#tony alamo interview

[ironasss]

NO WAY HOME SPOILERS

Saw no way home on the 23rd, sent my friend this email:

AHHHHHH OH MY GOD I JUST SAW SPIDER-MAN HOLY MOTHER*language*ING *language* OH MY GOD LIKE I KNEW TOBEY AND ANDREW WERE IN IT BUT OH MY GOD I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE A CAMEO(which is interesting, because i thought Charlie Cox would have a bigger role) AND I KNEW EITHER AUNT MAY OR HAPPY WOULD DIE BUT WHYYYYYYY????????? LITERALLY AS SOON AS SHE SAID "with great power there must also come a great responsibility" I KNEW IT WAS HER JESUS JAMIE FOXX OH MY GOD HIS HAIR OK BUT VENOM????? See, would this have been explained if I had watched Venom: Let There be Carnage? GET h*ward STARK'S MOTHER*language*ING FACE OF THAT MIT WALL WTF PUT TONY ON THERE NO ONE KILLS ABOUT JOHN SLATTERY Is marvel just like, really reaaaaallllllyyyyyyyyy team cap? because, a) like all of team Iron Man is dead(except Peter, but hey, he doesn't exist!) b) the statue of liberty has a shield. why. GIVE IT A WIDOW BITE OR AN ARC REACTOR Also: DUM-E? I also knew he was in it but GAH IT WAS SO SAD And then at the end, oh my god, at the cemetery, I GUESS SPIDER-MAN ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT AT LEAST TWO FUNERALS HUH EXCEPT NOT A FUNERAL, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS Happy. Why. LOOK MAN I KNOW YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH TONY STARK. b ut d i d yo u h a ve t o ru b h i s de a th i n m y fa c e l i ke th a t I had a close friend die recently. this feels like that. OR WHATEVER IT IS HE SAID, IDC IT WAS SAD And ok, hold on. You know that set photo, Andrew Garfield said was photoshopped? Ima be honest, I thought it was. I had full confidence he was in it, but liKE I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS A CAMEO But then, I saw the exact moment that was, and i SWEAR I COULD JUST SEE THE PURPLE SCREEN BEHIND HIM OH MY GOD And the movie theater we went to *language*ing SUCKED like you know how usually they play something related to the movie, cast interviews, moments with the character(s) in past movies if they're a returning character, a comics history if they're new? (like there was comics history when I saw Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings(2021) and Eternals(2021), and a feature thing with Nataliahashalie's past movies before Black Widow(2021), and all of them had cast interviews.) Question: why do people deny Agents of SHIELD being canon, when Maria Hill exists? (like obviously Coulson exists, but people are like: hE's sTIlL dEaD! aGeNTs oF ShiElD iSn'T rEaL!) OK BUT A MILLION YEARS ON INSTAGRAM I SAW THIS POST, AND I DONT REMEMBER IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY INSTAGRAM OR ORIGINALLY TUMBLR OR TWITTER BUT Someone was like, what if when MJ falls, Andrew Garfield Spider-Man catches her? AND THEN HE DID JHEJDGEWUIDG:UDHLKUQ *dies* ANYWAY SINCE IM SEEING IT AGAIN ON THE 28TH AFTER I SEE VENOM AT THE ALAMO ILL GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!! Also: i hate my brother hes an idiot and hes arguing marvel with me. HJJHGHJDG DIDNT SEE IT THE FIRST TIME BUT I SAW IT IN LIKE IMAX AT THE THEATER THE DOCTOR STRANGE 2 TRAILER THATS AMERICA CHAVEZ WITH THE STAR JACKET ITS GOTTA BE IDK IF YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS, BUT SHES ONE OF THE YOUNG AVENGERS SHES FRIENDS WITH KATE BISHOP(I ship them actually) AND SHE CAN OPEN LIKE, MULTIVERSAL SPACE PORTALS IN THE SHAPE OF A STAR SHES SO COOL IF SHES MCU, THEN THEY HAVE MOST OF THE YOUNG AVENGERS theres David(prodigy), Billy(Wiccan), Tommy(Speed), Teddy(Hulkling), Kate(Hawkeye), America(Ms America), Patriot(FORGOT HIS NAME HE WAS IN TFATWS), Noh-varr(Marvel-boy) and SOMETIMES Nate(Iron lad, but if the MCU was gonna do it they would probably make it Harley Keener) and..... I feel like im missing one? lemme think, i got wiccan and speed and their bfs, hawkeye and her bf, america and patriot... OH YEAH LOKI!!!!!!! o h m y g o d WHAT IF THEY DO KID LOKI Anyway. all the mcu is really missing is David and Teddy now, SO (guess theres the dillema of Billy and Tommy not existing....) OH MY GOD IM SO EXCITED FOR JARED LETO AND JARED HARRIS

[timeless-hollywood-classics]

Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams toward the beginning of her career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of films in the 1950s, including Bend of the River (1952) opposite James Stewart and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). She was also known for her small screen role as Paula Denning on the 1980s soap opera Capitol and recurring role of Eve Simpson on Murder, She Wrote.

Julie Adams was born as Betty May Adams on October 17, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Arkansas-born parents Esther Gertrude (Beckett) and Ralph Adams, who was a cotton buyer. Her family moved a great deal; the longest she lived in one town was eight years in Blytheville, Arkansas. In 1946, at the age of 19, she was crowned "Miss Little Rock" and then moved to Hollywood, California to pursue her acting career. Adams worked as a part-time secretary and began her film career in B movie westerns.

She used her real name until 1949, when she began working for Universal-International, the same studio where she met future stars such as James Best, Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis. She then became "Julia" and eventually "Julie". In 1954, she explained the latter change, "The studio picked Julia, but I never have felt comfortable with it. I just like the name Julie better, and the studio has given me permission to make the change."

Her first movie role was a minor part in Red, Hot and Blue (1949), followed by a leading role in the Lippert western The Dalton Gang (1949). Adams was featured as the bathing beauty Kay Lawrence in the science-fiction film Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).

Adams co-starred in 1950s films opposite some of Hollywood's top leading men, including with James Stewart in 1952's Bend of the River, with Rock Hudson in The Lawless Breed (1953) and One Desire (1955), with Tyrone Power in The Mississippi Gambler (1953), with Glenn Ford in The Man from the Alamo (1953), with Charlton Heston in The Private War of Major Benson (1955), with Dan Duryea in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) and with Joel McCrea in The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959).

Adams co-starred with Rory Calhoun, known for his role in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), in the film The Looters (1955), the story of a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. Part of the picture was filmed about Tarryall Creek at what is now Eleven Mile State Park in Park County in central Colorado. The advertising poster reads: "Five desperate men ... and a girl who didn't care ... trapped on a mountain of gale-lashed rock!"

Adams also starred in 1957's Four Girls in Town, a romantic comedy about four young women competing for the leading role in a new movie, featuring an international cast. She appeared with Elvis Presley in the musical-comedy Tickle Me (1965). Adams thought highly of her co-star, noting: "Despite his status as a superstar singer and stage performer, Elvis took his acting very seriously. He was always prepared, and did a good job in the roles he was given. When he did his musical numbers in Tickle Me, sometimes walking from table to table in a nightclub set, he did them perfectly in one take."

On television, Adams appeared on The Andy Griffith Show portraying Mary Simpson, a county nurse and romantic interest of Sheriff Andy Taylor in a 1962 episode. She also made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, perhaps the most notable being the 1963 episode, "The Case of the Deadly Verdict," when she played Janice Barton, Mason's only convicted client during the show's nine-year run on CBS. In 1963, she starred in "The Case Of Lovers Leap.” In 1964, she played Janice Blake in "The Case of the Missing Button." In 1965, she played the role of defendant Pat Kean in "The Case of the Fatal Fortune." Adams appeared on The Rifleman as a dubious vixen and romantic interest of lead character Chuck Connors. She guest-starred in five episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, three ofAlfred Hitchcock Presents, and two ofMaverick.

More guest-star roles in popular television series followed, including One Step Beyond, McMillan & Wife, Police Woman, The Streets of San Francisco, The Incredible Hulk, Cannon, Quincy, M.E., and Cagney & Lacey. Adams co-starred with James Stewart in The Jimmy Stewart Show on NBC in 1971-1972. Stewart played a professor, and Adams played his wife. She was cast in the recurring role of real estate agent Eve Simpson for ten episodes of CBS's Murder, She Wrote.

