ROBERT CARRADINE: R.I.P. – WAVELENGTH (1983)

With the passing of Robert Carradine, Balladeer’s Blog takes its usual approach of looking at one of his more obscure films, in this case one in which he costarred with THE Cherie Currie and Keenan Wynn. 

WavelengthWAVELENGTH (1983) – This is an unjustly neglected science fiction film that stars Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie and Keenan Wynn in a very unconventional love triangle: both Carradine and Currie are fighting over Wynn. (I’m kidding!)

Robert Carradine plays a moody musician suffering a career lull, Cherie Currie portrays a groupie who becomes a bona fide romantic partner for him and Keenan Wynn barks and snarls in his usual “grouch with a heart of gold” manner.

Cherie’s sensitive mind is open to alien brainwaves calling to her from a nearby (seemingly) abandoned government installation. Carradine and his neighbor Wynn help her try to find out what’s going on. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIFTH

Another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTS HIS MANY SUCCESSES AT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, WHILE DEMOCRATS DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR “ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UBER ALLES” POLICIES. More HERE

TRUMP ALSO TOUTS HIS SUCCESS AT BRINGING THE LOWEST DRUG PRICES ANYWHERE. Related HERE.

TRUMP GETS DEMOCRATS TO ONCE AGAIN OPENLY ADMIT THEIR SUPPORT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVER U.S. CITIZENS. More HERE. And HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HONORS DALILAH COLEMAN, SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL LEFT WITH LIFE-ALTERING INJURIES BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. You’ll notice that demented vermin like Bono don’t write songs supporting victims like this. He should be asked about that at his every appearance. 

TRUMP EFFECT: CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX AGAIN RISES.

CNN’S OWN POLL SHOWS SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF THEIR VIEWERS FEEL PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES WILL MOVE THE COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. In spite of their endless attempts to propagandize against Trump his successes shine through. 

PRESIDENT TRUMP REUNITES VENEZUELAN FAMILY AT THE SOTU ADDRESS.

YET ANOTHER REMINDER THAT DEMOCRATS OPPOSE VOTER I.D. SO THEY CAN CONTINUE COMMITTING VOTE FRAUD.

PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER DEMOCRAT NANCY PELOSI IS STILL HAUNTED BY HER INSIDER TRADING SCANDALS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP USES NANCY PELOSI AS EXHIBIT A FOR WHY LEGISLATION IS NEEDED TO BAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM STOCK TRADING. Pelosi, her husband and her relative Gavin Newsom embody Democrat malfeasance.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS REFUSE TO COVER TRUMP’S CEREMONY HONORING FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE  aka “ANGEL FAMILIES”. More HERE.

LAKEN RILEY’S MOTHER COMMENDS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN THE SUFFERING OF ANGEL FAMILIES AT THE HANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Democrats, meanwhile, prefer to protect illegal immigrant criminals. Think of Darwin Award fools Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

TRUMP DECLARES ANGEL FAMILY DAY. More HERE. And HERE. Democrat media outlet CNN sneers with contempt at those families HERE.

ANGEL FAMILY DAD REMINDS DEMOCRATS THAT EVERY AMERICAN DEATH BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IS PREVENTABLE. And “if it saves even one life” isn’t it worth doing, Democrats?

DEMOCRATS EVEN REFUSE TO STAND FOR THE PARENT OF THE SLAIN IRYNA ZARUTSKA. More HERE. No Democrat songs for Iryna, either. Continue reading

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ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP (1917) SILENT FILM

ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP aka Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1917) – Remember how the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone presented a gangster tale with children in all the roles? And how Shirley Temple starred in an entire series of Baby Burlesque shorts with all-child casts in assorted genres? Well, this 80-minute silent film was earlier than all of them. 

All but a few roles are played by children and the Genie is played by one of the adults in the cast – Elmo Lincoln, who would star as the first screen Tarzan the following year. The child cast members overact like crazy but to me that just adds to the cartoonish charm of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Continue reading

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DAIGORO VS GOLIATH (1972) BAD KAIJU MOVIE

DAIGORO VS GOLIATH (1972) – This neglected kaiju (giant monster) film from Japan is one of the most obscure of them all in America. That’s odd since the movie was a joint project between the creators of Godzilla AND the creators of Ultraman, two very popular characters here in the west.

