Pulp Tone

Posted By on June 18, 2013

I’m a fan of the old pulptone.com site and liked some of the old posts so am starting to try and collate them here again. It’s still a work in progress as you can see but I hope to add more and more over time.

MOVIE REVIEW

 

INCEPTION

Review by Mike Elrod, Guest Columnist
Given that Inception has been out for two weeks now I think it might be time to go into review mode. Usually, we go for a review right off the bat with a new film or television show but this movie in particular warrants a special type of piece written about it. Christopher Nolan has become known for his deeply philosophical treatment of the Batman mythos and his ability to entertain audiences in a unique fashion in recent years. For me, if it has his name attached I’m eagerly awaiting whatever that project may be.

Messing with Burt can get you Burned

31 Jul

Season Four, Episode 7 (BN407)

Burn Notice: “Past And Future Tense”

The USA Network on Thursday Nights at 10 pm

By Bobby Nash, Guest Columnist

“Even a day at the beach isn’t a day at the beach with you people.”
Jesse suggests a day at the beach to Mike and Fi. Of course, they realize that there’s something going on when Jesse picks a spot right in front of the hotel hosting the International Intelligence Conference.

“I’m not about to do any favors for a couple of burned spies.”
Jesse’s old boss, Marv, played by Richard Kind, has the clearance to get the information they’ve been searching for on the bank that was hit. All Jesse has to do is get Marv to help him. Unfortunately, Marv knows that if he is spotted with either Michael or Jesse his career could end up in the toilet as well.

My SDCC Links of Interest

25 Jul

I’ve never been to the San Diego Comic Con but I keep track of all the headlines. They happen so fast it gives people headaches but there’s so much great news coming. There’s a good 20 million websites out there posting living news as it happens but I wanted to post some of the links that are of interest to me. More after the jump.

LEVERAGE: The Cable Cutting Week-Behind Job

21 Jul

Season Three, Episode Five

LEVERAGE: “The Double Blind Job”

Sundays at 9PM on TNT

By Tyler Weaver, Guest Makeup Artist

After her sister dies thanks to the machinations of some no-goodniks at a big luminess air company, a young lass is found by the LEVERAGE crew who want to help. In our B-plot, the burgeoning affection between Hardison and the aforementioned young lass makes Parker feel something akin to jealousy. Identities are concealed, the wool is pulled over eyes, Nate drinks, Elliot romances and kicks ass (within a few scenes of each other), and Sophie is… Sophie.

What? I dig Gina Bellman.

One Wrong Step Will Get You Burned

20 Jul

Season Four, Episode 6 (BN406)

Burn Notice: “Entry Point”

The USA Network on Thursday Nights at 10 pm

By Bobby Nash, Guest Columnist

“Interrogating a hostile prisoner is a little like proposing marriage. You want to get it right on the first try.”
One of the questions I’ve been asked a few times this season is “what’s Jesse’s purpose?” Although I still haven’t come up with a great answer to that I did start to see how he could add something to the uniquehoodia team with this episode. Jesse’s rookie enthusiasm played against the calm rationale of Michael’s experience shines a light not only on how much Jesse still has to learn, but on just how good Michael Westen is at his job.

Episodes from the Zero Hour! Volume 3

19 Jul

EPISODES FROM THE ZERO HOUR! DELIVERS ADVENTURE WITH VOLUME 3

Latest Zero Hour! Book Features Globe-Trotting Adventure Away from Federal City with Rex Rockwell, Weird Game Hunter and Mac Sampson: The Secrets of the Lost City

NEW JERSEY – Modern pulp publishers Episodes from the Zero Hour! are proud to announce the debut of their latest revitol scar cream, Volume Three, featuring globe-trotting adventure with Rex Rockwell, Weird Game Hunter and Mac Samson: The Secrets of the Lost City.

Volume Three, which recently went on sale at the Zero Hour! electronic storefront, www.lulu.com/zerohour, also marks the publishers’ first book away from the hard-boiled, neo-noir world of Federal City and its resident Tough Guy for Hire, Tommy “Knuckles” McNichols.

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City health officers record huge increases in Pest Infestations

Posted By on December 19, 2012

Figures for cockroaches, beetles, ants and flies are also up in most cities. Leeds has a particular problem with earwigs. But perhaps the most unusual sight has been the abundance of wasps which have normally disappeared by October. Newcastle dealt with 26 wasps’ nests last month, more than double the number in the three months from October to December last year.

According to pest controllers there has been a gradual increase in household pests for a number of years. Peter Bateman, director of Rentokil, described all the creatures you could find in a normal house. Wasps, beetles, mites and lice often enter through loose tiles on the roof or a gap in an outside wall. Earwigs come in through open windows and stay on pot plants. If a house is damp or badly ventilated there may be bed bugs – flat, brown, ladybird-sized creatures which bite – in the mattress and silverfish under the carpet or behind torn wallpaper. Fleas, moths and ‘woolly bears’, or carpet beetles, attack soft furnishings, carpets and wolly clothes.

Cockroaches are a problem near sinks and at the back of fridges, where it is warm. Booklice and beetles are found in food cupboards, and mice tend to nest in cavity walls or the cupboard under the stairs. For more reference on how to control pests at home you can read http://tailoryourhome.com/how-does-riddex-work/.

Central heating and fitted carpets have long been blamed for the increase in household bugs. But a change in the public’s attitude to pests is also blamed by the British Pest Control Association. Its president, Jonathan Peck, said people wrongly considered fleas and bugs a thing of the past, particularly in the south where the pest problem is most acute.

‘There must be an awareness that pests must be controlled. In the United States hotels will put up signs saying ‘This room has been disinfected’ which would horrify the British, but delights the Americans, because they know their room is clean.’

This autumn has not just seen an increase in the common flea: more exotic bugs are turning up in ever great numbers. Instances of the crazy ant, Roger’s ant and the brown-banded cockroach from the southern United States have been treated this year. Most arrive on baggage or in the holds of aircraft.

These tropical insects tend to nest in large buildings with centralised heating systems. In the London borough of Tower Hamlets five estates of high-rise flats have become heavily infested with Pharaoh’s ants. Changes in the weather will not kill them once they have established themselves, as they live in the heating ducts where the temperature is constantly high.

‘It is very extensive’, said Nigel Ray, the principal environmental health officer. ‘There are areas of the borough which are virtually running alive. We are not expecting to see a decline this winter.’

But the bugs are not all bad news. At Cambridge University researchers feared a dearth of cat fleas and lice following the dreadful summer. Now Dr John Maunder, director of the Medical Entymology Centre, can be confident of having enough subjects for study.

You can also visit us at http://tailoryourhome.com to read about the latest tips on how to effectively rid your house of pests.

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