Adams, along with her son, Mitchell, authored a book on her life and career, The Lucky Southern Star: Reflections From The Black Lagoon, which was published in 2011. A limited test print run of 100 copies with an interview DVD of the audio book version was completed. Her son served as producer.

Adams joined three other cast members from Creature from the Black Lagoon for a 50th anniversary celebration of the film at Creaturefest in November 2003. The festival was held at Wakulla Springs, just south of Tallahassee, Florida, where underwater scenes were filmed in 1953.

In August 2012, she was a guest of honor at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention held at the Shrine Auditorium. (She attended the same convention in May 2012.) She also appeared at the CineCon Classic Film Festival on August 31, 2012 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. She was a scheduled guest at The Hollywood Show in Chicago from September 7–9, 2012. An additional book signing was held at Century Books in Pasadena, California, on September 20, 2012. On October 13, 2012, she was back in Berwyn, Illinois for a book signing party.

In October 2012, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected Creature from the Black Lagoon as one of 13 classic horror films to screen to honor the 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures. The film was shown (in 3D format) on October 16 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. After the screening, Adams appeared on stage for a Q&A session where she shared personal memories of her role in the film, as well as several other career projects on which she had worked.

Adams was married to screenwriter Leonard B. Stern from 1950/1951 to 1953. She was then married to actor-director Ray Danton from 1954 until their divorce in 1981. They had two sons: Steven Danton (b. 1956), an assistant director, and Mitchell Danton (b. 1962), an editor.

Adams died on February 3, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, aged 92. She is survived by her two sons. Her remains are buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Malvern, Arkansas.

In 1999, Adams received a Golden Boot award for her work in Westerns. She was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in 2000. At CineCon in 2011, Adams was honored with a Film Career Achievement Award. In 2012, she won the Rondo Award for the Monster Kid Hall of Fame at the annual Wonderfest in Louisville, Kentucky.

[uglyducklingpresse]

Backlist Bulletin #7: TV Sutras

Catching the zeal for Dodie Bellamy’s The TV Sutras was slow at first, and then total. I grazed tentatively through the first half of the book, which is made up of 78 sutras, or aphorisms of received spiritual knowledge. In the preceding note, “The Source of the Transmission,” Bellamy claims that her process was not an attempt at “irony, cleverness or perfection — or art. The TV Sutras are totally in-the-moment sincere, even if that sincerity makes me cringe afterwards” (14). The text challenged my modes of reading; the sutras aren’t poems, but I wasn’t sure that I should internalize them as honest advice. The received knowledge, after all, was transmitted via television broadcast and written into the form of an ancient Indian scripture. In an interview with David Buuck, Bellamy cites Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a book of aphorisms on the practice and theory of yoga, as the base for her form, and a bad therapist who recommended yoga and meditation at home as a catalyst.

For each day of her 78-day sutra practice, Bellamy includes both a divinely inspired soundbite and its human-filtered interpretation. Both parts reach into their own well of images: for the sutras, a broader cultural subconscious as refracted through the commercials and melodramas of daytime television; for the commentaries, the store of spiritual language within Bellamy herself:

#16

Who says you have to have 12 periods a year on the pill.

Montage of young women repeating, “Who says.”

COMMENTARY

Each of us progresses, unfolds at our own speed. There is no set route. Acknowledge and follow your own rhythm. Trust your own experience/authority over societal expectations/programmatic doctrine.

— p.32

The commentary reflects central concerns of the book: how subjective experience is located in time, how spiritual authority is conferred, what boundary we can possibly draw between self and culture. In the essay that follows, “Cultured,” Bellamy unwinds the spiritual autobiography that formed the conduit to these sutras — in particular, she discusses her ten years as a member of a New Age cult. Dodie as narrator recounts events in a chatty, semi-fictionalized, often otherworldly manner, laced with fantasy.

Bellamy grabs hold of pieces of memory, allowing them to glisten with the sense of bliss found in her spiritual devotion. On a trip to Jacksonville, Florida, for a cult convention — Dodie’s first trip out of the midwest — she describes a potted plant: “a series of waxy green banana peels stacked one inside the other, and from the center pokes a trumpet of magenta, too intensely magenta for this world, its ‘petals’ sharply pointed — like razors — the incandescent dentate of an alien vagina” (111). Images of “other realms” and archetypal spiritual authority are superimposed over her young adult life. Delusion and euphoria bounce off of each other: “With my Teacher/sixth initiate boyfriend, high in the air, surrounded by treetops and light, life from then on would be one long spiritual retreat; I’d be like one of those ancient naked yogis who lives on a platform on stilts, wooden fence all around to hide his enlightened cock and balls as he waves to his devotees” (136). If the first section of the book is an even-paced, methodical, and procedural sequence, the second part is an unfurling, spiraling, high-entropy revelation. It is delicious prose, like listening to someone you love gossip. I eat it up and I’ll believe anything she says.

Throughout “Cultured,” memories work like sutras, accessed as the smallest possible unit that holds itself together, “terse, easily memorized, but […] intended to be expanded and explained” (207). Bellamy writes, “I’m reminded of the way that anyone from my past is reduced to a discrete set of images — and one fragment will emerge” (207). Memory is encountered from a new vantage point, again and again.

*

I want to convince everyone I know to read this book. If I told everyone that it was about cults, charisma, abuse of power, desire, sex, and bliss, everyone would read it. I put my head down when cultists in the subway station offer me literature, but I want to know who they are and what their lives are like. Sometimes they look at you with gentle ease spread across their faces, sometimes alarming concern for your soul. I remember being a Christian mega-church attending pre-teen filled with desire to bring everyone into the envelope of love I’d found in my bible study group. Years later, I still answer the door and talk to the evangelists about the Lord for too long, before my roommate makes me politely move on with a fake obligation. Faith — even others’ faith — can be so bright. I know better.

In the beginning of “Cultured,” Dodie is in a nail salon where Oprah is playing in the background, airing an investigative montage on Tony Alamo, an apocalyptic cult leader and sexual abuser. Last month, I watched a new documentary on Bikram Yoga in which toned and optimistic women gleefully enmesh themselves into a pyramid scheme/fitness club, under a verbally and sexually abusive leader. Like in Dodie’s cult, where a plagiarism scandal rocks the foundations of their leader’s authority, the appropriation of Eastern spiritual traditions into an American profit machine is foundational. The drama of the cult is consumable because it allows us to see an intensification of commonplace power dynamics, made into something recognizably perverse.

*

In Barf Manifesto (UDP, 2010), Bellamy celebrates writing that moves through the body and makes a mess, through a discussion of Eileen Myles’ essay “Everyday Barf.” Of this aesthetic, Bellamy writes:

The Barf is an upheaval, born of our hangover from imbibing too much Western Civ. The Barf is reflective, each delivery calls forth a framing, the Barf is expansive as the Blob, swallowing and recontextualizing, spreading out and engorging. Its logic is associative, it proceeds by chords rather than single, discrete notes. Hierarchies jumble in the thrill, in the imperatives of purge.

— p. 32

“Cultured” unfolds in this logic. After Bellamy disentangles herself from the cult, the same patterns resurface in different forms — in her entry into an experimental writing scene in San Francisco of the 1980s, specifically the “cult of New Narrative” to which she belonged, in the endless options for spiritual healing she engages in, in the pyramid scheme of teaching creative writing professionally. In this jumble, the draw of a charismatic spiritual leader who makes it all cohere is strong. But those figures are counterbalanced by moments of meditative clarity, the internal authority of Bellamy’s “bullshit meter,” her perception. Each paragraph delves into one of these modes, building on one another until they reach a crescendo. As she remembers sitting in a park with her girlfriend in Bloomington, Indiana, Bellamy writes, “No one told me that moving closer into what I perceived on a daily basis, the swingness of the swing, was the key to spiritual writing.” (230)

Towards the end of the essay, the “I” becomes increasingly destabilized, moving fluidly between the perspective of Dodie and a charismatic, frenetic guru alter-ego. The TV Sutras creates fertile ground for a curious, shifting perspective, allowing both writer and reader to enact the roles of spiritual leader and acolyte. As Bellamy writes, “The sutra process is the opposite of accepting things as they are, highlighting instead the instability of knowing.” (207)

— Paige Parsons

TV Sutras is available directly through Ugly Duckling Presse (here), through our Partner Bookstores (here), and through Small Press Distribution (here). Purchases made directly through Ugly Duckling Presse on March 6th are 50% off, use discount code CHARISMA at checkout.

