Eartha Kitt was an iconic actress, singer, songwriter,  dancer and activist. Kitt started her career as a member of the  Katherine Dunham Company in 1943. She appeared in the 1945 original Broadway theatre production of the musical Carib Song. In the … Continue reading Eartha Kitt Birthday Night Thread (1/17)

January 16 marks the 70th birthday of horror maestro John Carpenter. He began his career with a series of short films, eventually leading up to his first feature length film Dark Star (a comedy parodying Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey) … Continue reading The Master of Horror’s Night Thread

If you have not yet sat down with your family to mourn the tragic event that occurred a scant hundred years ago (and which was already covered this morning, so I don’t need to go over it again), please do … Continue reading The Big Honkin’ Molasses Disaster Night Thread

As of tonight I’m in a college classroom for the first time in 11 years. Let’s see if I have better luck learning how to be a blackjack dealer than I did as a CJ major. Card dealing opens opportunities … Continue reading The Night Thread Prepares

Django Jane by Janelle Monáe is probably my favorite song of 2018.  (some of the SFW lyrics) (NSFW language) Have a spectacular night!   Continue reading Django Jane NIGHT THREAD (1/13)

Today is Issa Rae’s birthday. Issa Rae is an amazing actress, writer, director, producer, and web series creator. She first gained notice for her hilarious web series Awkward Black Girl.  She went on to create, co-write and star in the … Continue reading Issa Rae Night Thread (1/12)

With Bumblebee out right now, I thought it would be good to showcase the last time a Transformers movie was any good with 1986’s Transformers: The Movie. Specifically, one scene: Starscream’s coronation. It is just a wonderful scene, mainly because … Continue reading Scott OT #163: The Night Thread of Starscream’s Coronation (1/11)

The world getting you down?  Feeling so angry you want to scream?  Remember these wise words from Sifl and Olly: Angry man say dangity-dang He go to the park to hangity-hang, but He’s not CRESCENT FRESH His whole life’s a … Continue reading The Crescent Fresh Night Thread (1/10)

Emmuska Orczy, a Baroness of Hungary, left her estate in Budapest at a young age. In 1868, her parents packed up when they feared a peasant revolution. Eventually she ended up in London, where she married an English clergyman. After … Continue reading The Night Thread is the King of the Beasts in Pastels (1/9)

Because, you know, “Manos.” But not in so many words. El Paso insurance and fertilizer salesman Harold P. Warren once met Academy Award winning screenwriter Sterling Silliphant. They got to talking, and Warren mentioned that horror movies aren’t that hard … Continue reading Manos, the Night Thread of Fate (1/8)

In 1990, a video was released called Playground, about Michael Jordan. Here’s the description of it: “This made-for-video production mixes highlights of Michael Jordan from the ’80s with a fantasy storyline of a high school teen named Walt, who has … Continue reading Scott OT #161: The Night Thread of Michael Jordan’s Playground (1/7)

On January 6, 1540, Anne of Cleves became Henry VIII’s fourth wife. Born in Germany, she was the daughter of a Duke and Duchess. If you don’t remember your “wives of Henry VIII” history, she’s the second one that he … Continue reading Anne of Cleves Night Thread

In modern days, Christmas Season goes from, say, Halloween all the way until Christmas. Not so back in the day. Christmas season went from December 25 to January 5 or 6, or “Twelfth Night“, or the “Twelfth Day of Christmas,” … Continue reading The Twelfth Night Thread (1/5)

On January 4, 1960, John Michael Stipe was born. Twenty years later, while attending the University of Georgia (in Athens), Michael met Peter Buck at Wuxtry Records. Bill Berry and Mike Mills then joined Michael and Peter to form a … Continue reading Michael Stipe Night Thread

As part of my ongoing quest to bring a little culture to this site, I’d like to talk about Hurray For The Riff Raff. Hurray for the Riff Raff is basically Alynda Segarra and whoever she happens to be playing … Continue reading Hurray For the January 3rd Night Thread

Federico Fellini launched the careers of many famous Italian actors and actresses… and a few kitsch icons, believe it or not. Let’s start with this guy from Fellini Satyricon: Not familiar with this guy, let’s so who his name is: … Continue reading Scott OT #159: The Night Thread of Kitsch Icons Starring in Fellini Movies (1/2)

I may have had a plan for this. I forgot it though. So here you go, a thrilling low effort night thread existing only to set a low standard for the next 364 night threads that 2019. Make me proud. … Continue reading The Low Bar Night Thread

It’s the end of the month (and the year, but that list is coming tomorrow), so here’s the best movies I saw for the first time in December. 10.) Minding the Gap directed by Bing Liu, 2018 9.) Creed II … Continue reading Scott OT #158: The Last Night Thread of 2018 (12/31)

In a little over one more day, Americans will be full entitled to copy, modify or adapt any and all works from the year 1923. It’s been a long time coming. American copyright law is complex, and the duration of … Continue reading The 2019 Public Domain Night Thread

Strengths: cold, rational logic to run Cybertron for four million years while Megatron is stuck under a mountain on Earth; unfailing loyalty unlike that weasel Starscream; transforms into a dangerous megaweapon Weaknesses: Dinobots; female Autobots; poor depth perception; poor motor … Continue reading Shockwave Night Thread (12/29)

The Sontaran’s are another favorite of mine from Doctor Who. Sontarans are a race of belligerent and militaristic clones from the planet Sontar, created by the Kaveetch. Due to the high gravity of the moon that they were first created … Continue reading Sontaran Night Thread (12/28)