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FORGOTTEN TELEVISION TREASURE: THE NEW PEOPLE (1969)

Posted in Forgotten Television, tagged , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 | 10 Comments »

 My sister Rosemary has been hospitalized since Saturday and I’ve been updating my blog remotely here and there to take my mind off worrying about her whenever I can squeeze out a few moments. This post is a little shoutout to her since it looks at one of her favorite forgotten shows. Thank you to loved [...]

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MUSH MADNESS: THE 2012 IDITAROD RACE IS UNDER WAY!

Posted in Iditarod, tagged , , , , on March 4, 2012 | 4 Comments »

 The 2012 Iditarod sled dog race, aptly billed as The Last Great Race On Earth, got underway today. My sister Rosemary has been a passionate follower of this event for years and got me into it several years back. Stay tuned to Balladeer’s Blog for updates on your favorite racers who will, of course be [...]

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS FROM FEBRUARY 27TH

Posted in College Basketball, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

 As Balladeer’s Blog’s February Frenzy continues the Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at left) take on the Brescia Bearcats in tonight’s championship game in the KIAC. The winner gets the conference’s automatic bid to the NAIA’s National Tournament, which begins next Wednesday. Automatic bids are also on the line tonight for the Cal Maritime Keelhaulers in [...]

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MOVIE HOSTS: MR PLINKETT

Posted in Movie Hosts, tagged , , , , , , , on February 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »

 I’ve been debating with myself for over a year now about whether to include Mr Plinkett, the fictional movie critic from Red Letter Media’s site, in my Movie Host section. I’m amazed to learn there are still people out there who haven’t tasted the Harry S Plinkett experience (and for the record, it tastes like [...]

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LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES AND CLICHES

Posted in LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 25, 2012 | 10 Comments »

 Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the Open City in an America being torn to pieces by uncompromising liberal and conservative fanatics. As the only site on the ‘net that is truly non- partisan in its criticism of liberal zombies and conservative zombies Balladeer’s Blog now takes a look at the many, many, MANY mindless cliches [...]

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SHINTO DEITY: KOTOHIRA

Posted in Mythology, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2012 | 20 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 | 2 Comments »

 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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