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Free Story!

2012-02-03T09:24:00.002-06:00

And while you're getting the free story, don't forget to pick my my FREE BOOK, today only!

Amazon.com: The Red Reef eBook: James Reasoner: Kindle Store: Inspired by the classic adventure stories that appeared in such pulp magazines as ARGOSY and ADVENTURE, "The Red Reef" features the colorful glamour and the gritty danger of the South Seas as a guilt-ridden ship's captain gets a last chance at redemption. Written by bestselling novelist James Reasoner (the RANCHO DIABLO and WIND RIVER series, as well as cult classic novels TEXAS WIND and DUST DEVILS), this 4300-word short story first appeared in the final issue of the legendary webzine HARDLUCK STORIES and is now available again!

If This Won't Smooth Things Over, I Don't Know What Will

2012-02-03T09:18:00.000-06:00

Komen Foundation offers pink handgun to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The Paris Review: Bastion of Fine Fiction & Poetry

2012-02-03T09:13:00.000-06:00

AbeBooks: The Paris Review: Bastion of Fine Fiction & Poetry: Founded in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton, the Paris Review is more than just a quarterly journal. It is a literary institution. As stated in the magazine’s inaugural issue, the creators wanted a vehicle to showcase great new fiction and poetry without shifting into literary critique, which was the dominant style of the time. The Paris Review is not un-critical but its focus is a celebration of great writing.

PaperBack

2012-02-03T09:00:00.000-06:00

Elliott Gilbert, Vice Trap, Avon, 1957

Did You Remember that Ben Stiller & Adam Sandler Were There?

2012-02-03T08:45:00.000-06:00

The 10 Oddest Super Bowl Halftime Performers

No Comment Department

2012-02-03T08:30:00.000-06:00

Man swallows dentures during sex and dies

Six Horror Movies Where the “Filler” is Superior to the Horror

2012-02-03T08:15:00.000-06:00

Six Horror Movies Where the “Filler” is Superior to the Horror

Hat tip to Jeff Segal.

Today's Western Movie Poster

2012-02-03T08:00:00.000-06:00

The Worst Acting Snubs in Oscars History

2012-02-03T07:45:00.000-06:00

The Worst Acting Snubs in Oscars History

10 Outstanding Neo-Noirs of the 2000s

2012-02-03T07:30:00.000-06:00

10 Outstanding Neo-Noirs of the 2000s

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

2012-02-03T07:17:00.000-06:00

First ‘Heartless’ Man: You Don’t Really Need A Heart, Or A Pulse

10 Weirdest TV Ads in History

2012-02-03T07:15:00.000-06:00

10 Weirdest TV Ads in History

The Artist

2012-02-03T07:00:00.000-06:00

Why James Reasoner should see The Artist: one word -- Quicksand.

Why everybody else should see The Artist: Great black and white photography, scene-stealing dog, actors who appear to be having a wonderful time, the amusing take on an old story, lots of laughs and heart, and wonderful use of sound. What's not to like. Highly recommended.

Forgotten Books: A Night for Screaming -- Harry Whittington

2012-02-03T06:30:00.001-06:00

This post originally appeared in slightly different form on July 13, 2005, before the “Forgotten Books” feature got started.

Which of Harry Whittington's novels is my favorite? That's an impossible question for me to answer, since I like so many of them. Certainly A Night for Screaming is right up there, so I decided to re-read it. It's the story of Mitch Walker, ex-cop, on the run from a murder he didn't commit, who winds up in Kansas, working on a huge farm that's run like the prison camp in Cool Hand Luke. The complications include Walker's relentless pursuer, the beautiful but nutjob wife of the farm's owner, the owner himself, the brutal overseers, and more.

One thing Whittington can do about as well as anybody ever could is begin the book with a tense situation and then dial up the tension on every succeeding page. He can put his protagonist into a situation that seems as bad as it can get, and then he can make it worse. And after that, he can make it worse still. In this book he takes a seemingly simple situation and complicates it more with every chapter, throwing in a few reversals and surprises along the way. If you ever run across a copy of A Night for Screaming, don't pass it up. You'll be sorry if you do. It's a dandy story, and it has a great cover, besides.