The backlist bulletin is a column on titles from UDP’s back catalogue, curated and written by Apprentices.

[lifebalancenow]

Adopted Son Of Christian Sex Cult Leader Speaks Out Adopted Son Of Christian Sex Cult Leader Speaks Out Watch more on The Dr. Oz Show:

[mostlysignssomeportents]

#1yrago Oh No Ross and Carrie: podcasting investigative journalists join cults, try woo, and get prodded -- for science!

I've just finished listening to the entire, three-year run of Oh No Ross and Carrie, a podcast hosted by two former Evangelical Christians turned skeptics, who join cults and fringe religions, visit psychics and healers of varying degrees of woo-ness, and partake of quack remedies and other newage rituals. After dozens of hours of listening, enjoying, laughing and learning, I'm totally converted to their faith.

In the course of the podcast, Ross and Carrie take a suite of Mormon teachings and become baptized (part one, part two); then renounce Mormonism and become baptized Crowleyites through the Ordo Templi Orientis (part one, part two -- spoiler, they get kicked out of the OTO), then join the Raelians (part one, part two) who subsequently threaten to sue them.

They also try out reflexology, Reiki, and a juice-fast (and even colonic irrigation).

Their strapline is "We show up so you don't have to," and that sums it up pretty much perfectly. If you've ever wondered what happens at an evangelical prayer meeting (say, with the Tony Alamo church, whose leader was sentenced to 175 years in prison for raping children) (part one, part two) or a sound bath or a palmist, Ross and Carrie will take you there from the comfort of your own podcatcher, without your having to enrich any quacks or cults on the way.

One thing I loved about Ross and Carrie was their compassion and respect for the good side of even the most woo, most cultlike practices. Having grown up in hardcore Creationist/young earth Christian traditions, and they both are alive to the benefits of belonging to a faith. They are careful to call out the good that these practices do for their practitioners, and go out of their way to give the other side airtime -- for example, here's a delightful interview they did with a pagan.

And they're never afraid to take one for science. In one of my favorite episodes, the two of them become roaring drunk in order to test a hangover remedy. Ross actually pukes on-mic!

As comedians, Ross and Carrie are always punching up, and never punching down. They may make fun of Rael or Tony Alamo, but they're scrupulous in pointing out whatever comfort and joy their followers get out of the experience.

Ross and Carrie have joined the Maximum Fun podcast network (home of Judge John Hodgman, another favorite of mine), which is how I found out about them.

Oh No Ross and Carrie [Homepage]

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https://boingboing.net/2014/03/25/oh-no-ross-and-carrie-podcast.html

[tendaberry]

like a year and a half ago, i legiterally wrote up a plan for a 90+ panel genesis comic....basically they’re lost in north jersey after a show, journeying towards a 7-11 and ending up lost in the middle of nowhere ...here she is LOL

Seton Hall Student Center, New Jersey, 1974…after a gig, 11:30 pm

  Panel 1:

           Peter (busts in dressing room door, tony is reading a book that says MATH on the cover, Mike is fiddling with his bass, Steve is sleeping, Phil is thinking about the Alamo): HEY LETS GO TO 7-ELEVEN

Panel 2: Mike: What’s 7-ELEVEN?

           Peter, arm around Mike: Oh, a magical place my friend, where you can get anything your heart desires…

Panel 3:

           Peter, close-up: We cannot find these stores in Merry Old England!

           Tony, off-panel: NO

Panel 3:

           Tony: I have to call my wife!

Panel 4:

           Genesis Boys just staring at Tony

Panel 5:

           Tony: My wife Margaret!

Panel 6:

           Genesis Boys still staring at Tony, Phil : ok…

Panel 7:

           Steve: Isn’t it like…4:30 in the morning in England…you’re gonna call her now

Panel 8:

           Tony: Margaret is a very prompt woman! I am a very prompt man!

Panel 9:

           Tony; Gen boys can be seen behind him: THAT’S WHY WE ARE SO COMPATIBLE!

Panel 10:

Tony: She wakes up at 4:30 every day and—

           Mike, off panel: C’mon, man

Panel 11:

           Mike, next to Tony: You got to eat something. You haven’t eaten in a while.

Panel 12:

           Mike: This place has food, right, Peter?

Panel 13:

Peter close-up: I believe so!

Outside walking on the side of the road:

Panel 14:

           Tony: Margaret will not be happy with me!

           Phil: Can you just lighten up…for like a second

Panel 15:

           Steve: Hey, why are we walking to 7-ELEVEN, in the dark…on the side of the road

Panel 16:

           Steve, close-up: in…

Panel 17:

           Steve, close up: North Jersey

Panel 18:

           Peter: UK driver’s licenses aren’t valid in the US…so, we can’t take the tour van, old chum

Panel 19:

           Peter: Besides, I’m not comfortable with that “right side of the road” biz

Panel 20:        

Tony: We could have taken a cab…do you even know where this place is, Peter?

           Panel 21:

                       Peter: No J

2 hours later

           Panel 22:

                       Zoom out, cars whizzing past

                       Tony: PETER!

           Panel 23:

                       Tony, grabbing Peter: FOR GOD’S SAKE, WHERE ARE WE??

           Panel 24:

                       Tony: You keep saying, “We’re almost there!” every time I ask you! AND NOW ITS BEEN HOURS SINCE WE LEFT!!

           Panel 25:

                       Peter:

                                   But Tony…

           Panel 26:

                       Peter, close up:

                                   We are almost there…

           Panel 27:

                       Tony, Gen boys around: AGH!

           Panel 28:

Tony, above angle: Margaret probably thinks I’m dead!!

           Panel 29:

                       Phil, Tony stands, mad, arms crossed: Seriously, though, Peter…where is this place, I’m hungry

           Panel 30:

                       Mike: Yeah, man, same here

           Panel 31:

                       Peter: Like I said-- cut off by car beeping on side of road

           Panel 32:

                       Collective Gen boys: turn in confusion

           Panel 33:

                       Frat boy in convertible: HEY! You pussies go to Seton Hall?

           Panel 34:

                       Gen boys, standing, Mike looks down at his Seton Hall shirt: Uh…

           Panel 35:

                       Peter: Where do you guys go?

Panel 36:

           Frat boys look at each other

Panel 37:

           Frat boy: Rutgers, you cum guzzler

Panel 38:

           Tony, jumps in: NO!

Panel 39:

           Tony: WE ARE NOT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS!!

Panel 40:

           Tony: WE ARE NOT MAJORING IN BUSINESS AND WE DO NOT PLAY LACROSSE!

Panel 41:

           Cut to Frat bros, Tony offscreen: WE ARE IN A BAND CALLED GENESIS

Panel 42:

           Frat bro: Genesis? …

Panel 43:

Frat bro 2: You guys play Christian rock or…?

Panel 44:

           Tony: WE ARE A VERY COMPLEX BAND, PULLING FROM CLASSICAL, FOLK, AND BAROQUE TRADITIONS!

Panel 45:

           Tony: WE SING ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY, AMONG OTHER THINGS!

Panel 46:

           Tony, water balloon filled with paint coming towards him, eyes closed, self righteous: How many guys in their 20s go around singing about that???

Panel 47:

           Water balloon hits Tony and breaks

Panel 48:

           Frat bro fires another

Panel 49:

           balloon hurdles towards Peter

Panel 50:

           balloon hits Peter, he’s smiling relaxed

Panel 51:

           Frat bros driving away: SETON HALL CAN SUCK MY NUTS

Panel 52:

           Gen boys, standing, Peter and Tony drenched with paint, Peter smiles, Tony stands angry

Panel 53:

           Tony, angry at Peter: PETER! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!

Panel 54:

           Tony: I mean, look at me! I’m a mess all because you insisted we go to this accursed convenience store!!!!

