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'The Big Showdown' Book Review By Ron Fortier
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'The Big Showdown' Book Review By Ron Fortier
THE BIG SHOWDOWN‘
A Caleb York Western
By Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins
Pinnacle Western
283 pgs
Several years ago we reviewed “The Legend of Caleb York.” It was an adaptation by Max Allan Collins of a movie screenplay by the late Mickey Spillane. We liked it a great deal and believe it was a one-shot at that time. Later we learned Collins had been persuaded to write four additional books featuring the gun fighting sheriff of Trinidad, New Mexico. Earlier in the year, we received the fourth (The Last Stage to Hell Junction) and the fifth (Hot Lead, Cold Justice). Both were excellent and we said so in our respective reviews of each title.
Of course, having now enjoyed three Caleb York oaters, there was no way we were going to leave out the second and third entries. Our apologies for reviewing them out of chronicle order. Actually, Collins is so good at filling in his readers with the start of each novel, readers needn’t worry. Each title stands on its own quite well. With “The Big Showdown,” we find ourselves arriving in the growing little town six months after the events of the first tale in which legendary gunfighter Caleb York rescued the community from the corrupt tyrannical sheriff Gauge and his band of killers. Having done so, he reluctantly accepted the sheriff’s badge until the citizen’s committee could appoint a qualified replacement.
It is York who recommends his old friend, Ben Wade for the job. Wade is an aging lawman looking for a peaceful town in which to settle and at the offset, it seems like he and Trinidad were made for each other. That having been established, York is set to continue his journey to San Diego where he had hoped to sign on with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Fate intervenes at the last minute when three masked men are caught in the act of robbing the local bank. In the ensuing gun battle, York manages to shoot off the robbers but the third, while making his speedy getaway, manages to shoot and kill Wade. Seeing his friend lying dead on the street, Caleb York vows to find the third crook and bring him to justice; be that a bullet or the hangman’s noose. At the same time retrieve the stolen money which was most of the town’s economic base.
Of course like any Max Collins tale, there is always a mystery to be dealt with. York becomes suspicious that the three men who committed the crime might have had help from an unknown source. No sooner begins his investigation when a new figure appears on the scene. He’s Zachary Gauge, a New York businessman and the last living heir to the former sheriff. It seems this Gauge has inherited his dead cousin’s estate. This includes several ranches and interests in many local enterprises. Then the new Gauge declares he will cover the bank’s losses with his own money, which quickly makes him very popular with towns folk; especially Willa Cullen, the daughter of a rancher with whom York is smitten.
As always, Collins moves his story along at a good clip and it’s obvious he’s enjoying himself bringing these iconic western characters to life. Each and everyone one of them is a familiar player to those of us who love westerns and he does them perfectly. The dialog is both amusing and lively and the shoot-outs brutally vivid. “The Big Showdown” deserves its title and then some. So saddle up, readers. This one is another keeper.
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(170130) billboard “shinee ‘get the treasure’ in new japanese msusic video”
Days after announcing their first-ever American solo concerts, Korean boy band SHINee dropped a new Japanese single. On Friday, the eve of the Lunar New Year, the quintet released “Get the Treasure,” off of their new Five album.
The new single breaks away from the group’s most recent electro-pop Korean single, 2016’s “Tell Me What To Do,” with a brassier funk sound. "Get the Treasure" is SHINee’s first song of 2017.
SHINee last toyed with funk on 2015’s “Married to the Music,” but the boisterous Japanese single is a nice return to the genre. “Get the Treasure” features a clapping beat and a high-pitched chorus that brings the members' voices extremely close to full-on falsetto. Members Minho and Key tone things down momentarily with a disjointed, not entirely necessary, rap that stalls the general beat of the song -- something that also hindered the smooth flow of “Tell Me What to Do” -- but the production of the upbeat “Get the Treasure” overall provides an energetic addition to SHINee’s diverse repertoire.
The accompanying music video fits the explosive “Get the Treasure” with a literal tinge that turned the five men into stylish robbers in the middle of a casino heist. The conceptual clip utilized a variety of visual effects to emphasize SHINee's skilled choreography, as the five disregard frozen shattered glass and SWAT teams to dance their way to literal treasure. A standout moment positioned the camera above the members as they lay on the ground and came together to form a five-pointed star. The cinematic video ends with a bomb being fired at the camera.
Five contains 12 tracks, including “Get the Treasure” and two other previous releases, "Kimi no Seide" and "Winter Wonderland." The latter single peaked at No. 3 on the Japan Hot 100 on Jan. 7 after its December release. According to the blurb under the music video, Five will be released Feb. 22, although the album was made available digitally in Japan on Jan. 27.
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SHINee 'Get the Treasure' in New Japanese Music Video
SHINee 'Get the Treasure' in New Japanese Music Video
Days after announcing their first-ever American solo concerts, Korean boy band SHINee dropped a new Japanese single. On Friday, the eve of the Lunar New Year, the quintet released “Get the Treasure,” off of their new Five album.
