Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Recommended reading - The Wages of Fear (1950):


The Wages of Fear


Original title: Le Salaire de la peur.
By Georges Arnaud.
Originally published in 1950.
This English language translation edition was published in 1968.
Paperback.
Avon edition.
ASIN: B000VDT4KS

Description:

Las Piedras, beaching port. There are hundreds of them, coming from who knows where, to forget the impasse of their existence in the tropics. For a handful of dollars, these low-rankers are ready to do anything. Ready to face kilometers of impassable track, behind the wheel of a dilapidated truck, to transport nitroglycerin. At the slightest deviation, at the slightest shock, it is death. An epic of pure anguish...

Book cover artwork from other editions:

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:


The urge to convert experience into a group of words
that are in a grammatical relation to one another
is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

On this day in music history - A Lighter Shade of Blue, by Christina Perri (2022):


A Lighter Shade of Blue

Album by Christina Perri,
was released on July 15, 2022.

Track list:

surrender; hurt; evergone; back in time (feat. ben rector); home; people like you; fever; blue; i do it for you; mothers; fighter; tiny victories (album); time of our lives; roses in the rain.

On this day in music history - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, by Susan Graham and John Nelson (1997):


Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été

Album by Susan Graham and John Nelson,
released July 15, 1997.

Track list:

No. 1, Villanelle; No. 2, Le spectre de la rose; No. 3, Sur les lagunes; No. 4, Absence; No. 5, Au cimitière; No. 6, L’île inconnue; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111: D’amour l’ardente flamme; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, H 76: Mais, qu’ai-je donc?; Les troyens, H 133: Je vais mourir; Les troyens, H 133: Adieu, fière cite; Béatrice et Bénédict, H 138: Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?

Born on this day – Galyn Görg:


Galyn Görg


Actress

Producer

Location Management

July 15, 1964 – July 14, 2020

Credits:

A Christmas in Royal Fashion (2018); A Christmas Princess (2019); A Different World (1989–1992); A Husband for Christmas (2016); Al Jarreau: After All (1984); Amazing Stories (1986); America 3000 (1986); Clarke & DiBella: Hollywood Division (2018); Colony (2017); Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' (2017); Cover Up (1985); Crossing Jordan (2001); CSI: Miami (2004); Dance Academy (1988); Down Twisted (1987); Duet (1988); Earth Spirit (2006); Easy (2003); Fame (1984); Fantastico 6 (1985–1986); Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993); Grapevine (1992); Hang Time (1997); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1996); Hollywood Love (2011); How to Get Away with Murder (2018); It's Your Move (1985); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Judgment Night (1993); Living Single (1996); Living the Blues (1986); Lost (2008); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Mirrors (1985); Nightingales (1988); Parks and Recreation (2015); Point Break (1991); RoboCop 2 (1990); Sandra Raimondo Show (1987); Sporting Chance (1990); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995); Star Trek: Voyager (1996); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Storyville (1992); Strangers in Paradise (1984); Techqua Ikachi: Aboriginal Warning (2008); Teller's Camp (2023); Temptation (1994); That Movie Chick (2019); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); The Adventures of Detective Samantha Sturgess (2019); The A-Team (1985); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1996); The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986); The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988); The Wrong Crush (2017); The Wrong Friend (2018); The Wrong Guys (1988); The Wrong Student (2017); Twin Peaks (1990); When We Were Young (1989); Xena: Warrior Princess (1996); ZZ Top: Greatest Hits (1992); ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man (1983).

Born on this day – Larry Cohen:


Larry Cohen

Writer

Producer

Director

July 15, 1936 – March 23, 2019

Born on this day – Clive Cussler:


Clive Cussler


Writer

Actor

Underwater explorer

July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Arctic Drift (2008); Atlantis Found (1999); Black Wind (2004); Blue Gold (2000); Built for Adventure (2011); Built to Thrill (2016); Celtic Empire (2019); Condor's Fury (2023); Corsair (2009); Crescent Dawn (2010); Cyclops (1985); Dark Vector (2022); Dark Watch (2005); Deep Six (1984); Desolation Code (2024); Devil's Gate (2011); Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998); Dragon (1990); Fast Ice (2021); Final Option (2019); Fire Ice (2002); Fire Strike (2023); Flood Tide (1997); Ghost Ship (2014); Ghost Soldier (2024); Golden Buddha (2003); Havana Storm (2014); Hellburner (2022); Iceberg (1975); Inca Gold (1991); Journey of the Pharaohs (2020); Lost City (2004); Lost Empire (2010); Marauder (2020); Medusa (2009); Mirage (2012); Night Probe! (1981); Nighthawk (2017); Odessa Sea (2016); Pacific Vortex! (1983); Piranha (2015); Pirate (2016); Plague Ship (2008); Polar Shift (2005); Poseidon's Arrow (2012); Raise the Titanic! (1976); Sacred Stone (2004); Sahara (1992); Sea of Greed (2018); Serpent (1999); Shadow Tyrants (2018); Shock Wave (1995); Skeleton Coast (2006); Spartan Gold (2009); The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010); The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006); The Assassin (2013); The Bootlegger (2014); The Chase (2007); The Corsican Shadow (2023); The Cutthroat (2017); The Devil's Sea (2021); The Emperor's Revenge (2016); The Eye of Heaven (2014); The Gangster (2016); The Gray Ghost (2018); The Heist (2024); The Jungle (2011); The Kingdom (2011); The Mayan Secrets (2013); The Mediterranean Caper / aka Mayday! (1973); The Navigator (2007); The Oracle (2019); The Pharaoh's Secret (2015); The Race (2011); The Rising Sea (2018); The Romanov Ransom (2017); The Saboteurs (2020); The Sea Hunters (1994); The Sea Hunters II (2002); The Sea Wolves (2022); The Serpent's Eye (2023); The Silent Sea (2010); The Solomon Curse (2015); The Spy (2010); The Storm (2012); The Striker (2013); Suspense Magazine, April 2010 (2010); The Thief (2012); The Titanic Secret (2018); The Tombs (2012); The Treasure of Khan (2006); The Wrecker (2009); Thriller 2 (2009); Thriller 2.1 (2016); Thriller 2.3 (2016); Treasure (1988); Trojan Odyssey (2003); Typhoon Fury (2017); Valhalla Rising (2001); Vixen 03 (1976); White Death (2003); Wrath of Poseidon (2020); Zero Hour (2013).

Movies and television:

History's Mysteries (2000); Raise the Titanic (1980); Raising the Hunley (2001); Read All About It (1978); Sahara (2005); Sunk on Christmas Eve (2001); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Sea Hunters (2002); Today (1986).