Panel 55:

           Peter to Tony: Oh, TONY! Come on, it’s right this way! I know it is!

2 more hours later

Panel 56:

           Steve, distressed: Peter…

Panel 57:

Steve, shows shot from above of open field: we’re in the middle of an open field…we’re definitely lost!

Panel 58:

           Phil: I’m so hungry…and cold…and tired…

Panel 59:

           Phil: Davy Crockett once said that if you’re travelling with a big group and completely out of food…

Panel 60:

           Phil: …you must sacrifice one of your own…then use their carcass

Panel 61:

           Phil, close up: for sustenance…

Panel 62:

           Shows Mike, Phil off panel: MIKE! WE WILL SACRIFICE YOU FIRST! YOU’RE THE LARGEST!

Panel 63:

           Mike: Hey! Come on, Phil! Be cool!

Panel 64:

           Shows Phil about to pounce on Mike, Tony speaks: No, no…not Mike

Panel 65:

           Tony is crouched in a corner: Peter is first.

Panel 66:

           Peter, nervous: Wh-what did you say, old chum?

Panel 67:

           Tony: My wife probably thinks I died in a violent accident because I didn’t get to call her on time

Panel 68:

           Tony: My hair is covered in paint!

Panel 69:

           Tony: I just got a blowout too!

Panel 70:

           Tony, shows Mike and Phil: Friends are turning on friends!

Panel 71:

           Tony, shows Peter: AND IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!

Panel 72:

           Tony to Peter: OH! And this isn’t the first time that you crossed the line either!

Panel 73:

           Tony: Ever since boarding school, you’ve been an insufferable presence in my life!

Panel 74:

           Steve, to Phil and Mike, Phil is holding up Mike’s arm from when he was about to eat him: This isn’t uncomfortable or anything…

Panel 75:

           Tony, shows Peter sad: OOH! I wish we never met each other!

Panel 76:

           Tony attacks Peter

Panel 77:

           Peter and Tony tumble down hill

Panel 78:

           Peter and Tony still tumbling, Tony slaps Peter: This is for all your silly antics during every interview!

Panel 79:

           Same: THIS IS FOR SHAVING YOUR HEAD RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE!

Panel 80:

           Same: And this is for letting Phil in the band!

Panel 81:

           Phil: What…

Panel 82:

           Peter and Tony land, still fighting

Panel 83:

           Same, Mike off panel: Hey Look!

Panel 84:

           Mike: It’s 7-ELEVEN!

Panel 85:

           Tony and Peter look behind them

Panel 86:

           Peter: I knew it was close by!

Panel 87:

           Tony: close by??

Panel 88:

           Phil: FINALLY !!

Panel 89:

           Phil: tries to open door, won’t budge

Panel 90:

           Phil, to others: Uh, it won’t open

Panel 91:

           Steve to Phil, Mike peers inside: Uh, well…

Panel 92:

           Shot of sign: The sign says, Sorry we’re closed

Panel 93:

           Gen boys disappointed, Peter off panel: Yes, just like I planned

Panel 94:

           Tony: Excuse me?

Panel 95:

           Peter: Yes, I knew it was closed. I thought the best way for us to bond and form a stronger relationship with one another

Panel 96:

           Peter: Was to go out on a long journey. Like they say “It’s more about the journey than the destination!”

Panel 97:

           Tony: WHAT?!

Panel 98:

           Tony: You brought us all the way out into…

Panel 99:

           Tony: into HOOBA HOBBA VILLE to teach us a lesson????

Panel 100:

           Tony: You almost made Phil…eat Mike

Panel 101:

           Tony, cuts to Phil and Mike: Can you imagine how psychologically scarred we would all be if that was in the process of actually happening

Panel 102:

           Tony: And then we got rescued…

Panel 103:

           Tony: Nothing would ever be the same!

Panel 104:

           Tony: AND MARGARET!

Panel 105:

           Tony: UGH! You know what you did there!

Panel 106:

           Tony: AND ANOTHER THING—

           Steve, off panel: Hey

Panel 107:

           Steve: There’s a 24 hour diner across the way.

Panel 108:

           Gen Boys, Mike: Sounds good to me.

Panel 109:

           Peter: All you can eat scrapple on me!

Panel 110:

           Tony, angry, Gen boys in distance:

                       Phil: What’s scrapple?

                       Peter: Oh, it’s a Pennsylvania Dutch delicacy.

The end

[nightmareonfilmstreet]

FANGORIA MAGAZINE Has been Resurrected!

It has been over a year now since The Brooklyn Company magazine, Fangoria, closed their doors. The lead editors were on leave, the ownership of the company was in uncertainty, and the physical magazine itself was no longer being printed. Seems the curtains were closing for good on the popular horror magazine and its 39-year run. But, all that changed yesterday when news dropped that Cinestate has now obtained sole ownership over Fangoria and its brand, ensuring that the magazine will return to print and more!

Texas-Based Entertainment Company Cinestate has finished a deal securing all rights to Fangoria and its trademarks. Dallas Sonnier, CEO of Cinestate (and best known for producing the recent Brawl in Cell Block 99 and the upcoming Puppet Master reboot) brokered the deal with previous publisher Thomas Defeo which took place over the last several months.

Yesterday, Fangoria’s website lauched a teaser video promising the magazine’s return. In the teaser, promises of ‘new blood’ to stain the pages of the magazine. Veteran editors Tony Timpone and Michale Gingold will also return to assist the editorial department. Sonnier has also hired Phil Nobile Jr., formerly of the Alamo Drafthouse’s Birth.Movies.Death, as editor-in-chief of the magazine’s revival.

Full Press Release:

Fangoria Magazine is returning from its digital grave and back into print where it belongs. Thanks to a new investment, a new Editor-in-Chief, and a new Publisher, the world’s highest-profile horror movie magazine is reemerging as a collectible quarterly with the first issue set to drop this fall in time for Halloween.

Cinestate, the Texas-based entertainment company, completed the deal to acquire all the assets and trademarks of the Fangoria brand, including the magazine, from The Brooklyn Company. Cinestate CEO Dallas Sonnier diligently courted the previous publisher Thomas DeFeo for several months, with the two signing an agreement that turned over the rights to Sonnier & Cinestate.

Sonnier’s first move as the new Publisher was to hire his favorite film writer Phil Nobile Jr. as the Editor-in-Chief of Fangoria Magazine. Nobile comes to Fangoria from his role as Editor-At-Large for the website Birth.Movies.Death., and as a writer/producer for Stage 3 Productions in Philadelphia, where he created a feature-length documentary on John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. Nobile will also act as the Creative Director for the entire Fangoria brand.

“There needs to be a Fangoria,” says Nobile. “The magazine was a constant presence in the genre since 1979 – and then one day it was gone. That felt, to us, tragically incorrect. Fango was, for multiple generations, a privileged window into the world of horror. It gave us access to filmmakers’ processes and secrets, opened our eyes to movies we might have otherwise missed, and nurtured a wave of talent that’s out there driving the genre today. I’m proud and excited to be part of the team that’s bringing this institution back.”

As part of the arrangement, Cinestate controls all material from over 300 issues of Fangoria Magazine, including articles, photos, and exclusive interviews, spanning the past 39 years. The contents of the now–infamous Fangoria storage unit in New York, a veritable treasure trove of horrorhistory collected over decades by former staff, has arrived at the Cinestate offices to be sorted and cataloged.

Nobile and Sonnier quickly approached and landed deals with popular Fangoria legends Tony Timpone and Michael Gingold to return to the magazine with their own columns, and to consult for the company. Additionally, the publication already has excited commitments fromcontributors including frequent Cinestate collaborator S. Craig Zahler (BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99), Ashlee Blackwell (Graveyard Shift Sisters), Samuel Zimmerman (Curator, Shudder), Grady Hendrix(PAPERBACKS FROM HELL), Meredith Borders (former Editorial Director of Birth.Movies.Death.), Rebekah McKendry (academic and horror historian), and Preston Fassel (whose project OUR LADY OF THE INFERNO is currently in development at Cinestate). Nobile shall further curate a diverse roster of voices for the new iteration of the legendary publication.

