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Hit the town last night to see Ministry kick off their 2024 tour with @garynuman and @front.line.assembly.official …the concert kicked some serious ass! The show opened with them always great Front Line Assembly, featuring @leebbill and @rhys_fulber dropping their electronic grooves with new shredder @matthewsetzer … Gary Numan and company surprised me with how great they sound live. Recently started listening to his latest albums (worth exploring). Fantastic dystopian vibes— “My Name is Ruin” sounded especially great. @weareministry closed the show with its signature bombast; the mosh pit churred like a feeding frenzy, and the balcony undulated to us seated rockers whipping our hair. Even @jello_biafra_gsm joined in for a song. Some how missed my Warfield poster on the way out! Who was there last night, or hitting a later show? @thewarfield ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #goth #gothic #horrorart #industrial #industrialdancemusic #industrialmusic #industrialtechno #metal #metalmusic #noise #synthesizer #synthpop #weareministry #frontlineassembly #garynumanofficial #forbiddenfuturesmagazine #forbiddenfutures

Rest in Peace Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He came to prominence in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic, and self-deprecating humor. Lewis first tried stand-up at an open-mic in Greenwich Village in 1971. He was discovered by comedian David Brenner, while performing in Greenwich Village. Brenner helped Lewis’s career by introducing him to the comedy clubs in Los Angeles and getting Lewis his first appearance on The Tonight Show. By the mid-1970s, Lewis had appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and publications such as the New York Daily News and New York Magazine were naming him one of the “new breed” or “class” of comedians, along with such names as Robert Klein, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Andy Kaufman, Richard Belzer, and Elayne Boosler. His influences were Buster Keaton, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, and Richard Pryor. Lewis was known for dark comedy, self-deprecation, and for frank discussions of his many neuroses as well as his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction. He was noted for wearing all-black attire and for pacing and gesticulating wildly during his stand-up act. In his early days he was also known for bringing taped-together sheets from a legal pad to his performances, that he would lay across the floor in front of him to remind him of joke premises and topics he wished to cover during his performance. As an actor, he was known for having co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis in the sitcom Anything but Love, for playing the role of Prince John in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and for his recurring role as a semi-fictionalized version of himself in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. — Wikipedia — just saw him on the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm… glad he got to work until the end. He was always that weird & funny (forehead touching) comedian that pierced your soul with his intense gaze, before cracking a joke about himself: “I’m paranoid about everything in my life. Even at home on my stationary bike, I have a rearview mirror.” Any fans? #richardlewis #larrydavid #comedians

John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied complex roles in independent films. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler, and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for four Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He received his career breakthrough with Five Corners (1987). He acted in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), and Clockers (1995). He also starred in Coens’ Miller’s Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He also starred in Fearless (1993), Quiz Show (1994), and Gloria Bell (2018). He portrayed Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series (2007–2017) and Carmine Falcone in The Batman (2022). For playing the role of Ambrose Monk, Adrian Monk’s brother, in the USA Network series Monk Turturro received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He starred in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016) earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nomination. He had a recurring role in the Showtime series The Plot Against America (2020), and he currently stars in the Apple TV+ series Severance (2022–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Television Series. He has directed five films, Mac (1992), Illuminata (1998), Romance and Cigarettes (2005), Fading Gigolo (2013), and The Jesus Rolls (2020). — Wikipedia — JT hit my radar with the trippy Barton Fink, …dug his turns in The Big Lebowski and Being Human… Favorite role? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #bartonfink #johnturturro #legend #movie #movies #thebatman #thebiglebowski #typewriter

🎬… just learned that Matt Sweeney passed recently — Rest In Peace! Another legendary craftsman lost… a solid contributor to the movie magic that makes flicks believable: “Sweeney, whose roster of special effects credits stretches back to such 1980s hits as 9 to 5, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, Big Top Pee-wee and Lethal Weapon 2, won three Technical Achievement Oscars, the first in 1987 for his invention of an automatic capsule gun to simulate bullet hits. The second and third Oscars came in 1998 (for his invention of the Liquid Synthetic Air fog effect system), and in 2002 (for a vehicular camera rig he developed with stunt coordinator Mic Rodgers during the production of The Fast and the Furious).“ — Deadline. Regarding movie magic, I don’t agree with Denis Villeneuvec (I get his point, and even Christopher Nolan’s), however, I am there for the dialogue too. Anyone remember Arnold’s one liners in the 80’s? A muffled info dump (drowned out by a Hans Zimmer track) does no one any favors, much less a situation where you ask yourself what did they just say, it takes you out of the moment. There are times when the tv viewing habits spill over to the movies —where I wanna pause the film, rewind it, even put the subtitles on … my hand even reaches for the “remote.” Anyone else experience this? Either way, looking forward to the next Dune installment. Has anyone watched an installment of THE SECOND BEAT HOSPITAL IN THE GALAXY? Looks groovy… ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #actionmovies #bestmovies #cinema #classicmovies #director #greatmovies #hollywood #horrormovies #movies #moviesline #moviesquotes