Since I wrote the above, the book has been reprinted in a swell double volume along with Any Woman He Wanted by Stark House. You can’t go wrong.

Alexander the Great

2012-02-03T06:00:00.000-06:00

Gotta Be a Novel in This

2012-02-02T21:13:00.000-06:00

Miss Cora Strayer's Private Detective Agency

Link via Boing Boing.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

2012-02-02T17:41:00.000-06:00

World News: Two infamous Swedish murderers, the "Skara Cannibal" and the "Vampire Woman," hope to get married, according to Expressen, a Swedish newspaper.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Something to be Thankful For

2012-02-02T17:32:00.000-06:00

Madonna's guarantee: no half-time wardrobe malfunction

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

2012-02-02T16:47:00.000-06:00

Someone at the FBI Is Swooning Over the "Tall, Dark & Handsome Bandit"

Ed Wood Update

2012-02-02T16:02:00.000-06:00

NYTimes.com: TIM BURTON’S finely textured 1994 film, “Ed Wood,” would seem to have dramatized nearly everything the world needs to know about that schlocky filmmaker.

But at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, last month two earnest and affable men, Jason Insalaco and Jonathan Harris, presented what they called the only existing complete print of a 22-minute television pilot that could ignite new appreciation for Wood. Called “Final Curtain,” this odd, minimalist pilot was written, produced and directed by Ed Wood in 1957.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

2012-02-02T12:33:00.000-06:00

Chicken nuggets, punches thrown in Dinkytown fight

Guys, Do Not Click the Link. Women Might Enjoy It, However.

2012-02-02T12:28:00.000-06:00

Man Gets Gored By Bull In Place Where Men Do Not Want To Get Gored By Bulls

And Keep Off Her Lawn!

2012-02-02T12:23:00.000-06:00

Toothless Pa. woman robs bank for denture money

Indeed

2012-02-02T11:28:00.000-06:00

The Greatest Year in Women's Fashion History

Ah, Ross Thomas

2012-02-02T11:12:00.000-06:00

If you've been reading this blog for years (as who hasn't?), you know that Ross Thomas is one of my favorite writers. I'd give a lot just write one paragraph half as good as thousands that Thomas wrote. At any rate, here's a link to a fine essay and survey of Thomas' work, with copious quotations. Highly recommended. Ah, Treachery! - Do The Math

Song of the Day

2012-02-02T11:00:00.000-06:00

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

2012-02-02T10:30:00.000-06:00

HPD jails suspect in deadly text feud: According to a criminal complaint filed in the case, the older brother knew that his sibling and Franklin were involved in a feud based on threatening text messages sent to the younger brother's phone.

When he passed by, Franklin confronted Ruben Rubio. Xavier Rubio joined the argument then pulled a knife, according to the complaint. Franklin revealed a pistol and began firing.

Not Me

2012-02-02T10:15:00.000-06:00

20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes

Today's Vintage Ad

2012-02-02T10:00:00.000-06:00

Mona Lisa Update

2012-02-02T09:50:00.000-06:00

Earliest copy of Mona Lisa found in Prado - The Art Newspaper: Conservators at the Prado in Madrid recently made an astonishing discovery, hidden beneath black overpaint. What was assumed to be a replica of the Mona Lisa made after Leonardo’s death had actually been painted by one of his key pupils, working alongside the master. The picture is more than just a studio copy—it changed as Leonardo developed his original composition.

Reminder: Free e-Book -- Two Days Left

2012-02-02T09:36:00.000-06:00

If you have a Kindle, please grab it. You don't even have to read it. Just help me improve my numbers. I thank you, my family thanks you, and the publisher thanks you.

Amazon.com: The Prairie Chicken Kill (Truman Smith Mystery Series) eBook: Bill Crider: Kindle Store: Booklist says: For pure fun and sheer entertainment, it doesn't get much better than Crider's Tru Smith stories. Highly recommended.