The new single breaks away from the group’s most recent electro-pop Korean single, 2016’s “Tell Me What To Do,” with a brassier funk sound. “Get the Treasure” is SHINee’s first song of 2017.
SHINee last toyed with funk on 2015’s “Married to the Music,” but the boisterous Japanese single is a nice return to the genre. “Get the Treasure” features a clapping beat and a high-pitched chorus that brings the members’ voices extremely close to full-on falsetto. Members Minho and Key tone things down momentarily with a disjointed, not entirely necessary, rap that stalls the general beat of the song — something that also hindered the smooth flow of “Tell Me What to Do” — but the production of the upbeat “Get the Treasure” overall provides an energetic addition to SHINee’s diverse repertoire.
The accompanying music video fits the explosive “Get the Treasure” with a literal tinge that turned the five men into stylish robbers in the middle of a casino heist. The conceptual clip utilized a variety of visual effects to emphasize SHINee’s skilled choreography, as the five disregard frozen shattered glass and SWAT teams to dance their way to literal treasure. A standout moment positioned the camera above the members as they lay on the ground and came together to form a five-pointed star. The cinematic video ends with a bomb being fired at the camera.
Five contains 12 tracks, including “Get the Treasure” and two other previous releases, “Kimi no Seide” and “Winter Wonderland.” The latter single peaked at No. 3 on the Japan Hot 100 on Jan. 7 after its December release. According to the blurb under the music video, Five will be released Feb. 22, although the album was made available digitally in Japan on Jan. 27.
Watch the stylish video for “Get the Treasure” here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Qyk9IBI2s
Source: Billboard
http://tunecollective.com/2017/02/06/shinee-get-the-treasure-in-new-japanese-music-video/
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'The Big Showdown' Book Review By Ron Fortier
New Post has been published on https://esonetwork.com/the-big-showdown-book-review-by-ron-fortier/
'The Big Showdown' Book Review By Ron Fortier
THE BIG SHOWDOWN‘
A Caleb York Western
By Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins
Pinnacle Western
283 pgs
Several years ago we reviewed “The Legend of Caleb York.” It was an adaptation by Max Allan Collins of a movie screenplay by the late Mickey Spillane. We liked it a great deal and believe it was a one-shot at that time. Later we learned Collins had been persuaded to write four additional books featuring the gun fighting sheriff of Trinidad, New Mexico. Earlier in the year, we received the fourth (The Last Stage to Hell Junction) and the fifth (Hot Lead, Cold Justice). Both were excellent and we said so in our respective reviews of each title.
Of course, having now enjoyed three Caleb York oaters, there was no way we were going to leave out the second and third entries. Our apologies for reviewing them out of chronicle order. Actually, Collins is so good at filling in his readers with the start of each novel, readers needn’t worry. Each title stands on its own quite well. With “The Big Showdown,” we find ourselves arriving in the growing little town six months after the events of the first tale in which legendary gunfighter Caleb York rescued the community from the corrupt tyrannical sheriff Gauge and his band of killers. Having done so, he reluctantly accepted the sheriff’s badge until the citizen’s committee could appoint a qualified replacement.
It is York who recommends his old friend, Ben Wade for the job. Wade is an aging lawman looking for a peaceful town in which to settle and at the offset, it seems like he and Trinidad were made for each other. That having been established, York is set to continue his journey to San Diego where he had hoped to sign on with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Fate intervenes at the last minute when three masked men are caught in the act of robbing the local bank. In the ensuing gun battle, York manages to shoot off the robbers but the third, while making his speedy getaway, manages to shoot and kill Wade. Seeing his friend lying dead on the street, Caleb York vows to find the third crook and bring him to justice; be that a bullet or the hangman’s noose. At the same time retrieve the stolen money which was most of the town’s economic base.
Of course like any Max Collins tale, there is always a mystery to be dealt with. York becomes suspicious that the three men who committed the crime might have had help from an unknown source. No sooner begins his investigation when a new figure appears on the scene. He’s Zachary Gauge, a New York businessman and the last living heir to the former sheriff. It seems this Gauge has inherited his dead cousin’s estate. This includes several ranches and interests in many local enterprises. Then the new Gauge declares he will cover the bank’s losses with his own money, which quickly makes him very popular with towns folk; especially Willa Cullen, the daughter of a rancher with whom York is smitten.
As always, Collins moves his story along at a good clip and it’s obvious he’s enjoying himself bringing these iconic western characters to life. Each and everyone one of them is a familiar player to those of us who love westerns and he does them perfectly. The dialog is both amusing and lively and the shoot-outs brutally vivid. “The Big Showdown” deserves its title and then some. So saddle up, readers. This one is another keeper.
#book review#ESO Network#ESO Network Book Review#Max Allan Collins#Mickey Spillane#Pulp Book Review#Pulp Western#Ron Fortier
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