I having been loving Mr. Patrick Wolf for a while now. He seriously blew me away with his first excellent album "Lycanthropy." I remember that I read a little
my birthday the street date...5/1
I having been loving Mr. Patrick Wolf for a while now. He seriously blew me away with his first excellent album "Lycanthropy." I remember that I read a little
Night Of The Strangler




Incomplete Videography
0123 A Farewell To Arms
0127 At War With The Army
0130 The Inspector General
0131 The Terror
0135 His Girl Friday
0140 Fire Over England
0147 Topper Returns
0150 Judge Priest
0154 The Jungle Book (1942)
0163 The General
0170 Sherlock Holmes – Dressed To Kill
0171 As You Like It
0173 Second Chorus
0174 Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
0181 They Made Me A Criminal
1001 Crystal Gayle In Concert
1050 The Shark Hunter
1101 The Freedom Force
1102 Fabulous Funnies – Volume 1
1103 Fabulous Funnies – Volume 2
1107 Wacky And Packy – Volume 1
1109 M-U-S-H
1111 Fraidy Cat
1112 Snow White Christmas
1151 Jud
1201 A Doll’s House
1202 Marco
1203 I Heard The Owl Call My Name
1204 Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom
1205 The Red Baron
1206 Return To Oz
1207 Around The World In 80 Days
1208 A Christmas Tree / Puss-In-Boots
1209 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
1210 Johnny Appleseed / Paul Bunyan
1211 Jack O’Lantern / Yankee Doodle
1212 Lady Caroline Lamb
1213 Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
1214 The Perfect Killer
1216 Birds Of Prey
1227 Deadmate
1265 Return To Oz (1964)
1301 Dominique
1302 Wolf Lake
1303 Cloud Dancer
1351 Twice A Woman
1401 Riel
1426 Voyage Of Terror – The Achille Lauro Affair
1451 Scum
1452 Sweet William
1453 The Orphan
1501 To Catch A King
1602 Dionne Warwick In Concert
1651 Ironmaster
1652 Johnny Firecloud
1653 Bimini Code
1654 Once Upon A Scoundrel
1655 Beasts
1656 Goldenrod
1657 Lost
1658 Renegade Ninjas
1659 Didn’t You Hear?
1660 Medusa
1661 Hooch
1662 The Invincible Barbarian
1663 Smoke In The Wind
1664 Spittin’ Image
1665 Scuba
1666 Ninja Wars
1667 The Devil And Leroy Bassett
1668 Pursuit
1669 South Seas Massacre
1670 Little Moon And Jud McGraw
1671 Ninja Nightmare
1674 Day Of The Assassin
1675 Return To Africa
1676 The Victory
1677 My Old Man
1680 Vultures
1681 The Night They Saved Christmas
1682 Prep School
1701 Spiderman – Volume 1
1702 Spiderman – Volume 2
1751 Santee
1752 Budo
1753 Las Vegas Lady
1754 The Pink Angels
1757 Weekend With The Babysitter
1761 My Mom’s A Werewolf
1762 Lena’s Holiday
1801 The Deadly Thief
1853 Captain Apache
1856 Horror Express
1858 Crucible Of Terror
1859 Cry Of Battle
1860 The Day Of The Triffids
1861 The Fifth Day Of Peace
1862 God’s Little Acre
1865 Men In War
1875 The Pyx
1901 The Users
1902 The Legend Of Valentino
1903 Little Ladies Of The Night
1904 Honor Thy Father
1905 Wild Times
1906 Portrait Of A Showgirl
1907 Lady Of The House
1908 Sizzle
1909 Love’s Savage Fury
1910 No Place To Hide
1911 Death At Love House
1912 Satan’s School For Girls
1913 Hit Lady
1914 The People
1915 Death Sentence
1916 She Waits
1917 Savages
1918 Death Squad
1919 Cry Panic
1920 Fantasy Island
1921 Return To Fantasy Island
1922 Roughnecks
1923 Margin For Murder
1924 It’s Good To Be Alive
1925 Catch Me A Spy
1926 The Master Touch
1927 The Boy In The Plastic Bubble
1928 Murder On Flight 502
1929 Terror On The 40th Floor
1930 Child Bride Of Short Creek
1931 Tales From The Crypt
1932 Cruise Into Terror
1933 Vega$
1934 Of Mice And Men
1935 Little Gloria – Happy At Last
1936 The Power Within
1937 Casino
1938 Wild And Wooly
1951 Puma Man
1952 The Killing Machine
1953 Track Of The Moon Beast
1954 Kung Fu Avengers
1955 Texas Detour
