May 17, 2011 · 10:49 pm

SIX-GUN SARA ENTERS THE FRONTIERADO VALHALLA!

Frontierado is coming up on the first Friday in August and a powerful new cultural force has just been added to help spread the good word (“Did you know Frontierado has a wonderful plan for your life?”) about the holiday. That force is Sara from the Lifewith4cats blog and the blog called Mideival Maiden. She was one of the respondents when I mentioned how I do customized sagas for people if they want and she is so nice she ran it on her blog and also linked to my main Frontierado post to help spread the word about my made-up holiday! How cool is that?

Here are links to the two blog posts Six-Gun Sara was kind enough to make about all this – http://midaevalmaiden.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-day-you-stop-playing-is-the-day-you-begin-to-die/

http://midaevalmaiden.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/six-gun-sara/

As the global commisioner for Frontierado, let me Continue reading →

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May 17, 2011 · 12:03 am

FRONTIERADO TRIPLE FEATURE OF THE BAD, THE WEIRD AND THE FREAKY

With the Frontierado holiday coming up the first Friday in August I’ll be devoting more and more coverage to it. To learn more about this holiday click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/07/28/just-9-more-shopping-days-until-frontierado/

As we get closer to Frontierado I’ll begin examining quality westerns but for now you can once again think of me as the Bronson Canyon Kid (bad movie buffs will get it) as I take a look at three more weird westerns.

THE DEVIL AND MISS SARAH (1971) – A veritable ton of familiar western stars appear in this supernatural western that sort of reminds me of Black Noon (previously reviewed in my The Bad, The Weird And The Freaky segments.) Gene “Bat Masterson” Barry plays notorious outlaw Continue reading →

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May 16, 2011 · 8:59 pm

MAY 16TH’S NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Just two brackets have yet to produce a champion, and that’s because of weather postponements. These champions will join the eight other teams in the NAIA World Series May 27th – June 3rd. 

KINGSPORT BRACKET – Faulkner Eagles over the Continue reading →

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May 16, 2011 · 8:43 pm

YA WANTED MORE SON OF SVENGOOLIE? GLAD TO OBLIGE!

 Well, from the reaction to the latest of my various posts about Rich Koz AKA Son of Svengoolie (and eventually just plain Svengoolie, like his predecessor) readers are intrigued by the guy. Anybody who likes my Bad Movie reviews will love this guy, whose show Son of Svengoolie (1979-1986) was, in my opinion, the funniest of the old-school movie host programs. I never got to see the original shows, but thanks to books and youtube I’ve spent years enjoying “Sven’s” style. Here’s another link to one of his song parodies. Just 2 minutes in length. The occassion was Continue reading →

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May 15, 2011 · 11:47 pm

TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY

 DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY BLUE HAWKS

Location: Dickinson, ND 

Division: NAIA

Conference Affiliation: Dakota Athletic Conference

Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, rodeo, track

Site: www.dsubluehawks.com 

Comment: In the grand tradition of Blue Velvet, Blue Oyster Cult and Bleu Cheese, it’s the Blue Hawks! Long-time readers of Balladeer’s Blog will remember the Blue Hawks as Continue reading →

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May 15, 2011 · 8:46 pm

MAY 15TH’S NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

PADUCAH BRACKET – The Cumberland Bulldogs, the reigning champs of NAIA baseball, dismembered the Tennessee Wesleyan Tigers by a score of 19-9, forcing a second game later today. The winner of that second game will win this bracket and advance to the NAIA World Series … In the second game, just concluded, the Tigers turned the tables on Coach Woody Hunt’s reigning champions by a score of 9-2, knocking out the storied Cumberland program and becoming just this year’s second non-top seed to win their bracket.  TENNESSEE WESLEYAN TIGERS ADVANCE TO THE NAIA WORLD SERIES

CLEVELAND BRACKET – Continue reading →

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May 14, 2011 · 8:31 pm

PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN – HOPH AND SHIVER IN THE PINES

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. For more details click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/

YOU KNOW THE TALE OF HOPH – (No, it’s not a story about David Hasselhoff) In this Silver John vignette our hero plans to end the reign of terror of Hoph, a werewolf/ vampire hybrid who Continue reading →

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May 14, 2011 · 8:22 pm

MAY 14TH’S NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS (UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY)

OKLAHOMA CITY BRACKET – Belhaven Blazers over the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds  7-6  (Sunbirds eliminated) … Oklahoma City Stars made the Belhaven Blazers their prison brides by a score of 15-0. OKLAHOMA CITY STARS WIN THEIR BRACKET AND ADVANCE TO THE NAIA WORLD SERIES 

RIVERSIDE BRACKET – Cal Baptist Lancers over the CS-San Marcos Cougars  4-2 (Cougars elim) … Concordia (CA) Eagles over the Cal Baptist Lancers 4-2 in a “boring name” win over a “cool name”.  CONCORDIA (CA) EAGLES WIN THEIR BRACKET AND ADVANCE TO THE NAIA WORLD SERIES

JOLIET BRACKET – Continue reading →

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May 12, 2011 · 12:24 am

BAD MOVIES: SON OF SVENGOOLIE STRIKES AGAIN

My fondness for bad movies is no secret and what would bad movies be without America’s movie hosts, those men and women who adopted funny/spooky personas to introduce them to us and make wry, sarcastic remarks about the schlockier ones, especially those superannuated flicks that were all some local channels could afford decades ago. My favorite has always been Chicago’s Rich Koz, better known as Son of Svengoolie and later, just plain Svengoolie. This blog is loaded with references to Rich Koz, the man I consider to be the Aristophanes (just to get pretentious for a moment) of movie hosts. Here are links to some bits about a man who deserves to be known by all bad movie lovers, if only because his influence has been the most extensive and his style the most imitated. Comedy was the key to Koz’s appeal. Here are Continue reading →

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May 12, 2011 · 12:01 am

MAY MADNESS: NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS GET STARTED TODAY!

Yes, it’s that time of year again! The NAIA baseball tournament is getting underway today! Here are a list of the teams from each bracket in their seeding order, plus my picks to win each bracket:

RIVERSIDE BRACKET – 1. Cal Baptist Lancers (My pick to win this bracket – sometimes chalk is right)  2. British Columbia Thunderbirds   3. Concordia (CA) Eagles   4. Cal State San Marcos Cougars   5. St Thomas Seahawks 

DAYTONA BEACH BRACKET – 1. Embry-Riddle Eagles   2. Brewton-Parker Barons (My pick to win this bracket)   3. Campbellsville Continue reading →

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