Sad to say, it’s not worth the effort of seeking it out. Daigoro vs Goliath is disappointing all around. Except maybe for very young children. Or very dumb children.

Not even the worst Gamera movies are as silly and pointless as this little honey is. Daigoro – who looks like a dog/ duck/ Billiken hybrid – is the offspring of a mop-topped mother monster who crashed on Earth from outer space and was killed while trying to trash Japan. She looked much cooler than her son but got killed off very quickly. Continue reading

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BAD MOVIE HOSTESS: MOONA LISA (1963-1975)


 My fellow movie host geeks and I are grateful to John L. for his better photographs of this lady as seen above. Moona Lisa (Lisa Clark in real life) was an active movie host for twelve years beginning in 1963.

Though Moona Lisa is most often associated with San Diego’s Science Fiction Theater, her longest-lasting show, she also hosted Moona’s Midnight Madness in St Louis for over a year and for eighteen months had even stepped in to replace one of the legends of the Movie Host world – Seymour AKA Sinister Seymour AKA Larry Vincent – as the host of Los Angeles’ iconic b-movie show Fright Night.

The slinky Moona Lisa hosted her programs from her personal Moon Base, often with the Earth seen in the lunar sky through a window, as in the above photo. When the Apollo astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 Lisa Clark employed a gimmick pioneered by the legendary movie host Zacherley the Cool Ghoul and inserted her Moona Lisa character into the footage, presenting her greeting the arriving astronauts.   Continue reading

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FEBRUARY TWENTY-THIRD NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup.

JUST LIKE THE SUPREME COURT DID WITH SOME OF DEMOCRAT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT’S PROGRAMS, THE COURT NOW STRIKES DOWN MANY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS. More HERE. The parallels between FDR and Trump and their battle with the corrupt political establishment are many.

TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES PURSUE THE TARIFFS VIA OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PATHS THAT ARE OPEN. “A setback, not a defeat.” Law professor lays out those other paths HERE. Carney explains how the tariffs will continue under other statutes HERE. Even CNN host acknowledges Trump can do that HERE. More HERE

POWERFUL DISSENT FROM JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS ON TARIFF RULING. And another from Justice Kavanaugh examined HERE.

BESSENT SIGNALS NO RETREAT BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON TARIFF FRONT. Trump and his allies are the only members of the opposition party who fight back with the same energy that Democrats do.

DEMOCRAT-RUN NEW YORK CITY REQUIRES I.D. TO WORK AS A SNOW SHOVELER BUT NOT VOTE.    More HERE. Hilarious!

TRUMP DOJ SUES OVER NON-COMPETITIVE HEALTHCARE PRACTICES IN OHIO. Sort of like Theodore Roosevelt and his Trust-busting.

VIDEO: REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN SPECIAL ELECTION.

DEMOCRAT ANTI-TRUMP HATEMONGERING LEADS TO YET ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS: FEB 22nd

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NUMBER FOUR TAKES A FALL – On Senior Night for the SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FIRE they welcomed the number 4 team in the nation – the AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY GYRENES. The Fire put AMU on Upset Alert by Halftime with their 39-29 lead, but the Gyrenes forced Overtime with a 71-71 tie. In the extra session Southeastern U. won 83-80. Anthony Kangah led the victors with 21 points while teammate Nathan Mikkelson got a Double Double of 19 points and 13 rebounds.

CENTURY CLUB – Teams scoring 100 or more points in Regulation: The ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS COLLEGE POMEROYS beat the visiting INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT COLUMBUS CRIMSON PRIDE 101-70   ###   Meanwhile, the UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE (OH) RED STORM downed the KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS 114-79   ###   And the GOVERNORS STATE JAGUARS won 107-55 at the JUDSON UNIVERSITY EAGLES. Continue reading

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FLASHBACK: CIVIL RIGHTS ICON CLARENCE HENDERSON SAYS TRUMP DID MORE FOR BLACK AMERICANS IN FOUR YEARS THAN BIDEN DID IN FIFTY

FROM September 7th, 2020: 

Civil Rights Icon Clarence Henderson added his voice to those of other Martin Luther King People of Courage in praising de facto Third Party President Donald Trump’s accomplishments for black Americans.

