. You have this exalted view of me and I hate it. If you think I'm that great, there must be something wrong with you.

Chilly Scenes of Winter, Joan Micklin Silver (1979)

'Magical' Roman Wind Chime with Phallus Found in Serbia

Phallic objects like this were common in the Roman world to ward off evil.

Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman wind chime called a tintinnabulum — featuring a prominent phallus — at an archaeological site in eastern Serbia.

Such objects, which were hung near the doorways of houses and shops, were believed to serve as magical protection for the premises. This one was discovered on the porch of a large home on a main street in Viminacium, an ancient Roman city, the extensive ruins of which now lie near the Serbian town of Kostolac, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Belgrade.

"The building was destroyed in a fire, during which the porch collapsed and fell to the ground," Ilija Danković, an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade, told the Serbian-language website Sve o arheologiji.

Tintinnabulums were designed to catch the wind, supposedly so their noise and unusual appearance would frighten off evil spirits and ward off the curse of the evil eye, which was greatly feared in antiquity.

Viminacium was the civil and military capital of Rome's Upper Moesia province from the first to fifth centuries, until it was sacked by the Huns under Attila in 441. The city was rebuilt under the Byzantine emperor Justinian, but it was finally destroyed by invading Slavs in about 535.

Magical phallus

This is the second tintinnabulum found in the ruins. The first is now in a private collection in Austria; nothing is known about its discovery, he said.

However, the newly discovered tintinnabulum was discovered in its full archaeological context. "As soon as we started uncovering it, we knew immediately what we had discovered," he said.

The latest tintinnabulum from Viminacium is made of bronze, but it is being kept surrounded by soil until it can be properly restored. As a result, its exact configuration isn't known. But it is centered on a "fascinum" — a portrayal of a magical phallus — with two legs, wings and a tail, he said.

"Judging by what can be seen … it had four bells and the chain from which it hung," Danković said, adding that there also seemed to be other elements to the design not seen on other tintinnabulums.

Roman beliefs

The symbol of a phallus wasn't always erotic or obscene for the ancient Romans, Danković said. "It was a bringer of good fortune and happiness, and an efficient weapon to combat the evil eye," he said. "For this reason, phalluses can be seen everywhere in the Roman world, from wine cups to the amulets worn by children."

He added that the symbol was often publicly displayed to summon prosperity and deter thieves.

The discovery of the tintinnabulum is evidence that Viminacium was "in every sense a part of the Roman world," Danković said.

Not only did its people share many Roman beliefs, he said, but it's likely that the tintinnabulum was imported from elsewhere in the empire, showing that there were social elites at Viminacium who were willing to pay a significant amount of money for such an object.

Ken Dark, an archaeologist and historian at King's College London who wasn't involved in the discovery, said the Viminacium tintinnabulum was a type of "apotropaic" amulet that was designed to ward off evil influences and give protection to people or their property.

Such amulets "were common in the Roman world, and these sometimes took forms which would seem very strange — or even comical — to us today," he told in an email.

By Tom Metcalfe.

In 1977, Ken Olsen declared that 'there is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.' In 1995, Robert Metcalfe predicted in InfoWorld that the internet would go 'spectacularly supernova' and then collapse within a year. In 2000, the Daily Mail reported that the 'Internet may be just a passing fad,' adding that 'predictions that the Internet would revolutionise the way society works have proved wildly inaccurate.' Any day now, the millions of internet users would simply stop, either bored or frustrated, and rejoin the real world. Funny, isn't it? You can laugh at these people now, from your high perch one quarter of the way into the twenty-first century. Look at these morons, stuck in their grubby little past, who wouldn't even correctly identify the shape of the year 2022. You can see it perfectly, because you're smart. You know that the internet has changed everything, forever.

Sam Kriss (The Internet is Already Over)

Happy Birthday Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott, born on October 19th 1954 in Edinburgh.

One of my favourite actors, as hard-drinking Detective hero of Ian Rankin's popular book he was Inspector John Rebus to me. Ken's Father was Scottish and a teacher, his mum a Sicilian, he went to the famous George Herriots school before going onto to Mountview Theatre School, where the distinguished actor Sir John Mills was president. Fellow Scot Douglas Henshall was also a student of the school. Before leaving Edinburgh Stott had been in a band called Keyhole some of the members of the group would later join the Bay City Rollers.