Croc Update (Head Bump Edition)

2012-02-02T09:29:00.000-06:00

‘Shieldcroc’: The Prehistoric Crocodile With a Bump On Its Head | Earth & Environment | Science | Epoch Times: The remains of a new species of ancient crocodilian have been unearthed in Morocco that date back to the Late Cretaceous Period, around 95 million years ago.

The now-extinct crocodile is named Aegisuchus witmeri and has been nicknamed “Shieldcroc” due to the shield-like layer of thick skin on its head. The new species was identified from the remnants of a fossilized skull.

Has This Already Been a SyFy Movie?

2012-02-02T09:28:00.000-06:00

Caught just in time: Python captured in Florida cut open to reveal 59 baby snakes poised to ravage the Everglades

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Put Him in the Scuppers with a Hose Pipe on Him

2012-02-02T09:13:00.000-06:00

Drunken sailor opens wrong door | Seattle Times Newspaper: A drunken sailor who walked into the wrong apartment in Bremerton, urinated on the floor and then climbed into bed with an 80-year-old woman was "totally humiliated" by his actions but is unlikely to face criminal charges.

Hat tip to Fred Zackel.

PaperBack

2012-02-02T09:00:00.000-06:00

Gunsmoke (stories adapted from other media by Don Ward), Ballantine, 1957

Sheep Tornado WBAGNFARB

2012-02-02T08:45:00.001-06:00

Sheep Tornado Almost Destroys Car

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

2012-02-02T08:45:00.000-06:00

Man keeps getting arrested on someone else’s warrant: Real criminal already in jail

Shooter's Cross: The First Rancho Diablo Book Free!

2012-02-02T08:30:00.001-06:00

Get it while it's free and get started on a great western action series.

Amazon.com: Shooter's Cross (Rancho Diablo) eBook: Colby Jackson: Books

Yet Another List I'm Not On

2012-02-02T08:15:00.001-06:00

Top 10 underrated novels

Today's Western Movie Poster

2012-02-02T08:00:00.000-06:00

Here's the Plot for Your Next Birding Thriller

2012-02-02T07:45:00.000-06:00

UPI.com: Two European birdwatchers and their tourist guide were kidnapped in the southern Philippines Wednesday, police said.

Five heavily armed men abducted Elwold Horn, 52, of the Netherlands and Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 47, of Switzerland along with Filipino guide Ivan Sadenas, the Inquirer Mindanao reported.

4 Ways to Enjoy Nature According to Insane Old Magazines

2012-02-02T07:30:00.001-06:00

4 Ways to Enjoy Nature According to Insane Old Magazines

The magazine covers alone make this worth a look.

Angelo Dundee, R. I. P.

2012-02-02T07:22:00.000-06:00

NY Daily News: Angelo Dundee, the famed trainer most noted for his work with Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, died at his home in Tampa surrounded by his family on Wednesday. He was 90.

“He was a giant of a man, a history maker,” promoter Don King said. “He stood up in spite of and not because of. The most amazing thing about Angelo was that he could get along with anyone. He was the personification of walking in another man’s shoes.”

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

10 Foreign Remakes of American TV Shows Very Different Than the Original

2012-02-02T07:15:00.000-06:00

10 Foreign Remakes of American TV Shows Very Different Than the Original

Why 'Lord Of The Rings' Is Addictive

2012-02-02T07:00:00.000-06:00

Why 'Lord Of The Rings' Is Addictive

The Master of Ballantrae

2012-02-02T06:00:00.000-06:00

Here's the Plot for Your Next Chilean Thriller

2012-02-01T21:45:00.000-06:00

Glacier thief arrested in Chile: Police hold man on suspicion of stealing five tonnes of ice from a glacier in Patagonia to sell as designer ice cubes for cocktails

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention

2012-02-01T20:00:00.002-06:00

I read an advance copy of McGrave, and I gotta tell you, it's terrific. A great action hero, nonstop action, and a lot of laughs. Reading it was like watching a great action movie, and I'm really glad to hear it's likely the first book in a series. Highly recommended!

