ROGER EBERT: FILM PROPHET?

I found this be be quite creepliy cool. In an 1987 interview with sci-fi/science magazine OMNI, film critic extraordinaire Roger Ebert had THIS to say about the future of the movie-watching experience in homes and it's rather prophetic:"We will have high-definition, wide-screen television sets and a push-button dialing system to order the movie you want at the time you want it. You’ll not go to a video store but instead order a movie on demand and...

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MILDRED & MABEL: ON THE MAKE (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood music Mildred and Mabel were cousins. And boy, they were on the make.You see, they were Coney Island girls and, as such, knew a thing or two about a thing or two. Mildred was older by three months and held the demeanor of a busted suitcase -- and she was considered the nicer one. Her welder father taught her everything she needed know about life: Never trust a scab; people always say how they feel when they're drunk; and...

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ANTHONY VENUTOLO ... REVOLUTIONARY?

A month or so back, I received an e-mail from writer Adam Schirling, a gritty scribe who not only blogs from his own funky site but curates the underground-feeling blog/zine Drunken Absurdity.Adam said that he wanted to feature me as one of the site's Revolutionary voices. I was instantly honored and told him that I would shoot him some stuff as soon as I could. But now the pressure was more than on. Revolutionary? That sounded all ... important....

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'IRONWEED': A MUST-SEE FILM AND BOOK

How did this one escape me? While I've seen the film on the cable grid before, I actually never bothered to watch the 1987 drama "Ironweed" until this weekend.And boy, should I have. Dunno how this one managed to escape me. It stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep and is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by William Kennedy.It centers on the relationship of a homeless alcoholic couple: Francis, a washed up vagrant and Helen (Streep), a terminally...

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NO HAPPY ENDINGS HERE... BUKOWSKI PRINCESSES?

These disturbing pics are part of a photo gallery of princesses from fairy tales living in current times. The shots were taken by photographer Dina Goldstein, and, as you will see, are none too joyful. In fact, they kinda remind me of Bukowski-style princesses... A tad damaged.To see the rest of "When The Fairy Tale Ends, Real Life Begins: A Gallery Of Fallen Princesses," click HERE.Tw...

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BUBBLES McCOY: WOMAN OF ILL REPUTE (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood music She was supposed to arrive at 8. At least that's what Mitchell told Brian.Mitchell had an "in" with some of the guys at the Fillmore Hotel who often dealt with these ladies of ill repute and seventy-five beans was all it took. Actually, it was five for Mitchell, ten for his "in" (his bellhop brother) and sixty more for the chick. Any way you slice it, Brian was going to get it done. Tonight.Understandably, he was nervous...

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WAY LATE (#poetry)

Press play for some mood music WAY LATENothing safe comes after midnight.At least that's howI've always seen it.Useless alley cats howllike a dying infant,haunting your dreams.The phone rings.It's the death call--the one weall dread getting.Mom's dead.Dad fell.All at night,and way late.And then there's our ailmentsThe tooth hurts more;Fever rages;Pain throbsand throbsand throbsand all way,way late.And that dude driving lateat night? Couldn't say...

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DON'T DO IT! VINTAGE MICKEY TRIES SUICIDE

Click the pic to enlarge to hi-res and then click on it again.In yet another indication that times have indeed f#@king changed, check out this vintage comic strip where Mickey Mouse attempts suicide after his beloved Minnie leaves him.SEE ALSO: WAS VINTAGE MICKEY A GIGOLO?Tw...

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R.I.P: THE ORIGINAL BRUNETTE JANE RUSSELL

Jane Russell, the voluptuous pin-up who set millions of G.I. hearts' on fire during WW II has died at 89. Her death from respiratory failure came 70 years after billionaire Howard Hughes had put her on the road to stardom with his edgy Western "The Outlaw." Although her sultry, sensual look and her hourglass figure made her the subject of numerous nightclub jokes, unlike Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth and other pinup queens of the era, Russell was...

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