SKIN DEEP! Millennium Fans Get Inked!

Now we know you Millennium fans are devoted individuals, our blog is testament to the energy and passion you guys have for the franchise. Some of you as gone as far as to make Millennium a very permanent part of your lives by enduring the needle in order to leave an indelible part of the show forever on your person.

Jared Place, one of our many hundreds of supporters and a personal friend and all round fine chap, sent us yet another example of how far you good will people will go to celebrate Millennium.


If there are any more inked fans out there, do get in touch with us, we love seeing these as do the fans and if any of you are at a loss as to how to join the campaign trail and proudly sport a Millennium tattoo of your own, how about sending a photograph of your tattoo to the usual address with a polite call for a Millennium movie.

Till then, keep your letters, photographs, emails and more besides coming. We love to hear from you, whatever the subject but, more importantly, send those letters! Let's bring Frank Black back, now!

RUE MORGUE magazine features BacktoFrankBlack

Check out the latest issue of Rue Morgue Magazine, #91, (follow the link here for more details and how to purchase online). BacktoFrankBlack features in their Dreadline features, to quote, "Movement to revive Chris Carter's Millennium gains online momentum."

The feature carries an interview with yours truly. There is plans in motion to have BacktoFrankBlack highlighted again on the Rue Morgue radio station, hopefully with Lance Henriksen as the guest interview. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears flappy for more news on that event!

Also inside the issue:

GENERATION HEX
When The Blair Witch Project - which was made for around the cost of a new Toyota - was released ten years ago, it succeeded beyond all expectations and went on to change the face of horror. Rue Morgue goes back to the woods of Burkittsville with directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez to examine the lasting effects of The Blair Witch Project. Plus: Catching up with Blair Witch star Michael C. Williams, and previews of Myrick's The Objective and Sánchez's Seventh Moon.
by Dave Alexander

THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
Halloween comes early this season courtesy of October Shadows, a book that collects images inspired by everyone's favourite time of year.
by Jovanka Vuckovic

FACES OF DEATH
There was a time when families would have a cast of a loved one's visage made as a funerary memento. Now, one man is reviving the practice for modern mourners.
by W. Brice McVicar

PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
One of the most punishing movies every made just got a lot more brutal with a restored director's cut. Filmmaker Buddy Giovinazzo recalls his struggles making Combat Shock.
by Mitch Davis

THE THINGS THEY'VE TOLD ME: FAN T-SHIRTS!

As you probably know this is one of most important Blog categories as it's your category. It's the category in which we share all your thoughts, email, photos and more besides and bring it to the attention of each other and, hopefully, the people that matter. Rhonda is one individual who has approached our campaign with gusto, tireless in her support of us, she never ceases to amaze me with her tremendous spirit and evident passion for Millennium and Frank Black.


Like a great many of you, Rhonda kindly supported our campaign by purchasing from our exclusive merchandise range designed by illustrator, Barry Renshaw.

We are always delighted when you are delighted and even more so when you take the time to show us how fine you all look in Barry's creations. It's even more heartening that Rhonda's daughter, Celeste, got in on the act and helped her mother with the photographs, it's so touching to know this campaign has become something of a family affair.

As you can see, it isn't difficult to make a huge impression. A letter here, a Polaroid there and the odd photo or two gives the fans a voice and a face and that's worth infinitely more than any blog post I write, or interview that we do. It is you, the fans, that hold the fate of Millennium in your hands and let's face it, "...we're not prepared to sit back and wait for a happy ending" are we?

So please keep your emails, blog comments, photographs and more coming. We need to mobilise our forces and become Frank's army. Let's fight the good fight till Lance Henriksen gets what he has always wanted, a Millennium Movie.

It would also be amiss if I didn't mention that tomorrow is Rhonda's birthday so I am sure you will join with me and all the team at BackToFrankBlack in wishing her a very happy birthday indeed.

Exclusive! Download our free interview with Millennium composer Mark Snow!

Many of you have already spotted this download or seen the promo on Twitter. We felt we'd give Michael Perry's awesome written interview a day's grace before promoting this fantastic little contribution to the campaign from the wonderful, talented Mark Snow!

Millennium Group Sessions Special 02:
The Sound of Snow

BacktoFrankBlack: The Millennium Group Sessions, hosted by Troy Foreman and co-hosted by Jim McLean is now available for free download via our website AND on ITunes!
Please download our free podcast to support the campaign and the guests who have graciously contributed their time to the campaign!

To download from BacktoFrankBlack.com

• For the enhanced image podcast (with some pretty exclusive photos) for Itunes and Ipod lovers: Click here! (16MB 62 mins)

• For a high quality podcast (no images embedded into this one): Right click here and select "save link as.." (approx 62MB 66mins)

To download from ITUNES

• To subscribe to the Itunes podcast, simply load up the Itunes store on your Itunes application, search for BacktoFrankBlack and wait for the podcast to pop onto the list. Then click "subscribe" - you will need to sign up to a free Itunes account to do this - but Itunes does run a great service for podcasts of all types (including our friends ThaDarkSideVibe and Spooktalkular)

BacktoFrankBlack: Millennium Group Sessions Special 02 - The Sound of Snow

In this special episode of the Millennium Group Sessions, Troy and Jim are proud and privledged to interview Millennium composer Mark Snow, who takes this opportunity to tell you dear listeners about his life, his work and his deep personal love for Millennium. He would very much like to see Millennium come back!

This free podcast is available on a fortnightly basis via ITUNES and BacktoFrankBlack.com. We'll naturally update you all on information on the podcast from this blog as well.

With ITUNES, anyone who has an Itunes friendly account will be able to subscribe easily and download the podcasts as they are released. We recommend the ITUNES friendly enhanced podcast because each episode will have its unique set of images to accompany the chatter!

Avatar Vision Proudly Presents: PILOT IS POWER!

To those who have been following this campaign, Josef has demonstrated his passion for Frank Black, and his eagerness to see the character return, time and time again. Of late, Josef has put his valuable talents to good use creating campaign videos and musical montages that we can use to raise our profile at our Youtube page. Not content with creating the odd video or two, Josef has set himself the lofty ambition of creating a video for every episode of the franchise and that's, well, a lot of videos.

As you can see he is not a man to rest on his laurels and the first fruits of his endeavours can be seen above. A stunning montage, created by selected edits of the Pilot and set to music, I am sure you will agree with me that he has surpassed himself again. And what may seem like mere entertainment is much more than that. Since we uploaded his video to Youtube yesterday I have received a number of subscriptions to the channel, comments on his efforts and and email from a Millennium fan or two that might otherwise not have heard of this campaign. Now that's what I call a contribution.

If you want to join Josef in the cause and create a little something we can use to expand our audience then we want to hear all about it. It need not be something worthy of Hitchcock, merely a heartfelt plea as to why you want Frank back, send it to me and I'll do the rest. Till then, enjoy Josef's incredible creation.