Haunts of Showbiz           Horror and show business are often intertwined by devilishly inventive creators . . .           ...

In my attic I came across a box containing this Public Service Ad about my hometown, Bartlesville, OK. That oil (funneled through Philli...

While looking for something in the attic, I came across a box of articles I nabbed from various mags. Here is the august New Yorker '...

With or without spousal approval -- I honestly do not recall -- I spent about 50 bucks in 1981 at the JC Penney in OKC's Shepherd Mall f...

Joyce and I stood in line at the Shepherd Mall Twin on December 17, 1976, to see the new King Kong. Note the tagline of the ad.  The onl...

They sold devices like this in the back of many magazines with home-video topics.  I bought this by mail because I was doing a lot of home t...

I wrote this several years ago and recently tuned it up.  (Long after writing this, I learned that I wasn't the only one to have a simil...

I have always had a habit of noticing things which are tangentially relevant to other things.  I decided that these things were appropriate ...

I had a perfect upbringing, reading-wise.  Besides Mom's immersing me in books from near-birth, I worked in the school libraries at Madi...

I just heard from my friend Mark Cushman that John DF Black has passed on. As you know, John was not only Associate Producer on the...

For Christmas 2018, here's a new compilation of songs recent and not-so-new.  Some are reverent and some are more frisky. 01 - ...