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Okay, before I get any call from </span></span><span><span>Mr. MacFarlane's lawyers let me just say that I'm ONLY KIDDING... although an acknowledgement in the credits would have been nice. About WHAT, you're asking? Okay, I'll tell you...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Back in the late 70s, early 80s - as a wee lad - I worked as an inbetweener/assistant animator at a place that seems to have been wiped from history called Ovation Films, Inc. They did mostly animated commercial spots for various clients - animated by a guy named Howard Basis and produced by Art Petricone. It was my first job and one that I was thrilled to have gotten offered right out of High School.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>The studio was a very small place on 43rd street in Manhattan, right around the corner from the jewelry district - and I remember those days with fondness - learning animation while the golden tones of Mel Torme drifted down the short hallway from Howard's office into the room where my animation table was set up. Just down the hall from me was where the ink and paint department was - and it wouldn't be uncommon to hear the ink and paint ladies chatting away while they worked. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1Lp8nAaul2KprZ7WDh-0-ANBPZn9Ytc9XDGBwfzIfKVGyXGGrTBCvukjRKazarbzfbU9EayN0eXlFw_RnCfEEA_65qUx2B258VBueGvwaToOCyAMTI5qpXp_vJ8RIIIfafAOdn2K6KvRaPmPYVkVIhfvSty4vkiejfzKqeTvEPpRw2QM9HZs7qGXWg/s720/donald-ovation-films-uncrop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="720" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1Lp8nAaul2KprZ7WDh-0-ANBPZn9Ytc9XDGBwfzIfKVGyXGGrTBCvukjRKazarbzfbU9EayN0eXlFw_RnCfEEA_65qUx2B258VBueGvwaToOCyAMTI5qpXp_vJ8RIIIfafAOdn2K6KvRaPmPYVkVIhfvSty4vkiejfzKqeTvEPpRw2QM9HZs7qGXWg/w400-h279/donald-ovation-films-uncrop.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span><span><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Very old school, mind you - this was before computers. Picture what you'd see when you'd watch a documentary about the early days of Disney - or Fleisher Studios - or perhaps, more accurately, Ralph Bakshi Studios - as many of the ink and paint ladies came from there. I'll never forget how one of them told me that they worked on the Popeye cartoons when he went to color - the white sailor suit era - and they thought those drawings of Olive Oyl were (in her words) "hideous". A few of them confessed (almost as if it was some type of secret they were keeping amongst themselves) that they worked on the world's first X-rated animated movie, "Fritz The Cat".</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>So, in short, here I am - just a kid - barely out of High School, when Howard offers me the opportunity of a lifetime... I found myself assisting him on a 60 second Public Service Announcement spot featuring McGruff The Crime Dog! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Here's the commercial in it's entirety as it appeared on TV roughly 38 years ago - - I haven't seen it since then, until now...<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>---</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxLD1uq94sE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>---</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Now you might assume that while clicking through YouTube I just came upon this without intentionally looking for it, but no... the reason why I came across this old commercial is because I actually came across THIS clip from FAMILY GUY first! Yep... Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy used a portion of the commercial and added Brian (the family dog) as McGruff's sidekick!! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>---</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6pQNxZSvS7M" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>--- <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Imagine coming across THAT out of the blue! Seeing that animation again took me right back to 33 West 43rd street - - I couldn't believe it! Then of course, I followed a link to the original animation and saw even more...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>So Seth, if you're out there - I was just kidding about you owing me money (really, I was) - - I guess if anything I should say THANKS TO YOU for breathing new life into something I worked on and had all but forgotten about! Seeing it again, it was like some sort of deja vu thing happened! Jeezuz...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span><span>EPILOGUE</span></span></u></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>Sadly, and much to my dismay, as hard as I've looked (and believe me I've tried) I've never found ANYTHING else on Ovation Films, Inc., or it's founders Howard and Art... surely, with everything they've created there'd be some footprint on the internet, wouldn't you think? But not really...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>I mean, I have on occasion found a commercial or two that I've worked on - but it's always very random - or part of a 70s-80s retro commercial compilation... but never attributed to Ovation.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>I remember once, near the end of my time there before they closed - they were throwing out PILES of painted animation cells. Sure, they were already shot on film, but piles and piles of these painted cells were being thrown out - and no one, including me, thought to save any. Well, actually - I did save a drawing that was used in an Excedrin Commercial - only to have it compensated by the guy who drew it when I asked him if he could sign it for me during a class he was teaching at Parsons School Of Design... but that's an emotionally scarring story for another day...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>---</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/26780aO8tsc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>---</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span></span></p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-81002652402963819652022-09-10T01:11:00.001-04:002022-09-10T01:22:54.728-04:00Joey's Haunted Barn<p>I was just talking to Joey earlier today and he mentioned how odd it was for us, as grown men, to be so damn obsessed with monsters and puppets. "What's WRONG with us?" he wondered aloud - and I, well - I didn't have an answer. There's PLENTY wrong with us - but where do I begin? </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDnp22P28gGn9btrB5z8Hu8hDC3U5bnB4QKCab1BzSBpB6sZzv27E7XOECraE3OeeAxfHIoujSniOG9mhhFTsEIqElR5591Ofl1RwAOv8MlbJN2Ku-EKX4rxJH7bxOe-UOD_mNu-Qb5V8r5Tl3zTrbjtKWhCN8vC2WBP4d2PQ1PsuPw2VrAmuOAZm1g/s613/wolfman-poster-donald.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDnp22P28gGn9btrB5z8Hu8hDC3U5bnB4QKCab1BzSBpB6sZzv27E7XOECraE3OeeAxfHIoujSniOG9mhhFTsEIqElR5591Ofl1RwAOv8MlbJN2Ku-EKX4rxJH7bxOe-UOD_mNu-Qb5V8r5Tl3zTrbjtKWhCN8vC2WBP4d2PQ1PsuPw2VrAmuOAZm1g/s320/wolfman-poster-donald.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Our love for monsters, puppets, and a wide assortment of oddities goes WAY back into our childhoods - and quite often we find ourselves talking about - oh I dunno - The Night Of The Living Dead... Famous Monsters Aurora Model Kits... The Winchell-Mahoney Show... Bugs Bunny classic cartoons... Gumby and Pokey... Davy and Goliath... King Kong (I could go on, but let me get straight to the point)... there's no one quite as obsessed as Joey.