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The '70s gave us horrible fashion and some horrible music and weird films. I grew up in the '70s and when you're in the middle of it, especially as a kid, you can't really understand how weird a decade it was. But I think the '70s produced the coolest martial arts films--especially the Shaw Brothers films.
Read MoreGateway transported me from my life to a future earth, which I must admit, seemed bleak, but fascinated me. Other classic science fiction novels had socked me in the nose with sense of wonder, but Frederik Pohl's Gateway invaded my dreams.
Read MoreAs if every other day of the week isn't casual enough. I can almost understand casual Friday when the other days of the work week required people to dress in a business-like manner, but now? Even where I work there are some people who take it too far: Ripped jeans. Tennis shoes. Flip flops?
Read MoreIt's difficult to pick only five since Frank is one of my all-time favorites. These albums were meant to be listened to side one and side two and in order (I know, heresy in this age of digital music and the option to buy single tracks--oh, by the way, we had that too when I was a kid--they were called 45s. Moving on...
Read MoreIn A Lonely Place is one of the few films that nearly equals the novel upon which it was based. The novel of the same name, by Dorothy B. Hughes, is a masterpiece and quite daring for the time, the 1940s. Hughes compares quite favorably with James M. Cain (author of Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice) and in many ways surpasses him as a writer of noir. Her character development exceeds Cain's, in my opinion.
Read MoreThe Dashing Chap is the website for writer Alistair Kimble, wherein he discusses writing, classic style, and pop culture.
