Britsh News, Subways, George Ade - Good Fairy
June 30, 1966

Getting Ham License
January 24, 1963

June 18, 2009

Dash - The Dog-Faced Ham

Dash - The Dog-Faced Ham
by Jeffrey Murray

Jeffrey Murray, cartoonist, ham radio enthusiast, and Shep fan features his creation Dash - The Dog-Faced Ham on his website www.dashtoons.com where the influences of Shep are obvious. There is even a non-ham site in the works called www.6sj7gt.com (Sounds familiar)

June 10, 2009

"Excelsior"

The Perishable Press
Interview with Jean Shepherd Historian Eugene Bergmann

The Perishable Press recently caught up with author Eugene Bergmann regarding his book "Excelsior You Fathead..." and Gene answers many interesting questions about Shep's influences on him and why he decided to write this book and a followup which is almost completed.

May 15, 2009

CQ Radio Amateurs Journal
Editorials by Shep

Shep did 2 editorials and a short story got CQ Magazine bach in the late 50s. He was listed as corresponent for Europe and Upper Manhattan.

May 14, 2009

Give 'Em Hell Grandma
Car and Driver Magazine

Another 'lost' article written by Shep. This one in the May 1975 issue of Car and Driver Magazine concerning the shifting sports scene from football to car racing.

April 4, 2009

Excelsior!
to Shep fan Bill Forstchen

Bill Forstchen's new book "One Second After" is now #21 on the New York Times best seller list in Fiction and #17 in book sales on Amazon after just 2 weeks. Our man Shep gets acknowledged for his advice to Bill when they met as neighbors in Maine. Shep even gets into the story (sort of) on page 38.

March 26, 2009

Lois Nettleton Estate
Note to eBay winners

I would like to hear from anyone who won any of the various items auctioned on eBay over the last few months, from the Lois Nettleton estate. In the interest of preserving as much of Shepherd history as possible, I would like to get as much information as possible. I understand many people spent considerablesums for these things and nothing will be posted on the website without permission, and anything that is permitted will, of course, be credited appropriately.

March 17, 2009

One Second After
by William F. Forstchen

Shep fan William Forschen has a new book out which follows the lives in a small community after a devastating Electro Magnetic Pulse hits the U.S. and renders ALL electronics useless and literally sends us back to the stone ages.

March 15, 2009

New Look for flicklives.com
 

I've given a facelift to the website along with adding or updating a lot of the content. I've tried to get all the bugs out, but If something doesn't work right, let me know.

January 27, 2009

Serving the Shep Community for 9 years
 

9 years ago today, flicklives.com was born, answering the call of Shep fans looking for somewhere to hear Max Schmid's early morning Mass Backwards Show, and to learn more about Shep. Over those years, through a lot of research, and the generosity of fans who contributed articles, photos, tapes, and memories to help build the site from the dozen pages it started as, it has grown to the hundreds that make it up now. To all those who have helped - THANKS!

December 27, 2008

Ticket to Ride
More syndicated Shep from Radio Spirits

The 7th set of CDs has been released by Radio Spirits. These are never before heard shows that were recorded for syndication and never released. This set deals with his trip to England to interview the Beatles for Playboy Magazine.

December 22, 2008

Don Fagen

The Man Who Told A Christmas Story
What I learned from Jean Shepherd

Donald Fagen of Steely Dan writes about being a Shep fan in his college days and talks about the impressions he received back then and what he thinks about him now.

November 26, 2008

Salute to Jean Shepherd
Now on youtube

Nick Mantis of New Millennium Productions was asked by the Downtown Hammond Council and the South Shore Tourism and Convention Bureau to produce this short documentary on Shep. It was narrated by Shep fan Brian Pearson and features an interview with author / Shep Fan Eugene Bergmann.

November 14, 2008

A Christmas Story the Musical
 

Coming December 2009,

November 3, 2008

A Hammond Story
The Origin of A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story returns to Hammond this season when Hammond celebrates the 25th anniversary of the movie. Check the link below for details.

July 22, 2008

The pre - K2ORS days

Shep's QSL card from 1938
 

Here's a copy of Shep's QSL card from 1938. Thanks to Tony Ricicki (W2VRK)

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