My new episode of Cocktail Nation radio is up! This month I give a brief intro to The Pink Panther and play a classic cover of Mancini's iconic theme: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/03/spy-...
New episode from the ITC Entertained the World podcast brings The Invisible Man into focus: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/02/invi...
The new Paul McCartney doc had its limited theatrical debut last night! Here are some of my impressions of this (great!) movie: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/02/man-...
"Lives on a farm, got plenty of charm, beep, beep
He's got no cows but he's sure got a whole lot of sheep
A brand new wife and a family
And when he comes to town, I wonder if he'll play with me."
-Ringo
Rainy evening reading :)
If you're looking for a fun music history read, the kindle edition of Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War is on sale for $2.99!
Early spy comics from the 1950s collected in new edition by Fantagraphics this summer! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/02/spy-...
Great review of the Moonraker 007 soundtrack reissue over at The Tracking Angle: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/02/moon...
Sociology
Anthropology
Japanese Art History
Japanese Literature
Intermediate Japanese
Imprint has announced their upcoming Blu-ray release of The New Avengers complete series box set! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/01/impr...
on Spy Vibe: three classic 1960s films announced from Imprint:
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on Spy Vibe: Books sale alert over at Hermes Press: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
R.I.P. Bob Weir. Here's my photo of him playing with Ramblin' Jack Elliot in 2019.
on Spy Vibe: check out the return of The Avengers Declassified! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/01/aven...
It was 100 years ago today! George Martin centenary on Spy Vibe spyvibe.blogspot.com/2026/01/geor...
Rewatching this doc. It's a personal story about going to India in 68 to study meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (along with The Beatles, who were also there). The doc uses great photos, contemporary interviews, and a trip back to the ashram. I'm enjoying the revisit myself via the film!
First film for 2026: The Jade Raksha (1968) with Cheng Pei-Pei and Tang Ching as Wuxia heroes on revenge quests vs a supervillain with a secret dungeon. The extra dose of atmosphere was provided by cues lifted from John Barry's From Russia with Love soundtrack:
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Thinking back to Rutherford Chang's exhibit "We Buy White Albums" in 2017. A creative idea to spotlight the limited-edition quality of the original record, as well as our collective interaction with The Beatles via customized sleeves by past owners. Chang passed last January.
2025 Recap
I'm not into flags, but I like how this Japan red vinyl copy of The Beatles Help! laid over the album cover suggests the Japanese flag sun motif [not my record]
Following my post about George Harrison, here's an old related post on Spy Vibe:
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I enjoyed rewatching Scorsese's doc about George Harrison again. This Korean poster uses one of MANY photos of The Beatles exploring photography. I love that their creativity & curiosity never ebbed; not even during rare moments of downtime. Looking forward to the upcoming George photo book.
Rainy weekend fun organizing my Beatles records, or as I like to call it, the Annual Running of The Beatles :)
on Spy Vibe: Holiday wishes, updates, and spreading the Beatles-Avengers cheer: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/12/fab-...
Holiday book sales over at Hermes Press: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
If anyone is looking for the classic Phantom paperbacks by Avon, Hermes Press is running a 3-for-2 sale on their cool reprint series.
on my Spy Vibe: new CD edition of Jerry Goldsmith's The Chairman OST coming from Intrada: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/12/chai...
Spent a little time today editing my photo of these two old friends :)
on Spy Vibe: 007 Titles designer Maurice Binder born 100 years ago today! Catch his work on the big screen in CHARADE at Film Forum: spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/12/char...
