Issue 123
News: And Now... The Rest of the Story.
In 1952, Betty Falco was finishing up a divorce from her husband, and at the same time, she was having an affair with a man named Joe. Eventually she got pregnant with his love child. and yet her divorce wasn't final. Back in those days, women who got pregnant outside of wedlock were made outcasts and social pariahs, and one can only imagine what she must have felt as a not only a woman pregnant outside of wedlock, but a divorcee as well, which had the same social effects. When Joe found out about the pregnancy, he said that there was only one thing to do: get rid of it. This was twenty years before the decision of Roe vs. Wad, so abortion wasn't legal. There were only two things to do: Follow his instruction and get an abortion, thus breaking the law and possibly affecting her future fertility, or disobey him and have the baby. A few months later, she finally gave birth to her baby and named him Richard. He was immediately put up for adoption and a week later, was adopted by a couple; two hardware store owners named the Berkowitzes, and they gave him the name David, in homage to the great Israelite king. And the circumstances around these events led to David Berkowitz doing the one thing he would end up becoming famous for: The Son of Sam murders. And Now You Know... The Rest of the Story.
(The preceding piece is a lampoon of the style of Paul Harvey.)
Band Name of the day: Johnny At The Fair.
Film Idea of the Day: A juvenile delinquent is put in charge of a play in return for a suspended sentence for an ever-growing list of crimes.
Film Review of the Day: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (The Book and the Movie). Recently I managed to both read the entire book and watch the movie. The plot starts out simply enough, as the story of a woman with large thumbs who becomes a hitchhiker, but it eventually gets more complicated, involving such diverse topics as politics, religion, sexuality, enviromentalism, and drug use. In the end, I must say that the film, as good as it is, does, in the end, fail to capture the book's eclectic glory, although, to be fair, it would certainly be hard to put this book into film form, although the film's creators do try hard and ultimately do the best they can. The novel itself must be, in my opinion, one of the best novels of the 1970s, and certianly one of the best comic novels of all time.
Quote of the Day: "All of us are freaks in one way or another. Try being born a male Russian Countess into a white, middle class, Baptist family in Mississippi, and you'll see what I mean."
___________________________________The Countess, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
Link of the Day: Snopes: A site for all those urbam myths you've heard, and some about emails you may have recieved. I'm surprised I've gone this far without linking here.
In 1952, Betty Falco was finishing up a divorce from her husband, and at the same time, she was having an affair with a man named Joe. Eventually she got pregnant with his love child. and yet her divorce wasn't final. Back in those days, women who got pregnant outside of wedlock were made outcasts and social pariahs, and one can only imagine what she must have felt as a not only a woman pregnant outside of wedlock, but a divorcee as well, which had the same social effects. When Joe found out about the pregnancy, he said that there was only one thing to do: get rid of it. This was twenty years before the decision of Roe vs. Wad, so abortion wasn't legal. There were only two things to do: Follow his instruction and get an abortion, thus breaking the law and possibly affecting her future fertility, or disobey him and have the baby. A few months later, she finally gave birth to her baby and named him Richard. He was immediately put up for adoption and a week later, was adopted by a couple; two hardware store owners named the Berkowitzes, and they gave him the name David, in homage to the great Israelite king. And the circumstances around these events led to David Berkowitz doing the one thing he would end up becoming famous for: The Son of Sam murders. And Now You Know... The Rest of the Story.
(The preceding piece is a lampoon of the style of Paul Harvey.)
Band Name of the day: Johnny At The Fair.
Film Idea of the Day: A juvenile delinquent is put in charge of a play in return for a suspended sentence for an ever-growing list of crimes.
Film Review of the Day: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (The Book and the Movie). Recently I managed to both read the entire book and watch the movie. The plot starts out simply enough, as the story of a woman with large thumbs who becomes a hitchhiker, but it eventually gets more complicated, involving such diverse topics as politics, religion, sexuality, enviromentalism, and drug use. In the end, I must say that the film, as good as it is, does, in the end, fail to capture the book's eclectic glory, although, to be fair, it would certainly be hard to put this book into film form, although the film's creators do try hard and ultimately do the best they can. The novel itself must be, in my opinion, one of the best novels of the 1970s, and certianly one of the best comic novels of all time.
Quote of the Day: "All of us are freaks in one way or another. Try being born a male Russian Countess into a white, middle class, Baptist family in Mississippi, and you'll see what I mean."
___________________________________The Countess, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
Link of the Day: Snopes: A site for all those urbam myths you've heard, and some about emails you may have recieved. I'm surprised I've gone this far without linking here.
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