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We hope you will be entertained, educated, and encouraged to explore these movies, books, and sound recordings. Some of this material is readily available, some will fall into the collectible category. Bearing this in mind, we hope you, the reader, will be enthralled by the material presented on this website. REVIEW OF JIM MARSHALL'S TRUST with sad news of the passing of Mr. Marshall RECENTLY ADDED on this page: Forgotten Horrors No. 7 - Retooling George Turner's lost Tarzan comic, Part II. Also, check out an interview with Robert Woods on GlassHousePresents.com: Carl's Corner with Robert Woods |
![]() Does this look like someone who is in your swimming pool? Well, summer is time for sun, fun, so you can't deny the Creature from the Black Lagoon a little time in your pool. Or at the very least, a little time on your coffee table, via the upcoming issue of FilmFax Magazine. In this upcoming issue, FilmFax will be examining the life of everyone's favorite science teacher, Frank Baxter; sexy actress Sally Todd; Steven Spielberg's UFO connection; and I will be sitting down and talking to Booth Colman about his long career, highlighting such films as World Without End, Them, his stage work with Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, and his TV work from The Veil to Bonanza and The Planet of the Apes TV series. This is the 25th Anniversary edition and will be out this summer, at newsstands, book sellers, and through subscription. And if the Creature does show up in your swimming pool this summer, give him some fresh fish - not from the Gulf of Mexicao - and some encouraging words. Or, he may just have to eat you! JAH |
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No. 5: Retooling George E. Turner's Lost 'Tarzan' Comics ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Into the Lens as a Matter of Trust Trust Omnibust Books - 2009 Order Number V010373 www.omnibust.com In the 60s it used to be "I Read The News Today, Oh Boy." In 2010, it's "I read the news today, oh God!" I'm sure it's an understatement to say the rock world is shocked and dismayed by the passing of rock photographer Jim Marshall. I might have been the last person to do an interview with him, although I wouldn't want to cop to that definitively. I did interview him for FilmFax Magazine, which shall come out sometime this year. I had submitted questions to him through his publicist, thinking we were going to do an internet Q & A. But his publicist for his new book Trust sent word to me that he would like to speak to me over the phone. We spent 45 minutes talking about all the photographs in Trust, and quite literally the reason that the book was entitled "Trust." For my money, it was one of the best interviews I ever did. We got along famously, and I hope when all of you read the interview in FilmFax you'll come away with the same spirit that we had that fall morning in 2009. I didn't know Jim Marshall before this. FilmFax was contacted by his publisher at Omnibus Books, Beth Brody, and I was given the assignment. (Thank you, Michael Stein!) There are no words that will suffice to summarize this great artist's life. His art was accepted by the world when he released it to the world. It is there for all of us to view, enjoy, and to contemplate. He led the life he wished to lead, and as a person that interviewed him, I will be forever grateful that I gained and earned his trust. God bless you, Jim Marshall. Jan Alan Henderson3/24/2010 ![]() The saying goes, if you remember the 60s you weren't there. Another saying is, a picture is worth 1,000 words. In the case of Jim Marshall's photography, a picture is worth a million words. Even if you don't remember the 60s, his photographs are the time capsules to that magical renaissance time. This has never been more evident that in Marshall's new book from Omnibust Press, Trust For the first time, his color photographs are featured in this coffee table book which showcases such diverse artists as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, B.B. King, The Byrds, John Lee Hooker, Joan Baez, Fred Durst, Matt Sorum, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Leon Russell, The Buffalo Springfield, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and Led Zeppelin, to name a few. There is so much visual history in Trust that the reader is drawn into these moments, which are annotated by Mr. Marshall with a sense of the event as well as its contemporary significance. Marshall spent hours, days, and weeks with his subjects, getting to know the ins and outs of these highly talented artists, which gives this collection of photographs (and all his work) an intimacy which is rarely found in today's digital age. it's no wonder his work is on display at the Smithsonian Institute. For anyone with an interest in the last half-century of music, musicians, and the rich tapestry of culture, this volume is an absolute must. For the newcomer, Trust is an exciting virtual experience which will deliver hour upon hour of page turning entertainment and education. A perfect stocking stuffer for all! Watch for a full career interview with Jim Marshall in an upcoming issue of FilmFax Plus, available at your local news stand in 2010! |
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By Steve Hodel with Ralph Pezzullo Dutton Published by The Penguin Group, 2009 ![]() Some time ago, I wrote a review for GlasshousePresents.com (Jan's Angle) on Steve Hodel's 2006 edition of The Black Dahlia Avenger - A Genius for Murder. Three years prior, I had read the 2003 edition of the book bearing the same title in preparation for review in the now sadly defunct Cult Movies Magazine. In 2003 and 2006 I had the top of my head blown off by Mr. Hodel's investigation of his father's dark deeds. Now three years later, Steve Hodel with Ralph Pezzullo have presented more mind blowing evidence regarding his father's and other sensationalized serial murders. "The Chicago Lipstick Murders," The Jigsaw Murder," and the famed "Zodiac" killings are all re-examined in this articulately written book, and woven together with the crimes of Dr. George Hodel, "The Black Dahlia Avenger." If this book had been penned by anyone else other than Mr. Hodel (a two decades-plus homicide detective), I would have been skeptical of the claims on the cover of this attractively packaged volume. But Hodel's credentials are so far above reproach, and his deductive reasoning is so spot-on, that within the first two hours of ownership I consumed sixty pages. In this writer's opinion, Mr. Hodel is a true life Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan - but at the cost of losing his father to murder and madness. Most Evil connects all these hideous crimes together, and reveals the motivation for the slaying of Elizabeth Short. I'm sure I'm going to be reading this book a second time, because not only is this work a compelling read, but the twists and turns and intricacies of Dr. George Hill Hodel's mind are not absorbed in a single reading. While this book contains a mountain of circumstantial evidence against Dr. Hodel, his son realizes as a former homicide detective, that after Most Evil presents the case, law enforcement officials must follow through for a 'Case Closed' verdict. Steve Hodel, at the end of this investigation, writes that he accepts his fate in all this. But one can only wonder what might have happened if Steve Hodel had discovered any of this information while his father was alive. We'll never know. A 'Must Read' for true crime buffs. For more information about Most Evil go to www.stevehodel.com |
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