Vampire Lovers

“Just to let him get the full inventory I eased out of my very mini-skirt and tight—but tight—sweater. Get the picture? Jimmy did. ‘I’ve got three parts for you’ he said.” That’s actress and Hammer horror legend Ingrid Pitt, in her extremely entertaining book Ingrid Pitt’s Bedside Companion for Vampire Lovers. In that passage she’s … Continue reading Vampire Lovers →

On My Mind

“And why not? It could be your brother too, or your sister, or your children. I want justice for all of them. And I want justice for all the people whose lives are bought and sold, so that a few big shots can climb up on their backs, and laugh at the law, and laugh … Continue reading On My Mind →

Spandex Ballet: Streaming in Oblivion

I've been working from my couch, while my kids (and I) watch the camptastic 1979 TV special Legends of the Superheroes. featuring a bunch of spandex-clad, pun-slinging heroes and villains doing hero and villain stuff. Just another day living the quarantine life. This "new normal" is really weird. The twenty-first century bane of annoyingly "enlightened" … Continue reading Spandex Ballet: Streaming in Oblivion →