Ken went on to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company but the pay was poor and he subsidised his earnings by selling double glazing. His first TV role was in Secret Army for the BBC, parts in TV shows throughout his career have included, Taggart (of course) The Singing Detective, London's Burning, Your Cheatin' Heart and Silent Witness. He was insome good films too, The Debt Collector (with Billy Connolly) , Shallow Grave, (with Ewen MacGregor) and Plunkett & Macleane (with Robert Carlyle).

My favourite shows of Ken's have been the brilliant BBC Scotland series, Takin' Over the Asylum in which starred as Double Glazing salesman, but aspiring disc jockey

with David Tennant and Angus Macfadyen,The ITV series The Vice was also a cracking series where he played DI Pat Chappel and The BBC show Messiah, where again he played a cop, DCI Red Metcalfe where he learned sign language for scenes with his screen wife,and Rebus of course, when the show was resurrected in 2006, Stott was a first choice for many as D.I John Rebus, John Hannah had the role in the first incarnation, mainly due to it being made by his own production company.

On film Ken is probably best known for his role as the Dwarf, Balin in The Hobbit trilogy. He is a popular choice for voice work, as narrator for series such as Trawlermen, a documentary following North Sea trawlers, and Send in the Dogs, following the work of Police Officers and their canine partners.

One of my favourite stories about Ken Stott echoes the no nonsense approach of Rebus, on stage during Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge, he halted the play when a group of teenage schoolkids were misbehaving and disturbing the show, switching from his stage American to his native Scots accent he told the teacher responsible for the children to remove them, or the play would not go on.

The house lights were switched on and there was then a 15-minute stand-off as discussions took place with the offending youngsters.

The audience took the side of Stott and even resorted to chanting 'out, out, out' in extraordinary scenes. Eventually the three culprits and an embarrassed teacher was forced to creep away before the play resumed at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Recently Ken was in the TV series Devils playing professor Wade in the show. Look out for The Dig, a decent Netflix film about an archaeologist dig in England in 1938 also starring Ralph Fiennes.

Ken reprised his role as Chief Superintendent Bob Toal in the second series of Irvine Welsh's Edinburgh set cop show Crime.

Nominated for many awards, he was lifted two Scottish Baftas and a Laurence Olivier Award.

TNT Jackson, The Final Comedown, and Savage! have been released on Blu-ray together via Scream Factory. Limited to 1,500, the triple feature is available for $34.98 exclusively in the Shout Factory store.

TNT Jackson is a 1974 Blaxploitation action film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and written by actor Dick Miller (Gremlins) and Ken Metcalfe. Jeanne Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson, and Chiquito star. Roger Corman executive produces.

The Final Comedown is a 1972 Blaxploitation drama written and directed by Oscar Williams (Truck Turner), based on Jimmy Garrett's play We Own the Night. Billy Dee Williams and D'Urville Martin star. Roger Corman executive produces.

Savage is a 1973 Blaxploitation action film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and written by Ed Medard. James Iglehart, Lada Edmund Jr., and Carol Speed star. Roger Corman executive produces.

TNT Jackson has been newly scanned in 2K from the interpositive, while The Final Comedown and Savage have been newly scanned in 2K from the original camera negatives. All three films feature 2.0 Mono DTS-HD Master Audio. Special features are listed below.

TNT Jackson special features:

Theatrical trailer

Radio spot

Image gallery

Martial arts expert Diana “T.N.T.” Jackson (Jeannie Bell) is pure dynamite when she takes to the streets of Hong Kong in search of her missing brother and runs afoul of the city's most villainous drug pushers.

The Final Comedown special features:

Radio spot

Image gallery

Johnny Johnson (Billy Dee Williams) is a young man with a promising future. But push him too far, and you've got a revolution on your hands!

Savage special features:

Theatrical trailers

TV spots

Radio spot

Image gallery

James Iglehart stars as a criminal on the run who finds even more trouble when he is caught between two warring factions in a tropical nation's bloody conflict.

