Before heading into New York (aka Gilbert’s City) to fulfill a years-long promise to myself—attending a rare theatrical screening of my favorite movie, Where Eagles Dare, at our beloved Film Forum—I wanted to make a little “public service announcement.” It’s to apologize for and explain the lack of new content since Christmas, although I always hope that the blog will be a valuable source of nexus-related lore for those who care to plumb its depths. Unsurprisingly, I am trying to focus my efforts on the Group history alluded to in my post on John Brosnan, rather than on BOF, since my day job at MBI and family/home commitments so sharply curtail what I laughingly call my “free time,” although I do hope to announce a surprise side project here soon.
Meanwhile, The Great Work™ continues, fitfully if not apace. Per my m.o. of grouping, ha ha, related sections, I’ve just finished an exhaustive analysis of the three Group-written features based on H.P. Lovecraft’s work, with typical tangents on other HPL subject matter for context. In conjunction with the project, Madame BOF and I are working our way through every episode of the original Twilight Zone—now in its fourth incarnation, I see with a sigh—and should be kicking off Season 3 once she returns from visiting our daughter in D.C. Which sub-assemblies (or tiles in the mosaic, as I conceptualize them) will form my next major initiative? That might be determined tomorrow, when I hope to be barricaded at Schloss Bradley in monastic solitude…
Hi Matthew! Hope you’re well! I just discovered your blog and as I started the heavy task of reading through your substantial backlog, I read this post and instantly got nostalgic for the times I would hang out with you, Gilbert, and Chris Blake at the Film Forum. I miss those times! Be well, take care, and I look forward to reading a decade’s worth of your writing! Cheers, Roel