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Thrilling Days of Yesteryear (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
One of my favorite sequences in Targets (1968), the celebrated cult film classic that stars Boris Karloff as a actor/horror icon who decides to quit the movie business when he feels his “old-fashioned” horror can’t compete with the terror that runs rampant in modern society, occurs when his character, Byron Orlok, is preparing for an appearance at a drive-in scheduled for later that...
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Trailrider (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
. The next day was spent at the SA Karate Championships. Asterix did much better this time round and although he didn't podium, he did make the team to represent South Africa at the World Karate Championships to be held in Portugal in 2010. The 2nd good day of my long weekend. The next day with lots of passes, lots of scenery and lots of friends awaited. The third morning I was up early. I met Eisbein...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Paul Devereux's book "The Long Trip: A Prehistory of Psychedelia" presents the fascinating story of psychedelic use before the Hoffman/Leary era that we're all familiar with. Devereux travels way back, exploring shamanism, 'shrooms in rock art, the oracle at Delphi, the pre-Incan construction of the Chavín de Huántar temple, etc. In honor of Halloween, the Daily Grail's Greg...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Paul Devereux's book "The Long Trip: A Prehistory of Psychedelia" presents the fascinating story of psychedelic use before the Hoffman/Leary era that we're all familiar with. Devereux travels way back, exploring shamanism, 'shrooms in rock art, the oracle at Delphi, the pre-Incan construction of the Chavín de Huántar temple, etc. In honor of Halloween, the Daily Grail's Greg...
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 19/07/2009
Henry Allingham in Royal Naval Air Service uniform during World War I, 1916 He may have spent his later days on the south coast - retiring to London By Sea, if you will - but Allingham, who died yesterday, was a Londoner. Born in Clapton , East London in 1896, he spent his first years in the area, attending Gamuel Road School and Bessborough Road School in Walthamstow then Fourth Avenue School in...
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Dog Without A Bone (Free subscription) | 13/07/2009
Why Bath counts as a county in its own right is a mystery to which only the rally organiser has the answer. Still, it made for a pleasant afternoon's ride for me and partner-in-crime Howard. Bright sunshine alternated with rain showers, although we avoided the darkest grey clouds and only got a spattering. As we joined a single-track road at the top of a hill, Chew Valley Lake suddenly appeared below...
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TheWineBlog.net (Free subscription) | 27/02/2008
by Martin Field Pickled eggs ‘n Scrumpy I was telling Beery Mag about getting legless on scrumpy (a strongly alcoholic rustic cider) on the morning of a mate’s wedding many years ago. We rode borrowed motor bikes down narrow hedgerowed lanes near Rockwell Green in Taunton, Somerset, and stopped for morning tea at a quaint little tavern that sold cider. The place was basic. The bar was...
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