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kbNAxQLaYMWzaea9gQpimV0fzRSHi48ugGXY_8nwflYw8niVw_g63muh_7FiqEeuvHiGDHWKTv7RMPpjQsf0sB4MhaltqPY0E9cZ3mwnKSMzz4K5rfGZ9EWg6MP54_SXq6ccGvYv1EBJSq7o6R0UYBnGp6P0AbPk0R8XTHqUqj6Z9ATcxpnzORQ-XA/s2048/18120367_10155248012648684_806302295_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kbNAxQLaYMWzaea9gQpimV0fzRSHi48ugGXY_8nwflYw8niVw_g63muh_7FiqEeuvHiGDHWKTv7RMPpjQsf0sB4MhaltqPY0E9cZ3mwnKSMzz4K5rfGZ9EWg6MP54_SXq6ccGvYv1EBJSq7o6R0UYBnGp6P0AbPk0R8XTHqUqj6Z9ATcxpnzORQ-XA/s320/18120367_10155248012648684_806302295_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Joey has such an extensive collection of monster memorabilia that it spilled from his house into a converted barn structure in his backyard he called "The Haunted Barn" - and I was lucky enough to see it in it's hey day! Once inside I didn't know where to look first... as the walls came alive with aliens, apes, giant spiders, movie posters, demon babies and God knows what else. Today, much of it is in storage and The Haunted Barn, as it was known, is temporarily closed.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD02R6yq4rEtr_OjuD3JuBBr4I-mjevDy3rJAwH6yMmjV_LZ3AQB1eSNH8OIDyie-LIUqhgTT5nZzlDRnjwp1ITGXIJU4iQxP1uyjZhszrnuWaB9BworAVhQRAN-wUEj5V25OPF2YqbKGWlcQjXyCkdZcWIomUaoIS7H2hPyXah04rg4e4wXFcp7Buw/s708/joey-move.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="708" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD02R6yq4rEtr_OjuD3JuBBr4I-mjevDy3rJAwH6yMmjV_LZ3AQB1eSNH8OIDyie-LIUqhgTT5nZzlDRnjwp1ITGXIJU4iQxP1uyjZhszrnuWaB9BworAVhQRAN-wUEj5V25OPF2YqbKGWlcQjXyCkdZcWIomUaoIS7H2hPyXah04rg4e4wXFcp7Buw/s320/joey-move.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Whenever Joey gets a chance he likes to bring some of his collectibles out into the fresh air, at various venues and conventions - much to the delight of curious onlookers - and he's been known to slip into a gorilla suit every now and then and terrorize the crowds.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBRRg_1grXKACY8gURdQcwff4Yjj2N47CXE5radfT1o8VYssVe6qZx-aFIsbZB2w7oTA2jRcoMctt3DtOkL_2bipFe6AhLqcvDh5XMIdF36lTHUeHGUGUA8EiALvY3eFowziSSv4myYMz2h9v8z1dkXq-VfVLQFNKPpnsdyJvX2vD3ZNxn8rQD-3oOg/s1196/ape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1196" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBRRg_1grXKACY8gURdQcwff4Yjj2N47CXE5radfT1o8VYssVe6qZx-aFIsbZB2w7oTA2jRcoMctt3DtOkL_2bipFe6AhLqcvDh5XMIdF36lTHUeHGUGUA8EiALvY3eFowziSSv4myYMz2h9v8z1dkXq-VfVLQFNKPpnsdyJvX2vD3ZNxn8rQD-3oOg/s320/ape.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Joey, here's hoping that the wait for the re-opening of The Haunted Barn is not too far off into the future - but until then, here's a few pics, links and a clip to enjoy....</p><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVmPhIk8c3U" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p style="text-align: center;">Check out this great article from <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/36284" target="_blank">ROADSIDEAMERICA</a>!! <br /></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxl77o4hfRtrM1EMS5NoNRt2vQSn2cWunPbeHXGglIC4ELOofR2cLe2PLoIQUi410lWHX_6vpCovzfCqvDkM3vn_8drM8K8eqFmH_f459o3GeFeE771lbRZvFIWrPSZBpsajaKSEkOLFYhideo6gb2-PrYeu7mWNjfpn2Ubk1WzjH2Cd0hDbNSxmmXw/s620/joey-notld.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="620" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxl77o4hfRtrM1EMS5NoNRt2vQSn2cWunPbeHXGglIC4ELOofR2cLe2PLoIQUi410lWHX_6vpCovzfCqvDkM3vn_8drM8K8eqFmH_f459o3GeFeE771lbRZvFIWrPSZBpsajaKSEkOLFYhideo6gb2-PrYeu7mWNjfpn2Ubk1WzjH2Cd0hDbNSxmmXw/w400-h194/joey-notld.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Another great article from <a href="https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2012/10/the-new-york-grimpendium-haunted-barn.html" target="_blank">ODD THINGS I'VE SEEN</a>!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3023" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg1c0zWA7Llq2GjFiSWALp6ujVpsoPDyDTcDahBAO2OtHGFMdXbr6mRFFrR23dasSv-7mIbL50pJJaqBWiEaApfrRK0MrsBU5WkmNOlb2wpbkdzAp-fUq74EM-Y7X4k-q8MK2_8oBqsxcwu56LNY2At0UFE2NWOHeTH7SGDRQ8l_E1TlXisDfCGXI9g/s320/mark-and-don-2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T'ain't nuthin' better for the soul than to see old friends again!