“We are fully committed to restoring faith in Fangoria with the horror fan community, so many of whom bought subscriptions, but never received their magazines. We have also been reaching out to previous Fangoria contributors to introduce ourselves and invite them back into the tent for future collaborations. This is a process, but we are confident in our ability to earn back trust and be good partners in a brand that personally means so much to so many awesome people,” states Sonnier.

Sonnier was able to complete the Fangoria asset acquisition and fuel growth in Cinestate by raising over $5 million of investment for his company. The primary investor in Cinestate is a member of a prominent Texas family that wishes to remain anonymous. As part of the deal, Cinestate also acquired the assets and trademarks to out-of-print publications Starlog and Gorezone.

A full staff is in place and operating from the Cinestate offices in Dallas, TX. Zack Parker, formerly of Shudder, joins Fangoria as the Director of Brand Management, along with Jessica Safavimehr as Associate Publisher and Ashley Detmering as Art Director. Nobile will be based out of New Jersey. The team is dedicated to putting Fangoria back where it belongs – in print.

“When I read Fangoria as a kid, it was a special ritual. I had to save up for it, and then I had to find it. And bringing it home ten times a year became a kind of sacrament, poring over every photograph on every page, reading that whole thing front to back, then doing it again,” Nobile says. “We want to restore that analog thrill to readers. We want to duplicate the excitement that I remember bubbling up around a new issue of Fango, put that excitement in an envelope and mail it to our subscribers. Fangoria is not something that competes with online blogs. Fangoria is not an algorithm. Fangoria is something you hold in your hands, something you spend a bit of time with in the real world. That’s what it was for decades, and that’s what we’re going to make it again.”

Cinestate will further develop Fangoria into a brand for producing movies and podcasts, as well as publishing horror novels. Cinestate VP Amanda Presmyk will head up production on a slate of Fangoria-presented horror movies that Sonnier will bring to the table for Cinestate’s new label.

Cinestate is currently in post on a gonzo reimagining of the PUPPET MASTER franchise, as well as Zahler’s next movie DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE for Lionsgate starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn.Cinestate also published its first novel in January – Zahler’s HUG CHICKENPENNY: THE PANEGYRIC OF AN ANOMALOUS CHILD, which is being developed into a feature by Zahler, Cinestate and the Jim Henson Company.

The acquirement of Fangoria and its trademarks by Cinestate was made possible by a $5 million investment to the company from multiple sources. The arrangement will also give Cinestate access and control of the materials from the previous 300 issues released including: photos, articles, and exclusive interviews over the last 39 years.

Fangoria will be coming back with a bang, as Cinestate has more plans for the brand. The future looks bright as the name would be used for producing movies and podcasts, including a book series, and films to be lead under the slogan of ‘Fangoria Presents‘.

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CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

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CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

This video explains the Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway in the Career & Technology Department at PSJA – Memorial Early High School in Alamo, Texas.

For more information about your Career Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School. See your Counselor or any Career and Technology Teacher.

Thanks for watching!

This promotional video was written, filmed, directed, and edited by Mr. Gregory’s CTE Audio Video Class Students!

Video Credits:

Edgar Cisneros – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding Hector Dimas – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding

Jerry Balderas – Business Information Management Christian Gonzalez – Business Information Management

Ernie Valdez, Jr. – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Lelia Verdin – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)

Michael Jarmillo – Computer Maintenance & Networking Gulillermo Perez – Computer Maintenance & Networking

Becca Carrillo – Criminal Justice Gladys Castillo – Criminal Justice Evelyn Reyes – Criminal Justice

Ruddy Gonzalez – Game Design Monica Hernandez – Game Design

Leslie De Leon – Salinas – Medical Billing Jasmin Ruiz – Medical Billing

Rosaly Garza – Pharmacy Tech

Tony Garcia – Security Service Academy Patrick Gaherty – Security Service Academy

Klarisa Espinosa – Video Production

David Mejia — Web Mastery Stephanie Lerma — Web Mastery

Mr. Douglas Gregory — Audio Video Production Teacher

Special Thanks:

All the awesome M.H.S. CTE Teachers that allowed students to film & interview.

Ms. Judith Solis – M.H.S. Principal Mr. J.J. Saenz – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Director Mrs. Belinda Vargas – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Coordinator for M.H.S

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CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

New Post has been published on https://computercoolingstore.com/cte-computer-maintenance-and-network-telecom-pathway-at-psja-memorial-early-college-high-school/

CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

This video explains the Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway in the Career & Technology Department at PSJA – Memorial Early High School in Alamo, Texas.

For more information about your Career Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School. See your Counselor or any Career and Technology Teacher.

Thanks for watching!

This promotional video was written, filmed, directed, and edited by Mr. Gregory’s CTE Audio Video Class Students!

Video Credits:

Edgar Cisneros – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding Hector Dimas – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding

Jerry Balderas – Business Information Management Christian Gonzalez – Business Information Management

Ernie Valdez, Jr. – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Lelia Verdin – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)

Michael Jarmillo – Computer Maintenance & Networking Gulillermo Perez – Computer Maintenance & Networking

Becca Carrillo – Criminal Justice Gladys Castillo – Criminal Justice Evelyn Reyes – Criminal Justice

Ruddy Gonzalez – Game Design Monica Hernandez – Game Design

Leslie De Leon – Salinas – Medical Billing Jasmin Ruiz – Medical Billing

Rosaly Garza – Pharmacy Tech

Tony Garcia – Security Service Academy Patrick Gaherty – Security Service Academy

Klarisa Espinosa – Video Production

David Mejia — Web Mastery Stephanie Lerma — Web Mastery

Mr. Douglas Gregory — Audio Video Production Teacher

Special Thanks:

All the awesome M.H.S. CTE Teachers that allowed students to film & interview.

Ms. Judith Solis – M.H.S. Principal Mr. J.J. Saenz – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Director Mrs. Belinda Vargas – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Coordinator for M.H.S

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CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

New Post has been published on https://computercoolingstore.com/cte-computer-maintenance-and-network-telecom-pathway-at-psja-memorial-early-college-high-school/

CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

This video explains the Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway in the Career & Technology Department at PSJA – Memorial Early High School in Alamo, Texas.

For more information about your Career Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School. See your Counselor or any Career and Technology Teacher.

Thanks for watching!

This promotional video was written, filmed, directed, and edited by Mr. Gregory’s CTE Audio Video Class Students!

Video Credits:

Edgar Cisneros – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding Hector Dimas – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding

Jerry Balderas – Business Information Management Christian Gonzalez – Business Information Management

Ernie Valdez, Jr. – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Lelia Verdin – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)

Michael Jarmillo – Computer Maintenance & Networking Gulillermo Perez – Computer Maintenance & Networking

Becca Carrillo – Criminal Justice Gladys Castillo – Criminal Justice Evelyn Reyes – Criminal Justice

Ruddy Gonzalez – Game Design Monica Hernandez – Game Design

Leslie De Leon – Salinas – Medical Billing Jasmin Ruiz – Medical Billing

Rosaly Garza – Pharmacy Tech

Tony Garcia – Security Service Academy Patrick Gaherty – Security Service Academy

Klarisa Espinosa – Video Production

David Mejia — Web Mastery Stephanie Lerma — Web Mastery

Mr. Douglas Gregory — Audio Video Production Teacher

Special Thanks:

All the awesome M.H.S. CTE Teachers that allowed students to film & interview.

Ms. Judith Solis – M.H.S. Principal Mr. J.J. Saenz – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Director Mrs. Belinda Vargas – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Coordinator for M.H.S

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CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

New Post has been published on https://computercoolingstore.com/cte-computer-maintenance-and-network-telecom-pathway-at-psja-memorial-early-college-high-school/

CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

This video explains the Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway in the Career & Technology Department at PSJA – Memorial Early High School in Alamo, Texas.

For more information about your Career Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School. See your Counselor or any Career and Technology Teacher.

Thanks for watching!

This promotional video was written, filmed, directed, and edited by Mr. Gregory’s CTE Audio Video Class Students!