2001 An Audience With Mel Brooks
2002 Man On The Run
2003 Death Target
2004 Night Of The Zombies
2005 Visions Of Evil
2051 Manions Of America
2052 Orphan Train
2101 Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain
2151 Bloody Birthday
2201 Bog
2251 Enola Gay
2252 Killing ‘Em Softly
2253 Three Sovereigns For Sarah
2254 Night Train To Terror
2255 Junior
2256 Bloody Wednesday
2257 Savage Journey
2301 Eaten Alive
2351 Ballad Of A Gunfighter
2352 Escape From Cell Block 3
2360 Satan’s Blade
2362 Dark Sanity
2365 Stickfighter
2374 Seizure
2375 Outlaw Bikers – The Gang Wars
2401 Sheena Easton: Act 1
2402 Goldie & Kids
2452 Alligator Alley
2453 Battered
2454 Richie
2455 Willa
2456 Sleep Of Death
2457 And I Alone Survived
2458 Master Blaster
2459 Shallow Grave
2460 Iced
2462 Mutator
2463 One Last Run
2464 Trained To Kill
2501 Survival Zone
2502 The Forest
2551 Express To Terror
2552 Killing Stone
2553 Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
2601 Santa And The 3 Bears
2651 Intimate Games
2656 Mardi Gras For The Devil
2676 Unnamable II
2701 Soggy Bottom USA
2702 Legs
2706 Seduced
2707 Snowballing
2726 Project: Genesis
2727 Replikator – Cloned To Kill
2751 Legend Of Eight Samurai
2801 Beyond Erotica
2802 Le Magnifique
2803 Psycho Sisters
2804 Death Kiss
2805 The Return Of The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe
2806 Shock Waves
2807 Thunder County
2808 Virgin Witch
2809 Beyond Fear
2810 Girl In Room 2A
2811 Eyeball
2812 The Confessional
2815 You’ve Got To Have Heart
2816 Infra-Man
2817 Because Of The Cats
2818 Secrets
2819 Submission
2820 Frightmare II
2821 Cry Of A Prostitute: Love Kills
2822 Man From Deep River
2823 Germicide
2824 The Cheaters
2827 Autopsy (Macchie Solari) (1973)
2828 Aladdin And His Magic Lamp (1983)
2829 Torso
2830 Almost Human
2851 The House That Dripped Blood
2852 Hammersmith Is Out
2853 The Mind Snatchers
2855 Digby: The Biggest Dog In The World
2857 Dan Candy’s Law
2858 The Statue
2859 Say Hello To Yesterday
2860 My Old Man’s Place
2861 I Want What I Want
2862 Hot Rod Action
2863 Twinsanity
2864 Girly
2865 Fools
2866 Doctor Death
2867 Changes
2869 Willard
2870 Ben
2871 Dead Right
2872 Today It’s Me… Tomorrow You!
2873 Puppet On A Chain
2901 S*H*E
2951 Assault On Agathon
2952 The Battle Of El Alamein
2954 Commandos
2960 Three Days In Beirut
2968 Octaman
2975 Who Killed Mary What’s ’Er Name?
3001 The Glory Boys
3002 Belfast Assassin
3051 Blood Rage
3101 Murderlust
3151 Club Life
3301 And Now The Screaming Starts
3304 Wannsee Conference
3351 The Many Faces Of Sherlock Holmes
3501 Sara Dane
3506 Who Killed Baby Azaria
3526 South Beach
3552 Louisiana
3601 Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
3851 Shaka Zulu
3903 A Real American Hero
3926 The Unearthing
3951 No Surrender
4001 Glen Campbell
4051 The Making Of Joan Collins
4102 Hollywood Zap
4105 Combat Shock
4106 The Dark Side Of Midnight
4108 Blood Hook
4151 Escapes
4201 The Sex O’Clock News
4226 Project: Metalbeast – DNA Overlord
4251 The Pink Chiquitas
4252 Phantom Of The Ritz
4402 Lone Wolf
4403 Night Vision
4502 Quo Vadis (1985)
4651 Tell Me Why – Space, Earth And Atmosphere
4751 Hot Child In The City
4752 Nights In White Satin
4753 House Of The Rising Sun
4801 Berserker
4852 We Are The Children
4854 Manhunt For Claude Dallas
4901 Voyage Of The Rock Aliens
4902 Women Of Valor
4954 The Jitters
5001 The Incredible Hulk – Volume 1
5002 The Incredible Hulk – Volume 2
5003 Captain America (Marvel Comics Video Library #03)
5004 Spider-woman (Marvel Comics Video Library #13)
5005 The Thing (Marvel Comics Video Library #11)
5006 Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics Video Library #07)