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Love ya, buddy!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK!!!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">(one helluva talented cartoonist!!)</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwmIz38JVVBTTs3ttUBPplRIAIsD3g9m0qSePII2oXi55ffbZH1P5QMr--TGDcP2tCshBv0HU0HR08-6q-QjIsNYNTMQ0_-cxoS90F00bpOqOrvPhCyjYa1sNzT-h4L6I5GNlijidFcYb6awpyOBqjfPisIDUmIZsUp_cLOWwb3DSJ_Y5fVpjI1CQnQ/s970/the-royds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="970" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwmIz38JVVBTTs3ttUBPplRIAIsD3g9m0qSePII2oXi55ffbZH1P5QMr--TGDcP2tCshBv0HU0HR08-6q-QjIsNYNTMQ0_-cxoS90F00bpOqOrvPhCyjYa1sNzT-h4L6I5GNlijidFcYb6awpyOBqjfPisIDUmIZsUp_cLOWwb3DSJ_Y5fVpjI1CQnQ/w400-h206/the-royds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In a world where it seems everyone and anybody can have their own podcast (and not necessarily pull it off so it's interesting) it's refreshing to find one that's done it right - even more so to find one that offers a unique twist - adding something you're not likely to come across just about everywhere else. (What is that, you ask? Well - we'll get to that in a moment...) May I direct your ears to a relatively new addition to the podcast world "The Royd's Revue Podcast" featuring Robb Hall and Andrew Jefferes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Full disclosure: Andy's my nephew. Am I biased? Go scratch yer ass!! I mean - no - of course not... I can write an unbiased review - just watch me...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedmBmvZZDn3hvPfPs-LLa88NNu67JE4_23j93pvjyp_xatUF6y2CehVPky5JjVw5y8WHwK4AqPZbDa8mf0bxevGPkumYak2UwuhDvWS8H9ah5QlkrVzJG6KBB4zoIS6YqkQId1_F_jdlEW2_MuRN1uMaRp2lqyGYiUqZ5FFwIjLr9qxc1WT_9hH7eAw/s500/royds-podcast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedmBmvZZDn3hvPfPs-LLa88NNu67JE4_23j93pvjyp_xatUF6y2CehVPky5JjVw5y8WHwK4AqPZbDa8mf0bxevGPkumYak2UwuhDvWS8H9ah5QlkrVzJG6KBB4zoIS6YqkQId1_F_jdlEW2_MuRN1uMaRp2lqyGYiUqZ5FFwIjLr9qxc1WT_9hH7eAw/s320/royds-podcast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The title of their podcast "The Royd's Revue" gives you some insight to what to expect. They review movies... as to today's date they've done several from the Jurassic Park franchise, Toy Story, and Thor - but here's the twist...</div><div><br /></div><div>Being musicians they give themselves an ingenious homework assignment - they create songs to accompany their individual perspectives - record them separately - and then reveal what they've done to each other at the end of the podcast, after a coin flip (or as a few episodes I've listened to, a guitar pick flip.) The result is nothing short of amazing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Given the time constraints these are often spontaneous, unpolished recordings - and they admit to flubs they've left in, recording styles outside of their comfort zones, and even riffs they've nicked from other sources.</div><div><br /></div><div>More often than not they choose to record from the perspective of one of the characters in the movie - most recently, episode 8 - Thor: The Dark World, Robb wrote "That Hammer" from Jane's perspective (Thor's love interest) - while Andy wrote "I'll Show You" - from Loki's (Thor's brother - and as the Royd's put it - a very sad boy).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TxNND-ChQXM?controls=0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nRRbQ47EHak?controls=0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>But before they even get to the music I must say I enjoy the banter... Robb and Andy, longtime pals, are genuinely synched - and quite funny! The Royd's have done a hilarious video to their Christmas single "<a href="https://youtu.be/gqbCxSB-ynM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christmas Is Cancelled</a>" and Robb is no stranger to doing <a href="https://youtu.be/uKzA1L5u0iI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stand-up</a> - we've also featured Robb several times on our website doing his "<a href="http://the-oob-blog.