Video Credits:

Edgar Cisneros – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding Hector Dimas – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding

Jerry Balderas – Business Information Management Christian Gonzalez – Business Information Management

Ernie Valdez, Jr. – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Lelia Verdin – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)

Michael Jarmillo – Computer Maintenance & Networking Gulillermo Perez – Computer Maintenance & Networking

Becca Carrillo – Criminal Justice Gladys Castillo – Criminal Justice Evelyn Reyes – Criminal Justice

Ruddy Gonzalez – Game Design Monica Hernandez – Game Design

Leslie De Leon – Salinas – Medical Billing Jasmin Ruiz – Medical Billing

Rosaly Garza – Pharmacy Tech

Tony Garcia – Security Service Academy Patrick Gaherty – Security Service Academy

Klarisa Espinosa – Video Production

David Mejia — Web Mastery Stephanie Lerma — Web Mastery

Mr. Douglas Gregory — Audio Video Production Teacher

Special Thanks:

All the awesome M.H.S. CTE Teachers that allowed students to film & interview.

Ms. Judith Solis – M.H.S. Principal Mr. J.J. Saenz – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Director Mrs. Belinda Vargas – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Coordinator for M.H.S

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CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

New Post has been published on https://computercoolingstore.com/cte-computer-maintenance-and-network-telecom-pathway-at-psja-memorial-early-college-high-school/

CTE Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School

This video explains the Computer Maintenance and Network Telecom Pathway in the Career & Technology Department at PSJA – Memorial Early High School in Alamo, Texas.

For more information about your Career Pathway at PSJA Memorial Early College High School. See your Counselor or any Career and Technology Teacher.

Thanks for watching!

This promotional video was written, filmed, directed, and edited by Mr. Gregory’s CTE Audio Video Class Students!

Video Credits:

Edgar Cisneros – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding Hector Dimas – Agriculture Mechanics & Welding

Jerry Balderas – Business Information Management Christian Gonzalez – Business Information Management

Ernie Valdez, Jr. – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Lelia Verdin – Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)

Michael Jarmillo – Computer Maintenance & Networking Gulillermo Perez – Computer Maintenance & Networking

Becca Carrillo – Criminal Justice Gladys Castillo – Criminal Justice Evelyn Reyes – Criminal Justice

Ruddy Gonzalez – Game Design Monica Hernandez – Game Design

Leslie De Leon – Salinas – Medical Billing Jasmin Ruiz – Medical Billing

Rosaly Garza – Pharmacy Tech

Tony Garcia – Security Service Academy Patrick Gaherty – Security Service Academy

Klarisa Espinosa – Video Production

David Mejia — Web Mastery Stephanie Lerma — Web Mastery

Mr. Douglas Gregory — Audio Video Production Teacher

Special Thanks:

All the awesome M.H.S. CTE Teachers that allowed students to film & interview.

Ms. Judith Solis – M.H.S. Principal Mr. J.J. Saenz – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Director Mrs. Belinda Vargas – PSJA ISD – Career & Technology Coordinator for M.H.S

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On Pro Basketball: A Cloudy Future for the N.B.A.’s ‘Gold Standard’ Following Game 7 Loss

Early in the N.B.A.’s only first-round playoff series that stretched to seven games, it was suggested to Tim Connelly, the Denver Nuggets’ president of basketball operations, that a matchup with the San Antonio Spurs was actually a good thing for his young team.

Facing the Gregg Popovich-led Spurs, Connelly was told, would be like going to Playoff School for Denver, a group that brought the West’s No. 2 seed to the matchup — but virtually no postseason experience.

“They’re the gold standard of the N.B.A., with maybe the best coach of all time,” Connelly countered, shooting down the theory as quickly as he heard it.

“You never want to see the Spurs.”

To Connelly’s delight, Denver went from nearly losing the first two games at home to the uber-prepared No. 7 seed to staring the Spurs down and closing them out Saturday night. In a winner-take-all Game 7, Nikola Jokic (21 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists) posted another triple-double and the Nuggets hung on for a 90-86 victory. The result was a series that felt like an upset no matter what the regular-season standings said — especially since it ended with Popovich inching onto the Pepsi Center floor during live play in the final seconds and screaming in vain for LaMarcus Aldridge or Patty Mills to commit a foul that never came.

Imagine that: A remedial execution error sealed the Spurs’ second straight first-round ouster. Veterans like Aldridge and Mills shouldn’t have to be told to foul when trailing by 4 points inside the closing 30 seconds.

Not long after Kawhi Leonard rumbled for a decisive 45 points in Toronto’s series-opening victory over Philadelphia, Popovich was thus left to process back-to-back Round 1 exits for the first time in his storied coaching career.

A foul, of course, was unlikely to save the visitors at that stage, with Denver holding a two-possession lead. Yet it was a decidedly un-Spurs-like ending to a first season post-Kawhi that generally exceeded expectations — an ending which, just like that, ushered Pop and Co. to a real crossroads.

After an N.B.A. record 22 consecutive playoff appearances by the Spurs, all overseen by Popovich, all of San Antonio now awaits a firm declaration from the coach synonymous with the Alamo City’s beloved Spurs that he intends to return.

In January, when The New York Times asked him directly if he planned to carry on, Popovich admitted that “I don’t know the answer.”

After the Spurs’ elimination late Saturday, Popovich was asked about his expiring contract and coaching this group next season. He spoke for a full 40 seconds — far longer than he usually grants from the postgame interview podium. His answer, though, included no mention of signing a new deal. Popovich, in fact, didn’t address his status at all, focusing on the fact that the projected return of the injured guard Dejounte Murray ensures that “it won’t be the same team.”

Clarity could be coming this week, perhaps as early as Monday, since Popovich typically conducts one last session with the news media shortly after the Spurs’ final game. Yet there has been no formal update on the matter since our story in January, when Connelly’s San Antonio counterpart, R.C. Buford, would only say: “He’ll coach as long as he wants to coach.”

This much is certain: Popovich is committed to coach the United States men’s national team — his dream job — for the next two summers. It is a commitment that has led numerous league observers to surmise that coaching the Spurs for one more season and walking away after the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo is the most natural scenario.

Yet it must be noted, once again, that there are less than two weeks between the FIBA World Cup in China from Aug. 31-Sept. 15 and the start of Spurs training camp. For just the fourth coach in league history to do this job at age of 70, that would offer an extremely short turnaround.

Hard as it can be to try to read the former Air Force Academy officer who once aspired to a career in military intelligence, it is also natural to wonder whether Popovich still finds the grind sufficiently enjoyable to persist. There have been enough credible rumblings to the contrary over the season to believe that the campaign was much more of a strain than it appeared.

This wasn’t merely the first full season of his coaching life in which Popovich couldn’t lean on Tim Duncan, Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili. It was also Year 1 after Leonard became the first Popovich-era player to force his way out of town via trade.

San Antonio had to overcome the season-ending loss of its top defender in Murray in October, along with an 11-14 start, just to keep its seemingly interminable streak of reaching the postseason intact. In the Denver series, on a personal level, Popovich coached the Spurs to a Game 3 victory at home on the same night that marked the one-year anniversary of his wife Erin’s death after a lengthy illness.

It was ultimately San Antonio’s failure to hold the two 19-point leads it built in Game 2, rather than the chaotic scenes of Game 7 crunchtime, that cost the Spurs their shot at a second-round date with the star of the playoffs so far: Portland’s Damian Lillard. But after the final game, Popovich chose to laud the Nuggets for their breakthrough instead of lamenting the lost opportunity.

“I’m really happy for them in a strange sort of way,” Popovich said.

The Spurs can likewise take solace in the knowledge that, as long as they still employ the shrewd Buford, Popovich can count on a roster to entice him to keep going.

I wrote earlier this season about how the struggles of Manchester United in the English Premier League to replace the iconic Sir Alex Ferguson had to be daunting for Spurs officials and fans as they are increasingly forced to imagine who could successfully succeed Popovich. United is on its fifth managerial successor to Ferguson in six years and England’s 20-time champions still are not sure they have it right.

But the difference between rudderless United and ever-steady San Antonio is the scouting eye of Buford, who found Parker (No. 28) and Ginobili (No. 57) with ridiculously late draft picks and who may have done it again with his two No. 29s: Murray and Derrick White.

White had a dreadful series after his 36-point masterpiece in Game 3, but this essentially was his rookie season. The Spurs look like they have something with the trio of Murray, White and Bryn Forbes — along with two more first-round picks coming in June — and the team could have salary-cap space to spend in the summer of 2020 if they decide to move on from Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan.

