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CACTUS CATHY ENTERS THE FRONTIERADO VALHALLA

Another recipient of a customized Saga has been kind enough to post it to their blog. Cactus Cathy, AKA Unga Bunga Girl, was a gun-toting gambler and reporter in the old west, and her Saga includes mentions of several other Saga characters. Here Continue reading

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THE TOP 4 FRONTIERADO MOVIES: NUMBER 3 – POSSE (1993)

 POSSE is a terrific western about a gang of African American gunfighters (plus the goofiest Baldwin brother) involved in an action-packed epic journey across the American west. The Frontierado holiday (which will be here Friday August 5th) is the perfect time of year to hunker down with this film while drinking a Cactus Jack or a Deuces Wild or two. I’ll review the recipes for those mixed drinks in a few days, for now we’ll focus on the third-place movie on our countdown.

Posse stars Mario Van Peebles, who also directed, as Jesse Lee, the brooding, revenge-driven hero of the saga. He and all but one member of his gang, our titular posse, are soldiers fighting in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. A dangerous assault they carry out turns out to be Continue reading

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THE TOP 4 FRONTIERADO MOVIES: NUMBER TWO – ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968)

 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is, to me, the definitive Spaghetti Western. This movie incorporates all of the best elements of Italo-westerns and has the additional advantages of actual artistic merit and some location filming in the real American West. One of the most distracting elements of many Spaghetti oaters is the fact that the films were mostly shot in Spain’s Jarama Valley, which is great for a Spanish Civil War buff like myself, but that valley doesn’t really resemble the American west that the stories are set in. Sergio Leone got to shoot some scenes in Monument Valley and such authentic scenery definitely helps in a film that exploits visuals to a degree unseen since the age of silent movies. This is undeniably an action film, but  Continue reading

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JUST ONE MONTH UNTIL FRONTIERADO!

The countdown begins in earnest as Frontierado arrives Friday, August 5th!

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LADY LONDON ENTERS THE FRONTIERADO VALHALLA

Didi AKA Lady London, has entered the Frontierado Valhalla. To find out how you can order your own custom Frontierado Saga, read other Sagas and find out all about celebrating the upcoming Frontierado holiday click here: https://glitternight.com/category/frontierado/

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