Cookie, originally uploaded by Simon Crubellier.
The late Derek Raymond, Britain’s finest noir writer, in a stencil by Grafter. Cheers to bornsleepy – if he hadn’t uploaded his photo of this I doubt I’d have bothered to check it out in the first place, never mind spend several hours there over two days.
Wow, that’s really something.
Previously [...]
Harry Broertjes and Rich Morrissey, originally uploaded by zilberhere.
Wow, this is really something.
Harry Broertjes was the editor of an influential Legion of Superheroes fanzine published by Mike Flynn, The Legion Outpost. There’s a commemorative issue on Google Book Search, which has a black-and-white picture of Mike Flynn, Richard Morrissey, and Harry Broertjes on page [...]
Carl Gafford at John Street, originally uploaded by zilberhere.
Carl Gafford at John Street
Carl Gafford was one of the early comic fans to publish a fanzine.
He also created the first organization of fanzine publishers, called the BPP — Blue Plaque Publications. (It was later revived into the UFO — United Fanzine Organization — chaired for [...]
Convicted paedophile stabbed to death, stripped and mutilated in suspected vigilante attack
A child sex offender was stabbed to death in a ‘ferocious’ attack in which his genitals were mutilated.
Andrew Cunningham was found naked and soaked in blood at his caravan home in Wandsworth, south London.
The 52-year-old, who had been jailed for raping a girl under [...]
Financials need at least $1 trillion: analyst
(Reuters) – The U.S. financial system still needs at least $1 trillion to $1.2 trillion of tangible common equity to restore confidence and improve liquidity in the credit markets, Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Paul Miller said.
Eight financial companies — Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Wells Fargo [...]
The first one-third of three of his novels — Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, Sly Mongoose — are available in RTF file format for free.
And best wishes for a speedy recovery.
– via GalleyCat
Hitler photographs of French surrender published for first time
He added the photographs were unusual because all official photographs were taken looking upwards to make Hitler appear taller than the 5ft 5in he was.
He added: “They really illustrate how short he actually was.”
Emphasis added by me.
I don’t know why, but until I read that, I never [...]
I think so.
This is something I’ve been meaning to write about for some time.
I could never read a music review. It was like encountering a foreign language that looked like English, but was some sort of bizarre code.
Today, is there any need for music reviewing? Anyone can pop over to their favorite online [...]
As promised last night, here’s the longer post about the very rare South African marionette series inspired by the works of Gerry Anderson: Interster.
This is what I was sent as text in email by a correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous:
Long and fond memories of my youth include the two seasons of Interster which aired [...]
Why talent is overrated
The conventional wisdom about “natural” talent is a myth. The real path to great performance is a matter of choice.
Even in purely mental work, the best performers observe themselves closely. They are able to monitor what is happening in their own minds and ask how it’s going. Researchers call this metacognition – [...]
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