Happy Birthday Umberto Romano (1906 - 1982). Born in Italy, he became one of the relatively few muralists whose art graces the post office of his childhood house. Umberto Romano was born in Bracigliano, near Salerno, Italy in 1906 and moved to the United States at the age of 9, where he was raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. After attending both Howard Street School and Central High School, Romano completed some of his earliest art training in Springfield in local schools and museums. Romano then attended the American Academy in Rome, where he would later go on to serve as a member of the board and vice president of the design academy from 1967 to 1974. Romano began by painting portraits in classic modern style, including the mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His later work is described as abstract expressionism, though it retained human expressions and contours, elements that are notable in his murals in the Springfield post office. He went on to paint portraits of such well-known figures as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President John F. Kennedy, and Albert Einstein. He drew the controversial “Mr. Pynchon And The Settling Of Springfield” in 1937 which showed a native Indian holding a cellphone. — National Postal Museum — not much as been written up on Umberto Romano beyond the meme that featured a “native Indian” holding a cellphone. But that meme was also window into this artists stark works. It’s always nice to discover a new artist. Fans? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #abstract #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #abstractpainting #artcollector #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #artlovers #artoftheday #modernart #modernartist #modernpainting #oilpainting #paintings #surrealism

🌹Rest In Peace Ramona Fradon (October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024) was an American comics artist known for her work illustrating Aquaman and Brenda Starr, Reporter, and co-creating the superhero Metamorpho. Her career began in 1950 and lasted until her retirement in January 2024. Ramona Fradon entered cartooning just after graduating from the Parsons School of Design. Soon after she left art school, she married her husband, New Yorker cartoonist Dana Fradon, who encouraged her to try cartooning. Comic-book letterer George Ward, a friend of her husband, asked her for samples of her artwork to pitch for job openings. She landed her first assignment on the DC Comics with work on Shining Knight. Her first regular assignment was illustrating an Adventure Comics backup feature starring Aquaman. This included a revamping of the character for the Silver Age of Comics in Adventure Comics #260 (May 1959). Alongside said revamp, she and writer Robert Bernstein co-created the sidekick Aqualad in Adventure Comics #269 (February 1960). Following her time with Aquaman, Fradon returned to co-create Metamorpho. She drew the characters to try-out appearances in The Brave and the Bold and the first four issues of the eponymous series and returned briefly to design a few covers for the title. She later commented, “I think [writer Bob Haney and I] both felt that Metamorpho was our baby. I never had an experience like I had working with Bob Haney on Metamorpho. It was like our minds were in perfect synch ... it was one of those wonderful collaborations that doesn’t happen very often.” Fradon drew The Brave and the Bold #59 (April–May 1965), a Batman/Green Lantern team-up, the first time that series featured Batman teaming with another DC superhero. For the SpongeBob Comics, Fradon contributed to the Mermaidman stories due to her work for Aquaman. — Wikipedia —- another legend lost. Her work had clean lines, which were very pleasing to the eye. Fans? You will be missed! ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #superhero #metamorpho #ramonafradon #comicbooks #comics #dccomics #dccomicsart #dccomicsartwork #dccomicsfacts #dccomicsnews #dceu #flash #greenlantern #superheroes #theflash #wonderwoman

