Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog

Musings On 20th Century Pop Culture by Psychotronic Paul

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Writer's Block + April Jazz Birthdays on International Jazz Day

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Today, the dreaded Writer's Block, clearly upon this blogger like a hungry housecat on ACME Smoked Whitefish Salad, determines our month...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

And This Blog Loves Hoagy Carmichael

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"I'm a bit disappointed in myself. I know I could have accomplished a hell of a lot more... I could write anything any time I w...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

Happy 100th Birthday, Hans Conried!

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Today we celebrate the centenary of the birth of Hans Conried , another first ballot selection for the Comic Character Actor Hall Of Fame. ...
Sunday, April 09, 2017

The Wonder Of 1950's Technology: The 3-D TV Headset

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Think virtual reality is cool? Here, from the pages of Life Magazine , is the way to watch TV and escape your humdrum existence: use the p...
Saturday, April 01, 2017

Happy April Fools' Day from Bud, Lou and Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog

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I love Abbott and Costello but never liked April Fools' Day. Neither did Charlie Brown of Peanuts. That said, the great comedians of ...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Still More Unfortunate Print Ads

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Smoke a few Lucky Strike "LSMFT" cigarettes back in the 1940's and the next thing you know. . . well, you're so darn ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Starting Friday - Buster Keaton Weekend At Niles

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The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum tips the battered vintage porkpie hats to the great Buster Keaton all weekend. Movie buffs in the San ...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

From The Bandstand To Hollywood: Musicians In The Movies, Part 2

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Part 1 of  From The Bandstand To Hollywood: Musicians In The Movies covered vocalists who doubled as character actors - Bing Crosby, Rudy ...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

Thanks, Robert Osborne and We'll Miss You!

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In yet another sucker-punch to the forces of civility, Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne passed at 84 earlier this week. Since, for...
Saturday, March 04, 2017

And This Blog Loves V-Discs

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Since 20th century music has clearly been the topic du jour at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog so far in 2017, Mr. Blogmeister has been, ...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

And This Blog Loves The Dyspeptic Oscar Levant - As Much As He Loathes The Thought

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As Monsieur and Madame Blogmeister are currently in New York City, a principal musician stomping ground and incubator of 20th century Am...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

The 2017 Buster Keaton Blogathon

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Late, but not TOO late I mention that today is the last day of the 2017 Buster Keaton Blogathon, hosted by historian and writer Lea Stans ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Remembering Film Preservationist David Shepard, We Say The Film Prayer!

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“If you’ve seen a superior print of a film by Chaplin or Keaton, Griffith or Murnau, chances are David had a hand in restoring it,” Leonard...
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Paul F. Etcheverry
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I'm a writer and film historian who has programmed classic film events in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years. These include the Pre-Code Follies at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and the KFJC Psychotronix Film Festivals at Foothill College.
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