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Postcards from 1930 by Echte Wagner, a German margarine company. https://tinyurl.com/y2uatjhu

Difficult to believe, but there are still physical CDs available in the Store for some outstanding Bill Nelson albums. Some as far back as 2012! The Dreamshire Chronicles The Palace of Strange Voltages Songs of the Blossom Tree Optimists Picture Post Non-Stop Mystery Action Theatre of Falling Leaves .

If my calendar is correct, tomorrow is the first Friday of a new month….which I believe means Bandcamp foregoes their cut of artist purchases. So I wonder what gem will go up for download on the BN site, or is that a thing of the past now?

Former weightlifter and actor best known for playing Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies has died, his agent has said Sun 29 Nov 2020 David “Dave” Prowse, the actor best known for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at the age of 85, his agent has said. Agent Thomas Bowington said: “It’s with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and million of fans around the world, to announce that our client Dave Prowse MBE has passed away at the age of 85.” Jason Joiner, an events producer who worked with Prowse, announced the death on a Facebook page dedicated to the actor, adding: “Dave was dedicated to meeting the fans for decades and lots of fans’ first ever guest they met was Dave in the early days of Comic Cons and collators’ events. Dave was larger than life and he will be so very much missed. Our love and thoughts go out to his family.” Prowse was a former bodybuilder who had a series of roles as monsters and villains before being invited by George Lucas to audition for the roles of Vader and Chewbacca. He chose Vader and when asked why, replied: “Everyone remembers the villain.” Born in Bristol in 1935, Prowse was, according to IMDB, raised by his mother and never knew his father. He developed a passion for bodybuilding and weight training in his early teens and competed in Mr Universe competitions, where he became friends with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. He also shredded phone books under the stage-name Jack the Ripper. He won the British heavyweight weightlifting championship three times and was selected to represent England at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. Prowse’s first film was 1967’s “Casino Royale”, where he played Frankenstein’s Monster. Although the casting was based on Prowse’s stature, he developed a strong interest in acting and decided to pursue it further. His CV included roles in “A Clockwork Orange” and many Hammer Horror films, and he was the personal trainer who prepared Christopher Reeve for the role of Superman in 1978. Prowse was in the Vader suit for much of the Sith Lord’s screen time and reputedly even got to speak his lines on set, though his west country tones were dubbed over with those of American actor James Earl Jones in post-production, and many of the fight scenes featured British Olympic fencer Bob Anderson. more .

Hi folks. I recently found out that Mark Mothersbaugh almost died from Covid 19. Glad he's recovered. Mark and another artist are inviting anyone to send them postcards as a way to help save the U.S. Postal Service. Here's a link: https://www.postartfordemocracy.com/ I was doing some winter cleaning and found some old coffee stained Nelsonian Navigators with 2 of Bill's old promo postcards. I added some "get well" sayings to it and mailed them to Mutato Muzika. Now I'm thinking about the soundtrack Bill provided for that postal stamp designer tv program...Picture Post. I saw most of it on youtube. Even though I'm not much of a stamp art admirer, the music works well with the stories.