tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:39:12 +0000http://www.postmodernbarney.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dorian)Blogger1689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-1559860415354227282Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:38:00 +00002008-08-19T19:39:12.025-07:00Beach Partymetahttp://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/think-of-this-before-you-act.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-3242100100344906039Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-19T00:01:00.515-07:00DCvintage Actually, it's probably not even a good idea to be anywhere near a motor vehicle owned by a famous person... Ouch... I wonder if there was ever any questions in the DC editorial offices about whether or not it was in good taste to do a story about the death of James Dean in one of their horror magazines.http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/this-is-why-you-never-get-in-car-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-1732807403485410731Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-18T00:01:00.353-07:00DCvintage It's called a vanishing point, folks. Learn it, live it, love it.http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/but-i-have-been-assured-that-art-in-old.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-7486284723284205750Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:00:00 +00002008-08-16T11:12:19.900-07:00PBBC Reliquary, 1997, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child As a sequel to last week's post, I bring you...the sequel to last week's post. http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/paperback-book-club_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-7488982015961664478Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-15T00:01:01.486-07:00public service annoucementsThe post below was written by John DiBello, and I'm reposting it here with his permission because I think it addresses an important topic and I'd like to help bring this discussion to as wide an audience as possible. Overheard at San Diego Comic-Con while I was having lunch on the balcony of the Convention Center on Sunday July 27: a bunch of guys looking at the digital photos on the camera of http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/because-you-need-to-read-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-3350326734544079992Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:54:00 +00002008-08-14T06:57:02.245-07:00Disneyvintage Wh...why would Thumper need bathing trunks to go swimming? He's a rabbit. He's not even an anthropomorphic rabbit, he's just a rabbit. Thank God the children of America were spared the site of a naked rabbit...http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/disney-pruderery-at-its-finest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-7907179132575184490Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-13T00:01:02.235-07:00TorchwoodPreviewsHarvey Comics Classics Vol. 5: The Harvey Girls: I know the truism when it comes to comics is that someone, somewhere, is masturbating to it, but oh, God, please no...let it not be true this time... Magicman is quite possibly the gayest super-hero ever. And I'm finding it really hard to believe there's enough perceived demand for a $60 hard-cover collection of his adventures. Unless I'm really http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/consistency-is-last-refuge-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-1911643902383120995Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-12T00:01:02.209-07:00DCvintagesubtextIt's somebody's birthday today, so I've decided to be lazy and just post some vaguely subtextual face-kicking scenes... http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/youth-is-wasted-on-young.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-8840483280917323336Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-11T00:01:02.118-07:00Dorian done gone lost his mindvintagehttp://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/second-verse-same-as-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-7482437822473203890Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:13:00 +00002008-08-10T09:19:10.854-07:00filmpicking on Chris SimsHave Richard Benjamin threaten him with hand-puppets. Image from The Last of Sheila. No, context doesn't help.http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/how-to-scare-hell-out-of-chris-sims.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-6097446123323234337Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:56:00 +00002008-08-09T10:04:39.114-07:00PBBC Relic, 1995, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child The film cut the most interesting character and killed off the characters neccessary for a sequel. Film-makers can be incredibly stupid sometimes. Oh, the book's good, utterly insane in a good way, filled with exciting chases through, er, museums. Too bad DNA doesn't work that way. http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/paperback-book-club.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-5019237094219020166Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-08T00:01:10.981-07:00vintageBe patient with your child's methods of personal expression, such as clothing. Never belittle or call your child hurtful names. Encourage a sense of helpfulness and civic responsibility in your child. Share your favorite hobbies and activities with your child; this is an easy way to build a bond between you. Never ever use the threat of violence as discipline. Follow these guidelines http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/henry-mitchell-guide-to-parenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-2386213121409495430Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-07T00:01:17.730-07:00vintage Although many emotionally distant couples had found that erotic role-playing brought them closer together and renewed their marriage, it only seemed to worsen the relationship between Henry and Alice. Henry would offer to play "Cable Installer and Housewife" and Alice would decide that she would play the cable installer, and never show up for the appointment. In fact, nearly all of the http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/love-life-of-mitchells.