
Report from the Interior
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'In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts ...'...

Moon Austin, San Antonio & the Hill Country
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Make Your Escape with Moon Travel Guides! Fall in love with Austin's eclectic music and arts scene,...

Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post
Jul 2, 2020

Adam Green recommended There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone in Music (curated)

From Dublin to Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy 1969-76
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Dublin's Thin Lizzy have become one of the most revered cult acts of all time, studious and...

Tex-Mex from Scratch
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The tastes of Tex-Mex cooking are well-known and much loved - despite that, most people don't know...

Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Near Dark (1987) in Movies
Nov 3, 2020
The plot: Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny Wright) at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae turns out to be a vampire and bites Caleb on the neck, their relationship gets complicated. Wracked with a craving for human blood, Caleb is forced to leave his family and ride with Mae and her gang of vampires, including the evil Severen. Along the way Caleb must decide between his new love of Mae and the love of his family.
Vampire films had become "trendy" by the time of Near Dark's production, with the success of Fright Night (1985) and The Lost Boys (1987), the latter released two months before Near Dark and grossing $32 million. Kathryn Bigelow wanted to film a Western movie that departed from cinematic convention.
The combination of the genres had been visited at least twice before on the big screen, with Curse of the Undead (1959) and Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966).
Bigelow knew (and later married) director James Cameron, who directed Aliens (1986), a film that shares three cast members (Paxton, Goldstein and Henriksen) with Near Dark. Actor Michael Biehn was offered the role of Jesse Hooker, but he rejected the role because he found the script confusing. Lance Henriksen took over the role. A cinema seen in the background early in the film has Aliens on its marquee and Cameron played the man who "flips off" Severen.
Its a classic and a cult film.

Born for Leaving (New England State of Mind #1)
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When they say be careful what you wish for, do you pay attention? Neither did Oliver Tunstead. ...
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War Hero: The Unlikely Story of A Stray Dog, An American Soldier and the Battle of Their Lives
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The dramatic and heartfelt story of the Great War's most unlikely hero – a Parisian stray dog...

Merissa (12550 KP) rated The Cowboy and the Rascal (Farthingdale Valley #1) in Books
Mar 29, 2023
Gabe is slow to anger and prepared to accept anyone - if they are prepared to work. Kurt, Wayne, Tom, and Blaze make up his first crew and they're a mixed bag to be sure. I'm not going to say what happens with the others apart from I really hope Wayne has his story told. He intrigued me!
Back to Gabe and Blaze - their relationship is a slow-build but consistent. Gabe has his doubts because of the 'rules and regulations' of who he is and what they're doing, but no doubts about Blaze himself. Nope, it's Blaze who can't see that Gabe wants him for him, that he will ever be good enough for Gabe. Jasper is Gabe's friend and, having been through a similar situation, helps Gabe find the right answers.
I loved being back in Farthingdale, whether it's Ranch or Valley, I really don't care. Gabe and Blaze get a HFN ending so I'm really hoping to see more of them as the series progresses. A brilliant start and one I definitely recommend.
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Merissa
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