I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his pockets. [...]
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PULP HEROES: THREE FROM SILVER JOHN
Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged Manly Wade Wellman, Orpheus, Romeo and Juliet, Scarlett O'Hara, Short story, Silver John on April 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
TOP-SEEDED LEE FLAMES, 4TH-SEEDED PARK PIRATES FALL IN CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS
Posted in College Baseball, tagged American Midwest Conference, baseball, College and University, NAIA, NAIA Baseball Conference Tournaments, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Southern States Athletic Conference, Sport on April 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In the Southern States Athletic Conference the number one seeded Lee Flames were defeated today by the fourth seeded William Carey Crusaders by a score of 12-8. In the
TODAY’S FORGOTTEN TELEVISION TREASURE: IT’S GARRY SHANDLING’S SHOW (1986- 1990)
Posted in Forgotten Television, tagged forgotten television, Garry Shandling, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Molly Cheek, Seinfeld on April 26, 2011 | 8 Comments »
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show was the pre-Seinfeld version of Seinfeld. And no, I don’t just mean because both programs starred popular stand- up comics. I mean basically Shandling’s program, which aired on cable via Showtime and later on network tv via Fox, seems like the blueprint that Seinfeld followed almost slavishly. That’s my opinion, anyway. Consider the following [...]
WHAT IS UP WITH THE IOWA WESTERN REIVERS
Posted in college sports, tagged College and University, Iowa Western Reivers, National Junior College Athletic Association, Sport, sports on April 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Baseball – Reiver Baseball has claimed the regular season conference title for the 9th year in a row! The Reivers play on the road on Tuesday at
TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
Posted in Cool names and cool logos, tagged College athletics, Junior college, Lake Erie College, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, National Christian College Athletic Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sport, sports, United States Collegiate Athletic Association on April 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE STORM Location: Painesville, OH Division: NCAA Division 2 Conference Affiliation: Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball, track & field Site: http://www.lakeeriestorm.com/landing/index Comment: This team represents “the perfect storm” of a cool name and a cool logo. The Ohio location speaks to the
PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN STRIKES AGAIN
Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged Manly Wade Wellman, One Other, Pulp magazine, Silver John on April 24, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I continue my look at the forgotten pulp hero Silver John with a synopsis of the next short story going in order of publication. For the background info on Silver John plus the details on the other short stories featuring the character click here: http://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/ ***ONE OTHER – A beautiful young woman who is bitter [...]
YESTERDAY’S MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Posted in College Baseball, tagged baseball, Lindsey Wilson College, Mid-South Conference Tournament, NAIA, Sport, sports on April 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders defeated the
FOUR NEW TEAMS JOIN THE NAIA
Posted in college sports, tagged College and University, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sport on April 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics welcomed four new member institutions this week! Now joining this division which features REAL student athletes are: the Rochester (MI) College Warriors, the Lawrence Tech Blue Devils, the UC- Merced Bobcats, and the Atlanta Christian College Chargers, who are adding football!!! How great is that! Balladeer’s Blog will be
FRONTIERADO: THE BAD, THE WEIRD AND THE FREAKY, PART 2
Posted in FRONTIERADO, tagged Frontierado, Jack Palance, Keir Dullea, Welcome To Blood City (1977) on April 22, 2011 | 6 Comments »
As we continue our countdown toward the festive Frontierado holiday (celebrated every year on the first Friday in August) I figured I would do another item about a very weird western. For the details on Frontierado click here: http://glitternight.com/2010/07/28/just-9-more-shopping-days-until-frontierado/ This film is from 1977 and it’s called Welcome To Blood City and believe me, it is OUT THERE! [...]
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