5008 Iron Man (Marvel Comics Video Library #09)
5009 The Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics Video Library #17)
5010 The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics Video Library #05)
5013 The Mole Man (Marvel Comics Video Library #14)
5014 The Vulture (Marvel Comics Video Library #12)
5015 The Fly (Marvel Comics Video Library #06)
5016 The Red Skull (Marvel Comics Video Library #18)
5017 The Green Goblin (Marvel Comics Video Library #16)
5018 Magneto (Marvel Comics Video Library #04)
5019 The Sandman (Marvel Comics Video Library #08)
5021 Spiderman – Dr. Doom Conquers The World
5051 Deathmask
5052 Raiders Of Atlantis
5103 Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster
5151 Open House
5302 A Killing Affair
5351 Cheerleader Camp
5451 Ghostriders
5452 Deadly Embrace
5453 Ghetto Blaster
5502 The Land Of Faraway
5503 Warm Nights On A Slow Moving Train
5601 L.A. Bad
6001 Gulag
6052 Son Of Captain Blood
6053 Seven Deaths In The Cat’s Eye
6054 Alienator
6076 Abraxas
6151 Vigil
6201 Hell High
6226 The Worst Witch
6301 Tidy Endings
6451 Bye Bye Baby
6551 Ghost Writer
6651 The Lords Of Magick
6957 Illicit Behavior
6964 Tropical Heat
6968 Snapdragon
6969 Tropical Heat (Unedited Version)
7001 Sakharov
7051 Torn Allegiance
7052 Bordello
7054 Night Screams
7056 Dial Help
7057 Sacrilege
7203 Monkey Boy
7351 Haunted The Ferryman
7354 This Lightning Always Strikes Twice
7355 The Lady’s Maid’s Bell
7357 The Thirteenth Day Of Christmas
7359 Murders At Lynch Cross
7360 The Maze
7363 Feet Foremost
7511 Van Nuys Blvd.
7513 The Dunera Boys
7751 Little Noises
7951 Club Fed
8001 Private Passions
8002 Fiend
8003 Goldwing
8004 Aftermath
8151 Evil Spirits
8204 Exiled In America
8251 Ultimate Desires
8301 Millions
8401 Prey Of The Chameleon
8552 The Double O Kid
8603 Midnight’s Child
8604 Getting Up & Going Home
8651 The Divine Enforcer
8801 Strangers
8851 Project: Shadowchaser
8901 Still Life
9001 The Gathering Storm
9003 Churchill And The Generals
9056 Memories Of Murder
9104 Image Of Passion
9106 Love At The Top
9107 Isle Of Secret Passion
9108 The Simple Truth
9124 Mrs. Silly
9125 To The Camp And Back
9126 Mona
9127 A Dedicated Man
9306 Playgirl Morning Workout
9401 Johnny Mathis In Concert
9403 Crystal Gayle In Concert
9405 Glen Campbell
9406 Sheena Easton: Act 1
9494 Dionne Warwick In Concert
9501 A Doll’s House
9503 Heard The Owl Call My Name
9504 Honor Thy Father
9506 Goldie And Kids
9508 Lady Caroline Lamb
9509 Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom
9523 Savages
9524 The House That Dripped Blood
9526 Gulag
But before I tell you what it is, allow me to reiterate, for those of you scoundrels that don’t read each and every blog I post, that I am still at the mercy of an ear infection and, worse than that, at the mercy of my ear infection medication.
This is important because it will help you understand why I write sentences like this one, which begin simply and clearly enough, but suddenly go off on a tangent about those drivers who begin honking at the person in front of them when they’re both waiting to make a left turn at a typical LA intersection. The person in front is waiting for oncoming traffic to clear which is the sensible thing to do seeing as how oncoming cars tend to totally ruin the bodies and vehicles that get in their way, but the person behind them has decided that the person in front hasn’t pulled out into the middle of the intersection ENOUGH, and therefore proceeds, not to toot his horn, but LAY ON IT AND KEEP PRESSING ON IT UNTIL THE PERSON IN FRONT GETS THE MESSAGE AND PULLS FIVE YARDS FORWARD, which somehow is a matter of life and death for the second driver.
I am a pedestrian. I don’t own a car. When I tell fellow Los Angelinos this, they look at me like I just said, “I’ve never actually seen a cat. I dunno, I’ve just never been anywhere where they are, I guess.”
Huh?
But I keep seeing this road-rage phenomena, and it rattles me. Which is why I’ve started taking action.
