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Category: Books

Adrastos, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction4 Comments

House Of Usher (1960)

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Vincent Price. Directed by Roger Corman. Script by Richard Matheson. Music by Les Baxter. Continue reading House Of Usher (1960)

Books, Congress, Jamie O, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

Mitt Burns His GOP Bridges

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 JCO

In a new book, Mitt Romney decides hell with it, I’m gonna trash my party. Continue reading Mitt Burns His GOP Bridges

Adrastos, Books, Congress, Fog Of History, Fog Of Scandal, Political Crack, Sports

Wrestling With Gym Jordan

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

In praise of David Maraniss. Continue reading Wrestling With Gym Jordan

Adrastos, Books, Film, Fog Of History, Pulp Fiction

Ill Met By Moonlight AKA Night Ambush

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, and David Oxley. Written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Continue reading Ill Met By Moonlight AKA Night Ambush

Adrastos, Bigotry, Books, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Race, Television, Vintage First Draft1 Comment

Vintage First Draft: There Is No Such Thing As White Culture

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

White nationalism is the ultimate granfalloon. Continue reading Vintage First Draft: There Is No Such Thing As White Culture

Adrastos, Books, Congress, Fog Of History, Malakatude, Political Crack2 Comments

Gym Jordan: Honorary Kennedy?

July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

More fakakta nonsense from Bobby Junior and his new BFF, Gym Jordan. Continue reading Gym Jordan: Honorary Kennedy?

Bigotry, Books, COVID-19, Economy, Education, Guns, Jamie O, Medicine, Political Crack, Race

The Quiet Crisis: America’s Life Expectancy Decline

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 JCO

And no, it’s not all because of COVID. It started before the pandemic. Continue reading The Quiet Crisis: America’s Life Expectancy Decline

Adrastos, Books, Fog Of History, Fog Of Scandal, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, The Darnold

Enough With The Trump-Capone Analogy

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Of Donald Trump, Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and Logan Roy. The purloined papers case is some serious shit. Continue reading Enough With The Trump-Capone Analogy

Adrastos, Books, Film, Fog Of History, Pulp Fiction, Television

Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Fallen Sparrow

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara, and Walter Slezak’s eyebrows. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Fallen Sparrow

Adrastos, Bigotry, Books, Film, Fog Of History, Race

To Kill A Mockingbird

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Harper Lee, Aaron Sorkin, and Richard Thomas. Continue reading To Kill A Mockingbird

Adrastos, Books, Diary, Fog Of History, Law/Justice, Music, Odds & Sods, Sports, Television1 Comment

Saturday Odds & Sods: Dead Man’s Curve

May 13, 2023May 12, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Dead Man’s Curve

Adrastos, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Pitfall

April 27, 2023April 26, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Dick Powell, Lizbeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, and Raymond Burr. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Pitfall

Adrastos, Books, Dipshit Insurrection, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, The Darnold

Witless Witness Watch

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Michael Cohen won’t shut up. Mike Pence is reluctant to speak up. Continue reading Witless Witness Watch

Adrastos, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction, Television

Kiss The Blood Off My Hands

March 9, 2023March 8, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, and Robert Newton. Continue reading Kiss The Blood Off My Hands

Adrastos, Art, Books, Diary, Film, Music, Odds & Sods, R.I.P., Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretzel Logic

March 4, 2023March 3, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretzel Logic

Adrastos, Books, Fog Of History, Political Crack, War In Ukraine4 Comments

The False Fog Of Fake War?

March 1, 2023March 3, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

The paranoid style in American politics is nothing new. Continue reading The False Fog Of Fake War?

Adrastos, Books, British Politics, Carnival, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Fog Of Scandal, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Jack Straw

January 28, 2023January 27, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jack Straw

Adrastos, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: In A Lonely Place

January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: In A Lonely Place

Adrastos, Books, Congress, Film, Fog Of Scandal, Political Crack2 Comments

The Talented Mr. Santos

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

How far would you go to become someone else? Continue reading The Talented Mr. Santos

Adrastos, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Pushover

December 22, 2022December 21, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Phil Carey, and Dorothy Malone. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Pushover

Adrastos, Bigotry, Books, Fog Of History, Malakatude, Political Crack, Religion

Malaka Of The Week: Johnny Teague

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Evangelical Christian Johnny Teague has written a work of speculative fiction: The Lost Diaries Of Anne Frank. His Anne is a Jesus freak wannabe. It’s as if Hillary Mantel depicted Henry VIII as a selfless celibate in Wolf Hall. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Johnny Teague

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction2 Comments

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Rocket To The Morgue

October 27, 2022October 26, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

What do HH Holmes and Anthony Boucher have in common? Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Rocket To The Morgue

Adrastos, Books, Political Crack, Television

Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Very Last Gambado

October 20, 2022October 19, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Lovejoy on the loose. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Very Last Gambado

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Gaudy Night, Savage Night

October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Dorothy Sayers meets Jim Thompson. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Gaudy Night, Savage Night

Adrastos, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction, Television

Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Double Take

October 6, 2022October 5, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: A hard-boiled mystery story, tougher than a ten-minute egg. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Double Take

Adrastos, Books, Fog Of History, Political Crack1 Comment

Of Mussolini Souvenirs & The Italian Election

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Governments come and go but Italy is forever. The spirit of Nately’s old man is eternal. Continue reading Of Mussolini Souvenirs & The Italian Election

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Storm Centre

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: She brought madness and desire to a tropical outpost. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Storm Centre

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Reefs Of Space

September 22, 2022September 21, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Mais reef. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Reefs Of Space

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Space Relations

September 15, 2022September 14, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: A slightly gothic interplanetary take. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Space Relations

Adrastos, Books, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Television3 Comments

Life Imitates Billions: The Berman-Barr Battle

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Geoffrey Berman meets Chuck Rhoades. Continue reading Life Imitates Billions: The Berman-Barr Battle

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