Amazon.com: McGrave eBook: Lee Goldberg: Kindle Store: Los Angeles cop John "Tidal Wave" McGrave is an unstoppable force of nature who always gets his man...even if it means laying waste to everything around him, including his own career...which is exactly what happens in his pursuit of Sebastian Richter, the ruthless leader of an international gang of violent thieves.

When Richter flees to Berlin, McGrave chases after him...even though the cop doesn't know the language, the laws, or the culture. But McGrave doesn't care...he speaks the universal language of knee in the groin and fist in the face...and he won't let anything get in his way.

Feeling Safer Now?

2012-02-01T17:45:00.000-06:00

TSA agent arrested for stealing iPads from travelers: "If they're the guys who are protecting us and they're not, who am I going to trust next?" one angry victim, Borna Mojra, told the TV station.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Mike Kelley, R. I. P.

2012-02-01T17:42:00.000-06:00

Gallerist NY: Mike Kelley, one of the most critically acclaimed artists of his generation, has died at the age of 57, at his home in South Pasadena, Calif. According to several sources close to the artist that Gallerist has spoken with, the cause of death was suicide.

Nom Nom Nom

2012-02-01T15:47:00.001-06:00

64-year-old tub of lard found in Germany — still edible

Or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

2012-02-01T15:46:00.000-06:00

Man Allegedly Stuffs Tarantulas in His Pants

Another Freebie for your Kindle

2012-02-01T15:05:00.001-06:00

Amazon.com: Hot Pursuit eBook: Paul Bishop: Kindle Store: A Calico Jack Walker / Tina Tamiko L.A.P.D. novel . . .

It’s 1977 and veteran L.A.P.D. cop Calico Jack Walker and his rookie partner, Tina Tamiko, are planning to make Calico’s last shift on the job something special – but plans, as they do, come apart because Walker and Tamiko are good cops no matter what the cost . . . even if they're L.A. cops, in uniform, in their patrol car, on duty, and way out of their jurisdiction on the Las Vegas Strip.

When a major crime is going down, good cops never hesitate.

PW Reports, You Decide

2012-02-01T14:14:00.000-06:00

The Worst Book Ever is ‘Moon People’

Probably Looking for One of My Books

2012-02-01T13:47:00.000-06:00

Deer smashes through D.C. library window

Fortunately We Geezers Are Immune

2012-02-01T13:12:00.000-06:00

Study: Internet addiction a growing problem among youth

Freebie February

2012-02-01T13:10:00.000-06:00

Hawaiian Eye: Mark Troy on Crime Fiction: Freebie February

Don't Click the Link. I'm Warning You.

2012-02-01T12:01:00.000-06:00

The Vampire Woman Of Mexico

Uh-Oh

2012-02-01T12:00:00.000-06:00

Diet soda linked to stroke, heart attack - UPI.com: Drinking diet soft drinks on a daily basis might increase the risk stroke, heart attack and vascular death, U.S. researchers said.

What It Was -- George Pelecanos

2012-02-01T11:29:00.002-06:00

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear (1972) that some of us remember well. It was the time of blaxploitation, Plymouth Furies, Isaac Hayes (and Roberta Flack), Kool cigarettes, and just plain cool.

George Pelecanos knows the territory -- the music, the styles, the attitudes -- and they're all on display here as private-eye Derek Strange and his former partner, Frank Vaughn, go after a stone killer known as Red Fury (like the car). Red even has a soundtrack: "Red Fury, he's the man/Try and stop him if you can." If Red were into country music, he'd be singing, "Life fast, love hard, die young."

Readers familiar with Strange from previous books will be glad to meet his youthful self again. The novel is framed by the present-day Strange telling his tale to Nick Stafanos, and other familiar character, and it's a fast, lean story that moves like a Plymouth Fury peeling away from a stoplight. Check it out.

Cartoon of the Day

2012-02-01T11:20:00.000-06:00

Link

Commercial of the Day

2012-02-01T11:00:00.000-06:00

Ardath Mayhar, R. I. P.

2012-02-01T10:07:00.004-06:00

Joe Lansdale reported the passing of Ardath Mayhar on his Twitter feed. Judy and I met Ardath more than 30 years ago at AggieCon, and I still have many of her books that I read and enjoyed. She'll be missed.