Now, when I see a driver honking his horn like a crazy person, I take it upon myself to sneak in front of his car. I pop my head up enough so that he can see me, and therefore doesn’t drive forward (very important detail), but the drivers behind him can’t.

Incomplete Videography
008 Auditions
010 Willie Nelson's Fourth Of July Picnic
011 The Great McGonagall
012 Crystal Voyager
013 Pink Flamingos
014 Fist Of Fear, Touch Of Death
015 Sextoons ?
016 I Spit On Your Grave
017 Best Of The New York Erotic Film Festival
018 Penitentiary
019 Zombie
020 Emanuelle Around The World
021 The Miss Nude America Contest
022 The Boogeyman
023 My Sister, My Love
024 The Best Of Sex And Violence
025 Superman Cartoons
026 Season Of The Witch
027 Equinox
028 Schlock
029 Astro Zombies
029 Space Zombies
029 Space Vampires
030 Terminal Island
031 The Harrad Experiment
033 The Flesh And Blood Show
034 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
035 Slave Of The Cannibal God
036 Beyond Atlantis
037 The Streetfighter's Last Revenge
038 Devil's Wedding Night
039 Female Trouble
040 Beyond The Fringe
041 The Driller Killer
042 The Gladiators
043 Carnival Of Blood
044 Dr. Minx
045 Harraad Summer
046 Dr. Jeckyll's Dungeon Of Death
047 Dirty Hands
048 Dixie Dynamite
049 Fox Force
050 Tattoed Hit Man
051 Parasite
051A Parasite (3-D Version)
052 Sister Streetfighter
053 Bad Georgia Road
054 Escape
055 Return Of The Zombies
056 Mission Phantom
057 Mandinga
058 S.S. Experiment
059 The Battle Of The Last Panzer
060 Emmanuelle Black And White
061 Phenomenal & The Treasure Of Tutankamen
062 I Spit On Your Grave
063 The Beast
064 Demoniac
065 Fear
066 The Mafu Cage
067 Helltrain
068 Crimson
069 The Invisible Dead
070 Zombie Lake
071 Trauma
072 Famous T&A
073 A Virgin Among The Living Dead
074 Fraulein Devil
075 Tormentor
077 Revenge In The House Of Usher
078 Oasis Of The Zombies
079 Avenger X
080 Monster Hunter
081 Student Union
082 Breeders
083 The Possessor
084 Blood Castle
085 The Screaming Dead
086 Zombiethon
087 Blood Brothers
088 The Master Killers
089 Snakehunter Strangler
090 Dreamaniac
091 The Headless Eyes
092 Robot Holocaust
093 Psychos In Love
094 Mutant Hunt
007 on DVD
Each box set is beautiful. They look like embossed bibles in slide out cases. Within each case is each individual "Ultimate Edition" movie in a slim case with its own little booklet. All of the films have been digitally restored and really look amazing, They also include great commentaries. Each film includes a second disc with "making of" documetnaries, deleted scenes, interviews, and all sorts of amazing little things to keep you busy for hours and hours. While I am tempted to reorder the films into their correct chronological order, that may seriously be the only problem with these boxes. These films have held up over time and still are as exciting as when I was a kid first discovering these films. This is one of the best DVD collections that I have seen. I get excited every time I open one of them up, It is often hard to decide which film to watch first. I often first watch the film. I then go back and watch it with commentary and then go to all the special documentaries and deleted footage.
Night Stalker





Incomplete Videography
MP 3051 Children Shouldn't Play With Death Things
MP 3052 Faces Of Death
MP 3053 Kiss Of The Tarantula
MP 3054 Death Dream
MP 3055 She Beast
MP 3056 The Great Alligator
MP 3057 Frankenstein '80
MP 3058 The Blood Spattered Bride
MP 3059 Night Of The Bloody Apes
MP 3060 Devil Doll
MP 3061 Bay Of Blood
MP 3062 Slaughter Hotel
MP 3063 Faces Of Death 2
MP 3064 Legacy Of Horror
MP 3065 Die Sister, Die
MP 3066 Dracula's Great Love
MP 3067 Of The Dead
MP 3068 Panic
MP 3069 Horror Hospital
MP 3070 Tower Of Evil
MP 3071 Faces of Death 3
MP 3073 Brutes And Savages
MP 3109 Gorgon Video Magazine Vol. 1
If you can help fill in any gaps or correct any information, PLEASE let me know.
Last updated 6 / 12 / 2007

