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Catching Up

April 26, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

I’ve been away from the blog for too long, so I’ll get everything up to speed:

–Belatedly . . . Happy Easter!

–A big congratulations to this year’s Rondo Award winners, announced just this past Sunday night. My book I Cannot, Yet I Must did not win in its category but I honestly did not expect that it would. The competition was stiff indeed, and the winner and runners-up are absolutely deserving. Myself, I’m still just tickled to be a nominee and that I can forever call myself a Rondo-nominated author.

–With Easter recently celebrated and springtime here, it’s time to post some exuberant music. And I can’t imagine anything more exuberant than this thundering, brain-melting, blistering performance by Simple Minds from Newcastle, England in 1982. Enjoy!

I CANNOT, YET I MUST is Rondo nominated!!!!!!!!!

March 19, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

I am extremely honored–and excited–that my Robot Monster/Phil Tucker book I Cannot, Yet I Must has been nominated in the “Book of the Year” category for the XV annual Rondo Awards! All I can say is (1) please consider voting for me and (2) what this guy said:

Getting Iffier

March 3, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

And here’s another “If,” recited by Robert Morley and with travelogue footage by Chris Marker. Which makes it a little surreal. But it’s still “If.”

A Third “If . . .”

February 12, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

Abbreviated, but still a very nice version by Harvey Keitel with Gustav Holst music. Keitel’s facial expressions are minimalist, and yet they add volumes. What a performance, what an actor.

The Ecstasy of Gold

February 11, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

Ennio Morricone, with Susanna Rigacci:

I’m on The Online Movie Show With Phil Hall

February 9, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

Check it out! Phil Hall is one of the few people to write anything about Phil Tucker’s Space Jockey and I quoted him thusly in my book. Recently I’ve been happy to make his acquaintance and was interviewed for his wide-ranging cinema podcast, The Online Movie Show With Phil Hall. It’s a fun little chat, and Phil asks all the right questions about Robot Monster, Phil Tucker, and related subjects. Many thanks to Phil for having me on!

It’s Super Bowl Sunday . . .

February 5, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

. . . and it’s a shame that the Packers are not playing, because I’m just going to have to post this anyway:

Two “If”s

February 5, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

Dennis Hopper recites “If”:

Dennis Hopper again recites “If”:

Barkley v Laimbeer

January 24, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

Charles Barkley is getting in the news again for a mock dustup with Shaquille O’Neal, but in 1990 he sincerely rained force on Pistons’ hatchet man Bill Laimbeer. I didn’t see it at the time, but I do remember disliking Laimbeer (and the mask he started wearing later).

The Motorcycle Boy Reigns

January 21, 2017May 23, 2018andersrunestadLeave a comment

I saw Rumble Fish back in 1994, was stunned, and was also stunned that hardly anyone had seen it or written about it in the decade after its release. It’s a real love-it-or-hate-it experience, but it definitely clicked for me. Amazing visuals and sounds, and some outright surrealism in what was ostensibly a Hollywood movie. There’s nothing quite like it, and Criterion is bringing it to Blu-Ray in April.