Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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Ranking the Man With the Golden Gun
I previously ranked some of the James Bond movies here and here. Last week my son and I saw The Man With the Golden Gun, from 1974 and starring Roger Moore as Bond and Christopher Lee as the villain Scaramanga, an assassin who uses a golden… Continue Reading “Ranking the Man With the Golden Gun”
What I’m Reading: Complete Peanuts, 1983-84
The Complete Peanuts is a noble project to publish every strip of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, from its inception in 1951 to its final panel in 2000. It’s a gargantuan undertaking, and a new volume covering two years is issued every six months. The project is… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Complete Peanuts, 1983-84”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Mess Around
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, Fire Down Below, Truckin’, and Everywhere That I’m Not. Today’s song is Mess Around by Cage the Elephant. I had this on the radio the other day and noticed it… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Mess Around”
What I’m Reading: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
One might think I would hardly have to describe Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. It’s been done so often in the movies that pretty much everybody knows the concept. Yet, I think the book itself is probably not read very… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Everywhere That I’m Not
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, Fire Down Below, and Truckin’. Tonight’s song is a fairly obscure New Wave song from 1982 by the San Francisco band Translator. According to Wikipedia, this song was a… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Everywhere That I’m Not”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Truckin’
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Fire Down Below. Tonight’s song is Truckin’ by the Grateful Dead. It was released in 1970 and only reached 64 on the US charts, though its a… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Truckin’”
Scary Movies: Gremlins
I know this is not the normal time of year for a horror movie, but this week was my daughter’s turn to pick for our weekly family movie night, and she wanted to see Gremlins! After some explanation of how scary it would be,… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Gremlins”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Fire Down Below
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, and Girls, Girls, Girls. Tonight, let’s do Fire Down Below, a song by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. It was released as a single in 1977 but didn’t… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Fire Down Below”