Incomplete Videography
8003 Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
9000 Bruce Lee – The Man / The Myth
9001 Stuckey’s Last Stand
9002 Ripped Off
9003 Creature From Black Lake
9004 I Married A Witch
9005 History Is Made At Night
9007 The Long Voyage Home
9008 Foreign Correspondent
9010 The Police Tapes
9015 Scout’s Honor
9016 Operation Julie
9021 Debbie Does Las Vegas
9023 Prince And The Great Race
9026 The Mystery Of The Million Dollar Hockey Puck
9028 Shriek Of The Mutilated
9029 When The Screaming Stops
9030 Deadly Sunday
9031 Girls Of The Comedy Store
9036 Shadows Run Black
9038 Tell Me That You Love Me
9040 Salty
9044 Masque Of The Red Death (1965)
9046 Charlie And The Great Balloon Chase
9050 Murder By Natural Causes
9052 Murders In The Rue Morgue
9054 Summerdog
9058 Dark August
9067 The Legend Of Boggy Creek
9068 Home To Stay
9071 Comedy Jam
9074 Bad Girls In The Movies
9075 Cocaine Blues
9078 Run For The Roses
9500 Walking Tall
9501 Savages
9502 Revenge Of The Dead
9503 Short Eyes
9504 What Waits Below
9505 Devil Dog - The Hound Of Hell
9508 Mean Dog Blues
9514 The Night Of The Assassin
9515 Welcome To Blood City
9516 Terror In The Wax Museum
9517 W
9518 Arnold
9520 The Lost Empire
9521 The First Turn-On!
9522 Father Figure
9523 Evils Of The Night
9524 The Sea Serpent
9525 Frankenstein
9526 Wildrose
9529 Teen Lust
9532 Hard Hat And Legs
9533 Pulsebeat
9534 A Woman Of Substance – Episode 1 “A Nest Of Vipers”
9535 A Woman Of Substance – Episode 2 “Fighting For The Dream”
9536 A Woman Of Substance – Episode 3 “The Secret Is Revealed”
9537 Gassss
9538 Goodbye Cruel World
9539 The Clones
9541 Tornado (1983)
9542 The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank
9543 Manhattan Baby
9544 The Psychic
9546 Screamtime
9549 A Blade In The Dark
9550 Spiker
9551 Sno-Line
9553 The Defiant
9554 The Last 4 Days
9555 Tiger Joe
9558 The Clonus Horror
9559 Frozen Terror
9560 Igor And The Lunatics
9563 Funny Money
9564 Deadly Mission
9565 Title Shot
9566 Prince Jack
9569 The House Of The Yellow Carpet
9570 The President’s Mistress
9572 Lightblast
9573 Naked Vengeance (R-Rated Edition)