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-3451081837187924510Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-06T00:01:14.089-07:00vintage Henry Mitchell's plan to "lose" Dennis in the downtown shopping district was thwarted by the meter maid. With an eyewitness placing him and Dennis both near the rail-way tracks at noon, there was no way he could claim that his son "wandered off" while his back was turned at the mall. His new life, free of a wife who hated him and the son that bound her to him, would have to wait for another dayhttp://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/hopes-of-henry-mitchell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-4414318344758798079Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:43:00 +00002008-08-05T17:48:33.611-07:00menToday is National Underwear Day! Which means one thing around here: http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/i-nearly-forgot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-2614624878313842008Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-05T00:01:01.611-07:00vintage See, it's funny because the joke is dependent on children in the seventies being familiar with a song from the forties... That's okay, Dennis, it's very "shiny" to use archaic slang terms without actually knowing what they mean...http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/get-thee-to-dictionary-dennis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-3747525620142739153Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:06:00 +00002008-08-04T07:09:27.196-07:00vintage "I was young once. I had a future. I was going to be an Olympic show-jumper. I was going to travel the world, wear glamorous dresses, be wined and dined by the most handsome and sophisticated men in Europe, before settling down in America with a trophy husband fifteen years younger than me and get a job as a newscaster or fashion designer. "And then I met Henry Mitchell. "Goddammit, when is thehttp://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/angst-of-mrs-mitchell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-2402105414811491563Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:54:00 +00002008-08-02T10:58:29.106-07:00PBBCBeach Party Gidget Goes to Rome, 1963, Frederick Kohner There are no Beach Party books in my collection, so you'll have to settle for a (ugh) Gidget book. Beach Bums MoonBully brings us some Beach Party inspired MST3K shenanigans. Meanwhile, the DJ of Armagideon Beach brings us two musical interludes inspired by the Beach films.http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/paperback-book-club-beach-party-edition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-94775088043131148Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +00002008-08-02T00:16:22.203-07:00Doctor Who There are so many things worth mentioning here, but I can't stand the possibility of spoilers, so let's do it this way: The re-union of Sarah-Jane and Davros is a brilliant touch. Captain Jack meets his match in Donna, though his flirting with Sarah-Jane was a nice touch. Rose is the most selfish, spoiled character I've ever seen, because even when she's given the one thing she (and all the http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/doctor-who-journeys-end.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-5658276409754844465Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-08-01T00:01:00.419-07:00Beach Party Back to the Beach, 1987 Back to the Beach is a strange entry in the "Beach Party" genre. It is not, strictly speaking, a continuation or sequel to the original Beach Party canon. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello are not playing the same Frankie and Dee-Dee characters we've seen in five previous films. No, this time out, they're playing a former teen idol/surfer and current used-car dealer http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/08/beach-party-alternate-takes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-3775032209604488613Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-07-31T00:01:01.242-07:00Beach Partymen http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/07/many-moods-of-deadhead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-3407956558186508654Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:03:00 +00002008-07-30T00:11:36.573-07:00Beach Party http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/07/epic-fails-of-eric-von-zipper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-908423069270004773Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-07-29T00:06:51.782-07:00Beach Party Beach Party, 1963 In the first film in the series, Frankie takes his girl-friend Dolores to what he thinks is a romantic get-away at the beach for summer vacation. Dolores, however, got a case of cold feet and decided to invite all of her and Frankie's friends in order to prevent him from catching her alone with her guard down. As Dolores puts it, she's close to being a woman, and she's "not http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/07/brief-guide-to-what-passes-for-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-5115627344953983403Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-07-28T00:01:02.568-07:00Beach PartyIt should seem surprising that a series of forty year old, cheaply made teen sex exploitation comedies should easily rank as amongst my favorite films of all time. I'm not one to romanticise the sixties; for any one who wasn't a straight white heterosexual male Protestant of middle class or better they were a pretty lousy time to try and get by, and the social changes that made improvements for http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/07/why-i-love-beach-party-movies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815491.post-8515913729411551834Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:11:00 +00002008-07-26T09:13:30.889-07:00PBBC Brak: When the Idols Walked, 1978, 1980 edition, John Jakes A pony-tail and a skirt...the 80s certainly were an interesting time for images of masculinity...http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2008/07/paperback-book-club_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dorian)