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-schmorovirus.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dick Bones Show</a>" - interviewing a fork, a bat, a box of tissues, a french press, a printer, over-ripe bananas...</div><div><br /></div><div>So check them out! Listen to the podcast - you can find their spontaneous combustions available for download at their <a href="http://theroyds.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">band camp</a> channel and you may even find a few podcast accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8zoRTnmDhb85BDttH1qnw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">videos</a> courtesy of Ravid Design on their youtube channel.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">---</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>As a side note to The Royd's: How can you possibly think Woody tried to murder Buzz Lightyear - you sick BASTARDS!!!</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">---</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-8082053335649535462022-06-21T23:57:00.007-04:002022-06-27T13:13:56.434-04:00The OOBs Win BEST SONG Alternative Pop Rock 2021 at IndieMusicPeople.com<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ArvD8UsPuM78Vz1zFCudCLeClW_G78DVwlI_V3JgNTg4m_10f1rmuwnOBTAxsy2dWQFLMII2Q9TZp710Vt47h8DguooL3K4apRdDqPyCVcNWBHa2LLNIthnPNCwGoSylHBQ0d5VsktwwFLjcj6eoXxEmmHY4eDtdz0JAES2KlQFZns5aaUZfg1WFWQ/s300/OnandOn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ArvD8UsPuM78Vz1zFCudCLeClW_G78DVwlI_V3JgNTg4m_10f1rmuwnOBTAxsy2dWQFLMII2Q9TZp710Vt47h8DguooL3K4apRdDqPyCVcNWBHa2LLNIthnPNCwGoSylHBQ0d5VsktwwFLjcj6eoXxEmmHY4eDtdz0JAES2KlQFZns5aaUZfg1WFWQ/s1600/OnandOn.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">I
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Of Bodies have <b>WON BEST SONG Alternative Pop Rock 2021</b> at
IndieMusicPeople.com - and we've been awarded our first Golden Kayak for "On
and On" - To think that a little impromptu warm-up recording we did in Dan's cramped bedroom in the Bronx on Ollinville Road - so many years ago - could somehow find life anew and cut through all the clutter and get noticed today - that was... well, UNEXPECTED to say the least!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Various internet stations took the time to leave us notes... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">The PICNIC station wrote "reminds me of a Beatles outtake maybe, or The Kinks, poppy, catchy concoction, musical and fun - kudos..."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">SMILE ABOUT IT wrote "enjoy the musicality, and quite c-a-t-c-h-y chorus, who doesn't understand "on and on", and the repetition is strangely liberating, neat backing vocals also, recalls the 60s in exuberance and pop simplicity, kudos..."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">TERRY TONER, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/radiosouthland/videos/741333997046575" target="_blank">Radio Southland</a> wrote "Congratulations to the OOB on your award win - wonderful news - from Terry T :-) - longtime supporter of OOB - New Zealand - lemonade all around - all the best for many more :-))))</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Good news is that they've apparently worked out their site bugs and are back online - and bleary-eyed musicians everywhere are returning to their pages to find, as I did, whether or not they've won any categories. Best Song Alternative Pop Rock on our first go around - what a nice surprise - and it's a song that features Dan, Mark and myself... can't wait to tell the other fellas...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><a href="http://outofbodies.com/new-oob/downloads/On%20And%20On.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ON AND ON</a><br /></span></h2></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">In addition to our win we've been nominated for several other
