Thursday, April 05, 2007

Elders

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Elders

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Gary Snyder We waited each afternoon amidst the 19th century décor in the largest first floor room of Old Main. We could hear him coming—th...

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Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder in front, at the Human Be-In in San Francisco 1967.

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For those of us writing poetry in my student years at Knox College, Gary Snyder’s was the most momentous of many visits by real poets, with...

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Now in 2007 a new book of essays appears: Back on the Fire (Shoemaker & Hoard.) I saw a review of it that implied it is a minor work, ...

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There was a fascinating book of essays and reminiscences about Snyder by people as various as Allen Ginsberg, Dave Foreman, Peter Coyote and...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Saturday Morning Sci-Fi

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Ichabod Mudd and Captain Midnight

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Captain Midnight "On a mountaintop high above a large city stands the headquarters of a man devoted to the cause of freedom and justice...

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The Secret Squadron patch

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The other day I was opening a new jar of Ovaltine and found myself carefully preserving the inner seal. This of course was the Ovaltine equ...

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But some other things are very clear in my memory. I remember that the first Captain Midnight on Saturday morning TV was just a guy in a fli...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Saturday Morning Sci-Fi

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Captain Video (Al Hodge) and the Video Ranger (Don Hastings.) The TV show inspired comic magazines, like this one.

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Captain Video To the stirring strains of Wagner's Overture to "The Flying Dutchman," the announcer intoned: "POST--the ce...

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Captain Video and the Ranger in uniform, and as we saw them--in glorious black and white.

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Al Hodge played Captain Video for most of its run. He'd been a radio actor, giving voice to "Mr. District Attorney" and "...
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These are Captain Video toy robots that you either found in boxes of Post Raisin Bran or sent for with boxtops and cash. The most memorable ...

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Oath of the Rangers We, as Official Video Rangers, hereby promise to abide by the Ranger Code, and to support forever the cause of Freedom, ...