Dutton/Penguin Group; May, 1992 “Jim Morrison Goes to the Renfaire!” Strange Days is a roman à clef recounting Patricia Kennealy’s brief affair with Jim Morrison, the […]
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A “Truthy” Story:
Communion Turns 37
It came and went, and no one noticed – 25 February was the 37th anniversary of the publication of Whitley Strieber’s Communion in paperback. Yes, it’s been thirty-seven years […]
Lady’s Bowels In Uproar Over “Petting!”
I woke up Saturday morning wondering what I could write about. My main feature on Whitley Strieber and three decades of anal probes is bogged […]
That Time I Looked for UFOs:
The UFO Flap of October 1973
October 1973. US involvement in Viet Nam ended with the springtime Paris Accord, and the Nation was moving on. The meat shortages of summer were behind […]
Forgotten TV Shows:
Project UFO
“Ezekiel saw the wheel. This is the wheel he said he saw. These are Unidentified Flying Objects that people say they are seeing now. Are […]
Dark Shadows Q & A:
“Why Do Dogs Howl at Barnabas?”
Taking a break from my hectic life, I paused to answer a blog-related email yesterday. While researching pointless minutia from a Dark Shadows Fan™, I found a […]
A Bewitching Scent and a Spell:
The Witchy World of Styx
There are those few times that social media serves a purpose other than pointless arguments. Midcentury Fashion is one of those rare groups where fights […]
The Sad Story of “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March”
[Yes, I’ve been lazy. Here’s a new post! – Ed.] Nineteen-sixty-eight turned to 1969. The world, filled with an equal feeling of hope and dread, […]
Hail and Farewell: Grier’s Almanac Ceases Publication
When I was a child, two things always heralded the impending holiday season: the arrival of Sears Christmas Catalog and Grier’s Almanac. When those things hit […]
Fifty Shades of Scrooge
I had planned a whole bunch of cheerful mid-century themed posts for this Christmas season. But, on the day after Thanksgiving, Omicron decided it was a […]