“Have yourself a merry little Christmas…” – the execution scene from “The Victors” (1963)
The Victors is a 1963 film depicting American GIs over the course of World War II. Portrayals of World War II now tend to be reverent and serious, ever since…
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Review of “Guys and Dolls” from StompTokyo.com 1999/2000-ish
While the website Stomp Tokyo still exists, this particular review is on it no more…and I am not sure how well it fitted with Stomp Tokyo’s overall aesthetic of “B-movies, Godzilla…
Vic Damone RIP
Vic Damone has died aged 89.Surely one of the last of the post-war crooners (autocorrect just helpfully suggested “coroners”) He had the inevitable colourful life and the Personal Life section…
Rain songs: Sinatra, The Go-Betweens, Linda Perhacs
It’s a rainy morning and with numbing literality I am going to post three songs with the word “rain” in the title. Three songs which, in different ways, capture something…
Séamus Sweeney 