My bandmates and I are having a Halloween get-together to eat lots of food and watch horror movies.  I've lined up a double feature of Suspiria and Theatre of Blood.  Here are the trailers:

The book club's next book is The Amber Room by Steve Berry.  The discussion will take place at the library on December 2nd, 6:30pm. 

Steve Berry's website

Steve Berry's Wikipedia entry

Wikipedia entry about the real Amber Room

U.S. News article about real Amber Room

Read a short interview with Berry about the book

Read a short review of the book

 

(Originally Posted Oct.28)

Tonight at 6:30pm, the Fulton Co. Library's book club discusses the book The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells.  Here's a chance to hear Wells speak in a rare audio clip of Orson Welles talking to H.G. Wells. 

Welcome to the official podcast and blog of the Fulton County Library.  Check here regularly for audio podcast announcements and other content.  You can also subscribe to receive the audio podcast directly to your computer through iTunes or the podcast catcher of your choice.

In an effort to make The Attic of Babel even more a one-stop place for all my podcast and blog content, I will be doing two things:

1. Moving (a bit at a time) all The Comic Book Attic blog and podcast content here.  This doesn't mean that the CBA page will go away, nor does it mean that the content will be deleted from the CBA page; I'm just going to back-up that content here.  (Even if I wanted to combine the pages, there's soooo much content on the CBA site, it's going to take years to catch up with the present.)

2. Move the little content there is on the Fulton County Library podcast page over here as well, and then clone-post the new content here from now on.  This podcast and blog content will probably not interest more than a local audience, but it's a podcast I do; therefore, it is included.

I can't believe people still need to be educated about this.

I was in the video store the other month, and I overheard a guy talking about how much he hated widescreen.  By the guy's words, I could tell he really didn't know what it was.  He thought widescreen was stretched with the top and bottom of the picture missing.  He was obviously one of those obnoxious people who cares not a bit about art anyway, so explaining things to him would have likely been a lost cause.  But let me just declare it here, because it can't be said enough for all the people out there who prefer full screen versions of movies made in widescreen (which is most movies from the last 50 years):  Widescreen is the WHOLE picture, as the director intended.  Full screen is missing half of the picture; fake camera pans are inserted; it's awful.  Widescreen is the real deal.  If those black bars on the top and bottom of your screen bother you, I encourage you to get over it. 

Here are two videos that demonstrate what I'm saying.

This is a promo video for our latest CD, astroSalvador. These are the songs in the order you hear them: "desolation rocket," "spies on fire," "firelight and frostbite," and "there is no main street." Visit our official website at http://antimatterblue.bravehost.com or visit us at http://www.myspace.com/stereoplanetary.

I may talk about this film on the next Cinematic Attic podcast with Kingdom of the Spiders, or I may save it for the following episode.  Enjoy the trailer for Don't Answer the Phone! (1980).

This is a placeholder for the link to the podcast page for the Fulton County Library here in McConnellsburg, PA.  It contains mostly local info concerning the library and may not be of any interest to anyone who doesn't live nearby.  But hey, it's a short podcast I get paid to do every week, and at the very least, you might find out what new books are out there for you to find at your own library. 

http://fultoncolibrary.libsyn.com

You gotta love those VHS covers of the '80s.  This is a recent find at a flea market, although I already own the film in a DVD multi-pack.  Had to have this cover!  The movie's on-screen title is Legacy of Blood.