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Nags Head sunrise, 11 March

Come for the gorgeous orange sunrise but stay for the exquisite pink cloud wisps.

Posted bygsb03632March 13, 2021Posted inphotographyTags: Nags Head, sunriseLeave a comment on Nags Head sunrise, 11 March

The Dietz mausoleum

A Karnakial mausoleum with Orientalist overtones!

Posted bygsb03632March 9, 2021Posted inarchitecture, cemeteriesTags: Charles Dietz, Egyptian Revival, Egyptomania, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Islamophilia, Omaha NE, Robert Talbot KellyLeave a comment on The Dietz mausoleum

Red Nags Head sunrise

Never trash old photos unless they're out of focus or badly exposed.

Posted bygsb03632March 6, 2021March 31, 2021Posted inphotographyTags: Nags HeadLeave a comment on Red Nags Head sunrise

Edward William Ryan, M.D.

A Scrantonian conspicuously decorated in World War I.

Posted bygsb03632February 16, 2021March 6, 2021Posted incemeteries, ScrantonTags: Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton PA, World War ILeave a comment on Edward William Ryan, M.D.

The Night Strangler

Arguably the greatest TV movie ever made.

Posted bygsb03632February 14, 2021March 6, 2021Posted inBook review, Film reviewTags: alchemy, Jeff Rice, Kolchak, Richard Matheson, Seattle Underground, The Night StranglerLeave a comment on The Night Strangler

The Night Killers

The Kolchak movie that might have been.

Posted bygsb03632February 14, 2021February 14, 2021Posted inBook review, Film review, Science FictionTags: Jeff Rice, Kolchak, Richard Matheson, The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, William F. NolanLeave a comment on The Night Killers

Pumpkinhead

If you know what to look for in Pumpkinhead, you will find one of the best horror movies of its type, and I take it as my task to point this out.

Posted bygsb03632February 13, 2021February 13, 2021Posted inFilm review, Science Fiction, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Pumpkinhead

Quatermass and the Pit

Drop everything! Watch Quatermass and the Pit (= Five Million Years to Earth).

Posted bygsb03632February 11, 2021February 11, 2021Posted inBook review, Science FictionTags: Five Million Years to Earth, Lifeforce, Nigel Kneale, QuatermassLeave a comment on Quatermass and the Pit

I   O N I C

What on earth is it with this pediment?!

Posted bygsb03632February 11, 2021February 11, 2021Posted inarchitecture, ScrantonTags: Ionic order1 Comment on I   O N I C

The Treasury of the Deckers

In which is explored a model for a very common American mausoleum design.

Posted bygsb03632February 2, 2021March 31, 2021Posted inarchitecture, cemeteriesTags: Binghamton N.Y., Doric order, Egyptian Revival, Flower Hill Cemetery, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond VA, Rock Creek Cemetery, Treasury of the Athenians, Washington D.C.Leave a comment on The Treasury of the Deckers

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