Today at 1 on TuneIn station Boss Radio 66, Tom Hanks celebrates our unconditional surrender to the British Invasion.
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Paying Bills
Drew Carey’s Friday Night Freak-Out on SiriusXM is always a fun listen, and Drew often says how much fun it is for him hosting The Price is Right. Today I put the show on while paying bills. Here’s Drew having fun helping somebody pay their bills.
The Illustrated Writer Man
Long ago, boys of a certain age — that would be 12 — would discover Ray Bradbury’s short stories. When Bradbury was a young writer, EC Comics adapted a couple of his stories without credit… or payment. What happened next is explained in this video.
This is the famous, curiously friendly, letter that Bradbury sent to the EC offices.
Update: April 1, 2024. Ed Piskor, one of the voices in that video, has committed suicide. Not an April Fool joke.
Gaiman’s Giveaway
I have been Patreon-izing artist Colleen Doran for years. She is one of the entries in my Links list. Click the link and you will see Colleen’s most recent project with Neil Gaiman, illustrating his novel Chivalry, making it a graphic one.
Gaiman is auctioning off some of his worldly, fannish possessions. Some of the proceeds will go to The Hero Initiative, a comics-related charity.
Merch on the Moon!
Playtex fabricated the space suits for the Apollo Moon missions. The Playtex logo wasn’t placed on the lunar landers, but the Columbia Sportswear logo is on the Odysseus lander. Columbia’s contribution to the mission was the development of a thermal fabric, based on NASA’s original space blanket from the 60’s.
Stay Single and 45 Forever
A fantastic record you’ve never heard, called “I Cannot Stop You”, by a band you’ve never heard of, The Cherry Slush. Released on February 24, 1968, it was on the Billboard hit chart for only three weeks, stuck at #119.