Kris (@kris_myers) and James (@007hertzrumble) breakdown No Time to Die bit by bellybutton-gazing bit. Music included within: Billie Eilish, “No Time to Die” Hans Zimmer, “Gun Barrel” Hans Zimmer, “Matera” Hans Zimmer, “Cuba Chase” Vera Lynn, “We’ll Meet Again” Direct download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thejamesbondsocialmediaproject/Bond_age_Pod_NTTD_-_10-20-21_11.04_AM.mp3 Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) Kris Myers (@kris_myers)       Originally recorded October 2021. Copyrights are owned by the artists and their labels. Negative dollars are mad ..read more

Too many words have been spent on articles explaining that James Bond owes his longevity to a kind of blank-slate cross-gender appeal. He isn’t a three-dimensional human so much as a conduit. Men (and women!) want to be James Bond. Others want to watch someone look that good in a tuxedo or blue terrycloth jumper. In terms of the character’s psychological depth, we’d spent as much time ordering martinis at McDonalds as we did considering if James Bond had a Rosebud. No Time to Die, like its predecessor, provides the viewer with Ikea instructions and an Allen wrench in hopes you’ll piece togethe ..read more

Back on December 12th, 2012, I live tweeted DR. NO and wrote a little essay about it. Two people joined me for that live tweet in support of that ongoing essay series I’d planned to write for a literary magazine. I backed into the gig because I was off running my mouth about James Bond and SKYFALL on the Twatter. Apparently, I had opinions that a few people wanted to hear. I’m certain everyone that encouraged me to start the process of writing about James Bond movies has long wished I would just shut. up. already. I’m not sure any of them are even still on Twitter. They may have no idea what k ..read more

This past week I moonlighted on Beth Accomando’s CINEMA JUNKIE podcast to discuss Not James Bond spy movies that serve as necessary escapism during our current moment of Quarantine Life. I show up and prattle on about some of my favorite spy movies and Beth does a masterful job of putting together the juicy bits of my ramblings into a coherent 45-minute segment with loads of wonderful clips. On this episode I’ll champion everything from Top Secret! to Special Mission Lady Chaplin because I will never fail to bring up Ken Clark’s finest 90 minutes. Listen on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcast ..read more

#Bond_age_ Book Review: Nobody Does It Better: The Complete, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross   Having retold the oral history of Star Trek in The Fifty-Year Mission, authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross set their crosshairs on another target — the 58-year legacy of James Bond in Nobody Does It Better: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond. Bond fans devour 007 minutiae more greedily than the Cookie Monster devours that first box of Samoas after a cold Girl Scout-cookieless winter. The James Bond mythology takes on a ..read more

Krissy (@krissy_myers) and James (@007hertzrumble) discuss Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die,” how to calm the &#$@ down about the “next Bond,” and No Time to Die’s new poster art. Music included within: Billie Eilish, “No Time to Die” Guitars-a-Go-Go, “007 Rides Again” Mister Bond’s A Jazzy Cocktail – “A View to a Kill” Direct download: http://traffic.libsyn.com/thejamesbondsocialmediaproject/Bond_age_Pod_NoTimeToDieStuff_-_2-25-20_12.04_PM.mp3 Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)       Originally recorded February 2019. Copyrig ..read more

The idea for a Huey Lewis / James Bond Theme Song Challenge came to fruition in an innocent Twitter thread about the announcement of Billie Eilish as the artist chosen for the No Time to Die theme song. Because I’m a crotchety old coot (who also happens to think Billie Eilish is pretty talented) I complained, of course, that she’d been hired strictly to sell downloads with no creative impulse paid toward selecting an artist that would best serve the movie. More of the same old same old, in other words. (I’m not wrong, by the way, and I think the song backs me up here.) Here’s the thread that ..read more

#3. This way to AURIC STUD. This way to Auric Stud. Inspired by the sign on Goldfinger’s stud farm in Goldfinger, this Auric Stud tee makes you the STUD on Auric Goldfinger’s Kentucky stud farm. I’ve tried to remain as true to the sign on Goldfinger’s farm as possible. And you might be saying, “Sure, whatever — that’s just finding the right font.” But let me tell you something. Finding that font wasn’t easy and I did manipulate the sign design because the original wasn’t particularly interesting either. And yet I persisted. Pay close attention and you’ll noticed the arrow reveals a choice phr ..read more

Krissy (@krissy_myers) and James (@007hertzrumble) crack open the No Time To Die trailer and see what shakes out. We find an “OK Boomer” moment, see some Kylo Ren and Phantom of the Opera in Rami Malek’s Safin, and definitely don’t tell you all the Mission: Impossible – Fallout beats we noticed.   Direct download: http://traffic.libsyn.com/thejamesbondsocialmediaproject/Bond_age_Pod_NoDayToDieTrailer_2.mp3 CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)           Originally recorded December 2019. Copyrights are owned ..read more

With the release of the first No Time to Die trailer, we finally have something to talk beyond the usual uninformed conjecture. Naturally, I had some thoughts. So let’s chat Bond, James Bond again, shall we? Initial Impressions This is the first moment I’ve been on the plus side of expectations for Bond 25. The No Time to Die trailer has a real momentum and focuses on gonzo stunts. The great use of music helps — as it does in any trailer, obviously, but Bond relies so heavily on sonic familiarity. The Bond score tickles innards we forget existed. It seems we’re again dwelling on 007 nostalgia ..read more