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SHINTO DEITY: KOTOHIRA

Posted in Mythology, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »

For other Shinto deities I’ve covered here at Balladeer’s Blog click here: http://www.makethelist.net/the-top-10-deities-in-shinto-mythology/   KOTOHIRA – The god of the Inland Sea, the location of which is indicated on the map to your right. (the rough translation of the words above the arrow would be “Here’s the Inland Sea … assholes”. ) This deity guarded over the [...]

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FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: SHADOW THEATER (1990-1991)

Posted in Forgotten Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

 Shadow Theater was a terrific series hosted by Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund. Everyone over the age of 30 remembers a time when you couldn’t just go to the internet to get your fix of info and footage from fringe and/ or obscure horror films. This program was a nice once-a- week documentary look at movies for [...]

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END OF THE WORLD MYTH: WILLIAM WHISTON

Posted in End of the World Myths, tagged , , , , , , , on January 26, 2012 | 8 Comments »

 If you believe we never landed on the moon and that the 9-11 attacks were staged by the U.S. government you probably also believe that the world will end this December 21st. Balladeer’s Blog has been examining past “end of the world” scares, and will continue to do so through at least December 22nd, 2012. [...]

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BAD MOVIE PAGE: DRIVE-IN MASSACRE (1976)

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , , , , , on January 20, 2012 | 8 Comments »

 DRIVE-IN MASSACRE (1976) – Category: Gimmick movie worth watching once, but never again      This movie has that certain charm to it that most low-budget 70′s horror films possess. When watching Drive-In Massacre you can’t help but reflect on the fact that the talent of John Carpenter is the only thing separating his milestone film Halloween [...]

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END OF THE WORLD MYTH: JOHANNES STOEFFLER

Posted in End of the World Myths, tagged , , , , , , , on January 17, 2012 | 4 Comments »

 The same kind of conspiracy kooks who believe that we never landed on the moon and that the 9-11 attacks were staged by the U.S. government also believe the world will end on December 21st of this year. In their honor Balladeer’s Blog has been examining some of the previous end of the world scares [...]

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NEW YEAR’S EVE BAD MOVIE: NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980)

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , , , , , on December 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »

The best thing about these seasonal bad movie reviews of mine is the fact that they save a lot of time by being appropriate AND already done. From 2010 it’s a repost of my review of the laughably bad holiday horror film New Year’s Evil. NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980) – Category:  Enjoyably campy bad movie  elevated by [...]

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COOL FOOTBALL HELMET: ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY FIGHTING BEES

Posted in Cool Helmets, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »

 Location: Davenport, IA Site: http://web.sau.edu/athletics/  Comment: It’s no secret here at Balladeer’s Blog that I love the name Fighting Bees. I also love that incredibly cool helmet logo that St Ambrose has. This NAIA college team just needs to

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CHRISTMAS CAROL- A-THON 2011: MR SCROOGE (1964)

Posted in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, tagged , , , , , , on December 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Time for another post in Balladeer’s Blog’s annual orgy of entries on various versions of THE Christmas tale. The Charles Dickens classic has a certain  unquenchable charm that ensures it will continue to be adapted for at least another few hundred years.  Mr Scrooge was originally broadcast on December 21st, 1964 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It runs just an hour and [...]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDS FOR NOVEMBER 19TH

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

 Today brings us the opening round of the NAIA college football playoffs, and they’re joined, of course, by some of the other divisions of college football covered by Balladeer’s Blog. There are also several Bowl games scheduled for today as well. See my preview earlier in the week for your favorite team’s matchup. The National Christian [...]

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NCAA DIVISION 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TEAMS FOR 2011

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , on November 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Yesterday Balladeer’s Blog presented the 16 team playoff field and First Round matchups for the NAIA’s College Football Playoffs. Today I’ll let the D2 field soak in. Since my blog is all about bringing fresh eyes to the divisions of college sports that I cover, many of my readers are newbies to sports at this level. Or [...]

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