songs which caught their attention, "Roses", "In The South Bronx", "Mirror Land", "Willow" and "Mashed
Potato"...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">---</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></div>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-87047448790034880592022-06-17T09:47:00.001-04:002022-06-17T09:48:12.944-04:00Beavis and Butthead Meet Cher<div style="text-align: center;">Beavis and Butthead..... and Cher?</div><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jyncsw3yq-k?controls=0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p>You read that right... Beavis and Butthead are back in a new movie set for release this June, "Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe" and here's a little sneak peek.</p><p>Mike Judge returns as the voices of both Beavis and Butthead, and this time they're on a space mission with NASA in the year 1998 (the year after the original series ended) - - but somehow they wind up in the year 2022 (oh, God - help them!) As the NSA and the U.S. government track them down, the two struggle to adjust to this bizarre new world they find themselves in - while retaining their juvenile sense of wonder and awkward innocence. I guess the lesson here would be is, if Beavis and Butthead can get through this, so can we.</p><p>Regarding the cameo with Cher - she looks pretty damn good here (I just googled her - is she really 76 years old?) - she looks better here than she's looked 10 years ago. With modern de-aging technology available these days could there be some digital tampering afoot? Regardless, she's a good sport - even to go as far as making Butthead think he's got a chance to score with her, "You feeling' lucky, Butthead? ...You know all you gotta do is... yeah... lose... (gesturing with her eyes towards Beavis) ....lose... you know who...". Butthead lifts off his virtual helmet and looks at Beavis, who still has his on and says "Hey, Beavis... get OUT of here!" Butthead's already forgotten the whole encounter with Cher was via virtual reality. But to Butthead scoring is scoring... even virtually.</p><p style="text-align: center;">---</p>Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-50427767330247277412022-06-06T09:57:00.001-04:002022-06-06T09:57:17.346-04:00Pine Bush UFO Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsfv5SgRasO0O4V6aoXtZX8N5XElr_3b2AftVnb2jIdyba9l-ivNaRybqgDB_bJhkpYFWK-7StsCmy5AhZZfwl2SpPyzh-VnYwJHt68lIj7dXbRqMZfZMfeO9Tz9FX_EGIs7_0H8SPXQ4AjEdGoDFm6S6S53aKdBeYbpIRL2XXg1fdMmCGNdaXYY7ow/s1008/Resized_20220604_092813.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsfv5SgRasO0O4V6aoXtZX8N5XElr_3b2AftVnb2jIdyba9l-ivNaRybqgDB_bJhkpYFWK-7StsCmy5AhZZfwl2SpPyzh-VnYwJHt68lIj7dXbRqMZfZMfeO9Tz9FX_EGIs7_0H8SPXQ4AjEdGoDFm6S6S53aKdBeYbpIRL2XXg1fdMmCGNdaXYY7ow/w400-h300/Resized_20220604_092813.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>If you were at the Pine Bush UFO Fair this weekend you probably saw THIS guy! That's our Joey (with some friends) posing between the kiosks I made for him! It was a lovely event - and unlike last year the transient lunatic touching all the objects clearly marked "do not touch" was a no show - although they were ready for him this time! (I'm imagining security guards dressed up as extraterrestrials).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP2j50P_v8fIZy-3MdIQ379-6qNuqOJRNgee1obRZQKveghfSef7hJYyS6cX4PYV2Fu7nK3KfwYCemmsY-40cbVieM-KXjEa7rZ_Os_hij5tSTnG1aLYb798kL6IlaUhJEWTwXs23Woy6cLMtOjZtUGwsCCPuNB6Q536jOyLL4_xK3wvQ8hm8eTQ1eQ/s2048/4926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP2j50P_v8fIZy-3MdIQ379-6qNuqOJRNgee1obRZQKveghfSef7hJYyS6cX4PYV2Fu7nK3KfwYCemmsY-40cbVieM-KXjEa7rZ_Os_hij5tSTnG1aLYb798kL6IlaUhJEWTwXs23Woy6cLMtOjZtUGwsCCPuNB6Q536jOyLL4_xK3wvQ8hm8eTQ1eQ/w400-h310/4926.