It's no surprise that musicians are often some of the first ones to step up and offer their assistance in the wake of tragedies which affect people's lives. One of the most recent examples of this is Artists for Maui – Embers of Aloha: A Maui Wildfire Benefit Project, an album which was spearheaded by Lisa Mychols and Eddie Finley. The devastating wildfires that raged in Maui last year caused significant property damage, destroying homes and businesses, leaving many residents homeless. Longtime radio host and local resident Michael McCartney, whose own home was damaged by the fires, started a GoFundMe effort to aid island residents affected by these horrible events, and he kept people informed with updates about the fires and their aftermath.
Friday, September 13, 2024
These "Embers" Glow For A Worthy Cause
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Retro TV: Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants
Before he was the producer of disaster epics like The Poseidon Adventure,
Irwin Allen was the pre-eminent purveyor of prime-time TV sci-fi in the
mid to late 1960s, with several shows running throughout the latter
half of the decade. Recently, I've been
celebrating Allen's work here at Eclectic Avenue, and this week, I'm shining the spotlight on an episode of
Land of the Giants. The series was Allen's fourth and final out of this world adventure series of the 1960s. Land of the Giants ran for two seasons, from 1968-70.
The show featured the adventures of the crew and passengers of the
Spindrift, a sub-orbital craft which passed through a strange
spatial disturbance on its way to London. The space warp transports them
to a world where they're mini-sized, and everything else is
well....gigantic. The cast included Gary Conway, Don Matheson,
Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Stefan Arngrim, Kurt Kaznar and Heather Young.