Can anyone who lived in 1984 forget this M&M’s commercial? Every kid on the school bus did an impression of the two kids at the end.
POCK! POCK!
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Cover to “Grendel” #14, Bernie Mireault and Ken Steacy, 1987
Comico.
Signs of Spring?
Check out Skullis Gem and Crystal Skulls
I’ve showcased a lot of art on this blog, but maybe none of it inspires envy quite the way this company’s merchandise does. The craftsmanship is just amazing. It’s trippy.
(You can see more at their Facebook page.)
“Pike St./Park Slope,” by Harvey Danger
2000.
Cover of “Amazing Stories,” Leo Morey, February 1937
Teck Publishing.
“You shouldn’t let poets lie to you.”
Amen, Sister.
Nobody better try gaslighting Bjork.
“W. H. Auden — Tell Me The Truth About Love” (BBC Four)
This is another superb documentary produced by BBC Four about W. H. Auden.
Throwback Thursday: Frank Sinatra’s 1965 rendition of “It Was a Very Good Year”
No, I wasn’t around in 1965, but I absolutely remember this song from when I was a tot in the late 1970’s. My parents played it quite a bit; they had a few Frank Sinatra albums among their stacks of 8-track tapes in the living room entertainment center. I wasn’t supposed to touch them, but I did. (Hey, they were right at the bottom level, where I could fiddle with them. And, as a kid, would read anything — even album titles.)
Anyway, this Internet thingamajig tells me that the song was written in 1961 by Ervine Drake for the Kingston Trio. Sinatra won a Grammy in 1966 for his rendition of it, as did Gordon Jenkins for his accompanying instrumental work.
Cover to “Grendel: War Child” #3, Simon Bisley, 1992
Dark Horse Comics.