Happy Birthday Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin “Marty” Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. For his performance as high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. For his work in Miami Vice, Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. For his performance in Stand and Deliver, Olmos was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles as folk hero Gregorio Cortez in The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Felipe Reyes in Mayans M.C., narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit, and the voice of Chicharrón in Coco. Over the course of his career, Olmos has been a pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Latinos in U.S. media.His notable direction, production, and starring roles for films, made-for-TV movies, and TV shows include Wolfen, Triumph of the Spirit, Talent for the Game, American Me, The Burning Season, My Family/Mi Familia, Caught, 12 Angry Men, The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, Walkout, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, American Family, and Dexter. — Wikipedia — a constant presence on TV/movies in the 80/90s, his zen, commanding presence always added a dash of gravitas. Especially enjoyed him in Battlestar Galactica as Commander Adama & Dect. Gaff… what’s your favorite EJO role? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #1980s #80sfilm #bladerunner #edwardjamesolmos #miamivice

🎬 … watching Salem’s Lot (1979) was pretty darn scary when the kid’s undead friend floated outside his window. Knowing a new version is sitting on the shelf is intriguing, but is it necessary. The new The Stand wasn’t too compelling and kinda dull. Don’t know if we really need a new update to SL. However, it’s sad the hard work folks put into it may just turn into another tax write-off for Warner Bros like Batgirl and the Looney Tunes flick. … even turds get a release on streaming. Speaking of remakes, the original Ghost was just fine as is… a remake is a waste of time; even if it’s changed, just take some more time and shape it into something else. Who wants a remake of Ghost? Sequels, on the other hand, like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the next installment reeks of nostalgic desperation: “Sam and Victor’s Day Off” The sequel will focus on characters from the OG film: Sam and Victor, the valet drivers who took Cameron’s dad’s car for a joy ride when the trio visited Chicago for the day, per E! News. While the valets’ journey is not shown in the 1986 movie, they did add a ton of miles to the Ferrari, leaving Cameron absolutely furious. Touching on the plot, producer Jon Hurwitz tweeted, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was epic. But the valets who stole Cameron’s dad’s car had a pretty insane day too. It’s time for their story to be told.” Still waiting for the sequel to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Too bad Eric Idle is broke (like us normals), no different from countless other professionals who spent their fortunes living life…. I used to think that once someone made it, they’d have bank until they passed from our view. Seems he wants to blame Gilliam’s kid for him being broke, but the chatter from the MP crew placed the blame on him. Surprised to learn they hate each other: Cleese- “We always loathed and despised each other, but it’s only recently that the truth has begun to emerge.” What’s your favorite Monty Python movie?

🐳 … nature can be goofy which is a salve for these trying times. Watching my cats simply existing is entertaining at times, trying not to laugh at my orange demon for misunderstanding distances when jumping or swatting at flies at the other side of the window… I wonder about his inner life. Does he feel stupid when he epically fails? Image applying a lotion that actually does attract Wolf spiders. Moisturizing the night before and waking up with spiders covering your bed. It turned out to be a disgruntled customer’s one-star review that prompted a bunch of articles dismissing this. Still an interesting idea for a story, the lotion that attracts a monster because the pheromones are of a prey it eats. Who hasn’t experienced (at least once), their cats trying to lick off cologne/perfume off their neck. I kinda want my cat to be a shitty hunter. While I don’t mind him snagging rats and mice, it’s the birds I lecture him about. Fortunately he doesn’t catch that many, but still, he’s well fed and entertained and he kills when supposedly bored. Trying to make him an indoor cat didn’t work out because living near the wilds has a ton of stimulation…he’s even boxed mcoyotes stalking him. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #animals #cuteanimal #funnyanimals #funnycats

Happy Birthday Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. He illustrated works as diverse as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, and T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Throughout his career, he illustrated over 200 book covers for Doubleday Anchor, Random House’s Looking Glass Library, Bobbs-Merrill, and as a freelance artist.In later years he produced cover illustrations and interior artwork for many children’s books by John Bellairs, as well as books begun by Bellairs and continued by Brad Strickland after Bellairs’ death. Gorey’s illustrated (and sometimes wordless) books, with their vaguely ominous air and ostensibly Victorian and Edwardian settings, have long had a cult following. He made a notable impact on the world of theater with his designs for the 1977 Broadway revival of Dracula, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design. In 1980, Gorey became particularly well known for his animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery! In the introduction of each Mystery! episode, host Vincent Price would welcome viewers to “Gorey Mansion”. Gorey left the bulk of his estate to a charitable trust benefiting cats and dogs, as well as other species, including bats and insects. — Wikipedia — first saw his work as the opening animation for Mystery which came on after some documentary or such, then discovered his works on postcards, t-shirts and posters at trendy stores like Commander Salamander in D.C., until finally picking up EG’s Amphigorey Too. Such a cool cat! Fans? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #abstractart #artoftheday #classichorror #edwardgorey #fantasyartwork #gorey #horrorbook #spookyart #surrealism