Trump never called racist til running against DemocratsHe also contrasted Trump’s successful record with Joe Biden’s abysmal record on the same issues.

Henderson reminded voters that Trump gave a record amount of funding to HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), created a record amount of jobs for the black community, and passed criminal justice reform through the First Step Act where 91 percent of the inmates released were black. 

trump rosa parks and muhammad ali“These achievements demonstrate that Donald Trump truly cares about black lives. His policies show his heart.”

His praise of President Trump and his policies continued – 

“He has done more for black Americans in four years than Joe Biden has done in 50!” Henderson said. Continue reading

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MARVEL PREMIERE ISSUES 31-40

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post here at Balladeer’s Blog resumes examining Marvel Premiere, this time from issue #31 to 40.

MARVEL PREMIERE Vol 1 #31 (Aug 1976)

Title: A Birthday Nightmare

Villains: A violent mob and Major Del Tremens’ troops

Synopsis: This was the origin story for Woodgod, created by Bill Mantlo. Just outside Liberty, NM is a ranch used by government scientists David Pace and his wife Ellen Pace. It serves as their residence AND laboratory for their Top-Secret projects.   

One such project is a deadly nerve gas called Purple Mist. Another is the cross-fertilization of human and animal genetic material which has resulted in the unnatural “birth” of Marvel’s newest character – called Woodgod by David Pace.

Under observation by the Paces, Woodgod grows to maturity in just three days and his enormous intellectual potential has him speaking in simplistic English but we’re told Woodgod will be at genius level in a few more days.

Superstitious people in Liberty, NM get covert glimpses of the creature and decide to raid the Pace ranch to destroy Woodgod and any other such “monsters” being created there. David and Ellen are shot to death in the attack but our main character is super-strong and invulnerable, so he survives being shot multiple times.

Woodgod’s still-childlike mind is confused by the violence. The attackers destroy all the lab equipment at the ranch and unintentionally unleash the Purple Mist nerve gas into the air. All the attackers die, then all the human and animal life within 15 miles of the ranch drops dead as well.

The only survivor is Woodgod, whose healing powers make him immune to the gas. At nearby Vertigo Military Base (later retconned into Tranquility Base) Major Del Tremens and his troops become aware of the chaos at the Department of Defense installation on David and Ellen Pace’s ranch. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY TWENTIETH

It’s a week-ending current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog here in an America where we can’t help but wonder why elderly, decrepit Bono never writes songs for the dead and/or raped victims of illegal immigrants. Or their children. He should be asked that question every time he plugs his latest pathetic effort.  

EPSTEIN FILES REVEAL CENTRAL ROLE JEFFREY AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL HAD IN THE “CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE”, CONTRADICTING HILLARY’S CLAIMS.

TRUMP EFFECT: TRADE DEFICIT DOWN FORTY-FIVE PERCENT IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS. Its best quarter in THIRTY-THREE YEARS. More HERE.

TRADE DEAL BETWEEN U.S. AND INDONESIA.

ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PEDOPHILE WHO WAS RELEASED BY DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” STATE CONNECTICUT. The victims of illegal immigrants get no sanctuary under Democrats. 

MORE ICE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GUILTY OF CHILD ABUSE, KILLING AND SEX CRIMES. But no obituary songs for the victims get written by singers famous in the 1980s. Ever.

DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA RELEASES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WANTED FOR CHILD RAPE. Why are such offenders the highest priority for Democrats? Why?

FORLESIA COOK, WHO LOST HER GRANDSON TO THE STREET VIOLENCE DEMOCRATS IGNORE, PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP AT BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT. But the racist, shallow, hypocritical Bono did not write an obituary song for her slain grandson. Only for privileged white Renee Good. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

FLORIDA POLICE RESCUE ELDERLY DRIVER WHO CRASHED THEIR CAR INTO A POND. You will NEVER see anti-police “activists” risking their lives to save the lives of others like this. NEVER. Continue reading

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