"The Muthers" (1976) is an action women-in-prison film written and directed by Cirio H. Santiago. The movie stars Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, and Jayne Kennedy, which Santiago filmed in the Philippines. It was typical for producers to make women-in-prison movies in the Phillippines during the 1970s, and many were straightforward action flicks. Pam Grier's earlier appearances in films like "The Big Bird Cage" and "Women in Cages" are in the same genre, introducing Grier to a broader audience. The four stars in "The Muthers" were beauties from the 70s. Bell and Katon posed for Playboy, Parks was a Bond girl (Diamonds Are Forever), and Kennedy was a supermodel.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago Writers: Cirio H. Santiago, Cyril St. James

Starring Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy, Tony Carreon, John Montgomery, Sam Sharruff, Dick Piper, Ken Metcalfe, Rocco Montalban, Bill Baldridge, Bert Olivar

Storyline This black-oriented women's prison film from Filipino director Cirio H. Santiago (T.N.T. Jackson) stars Playboy Playmates Rosanne Katon and Jeanne Bell as the pirate gang leader who goes undercover at a prison farm to save Bell's sister. As the wicked Serena, Jayne Kennedy cracks a whip and acts nasty until finally leading the obligatory insurrection. The prisoners pick coffee beans, and the pirate women know kung-fu, making this one of the quirkier entries in the subgenre.

Available on Blu-ray and streaming services

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The 27-Hour Day (2021)  Starring Autumn reeder and Andrew Walker.  Hallmark Channel/Summer Nights 

Matchmaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill (2021)  Starring Danica McKellar, Victor Webster, and Bruce Boxleitner.  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #3 of 3 

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)  Starring Candace Cameron Bure, Lexa Doig, Marilu Henner, Niall Matter, Peter Benson, Brad Harder, Catherine Lough-Haggquist, Teryl Rothery, Dylan Sloane, Ken Tremblett, and Ellie Harvie  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #9 of 18 

Ships in the Night: A Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries (2020)  Starring Jesse Metcalfe, Sarah lind, Eric Keenleyside, Chelsea Hobbs, Sunita Prasad, and Nelson Wong  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #3 of 4 

Mystery 101: Words Can Kill (2019)  Starring Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Robin Thomas, Preston Vanderslice, and Eric Keenleyside  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #3 of 7 

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made (2021)  Starring Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson, Gregory Harrison, Sherry Miller, Jill Morrison, and Rhiannon Fish  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #11 of 11 (so far) 

Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)  Starring Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Basic, Eva Bourne, Connor Stanhope, Kevin O’Grady, Ken Tremblett, Fiona Vroom, and Jason Cermak  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #6 of 16  

Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder (2017)  Starring Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Basic, Eva Bourne, Connor Stanhope. Kevin O’Grady, Martin Cummins, Susan Hogan, Leanne Lapp, Matty Finochio, and Karen Holness  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #7 of 16  

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A Taste of Summer (2019)  Starring Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Winter, Alison Araya, and Antonio Cayonne  Hallmark Channel/Summer Nights 

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Sweet Pecan Summer (2021)  Starring Christine Ko, Wes Brown, Lauren Tom, and Chase Ramsey  Hallmark Channel/Summer Nights 

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Unthinkably Good Things (2022)  Starring Karen Pittman, Eria Ash, Joyful Drake, Lance Gross, Jermaine Love, and Luca Seta  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Mahogany Films 

South Beach Love (2021)  Starring Taylor Cole and William Levy  Hallmark Channel/Fall Harvest 

Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text (2017)  Starring Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Bacic, Eva Bourne, Connor Stanhope, Kevin O’Grady, Gabrielle Miller, Tegan Moss, Jesse Moss, and Emily Tennant  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #9 of 16 

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Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery (2020)  Starring Jesse Metcalfe, Sarah lind, Eric Keenleyside, Chelsea Hobbs, Sunita Prasad, Tammy Gills, Lucia Walters, and Nelson Wong  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #4 of 4 

Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval (2017)  Starring Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Bacic, Eva Bourne, Connor Stanhope, Kevin O’Grady, Sebastian Spence, Casey Manderson, Aren Buchholz, April Telek, and Nathan Witte  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Movie #10 of 16 

Sealed with a Kiss: Wedding March 6 (2021)  Starring Jack Wagner, Josie Bissett, Caitlin Stryker, and Nathan Witte  Hallmark Channel/Summer Nights/Movie #6 of 6 

September 29 

Redemption in Cherry Springs (2021)  Starring Rochelle Aytes, Keith D. Robinson, Frankie Faison, and Scott Bryce  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 

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Birthdays 6.16

Beer Birthdays

Max Emil Julius Delbrück (1850)

Charles F. Wiedemann (1857)

Max Henius (1859)

Harry MacElhone (1890)

John Mitchell (1929)

August A. Busch III (1937)

Ken Allen (1939)

Tom Dalldorf (1942)

Martyn Cornell (1952)

Matt Younts (1975)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Jack Albertson; actor (1907)

John Cho; actor (1972)

Phil Mickelson; golfer (1970)

Adam Smith; economist, philosopher (1723)

Frank Thorne; comic book artist (1930)

Famous Birthdays

May Anderson; Danish model (1982)

Billy "Crash" Craddock; country singer (1939)

Edward Davy; physician, scientist (1806)

Jim Dine; artist (1935)

Nelson Doubleday; book publisher (!899)

Lamont Dozier; songwriter (1941)

Geronimo; Apache leader (1829)

John Griffin; writer (1920)

Otto John; German archeologist (1813)

Stan Laurel; comedian, actor (1890)

Ron LeFlore; Detroit Tigers CF (1948)

Murray Leinster; writer (1896)

Ian Matthews; rock guitarist (1945)

Barbara McClintock; scientist (1902)

Laurie Metcalf; actor (1955)

Thomas Mitchell; Australian explorer (1792)

Joyce Carol Oates; writer (1938)

Irving Penn; photographer (1917)

Sappho; Greek poet (c. 630-612 B.C.E.)

Erich Segal; writer (1937)

Tupac Shakur; rapper (1971)

Gino Vannelli; singer (1952)

Georg Wittig; German chemist (1897)

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 564: Traci Lords

This week Ken welcomes to incredible actor, singer, author and all around impressive human Traci Lords to the show.

Ken and Traci discuss the long road to making this episode happen, Ken's Twitter banter, how Ken amuses Traci, if social media is bad or good, the toxic nature of society, love/hate relationships, how sometimes things are stupid and suck, insults, knowing how to take a selfie, how filters change the world, how life is a show, being a good person, being an introverted extrovert, how the access to celebrity has changed Hollywood, reality TV, how having a name can give you opportunities but also can hinder your growth as an artist, being a musician, having the freedom to fail, Radioactive Records,  Perry Farrell, Moby, After Hours at Lollapalooza, the wisdom of age, self promotion, public pressure, stand up, Bob Saget, swimming as fast as you can, the importance of a hair toss, how Traci has been in TV Guide at least 21 times, The Tommyknockers, Crybaby, Married...with Children, the freedom of the 90s, inappropriate sitcoms, Roseanne, ensemble casts, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sandra Bernhardt, being shocked how high your voice was in your 20s, getting thrown in the deep end of being in front of a live audience, layers of panic, being so happy when you first book gigs, being more calm about it now, how acting is a blue collar profession, never Googling yourself, Hollywood poor, how amazing John Waters is, playing Tim Blake Nelson's wife, getting to play a Karen, finding that comedy works for you, trying to take the best roles offered to you, playing a fortune teller on MacGyver, Wiseguy, having your lines from gigs 30 years ago burned into your brain, the secret to learning lines, studying at The Actor's Studio, Joanna Cassidy, being on an airplane with Farrah Fawcett, Charlie's Angels, the paparazzi, all the contraptions you have to have when you have a newborn, why you should always say yes to working with John Waters, Patty Hearst, how John Waters' sets are like a family, First Wave, Francis Ford Coppola, working on Black Mask II in Thailand for Tsui Hark, being in a movie and having no idea what is going on, Excision, Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer, Providence, how weird working during and semi-post pandemic has been, loving actors who disappear in parts, figuring out what you want to do and what you want to spend your time doing, realizing life is short, Scooby Doo, doing voice over, cartoon characters, having a home studio, watching Game of Thrones twice while eating hot wings and pizza every  night, how Scooby Doo goes so well with ice cream, Love Boat, being on a cruise with Charro and Tony Danza, and never wanting to go on a cruise again even though it's just eating and sex. 

