At last, the promise of what Star Wars could be, that George Lucas was unable to fulfill, is here. Andor is the Better Call Saul of Sci-Fi.
I’m almost done watching season 1. In one of the episodes there is an absolutely brilliant integration of the dystopian existence of Lucas’ THX 1138 into his Star Wars universe, along with a nod to Star Trek’s “Journey to Babel” episode. Season 2 will be out next year.
The granddaddy of Progressive Rock is the Moody Blues’ Days of Future Passed, from the year of the Mellotron, 1967. I featured a copy of the album here a couple of months into the pandemic lockdown, as a sort of palliative.
That version was the remix made ten years after the album’s release, because by then the stereo master tapes had deteriorated. This transfer, made with top-notch gear, is from an original ’67 UK pressing.
Today at 1 on TuneIn station Boss Radio 66, Tom Hanks celebrates our unconditional surrender to the British Invasion.
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.
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.
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.