Update: There's a fine tribute here by Jayme Blaschke.

Today's Vintage Ad

2012-02-01T10:00:00.000-06:00

Apocalypse Now

2012-02-01T09:53:00.000-06:00

Adam Sandler to write and star in Candyland movie

Teach 'em the Alphabet!

2012-02-01T09:44:00.000-06:00

CBS Boston: It’s going to be a while before things get back to normal for Judy Sanchez and her three-year-old daughter.

Last Thursday, a team of FBI agents swarmed her apartment building as part of a massive citywide drug and weapons gang raid.

Trouble is, Sanchez lives in apartment 2R.

The suspect they were after is in 2F.

Yet Another List I'm Not On

2012-02-01T09:36:00.000-06:00

22 Incredibly Old Living Things

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

2012-02-01T09:13:00.000-06:00

Half Moon Bay Review : News:A National Parks ranger subdued a Montara resident with a Taser Sunday afternoon, arresting the man after an argument unfolded about walking his dog without a leash at the Rancho Corral de Tierra open space.

Don Cornelius, R. I. P.

2012-02-01T09:06:00.000-06:00

latimes.com: "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius was found dead at his Sherman Oaks on home Wednesday morning.

Law enforcement sources said police arrived at Cornelius' home around 4 a.m. He apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was ongoing.

PaperBack

2012-02-01T09:00:00.000-06:00

Jack Finney, The House of Numbers, Dell, 1957

New Mural Puts a Face to Famous Authors

2012-02-01T08:45:00.000-06:00

New Mural Puts a Face to Famous Authors

Free for Kindle -- 3 Days Only

2012-02-01T08:15:00.001-06:00

If you have a Kindle, please grab it. You don't even have to read it. Just help me improve my numbers. I thank you, my family thanks you, and the publisher thanks you.

Amazon.com: The Prairie Chicken Kill (Truman Smith Mystery Series) eBook: Bill Crider: Kindle Store:Booklist says: For pure fun and sheer entertainment, it doesn't get much better than Crider's Tru Smith stories. Highly recommended.

Today's Western Movie Poster

2012-02-01T08:00:00.000-06:00

You Should Definitely Check This Out

2012-02-01T07:45:00.000-06:00

Blood and Tacos

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World

2012-02-01T07:30:00.001-06:00

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World

The Worst Career Moves in Sports History

2012-02-01T07:30:00.000-06:00

The Worst Career Moves in Sports History

10 Crazy College Secret Societies

2012-02-01T07:15:00.001-06:00

10 Crazy College Secret Societies

Underground Houston

2012-02-01T07:15:00.000-06:00

Buffalo Bayou's dark secret

The Spanish Main

2012-02-01T06:00:00.000-06:00

UFO Update

2012-01-31T15:30:00.000-06:00

UFO Found In Baltic Sea?: A team of shipwreck hunters that found a strange circular object on the floor of the Baltic Sea in 2011 now says they have discovered visual evidence of a second "disc-like shape" some 200 meters from the original find, CNN reports.

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention

2012-01-31T14:03:00.000-06:00

Amazon.com: Call Me Cupid: Six Screwball Stories of Love eBook: Gerald So: Kindle Store: Gerald So brings you six flash fiction stories of off-the-wall romance: "Call Me Cupid", "Connect the Dots", "Every Man for Himself", "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Rocky Road", and "Once Upon a Wedding Cake". Includes work originally published in POWDER BURN FLASH and ZYGOTE IN MY COFFEE.

Deadline Extended!

2012-01-31T11:06:00.003-06:00

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Song of the Day

2012-01-31T11:00:00.000-06:00

Dust of the Damned -- Peter Brandvold

2012-01-31T10:30:00.001-06:00

This is a real rip-snorter of a weird western, set in an alternate America in which Abraham Lincoln had to resort to bringing in werewolves from Europe to win the Civil War. The werewolves were supposed to go home after the war, but you just can't trust a werewolf. They didn't go, and now the frontier is overrun with werewolves, swillers, and hobgobbies. Instead of the traditional bounty hunters, there are ghoul hunters, chief among them being Uriah Zane. When Charlie Hondo, the worst werewolf of them all, breaks out of Hellsgarde prison, assisted by a couple of other werewolves and a Mexican witch, it's up to Zane and beautiful U. S. Marshal Angel Coffin to track them down before they wreak real havoc.