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I'm a trivia nerd, so those of you that like trivia:

This is the movie that popularized NINJAS in the West, particularly in America.

And was the basis for the creation of SNAKE EYES and STORMSHADOW in GI JOE in 1984. And other ninja films, characters, and toys etc.

The budget was $1.5mil and they made back $15mil. Ultra successful. The 1980s were wild!

Martial Arts Champion, SHO KUSOGI, made 2 sequels as the protagonist. And other movies outside Japan.

And FRANCO NERO is as always a blue eyed badass.

Written by American marital arts champion MIKE STONE. He couldn't act well, so they hired Nero as the main character and Stone remained as the stunt double.

Bad movie I have The Muthers 1976

The Muthers (1976) Review by RevTerry

Happy Birthday Kenneth Campbell “Ken” Stott, born on October 19th 1954 in Edinburgh.

Born in 1955 in Edinburgh he was educated at George Heriot’s School where his father was the Head of the English Department, his mum worked as an Italian literature professor at nearby Edinburgh University. The couple frequently hosted actors, singers, musicians and other creative types as part of their involvement with the Scots Italian Circle, a cultural exchange organization that his dad was president of.

Before leaving Edinburgh Stott had been in a band called Keyhole some of the members of the group would later join the Bay City Rollers.

Ken went on to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company but the pay was poor and he subsidised his earnings by selling double glazing. His first TV role was in Secret Army for the BBC, parts in TV shows throughout his career have included, Taggart (of course) The Singing Detective, London’s Burning, Your Cheatin’ Heart and Silent Witness. He was insome good films too, The Debt Collector (with Billy Connolly) , Shallow Grave, (with Ewen MacGregor) and Plunkett & Macleane (with Robert Carlyle).

My favourite shows of Ken’s have been the brilliant BBC Scotland series, Takin’ Over the Asylum in which starred as Double Glazing salesman, but aspiring disc jockey with David Tennant and Angus Macfadyen,The ITV series The Vice was also a cracking series where he played DI Pat Chappel and The BBC show Messiah, where again he played a cop, DCI Red Metcalfe where he learned sign language for scenes with his screen wife, and Rebus of course, when the show was resurrected in 2006, Stott was a first choice for many as D.I John Rebus, John Hannah had the role in the first incarnation.

On film Ken is probably best known for his role as the Dwarf, Balin in The Hobbit trilogy. He is a popular choice for voice work, as narrator for series such as Trawlermen, a documentary following North Sea trawlers, and Send in the Dogs, following the work of Police Officers and their canine partners. Ken’s last movie was the Netflix film, The Dig, a true story based on an archaeological dig in Suffolk in 1938, it is a charming gentle film and a joy to watch, Stott plays  archaeologist  Charles Phillips.

One of my favourite stories about Ken Stott echos the no nonsense approach of Rebus, on stage during Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge, he halted the play when a group of teenage schoolkids were misbehaving and disturbing the show, switching from his stage American to his native Scots accent he told the teacher responsible for the children to remove them, or the play would not go on. The house lights were switched on and there was then a 15-minute stand-off as discussions took place with the offending youngsters.

The audience took the side of Stott and even resorted to chanting ‘out, out, out’ in extraordinary scenes. Eventually the three culprits and an embarrassed teacher was forced to creep away before the play resumed at the Duke of York’s Theatre.

Stott was recently in the Scottish police  drama, Crime, along with fellow Scots’ Joanna Vanderham,  Dougray Scott,  Allison McKenzie, and the excellent  Jamie Sives from the BBC series Guilt.  Ken is signed up to return to as Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Toal in Crime, but has been on our screens in the Sky drama series Devils, appearing in 7 episodes as  Professor Philip Wade.