Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Happy 110th birthday to James Bond creator/author and author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming.
Also, happy 110th birthday to James Bond arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

MMA Fights to Look Forward to in June 2018

MMA Fights to Look Forward to in June 2018
May 27, 2018
By Ryan Porzl

Note that at the time I release these, the full card of certain events have not been released so there may be other fights I would recommend but aren't announced until after I complete this. Also, card subject to change.

Friday, May 18, 2018

Kiss - I Love It Loud (Alive III)

Happy 25th Anniversary to KISS' Alive III. A great live album which saw KISS do a great job spreading out their history by giving us songs from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.



Thursday, May 17, 2018

35th Anniversary: A Look Back At The Battle of the Bonds

Battle-of-the-bonds (time out magazine cover)
Roger Moore vs. Sean Connery

35th Anniversary: A Look Back At The Battle of the Bonds

May 16, 2018
By Ryan Porzl

For more than 55 years, the James Bond series has been around and been one of the biggest movie series in history. Through it all, the movies were largely done by Eon Productions and distributed by United Artists & MGM with very few exceptions. One of the those exceptions was in 1967 when a spoof of Casino Royale came out during Eon's You Only Live Twice. The second was far more interesting when in 1983 Eon's Octopussy featuring arguably the most popular actor to portray 007 went head to head against Never Say Never Again, a movie that was a remake of the previous Eon film Thunderball while starring the actor who returned to the role after a dozen years that he helped make famous. Even more so, it was a battle over two decades in the making that originally began between a producer against Bond creator Ian Fleming that continued with Eon. How did this happen and how did we get there? To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of what became known as "The Battle of the Bonds", we'll take a look at the beginning of Bond to the controversy over Thunderball to the events that led to the 1983 battle to the aftermath.

I don't own any pictures. Credit to EON Productions or whomever owns them.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

KISS - All for the Glory

Happy Birthday to current KISS drummer Eric Singer who turns 60. Not only a great drummer but has one of the greatest resumes in rock n' roll history having also worked for Lita Ford, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, The Badlands, & Alice Cooper.