Creator of the audio drama Enter The House Between. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Space: 1979
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pop art,
Star Trek,
The Black Hole
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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The image brings to mind so many of the sci-fi themed records released in the late 70s (such as Space:1999 short stories record, etc). As this record featured music, there's no way it could be as bad as Michael Jackson narrating the story of E.T. ! Still, the artist sure took some liberties in his representation of the Enterprise.
ReplyDeleteAfter owning the 45rpm single for "Star Wars Disco" by Meco for years, I came across the full LP "Star Wars & Other Glactic Funk". I think I will have to put that on today. However, the record pictured also says "Music from The Black Hole"??? Oh, this should be...um, entertaining.
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