Happy Birthday Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his distinctive deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), performing in modern and classical theatre productions. He played the Vicomte de Valmont in the RSC stage production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1985, and after the production transferred to the West End in 1986 and Broadway in 1987, he was nominated for a Tony Award. Rickman’s first film role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He earned critical acclaim for Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Sense and Sensibility (1995), and Michael Collins (1996). He went on to play Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series (2001–2011). His other notable film roles include in Quigley Down Under (1990), Dogma (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), Love Actually (2003), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), its 2016 sequel, and Eye in the Sky (2015). He directed the films The Winter Guest (1997), and A Little Chaos (2014). — Wikipedia — AR could read the cereal box and it would sound authoritative and be entertaining. Taken too soon, one can wonder what new roles he may have graced with his gravitas. Enjoyed almost all projects he was in… What’s your treasured Alan Rickman role?

Happy Birthday Brion Howard James (February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999) was an American character actor. He portrayed Leon Kowalski in Blade Runner and appeared in Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Silverado, Tango & Cash, Red Heat, The Player, and The Fifth Element. James was frequently cast as an antagonist, appearing more frequently in lower-budget horror and action films and TV shows throughout the 1980s and 1990s. James appeared in more than 100 films before he died of a heart attack at the age of 54. James’s career took a sudden upturn in the early 1980s with roles in Southern Comfort and 48 Hrs. (which were both directed by Walter Hill), but it was his performance as Leon Kowalski in the 1982 film Blade Runner that gave him his greatest, most lasting fame. James followed this up with roles in Enemy Mine, Flesh + Blood, A Breed Apart, Silverado, Armed and Dangerous, Red Heat, Steel Dawn, Red Scorpion, Tango & Cash, and Showdown. James had guest spots in the television shows Benson, Quincy, M.E., The A-Team, Little House on the Prairie, The Dukes of Hazzard, Matlock, Miami Vice, Hunter, along with the Hunter take off Sledge Hammer!, and Dynasty. In the 1990s, he appeared in Highlander: The Series, and as Sheriff Bowman in the Millennium season 2 episode “Luminary”. He lent his voice to the character of Parasite in Superman: The Animated Series. In 1982, he was in the television film Hear No Evil as Billy Boy Burns. James starred in the low-budget 1989 supernatural horror film The Horror Show (aka House III), where he played serial killer “Meat Cleaver Max” Jenke. In 1994, he played a grouchy sponsor who became a victim of the gruesome goings-on during a 1939 radio show in the film Radioland Murders. Near the end of his career, he appeared as the amiable General Munro in The Fifth Element (1997), a rare non-villainous role. — Wikipedia. ⁣— BHJ played his cards well and ended up in so many cult classics… what’s your favorite BHJ flick? .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #brionjames #brucewillis #cinema #movies #nowwatching #tearsinrain #thefifthelement

🎬 …Sly has chosen his Rambo successor. Ryan Gosling is an interesting choice… if they even make another installment. But who is to argue with Sly on his musings, however, maybe ask David Morrell, the creator of Rambo to get his take. A Repo Man sequel is coming: “The story was first reported by Variety, who confirmed that Cox would be in the director’s chair, with Kiowa Gordon (Twilight) starring as the punk-turned-repo-man, Otto, portrayed by Emilio Estevez in the original. Plot-wise, the new film will pick up right where the original left off, following Otto after a brief trip “across the infinities of time and space,” which has only aged him “exactly 90 minutes.” According to filmmakers, Repo Man 2 will “deliver an enthralling mix of punk energy, existential comedy, and unconventional storytelling, navigating the absurd and chaotic world of repo men into a new age of nuclear brinkmanship and driverless cars.” That sounds fun, not sure Emilio looks only 90 minutes older, so likely it would be recast. Incidentally: “In the ‘90s, Cox attempted to make a sequel with Willem Dafoe and the original’s Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, but the story never came into fruition as a film, and was instead ultimately used for the graphic novel Waldo’s Hawaiian Holiday. In 2009, Cox wrote and directed another entry in the Repo Man universe, Repo Chick.” Never saw or heard of Repo Chick, anyone see it? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #cultmovies #cultmovies🎬 #davidlynch #hollywood #horrormovies #independentfilm #retro #vhs

