El Amor No Duele…

Un día pasas por una zapatería y ¡zas!, ves un par de zapatos fabulosos, tan bonitos, tan altos, tan diferentes…Rápido pides tu talla pero no hay. Así que te pruebas otro número, uno más pequeño. No es el tuyo pero quizá funcione. Te miras al espejo y son los zapatos más bonitos […] El Amor […]

FAILED PREDICTIONS FROM PSYCHICS AND SCIENTISTS: SUPERCUT

For reader convenience, every Failed Predictions post from when I started them in 2017 onward. JANUARY 2nd, 2017 With a new year underway – 2017 C.E. – Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some past predictions by “psychics” (LMAO) that turned out to be wildly off the mark. FREDERICK DAVIES – In 1978 he predicted: […]

THE BLUE PALACE (1974-1976) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION

DAS BLAUE PALAIS (1972-1974) – This German science fiction series is criminally neglected. The title building is where scientists led by Louis Palm (Silvano Tranquilli) conduct interdisciplinary research and investigate unusual phenomena. The Blue Palace reminded me of the 1972 German television series Alpha Alpha but on a much higher production budget. The Blue Palace […]

NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup from an America where it’s deja vu as anti-Trump loons are again pretending every day is the apocalypse. CONGRESSMAN BURGESS OWENS PRAISES TRUMP AND POINTS OUT “THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE.” PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCE HYUNDAI INVESTING TWENTY-ONE […]

MARIE WALCAMP: THE DAREDEVIL OF SILENT MOVIES

MARIE WALCAMP (1894-1936) – Like her fellow silent film icons Douglas Fairbanks and Buster Keaton, Marie Walcamp did most of her own stunts. This earned her the nickname “the daredevil of the movies” as she dazzled audiences in serials, westerns and other action films. Walcamp also appeared in other types of productions, of course. Among […]