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hey, did one of these things just move?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2uul9fhbYGqYWKeWdvH-IhsLrN1JazxT6P-BUsY_nrnfyFP-6a_jU4iq37JK8Dbg734KYtwplfw9c_WamMOW4Lq4u0W7WXIHuO5zfWq2p7vho4xo1-5cEedcL_3sUVsCvGVivvtMk0GQd_Ub9mg5td9DLw3Hdrm48enpi8TVsFKN1_oDCrAL5DbLmQ/s2240/0207-GQ-SS01.01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2uul9fhbYGqYWKeWdvH-IhsLrN1JazxT6P-BUsY_nrnfyFP-6a_jU4iq37JK8Dbg734KYtwplfw9c_WamMOW4Lq4u0W7WXIHuO5zfWq2p7vho4xo1-5cEedcL_3sUVsCvGVivvtMk0GQd_Ub9mg5td9DLw3Hdrm48enpi8TVsFKN1_oDCrAL5DbLmQ/w400-h225/0207-GQ-SS01.01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>It's been roughly 4 or 5 years since I posted <a href="http://the-oob-blog.blogspot.com/2017/01/sarah-silverman-in-gorilla-suit-just.html" target="_blank">Sarah Silverman in a Gorilla Suit</a> (for no apparent reason - other than Joey likes gorillas - and subsequently, gorilla suits, and I like... well... Sarah) and as I recall the hits went through the roof. Search words like "Out Of Bodies" gets barely a trickle... but Sarah Silverman in a Gorilla Suit? Jackpot!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzYOjApD-G2wpat--_vc04KzTMh1k7Y2yTl5UMp7HopH_pRJcKCip2PPV9sTE-0Sj4lqDt3avzMTPd33FjITf_loJKWRxVr-oaT_kvI2q-07yUJj8tG3LlSr_hSTKzSoH2eOdZpK5lqq8bs1TI8iRwSbvHbU7svsrop5IlDDZo1y4f9yKrPj2CRV8DA/s1600/0207-GQ-SS02.01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1600" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzYOjApD-G2wpat--_vc04KzTMh1k7Y2yTl5UMp7HopH_pRJcKCip2PPV9sTE-0Sj4lqDt3avzMTPd33FjITf_loJKWRxVr-oaT_kvI2q-07yUJj8tG3LlSr_hSTKzSoH2eOdZpK5lqq8bs1TI8iRwSbvHbU7svsrop5IlDDZo1y4f9yKrPj2CRV8DA/w400-h241/0207-GQ-SS02.01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>With that in mind Sarah Silverman Flashing Various Groups of People may just crash the internet. That wouldn't be so bad, would it? We could all probably use a little downtime - we're all just a bit over-saturated with social media, aren't we? Yes we are - and that includes you too! Yes, YOU!!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAnbyDALpSMnw1Dx6mPdbAVWVzgjDmdQXTWD-l93h8BqoKB3WOWY4Tsjz9eYAQ-MMD5OYo1HDBiPBLAro8NWFI3tQs4hpGvFxvhCUrsFW0MV5jQob8cJjvQldxzH6ndXNMOm35p1yd_iqpMU9sJjUAszC2R82yUbWvNZt9fo5n1_it8xC3b5uM_zFuw/s1600/0207-GQ-SS03.01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1600" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAnbyDALpSMnw1Dx6mPdbAVWVzgjDmdQXTWD-l93h8BqoKB3WOWY4Tsjz9eYAQ-MMD5OYo1HDBiPBLAro8NWFI3tQs4hpGvFxvhCUrsFW0MV5jQob8cJjvQldxzH6ndXNMOm35p1yd_iqpMU9sJjUAszC2R82yUbWvNZt9fo5n1_it8xC3b5uM_zFuw/w400-h260/0207-GQ-SS03.01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>This one's my favorite of the three - - oddly enough it's got the least of Sarah, but look at the expressions on those Japanese tourist's faces! (Oooooooh you - - Click! Click! Click!) And while we're on the subject of Sarah Silverman - make sure to check out her excellent podcast, <b>The Sarah Silverman Podcast</b>, wherever you listen to podcasts - and keep an eye out for her brand new off-Broadway Musical production of her best seller book <b>The Bedwetter</b>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiavVJ9jU4UTFxnDmHNMW0c0PbiOxKJqcrywMyIsD6Vz0DvtXLnVfYmpWJeHdG9YMmrwSCaXmFHrFFnHSfLNZw9yMb8y-zEY4kL0DKyoOriDAAjmz4dVTdZXzJYf1ZZYBvKgrq72VMc2ItDC3o7SPa7NNhw8wGI9gZwG6UObcBSEPZe4k-xxVU1hr9cw/s1600/SarahSilverman_credit_KatyWinn-AP_t1200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1129" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiavVJ9jU4UTFxnDmHNMW0c0PbiOxKJqcrywMyIsD6Vz0DvtXLnVfYmpWJeHdG9YMmrwSCaXmFHrFFnHSfLNZw9yMb8y-zEY4kL0DKyoOriDAAjmz4dVTdZXzJYf1ZZYBvKgrq72VMc2ItDC3o7SPa7NNhw8wGI9gZwG6UObcBSEPZe4k-xxVU1hr9cw/s320/SarahSilverman_credit_KatyWinn-AP_t1200.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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