Yet there is only one Pop — as Denver Coach Mike Malone repeatedly said these past two weeks. The series started with Malone joking about trying to live up to Pop’s five championship rings with just his “wedding ring.” It ended with the 54-win Nuggets finding a way to survive Playoff School — barely — but not before Malone likened Popovich to Bobby Fischer, the famed chess champion.

“Sometimes things work, and sometimes they don’t,” Popovich said after Game 6 when pressed on strategy. “But I’m probably not going to discuss the plan with you, with all due respect. I’m not sure why I should do that.”

The same clearly applies to his future. This is Gregg Charles Popovich, and whether you like the manner in which he answers reporters’ questions or not, he’ll tell us when he’s ready.

[tendaberry]

last year, i wrote a script for a genesis mockumentary type thing, some of it is funny and some of it is really dumb/not that funny haha...and i don’t think i have the time and energy to make it so here’s what i wrote of the script, with pics and vids i intended to put in it...

TODAY we’re going to take an in depth look at the band GENESIS…..so disregard any vh1 doc you’ve seen on them…..if there are any….and anything you’ve seen on the BBC or whatever the fuck because this is the real stuff right here, baby!!!!! We’re gonna talk about PETER…AND PHIL….AND MIKE….AND TONY…..AND STEEEEEEVE……so lets get started

 Lets take a little trip back to Surrey, England, specifically at Charterhouse, The Boys School of Absolute Ledges, circa 1967 where Peter Gabriel met Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford…..

Peter, known around the boarding school for his rendition of Engelbert Humperdinck’s rendition of “Release Me��� on the flute and for eating glue because “it tastes good, innit?”, first encountered Tony and Mike at a performance of Tony’s solo project, known as “Makin’ Banknotes”, in which he would bang around on the piano for like an hour and sing “Yeah, Charterhouse reppin’,  no gods, no masters, I’m the real lad, makin money, wankers”

Peter was so impressed by Tony’s keyboard skills he thought “Woah, I need to make a band right now, wow!”

He approached Tony after the performance, bestowing him with the highest of accolades…Tony seemed disinterested at first, he wanted to stay solo BABY, but Peter promised Tony they could practice at his parents’ house sometimes, which was enticing because his parents had a pool. This roped Tony right in! Dumbass Tony, when’s it warm enough to go swimming in England…

Mike who was just…..standing in the bathroom listening to them, jumped out and said, “You guys need a bassist for your band, I can also play the guitar too because who knows when shit’s gonna get fucked up haha”

Peter smelled him, curiously “You smoke the marijuana?”

“Haha, yeah mate,” said Mike, who was like blazed 24/7.

Well whatever. Peter already had two members for his band that he started like 15 minutes ago.

What would they call themselves? And then it came to them…well Mike. “How about ‘Jenny’s Sis’?” Who the fuck was Jenny and more importantly, who was her sister???, Peter and Tony wanted to know.

“No, fuck you, we will be Genesis,” Tony told Mike. Mike says to this day he will never forgive Tony for that.

 A few years passed and our original trio was left without a guitarist or a drummer…one of the dudes left to be a farmer, the other was like “ooh, not about that stage fright life”….so now what? I’ll tell you WHAT, here’s where the big guns come in.

A local comedian and Alamo-head, Phil Collins, auditioned to be the new drummer while the mysterious and aloof wolf breeder, Steve Hackett took to the guitar. Here they were, the core 5, baby.

With this new lineup, the band felt they could do anything. Then one day, Peter Gabriel suggested “Hey, guys, let’s invent progressive rock!” This was met with a resounding “HELL YEAH BABY” But, this “hell yeah, baby” came with a price the band would never recover from.

First came, with the Collins-Hackett addition, an album of nursery rhymes…the only person who bought this album was Peter’s mom, but even she thought it was garbage. Next was an album that reached out to the small and growing Furry audience the band was gathering, with most songs written by Steve Hackett. The band saw it as a strong point. “I thank the furries everyday,” Phil Collins said in a 2009 interview, “They saved Genesis. Without the furries, there would be no Genesis.” It’s true, the band was doing well…until 1973 when “We’re Selling This Album For A Pound, Please Buy It” came out. Peter started dressing up in outlandish costumes on stage—once he dressed up as Richard Nixon, another time he came out as Meathead from “All in the Family”-- and incorporated CRAAAZY VISUALS into the act but this came at a cost the band barely recovered from. During a performance of “Son, Your Fuckin Bagel Bites are Ready”, Peter was hoisted up into the air….he never came back down…no one knows just what happened to him.

“Haha, it sucked,” said Mike in an interview 20 minutes after the event happened.

The following week’s Melody Maker spelled it out, plain as day…Frank Sinatra had returned. The group felt as if they had met their match.

Without a lead singer and with Sinatra back on the rise, Genesis felt hopeless, until the comedian turned drummer, Phil Collins, stepped up to the plate. He had never sang before but everyone was just like, whatever, it will do. …I guess.

 “I regret that decision,” Tony Banks said in a 2009 interview.

The band obviously needed to attract a larger audience to stay alive. Then, one day, in 1976, Phil said, out of the blue “I know about this fetish where…people get off on like giants and stuff…that could get the kids interested,” They released this video, and reviews were mixed. Steve, Mike, and Tony were not the giants the kids were looking for.

Then, a few years later, Steve left the band without warning. The band was shocked…they soon learned he went out to live with the wolves, whatever that meant. This is the last known photo of him…

Steve was with the wolves, Peter was lost for good it seemed. Now what? Genesis ended the 70s with one big hit “Follow You, Follow Me (My Name’s Mike, I Smoke Weed)”…could they top that off???? Mike didn’t think so, and tensions started to arise. “Enough with the weed jokes”, Tony told Mike, and Phil agreed. Tony talked to Mike about his marijuana habits…it went something like this….

Mike responded with, “Haha man, I don’t have a dog” (I think I was gonna somehow edit Mike’s head on the guy smoking weed lol)

The 80s started out rough for Genesis…the group was living in squalor, they lived inside an abandoned warehouse, trying their best to survive.

Then, one day, Mike decided that he needed time away from the band….so he became a mechanic for awhile. Rutherford’s Auto Body is sponsoring this video, by the way….5% off every tenth oil change.

Tony considered returning to the music project from his teens, “Makin Banknotes”. Phil visited the Alamo for spiritual enlightenment. And that’s where it hit him: Genesis would join Jeff Dunham on tour.

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[INTERVIEW #138] Le trublion américain Ariel Pink est de retour avec son onzième album studio, l’excellent ‘Dedicated to Bobby Jameson’. On est allé boire un verre avec lui pour parler de ce disque, du fameux Bobby Jameson et de célébrité. Qui est Bobby Jameson ? Ariel : Bobby Jameson est un musicien de Los Angeles du début des années 1960. Il a eu une carrière vraiment tragique. Il n’a jamais vraiment percé. Il a été découvert à 17 ans. Son manager de toujours Tony Alamo est mort en prison il y a un mois, il avait a eu la perpétuité pour pédophilie notamment. Avant tout cela, c’était un manager d’artistes à Hollywood et Bobby Jameson était son seul client. Il a mal géré sa carrière et lui a fait peur. Bobby s’est éloigné de lui et est allé en Angleterre. Il est revenu et a fini par collaborer avec plein de grands artistes tels que The Rolling Stones ou Franz Zappa. Mais avec sa propre carrière, il n’a jamais réussi à rattraper le temps perdu. Aucun de ses albums albums n’avait le même nom : Jameson, Bobby Jameson, Chris Lucy… C’était dur pour le public et même pour les gens du milieu de le suivre et d’identifier que c’était la même personne. C’était donc un obstacle de plus. Où as-tu appris cela ? Ariel : J’ai appris tout cela sur son blog. Il a écrit une biographie qui a été publiée récemment, peu avant sa mort. Il est mort il y a deux ans maintenant, à l’âge de 78 ans. Il a été présumé mort pendant 30 ans et cela n’est pas dans son livre d’ailleurs. Quand Joe Foster, le patron de Rev-Ola Records a ressorti certains de ses albums dans les années 2000, ils ont réussi à le retrouver et Bobby est allé sur internet pour voir ce qui se passait avec sa musique. Qu’a-il fait toutes ses années ? Ariel : Il a abandonné l’idée de faire de la musique à la fin des années 1970 et il est devenu ouvrier et a aidé sa maman et son frère aîné. Personne ne savait qu’il avait été musicien dans le passé là-bas. Quand il est réapparu, c’est devenu une grande surprise pour les habitants de Los Angeles qui pouvaient le connaître à l’époque. Un ami m’a parlé de lui. Je ai donc connu Bobby moins d’un an avant sa mort mais je ne l’ai jamais rencontré.