This is one of those books where the action never lets up. Heads roll, supernatural creatures die by the dozens (humans do, too), and there's lots of sex. There's humor, too, and I got a kick out of noticing that an undertaker was named Hank DeRosso. If you're looking for a horror novel crossed with a spaghetti western, this is the one to try. Check it out.

Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments for Writing

2012-01-31T10:14:00.001-06:00

Henry Miller's 11 Commandments for Writing

"And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, So I had one more for dessert"

2012-01-31T10:12:00.000-06:00

Bacon Flavored Beer

Today's Vintage Ad

2012-01-31T10:00:00.000-06:00

Maybe They'll Ask Me to Star in the American Version

2012-01-31T09:50:00.000-06:00

Televisual: Spun Gold TV is making its first wildlife programming with the commission of Swimming with Crocodiles for BBC Two.

The two hour-long shows will follow presenter and World Wildlife Fund ambassador Ben Fogle as he travels across the world to discover more about the behaviour of wild crocodiles and to dive with them.

Gotta Love #1!

2012-01-31T09:36:00.000-06:00

8 Most Extreme Tourist Attractions

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

2012-01-31T09:10:00.000-06:00

Vero wife upset at hubby's request to 'use the bed' with another woman - Off the Beat with Will Greenlee: Marian Searchwell's husband said his wife grew enraged after he decided to bring home a "female visitor."

PaperBack

2012-01-31T09:00:00.000-06:00

Roger Dee (Roger D. Aycock), Let the Sky Fall, Popular Library, 1957

Yet Another List I'm Not On

2012-01-31T08:45:00.000-06:00

16 Of The Smartest Children In History

Top 10 Suicidal Writers

2012-01-31T08:30:00.000-06:00

Top 10 Suicidal Writers

Coming Soon....more adventures of The Dead Man

2012-01-31T08:15:00.000-06:00

Coming Soon....more adventures of The Dead Man

Today's Western Movie Poster

2012-01-31T08:00:00.000-06:00

Rare Color Photos from the Depression Era

2012-01-31T07:45:00.000-06:00

Rare Color Photos from the Depression Era

Part 2 at this link.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

2012-01-31T07:30:00.000-06:00

Fisticuffs at Cowboy BBQ: Deputy Jeff Stoltz said that the argument began over whether food was done cooking, with the cook Harvey Smith, 34, of Helena, saying it wasn’t done and that he would cook it until it was. As the discussion escalated, the restaurant owner, Jimmy Russell, 67, of Wolf Creek, fired Smith.

6 Painful Things Nobody Tells You About Fighting

2012-01-31T07:15:00.000-06:00

6 Painful Things Nobody Tells You About Fighting

Chris Knopf Interview

2012-01-31T06:55:00.000-06:00

You Would Say That, Wouldn't You?

Overlooked Movies -- Stealing Home

2012-01-31T06:30:00.000-06:00

You regular readers know that I'm a sucker for coming-of-age stories, and this movie is a good one. I saw it more than 20 years ago and still remember how it made me feel.

Mark Harmon is a talented baseball player who's never lived up to expectations, his own or those of others. The movie opens when he's called to come back to his home after the death of his childhood friend, played by Jodie Foster, who was the "older woman" when he was a teen. She was a free spirit who lived life her own way, and she was someone he could always talk to when he needed a sympathetic ear. The rest of the story is told mostly in flashbacks to that earlier time in Harmon's life, and it's all about friendship and love and loyalty and such. Great stuff.

The ending is a little sentimental, or maybe a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way. There's another of those great soundtracks with several songs that you'll recognize instantly if you grew up in the late '50s and early '60s. If you're a sucker for this kind of thing, as I am, and if you haven't see this movie, check it out.