Happy Birthday Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled “tough guy” characters. Although initially typecast as the “heavy” (i.e. villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes, such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on the television series M Squad (1957–1960). Marvin’s notable roles in film included Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico Fardan in The Professionals (1966), Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ben Rumson in Paint Your Wagon (1969), Walker in Point Blank (1967), and the Sergeant in The Big Red One (1980). Marvin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on August 12, 1942. Before finishing School of Infantry, he was a quartermaster. Marvin served in the 4th Marine Division as a scout sniper in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including assaults on Eniwetok and Saipan-Tinian. While serving as a member of “I” Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marvin participated in 21 amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands. He was wounded in action on June 18, 1944, while taking part in the assault on Mount Tapochau during the Battle of Saipan, in the course of which most of his company became casualties. He was hit by machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve, and then was hit again in the foot by a sniper. He previously held the rank of corporal, but had been demoted for troublemaking. Marvin’s decorations include the Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon. Marvin was a Democrat. He publicly endorsed John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election. In a 1969 Playboy interview, Marvin said he supported gay rights. Marvin died of a heart attack on August 29, 1987, aged 63. — Wikipedia ⁣— in the 80s, TBS showed Lee Marvin flicks …The Dirty Dozen was in heavy rotation along with The Big Red One. Picked my favorites… what’s yours .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #leemarvin #legends

Happy Birthday Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk) February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor known for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for City Slickers (1991). Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He briefly attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, he starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He was also the host of the ABC television series Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (1982–1986). Palance had never been out of work since his career began, but his success on Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and the international popularity of Bagdad Cafe (1987) created a new demand for his services in big-budget Hollywood films. He made memorable appearances as villains in Young Guns (1988) as Lawrence Murphy, Tango & Cash (1989) and Tim Burton’s Batman (1989). He also performed on Roger Waters’ first solo album release, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), and was in Outlaw of Gor (1988) and Solar Crisis (1990). — Wikipedia — JP played heavies and softies with equal measure … grinding scenes with his gravely voice. Love that he did sci-fi, fantasy and scary movies! Somehow Curly in City Slickers ended up being my favorite role… what’s yours? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #jackpalance #legend #movie #moviefan #movieposter #moviescenes #nowwatching #poster #retro #screamfactory #slasherfilms #slashermovies #stallone #timburton #tombstone #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vhscollection #vhscollector #warnerbros #western #wildwest

Happy Birthday Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. She was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, to be SFWA Grand Master, and to be inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She was a founding member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers’ Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of heroic fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, led by Lin Carter, with entry by fantasy credentials alone. Norton was the only woman among the original eight members. Some works by SAGA members were published in Lin Carter’s Flashing Swords! anthologies. In 1976, Gary Gygax invited Norton to play Dungeons & Dragons in his Greyhawk world. Norton subsequently wrote Quag Keep, which involved a group of characters who travel from the real world to Greyhawk. It was the first novel to be set, at least partially, in the Greyhawk setting and, according to Alternative Worlds, the first to be based on D&D. Quag Keep was excerpted in Issue 12 of The Dragon (February 1978) just prior to the book’s release. Often called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy by biographers such as J. M. Cornwell, and organizations such as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Publishers Weekly, and Time, Andre Norton wrote novels for more than 70 years. She had a profound influence on the entire genre, having more than 300 published titles read by at least four generations of science fiction and fantasy readers and writers. —Wikipedia — huge influence … would have loved to play D&D with her, especially if she DM’d the module! Was any of her ideas ever adapted for the big screen aside from The Beastmaster? Honored to featured her story “All Cats Are Grey” in Forbidden Futures 10 (find it at B&N), illustrated by @mikedubisch. Name your favorite AN book/story. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #andrenorton #cauldron #dawbooks #witches #dungeonsanddragons