Comment ton ami l’a découvert ? Ariel : Il était lui-même ami avec Kim Fowley [artiste, producteur et agent américain, décédé en 2015] et Rodney Bingenheimer [DJ américain réputé], des personnes qui le connaissaient personnellement. Ton album complet fait référence à Bobby Jameson ou seulement quelques chansons ? Ariel : Rien et tout à la fois. Je ne sais pas comment faire un album conceptuel. J’ai commencé avec ce titre avant même d’écrire une seule chanson. Qu’est-ce qui t’a intéressé dans son histoire ? Ariel : J’ai commencé par lire cette histoire. Son écriture est dingue, il se souvient des choses si clairement. Ce n’est pas un auteur, il n’a jamais voulu écrire un livre à propos de sa vie, c’est juste sa vraie vie. C’est comme si 30 années ne s’étaient pas passées ! Il était aigre à propos de cela mais au moins il avait laissé tomber ce rêve d’enfant qui lui était promis. J’ai des amis qui, il y a sept ans quand il est réapparu, ont parlé de lui sur des forums et il a été énervé par tout le monde. Les gens veulent voir la beauté dans la tragédie. Ils veulent le voir en tant que raté mais ne veulent pas être responsables pour cela. Ils sont trop jeunes pour savoir que les gens qui l’ont exploité sont presque tous morts et on parle à une génération qui ne paie plus pour de la musique. C’était le premier musicien à se faire avoir. C’est ironique mais ce qui est génial, c’est la façon dont il a écrit son blog, cette histoire qu’il a écrite avant de mourir. S’il n’avait pas fait ce blog, on n’aurait rien su de lui. Tout ce qui est sorti vient de lui. Il a écrit sa propre histoire. Je suis en partie soulagé qu’il ne soit plus en vie à propos de cet album que je vais sortir. (Rires) Il y a deux mois, mon batteur m’a appelé pour me dire qu’il y avait un mec qui disait avoir les cendres de Bobby. Il avait aussi celles de son frère et de sa mère et ils allaient les disperser, ils m’ont proposé de venir mais j’ai refusé. Il savait que j’allais faire un album sur lui. (Rires) Ce n’est pas sa tombe sur la pochette de l’album d’ailleurs ? Ariel : Non, il n’y a pas de tombe. C’est de la magie ! C’est moi à l’arrière plan. Ce n’est même pas un véritable endroit. C’est une combinaison de plusieurs images : je suis allé dans un cimetière et la maison vient d’une autre image. C’est moi qui ai fait le montage avec Robert Beatty. La boucle est bouclée : il y a une fausse tombe sur mon album ‘The Doldrums’. C’est comme si j’allais mourir demain et tout était prêt pour cela... Et quelqu’un écrirait un album dédié à Ariel Pink ? Ariel : J’espère ! (Rires) Ce serait Mac DeMarco ou une compilation de chillwave dédiée au ‘au parrain’. (Rires)

Quand as-tu écrit les chansons ? Ariel : C’était supposé être un double album mais j’ai finalement décidé de n’en garder qu’un seul. La plupart des chansons sur l’album sont celles que j’ai écrites en premier. Il va également y avoir un 12′’ pour accompagner l’album avec quatre autres chansons. Il y aura des singles avec des b-sides inédites. Il y a quand même un autre album qui n’a pas encore été sorti. Je n’ai pas envie de le garder pour plus tard, j’ai juste envie de le sortir et de l’oublier. Je vais peut-être le garder seulement pour le vendre à mes concerts ou le sortir sur Mexican Summer ou un autre label, à voir. Quelle est ta chanson préférée ? Ariel : Time to Live peut-être. Je ne sais pas : Time to Meet Your God, Another Weekend, Dreamdate Narcissist, I Wanna Be Young sont de bonnes chansons. Il y a des choses pour tout le monde. Je n’ai pas de chanson préférée, c’est aux gens de comparer. Tu as enregistré une vidéo pour Another Weekend. Comment était le tournage ? C’était la première fois que tu as joué quelqu'un se faire tuer, quelle sensation ça fait ? Ariel : Je n’avais jamais tué quelqu’un d’ailleurs ! Il tire le premier, j’ai une arme sur moi et je tire en retour. C’était aussi un hommage à un autre musicien : Chalino Sánchez. C’est le genre de musique qu’on entend dans les restos mexicains. Son histoire est dingue également. Dans le début des années 1990, il a joué un concert live, il joue une des chansons, un mec dans le public est saoul et lui tire dessus. Il se trouvait que Chalino avait lui aussi un pistolet dans la poche, il lui tire dessus en retour et le tue. Chalino survit. Il part alors se cacher. Quel autre star du rock and roll aurait bien pu faire ça ? Il a été tué peu de temps après. Il était parti aux Etats-Unis après avoir tué le plus grand gangster de la ville qui avait violé sa sœur. A 10 ans, Il s’était fixé ce but qu’il allait tuer ce gangster quand il aurait 18 ans. Ce qu’il a fait et c’est pour ça qu’il a dû quitter Mexico et il est allé à Los Angeles. Il a commencé à faire de la musique et il est devenu artiste de cette communauté pendant plusieurs années. Il a joué devant des milliers de personnes. Je ne suis qu’un artiste à hommages en fait maintenant ! (Rires)

Il y aura d’autres vidéos pour l’album ? [Une nouvelle vidéo pour Feels Like Heaven est depuis sortie et à regarder par ici : http://bit.ly/2vo1Bn8] Ariel : Il y aura d’autres vidéos qui ne sont pas des hommages ! Deux hommages par album, c’est déjà pas mal ! (Rires) J’apparaîtrai dans une des deux vidéos à sortir. C’est sur un écran vert. L’autre, je ne suis même pas encore sûr qu’elle va se faire. J’ai pensé à un collectif d’artistes russes qui s’appelle GORSAD. C’est un groupe très mystérieux. Ils ont leur style. Ils sont basés à Kiev et Moscou et toutes leurs photos et vidéos sont très sombres. As-tu regardé le retour de ‘Twin Peaks’ ? Ariel : Je n’ai regardé que les trois premiers mais j’ai entendu que le 8 est dingue. Les deux premiers étaient déjà bien plus excitants que les tous premiers de la série ! Tu es cinéphile ? Ariel : Oui, j’adore les films. C’est tout ce que je fais. J’ai vu un film argentin 'Les Nouveaux Sauvages’ [de Damián Szifrón paru en 2014] qui est super. Je loue des films, j’ai Netflix aussi. J’aime le nouveau Louis C.K.. Je ne l’aimais pas avant mais c’est si bon, meilleur que Dave Chappelle. Louis C.K. a un charisme naturel. D’ailleurs, tu as regardé la série ‘Portlandia’ ? Ariel : Je connais Fred Armisen [le co-créateur et principal acteur de la série] ! Je l’ai rencontré quand j’étais à la California Arts Institute. Il n’était même pas encore à Saturday Night Live à l’époque. J’avais fini d’enregistrer et je lui ai fait écouter. Il est venu en tant que professeur. “Quel est ton nom ?” “Je suis Ariel.” “OK Jimmy va t’asseoir là-bas.” Il te donnait des noms différents à chaque fois !  Le nouvel album d’Ariel Pink ‘Dedicated to Bobby Jameson’ est super chouette et sera disponible à partir du 15 septembre. Hautement recommandé ! A&B

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San Antonio Metal Music Examiner – MINISTRY interview (Nov. 12, 2017: San Antonio, Texas) On the final night of their U.S. tour, I go "Into the Pit" for Alamo True Metal with MINISTRY guitarist Cesar Soto, bassist Tony Campos, new drummer Derek Abrams, keyboardist John Bechdel and guitarist Sin Quirin at the Aztec Theatre.