Rene Bond in "Too Hot For The Blog!"

As mentioned a few days ago, I picked up some Rene Bond items recently. And to celebrate, I'd like to show off! But Rene's career being what it was, that's difficult on here without adding a warning that would necessarily limit the audience.

Ah, but my Tumblr! Why, that's a whole other story! In fact, it's one of the primary reasons why I maintain a semi-regular presence there. Though I'm getting a bit self-conscious about it right now. Hopefully, I'm getting it out of my system!

Anyway, here's today's new arrival, and a little something that will be arriving shortly. Remember, NSFW, and you must be a legal adult. Seriously, don't make me come over there!

RENE BOND VINTAGE LATENT IMAGE 35 MM SLIDE

Rene Bond: "Backfield In Motion And Other Signals"

Enjoy!

Return of Jetman Notes Finished!

Sound the trumpets! The day I (and many others, probably) felt would never come has arrived! The notes for the seventh and final episode of New Return of Jetman were completed and posted today! That means all 14 episodes of ROJ and all 7 episodes of NROJ are officially annotated! This project, she is done!

I wish I could tell you that these notes were worth a wait of over 3 years, but alas, such is not the case. Maybe if I had kept up with the original series back in 2002-03, it wouldn't have taken so long. But yeah, the last three years has been a slow process of putting these out because it was hard to find the time, energy, and motivation to write them.

New ROJ Episode 7 Notes are currently here. But as you might have surmised, that's only part of the story. I'll post something else over on the site before the year is out, but you can see the announcement at the top. It's true - the domain name will be allowed to lapse and the site will revert to being strictly at its blogspot address. This will undoubtedly lead to some degree of confusion, but in the end, it's for the best as far as ROJ remaining online.

Star Force Vol. 2, No. 5

When we last discussed the Myron Fass family of magazines, I mentioned that the one I had really been seeking - the one that truly spurred me on the quest - had still eluded me. I am happy to report that, as of today, I am the proud(?) owner of a complete and reasonably decent copy of Star Force Vol. 2, No. 5.

This earlier entry spells out in more detail the importance of this magazine to my personal history. What's odd is that I wasn't even looking for it the night I found it. I was on eBay buying something totally different last week and decided to check on this mag's availability on a whim. And lo, there it was.

I am seriously tempted to do a full write-up on this one in the future, and track down the original sources and authors of the articles. All of them have had their credits removed, and I think that's a darn shame. There is a lot of solid information in a couple of them, and one or two are so freaking loopy that I feel the perpetrators should be publicized.

Oh, and the ads? The ads are GOLDEN. Most of them are for books that I suspect are also published by Myron Fass. However, there is an ad for Army surplus that promises me a tank for under $200, and another ad selling handguns through the mail. Truly, I had NO IDEA what was going on in 1981 when I got this magazine.

Another quest completed, thanks to the magic of the Internet.

The Awards of Rene Bond

To celebrate a few recent eBay scores, I thought I'd post a list of Rene Bond's awards. I compiled this for Rene Bond Tribute on Facebook ("Like" it!), but had never gotten around to including it here.

AVN Hall of Fame (1998)
Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame (2000)
XRCO Hall of Fame (1985)

What I find most intriguing about these awards is that both the Adult Video News (AVN) and "Legends of Erotica" Hall of Fame inductions date from Rene's renaissance of popularity thanks to the video revolution and Something Weird Video in particular. However, the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) induction is from 1985 - not that many years after Rene had left the business. It's also the only one that wasn't posthumous. It makes me wonder why she was honored at that time by them, and if she even knew.

Three Times As Nice With GabiStar

[C] Beth Gordon (Thank you, Kabuki!) by *GabiStar on deviantART

I don't remember being that good this year, but clearly Kabu thought otherwise. Wait, THREE giftarts from GabiStar?!? Who knew?!?

If you can't get enough of Gabi (and who can blame you?), she also has a Facebook fan page!

Secret Fun Blog Strikes Again!

Kirk Demarais is on the case! Tonight, he posted a blog entry on the Time Mee Toys Legendary Battle figures. Because Kirk knows what he's doing, he was able to include his own photos instead of ones cribbed from VictoryBuy like yours truly. Even better, he dug up comparison shots of the original Marvel figures that served as the basis for the molds. So now I don't have to do it myself! HURRAY!

Seriously though, "Secret Fun Blog" is a terrific site and Kirk has written some fantastic books. You should check it out!

Inexplicably Star Wars

Maybe I'm just being dense, but I don't see the thematic connection to STAR WARS in this production number for Meco's "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band". Cowboys?