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Rare footage from a 1980s sci-fi conventions.
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Rare 1980s Sci-Fi Con Documentary

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 - by Drewprops - 2 Comments.

Note: I never imagined I would be posting TWO “rare sci-fi convention” videos within weeks of each other, but here we are! So here’s the story… In the fall of …

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Segments seen in this video clip of Atlanta's DixieTrek 1986 convention!
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Rare 1980s Sci-Fi Con Footage

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

Note: this resided in my VHS collection for 33 years before I finally transferred it into a digital format in December of 2019. I am tremendously happy to share it …

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Review of AnachroCon 2019

February 17, 2019February 18, 2019 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

On Friday I drove over to the airport Hilton near Hartsfield-Jackson to purchase a weekend pass to AnachroCon (www.anachrocon.org), a small historical fiction convention held in the Atlanta metro area …

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The Atlanta Soccer Village

November 30, 2018December 28, 2022 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Back in the 1990s I stayed employed by moving between Atlanta’s tiny movie industry and a small design practice headed by Laura Heery, daughter of famous Atlanta architect George Heery.  …

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The iconic Trans Am and big rig, together again.
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Saying Goodbye to The Bandit

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

My friend Katie Willard Troebs called me today and told me that Burt Reynolds was in heaven with JL, a legendary transportation captain we all knew and loved.  We lost …

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Filk Track
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Filk Banner Taken at Dragon Con

September 6, 2018September 11, 2018 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Update: the banner from the 2018 Dragon Con Filk track has been recovered. This year the folks who run the Dragon Con Filk track suffered a most grievous loss. Some …

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Stone Mountain’s Secret Twin

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

I was driving home last week talking (hands free, mind you) to a friend over in Charleston who informed me that he was considering a getaway to Stone Mountain… in …

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A review of the Atlanta Comic Con
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How I Stopped Freaking Out About the Atlanta Comic Con

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

This past Saturday I was lured downtown by my friend Shawn, who insisted that we needed to check out the new Atlanta Comic Con.  I first heard about the event …

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Atlanta / Movie Set / Your Pal Drew

Lesson of Joe: Leaping Before You Look

November 10, 2017December 28, 2022 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

Tonight I was reminded of a lesson my friend Joe Connolly taught me back when he was Propmaster of the long-forgotten Aaron Spelling series “Savannah”. That fabulous, opulent saga of murder …

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20 Years of Cosplay Trends at Dragon Con

October 15, 2017December 28, 2022 - by Drewprops - 11 Comments.

While writing my post What Happened to Klingon Cosplay? I went off on a bit of a tangent on the rise and fall of various cosplay groups as seen at Dragon Con. …

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