Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 10

The Second Face of V: The Twilight of Man

Moore’s stories aren’t just about overthrowing an oppressive regime. They’re about a superior being overthrowing an oppressive regime because normal humans won’t—they’re doing the job Britons, Americans, and the Worldly Wise won’t do. How much are they about the decline of mankind in favor of something else?

Vermont Boiled Cider Pi

If you’ve got a bunch of cider, one of the ways to preserve it is to turn it into boiled cider. And one of the best ways to use boiled cider is to make a Vermont cider pie!

Catching Up with Eddie Doucette, ‘The Voice of The Bucks’ linked on Food

“One thing about AM radio, after the sun goes down, is picking up a faraway signal through the interference and the ether, where the magic crackles through a speaker. This is how people in the Midwest learned of Eddie Doucette in the late 1960s, broadcasting play-by-play for a fledgling NBA expansion team, the Milwaukee Bucks.”

Catching up with Eddie Doucette is a really nice interview with Chef Eddie Doucette’s son, the great sports broadcaster, in this week’s Shepherd Express of Milwaukee, where he had his breakout broadcasting Milwaukee Bucks games in the late sixties.

The First Face of V: A Crucible of Fire

V is a creature of man, born of fire and perverted science. He is the savior of man, giving his life to usher in a new world of freedom and individual liberty. Including the liberty to die.

Everyone Is Gonzo: The Hunter S. Thompson Musical

The Hunter S. Thompson musical at the La Jolla Playhouse throws out everything we know about Thompson, the people around him, and musicals.

FiVe Faces of Alan Moore’s SaVior

V, Veidt, and Constantine are very much the same person, each ushering in a new era of human greatness through their own devious means. Even Promethea and Faust, and Moore’s interpretation of Jack the Ripper, share that vision to a lesser extent. What do these five faces of the same man mean?

Eggnog for Breakfast… and Beyond!

I enjoy breakfast beverages, and eggnog—egg and milk or cream with flavoring—is a perfectly balanced breakfast. Drink Your Breakfast!

Light a candle for Christmas hymns

While the holidays brought more examples of bowdlerized lyrics they also brought, at least to our church, a lit candle for the darkness, in the form of a new hymnal that retains sound Catholic theology.

My Year in Food: 2023

From Italy to the Ukraine—some of it real, and some through cookbooks—this has been a great year for food.

Gygax and Lakofka on Wargaming in 1969

Jim Crossley reports on wargaming’s bright future—and the need for computerization—after the second GenCon. His article appeared in a handful of newspapers over the 1969-1970 holiday season, with quotes from Lenard Lakofka and Gary Gygax.