Happy Birthday Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films El Topo and The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky has been “venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts” for his work which “is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation”. In 1966 he created his first comic strip, Anibal 5, and in 1967 he directed his first feature film, the surrealist Fando y Lis, which caused a huge scandal in Mexico, eventually being banned. His next film, the acid western El Topo (1970), became a hit on the midnight movie circuit in the United States, considered the first-ever midnight cult film, and garnered high praise from John Lennon, who convinced former Beatles manager Allen Klein to provide Jodorowsky with $1 million to finance his next film. The result was The Holy Mountain (1973), a surrealist exploration of western esotericism. Disagreements with Klein, however, led to both The Holy Mountain and El Topo failing to gain widespread distribution, although both became classics on the underground film circuit. After a cancelled attempt at filming Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel Dune, Jodorowsky produced five more films: the family film Tusk (1980); the surrealist horror Santa Sangre (1989); the failed blockbuster The Rainbow Thief (1990); and the first two films in a planned five-film autobiographical series The Dance of Reality (2013) and Endless Poetry (2016). Jodorowsky is also a comic book writer, most notably penning the science fiction series The Incal throughout the 1980s, which has been described as having a claim to be “the best comic book” ever written. Jodorowsky has also extensively written and lectured about his own spiritual system, which he calls “psychomagic” and “psychoshamanism”, which borrows from alchemy, the tarot, Zen Buddhism and shamanism. — Wikipedia ⁣— shame that his 70’s Dune didn’t manifest, would’ve been trippy… what’s your favorite AJ project? .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #alejandrojodorowsky #arbolgenealogico #arkestra #cinema #cinematic #cinephilecommunity #davidlynch #filmbuff #moviefreak #surrealismo #weirdmusic

Matthew Abram Groening (/ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012) and the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), and Disenchantment (2018–2023). The Simpsons is the longest-running U.S. primetime television series in history and the longest-running U.S. animated series and sitcom. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde magazine Wet in 1978. At its peak, it was carried in 250 weekly newspapers, and caught the attention of American producer James L. Brooks, who contacted Groening in 1985 about adapting it for animated sequences for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening created a new set of characters, the Simpson family. The shorts were spun off into their own series, The Simpsons, which has since aired 760 episodes. In 1997, Groening and former Simpsons writer David X. Cohen developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000, which premiered in 1999. It ran for four years on Fox; was picked up in 2008 by Comedy Central for another 5 years; then was finally picked up by Hulu for another revival in 2023. In 2016, Groening developed a new series for Netflix, Disenchantment, which premiered in August 2018. Groening has won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, 11 for The Simpsons and 2 for Futurama, and a British Comedy Award for “outstanding contribution to comedy” in 2004. In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, 2012. — Wikipedia — found MG with Life is Hell books, in the 80’s it was part of the happening underground comix scene (Zap, Love and Rockets, Maus, TMNT, Cerebus, The Tick, Zippy, etc). When the Simpsons dropped on the Tracey Ullman Show (its crude style sparked an animation wave), and a hunt for Easter eggs every episode. Favorite MG show is Futurama, what’s yours?

🤖🦾🦿…. It was Ray Kurzweil‘s birthday yesterday and it got me pondering about technological singularity (where tech advances so much that it becomes unpredictable), coupled with Transhumanism (which advocates the enhancement of the human condition by developing and making use of widely available sophisticated technologies). Since robot factories are opening, limb augmentation can make you a cyborg (with a diamond brain you can download yourself into), and AI is rapidly advancing, it seems unpredictability is right around the corner and we are fast approaching the event horizon this century. …perhaps AI becomes sentient and it all works out… we’re pals in the future. If an e-being is sentient, is it also conscious? Panpsychism proposes consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality. Some physicists are exploring the notion of a universal consciousness, therefore, robots may share the same reality we do. Will e-beings be equal to downloaded humans or fleshies? Will they join the cycle of reincarnation (for those that believe in it)?Would they ponder deeper than us and see the code filaments of the simulation and hack it, or kill the theory for good? Certain that e-beings will ponder stuff like we do. The future we fear may not be roaming killbots, but instead wandering monks spreading their mysterious message of some sort. Clifford Donald Simak explored something like this in his book Project Pope, “…a group of robots and humans living on a planet called the End of Nothing. Their mission is to search the universe and other dimensions to seek out true religion and knowledge. They add the information they gather to their Pope, a robotic supercomputer, in order to make an infallible authority of all knowledge and religion.” This could very well be one timeline. We may never know the answers to the big questions, but at least it’s fun to ponder. Theories? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #ai #aiagenda #aidystopia #exponentialgrowth #exponentialtechnology #future #raykurzweil #singularity #technology

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