9576 It's Called Murder, Baby
9577 The Courier Of Death
9578 Marbella
9579 Revenge Of The Cheerleaders
9580 Girls’ School Screamers
9583 Scream And Die
9585 Formula For A Murder
9586 Girl-Toy
9587 Robbery
9588 Mark Of The Devil
9590 Slammer Girls
9591 The Great Gold Swindle
9593 Cruisin’ High
9595 City In Fear
9597 Massacre In Dinosaur Valley
9598 The Vegas Strip War
9601 Women In Fury
9604 Scenes From A Murder
9606 Perfect Timing
9900 Cheech And Chong’s – The Corsican Brothers
9901 Blind Date
9903 Dog Day
9904 The Party Animal
9905 The First Turn-On! (Unedited Edition)
9906 Yellow Hair And The Fortress Of Gold
9907 Dungeonmaster
9908 Superstition
9909 Prime Risk
9910 Part 2 – Walking Tall
9911 Final Chapter – Walking Tall
9912 Walking The Edge
9914 Sky High
9915 Model Behavior
9916 The Tender Age
9917 Deadly Passion
9918 The Serpent’s Egg
9919 The Prize Of Peril
9920 The Alchemist
9921 Adventure Of The Action Hunters
9922 Panther Squad
9924 Alligator
9925 She (1985)
9926 Young Lady Chatterly II
9927 Zone Troopers
9928 Spacerage
9929 Land Of Doom
9932 Secrets Of A Married Man
9933 Dark Of The Night
9934 Terror Vision
9935 Loose Screws
9939 Billy Galvin
9940 Spring Symphony
9941 Oddballs
9942 Witchfire
9943 Crawlspace
9944 On The Edge (Rated Edition)
9945 On The Edge (Unrated)
9946 The Toxic Avenger (Unrated)
9947 Separate Vacations
9948 Hands of Steel
9950 Zero Boys
9954 The Movie Maker
9955 Nightmare Weekend
9956 American Justice
9957 Chopping Mall
9958 Weekend Warriors
9959 Wired To Kill
9960 Night Force
9961 Every Time We Say Goodbye
9964 The Wind
9965 I Was A Teenage TV Terrorist
9969 Neon Maniacs
9970 Necropolis
9971 The Wraith
9974 The Princess Academy
9975 Wimps
9979 The Women’s Club
9981 Street Trash
9982 The Night Stalker
9984 The Underachievers
9985 Eternal Evil

Incomplete Videography
The Apple
The Baron
Beast In The Cellar
Blood On Satan's Claw
Bloody Trail
Boarding House
The Brain Machine
The Butterfly Affair
Cafe Express
A Choice Of Weapons
Cosmos - War of The Planets
Daddy's Deadly Darlings
The Day It Came To Earth
Deadline
Deadly Strangers
Death Promise
Desperate Target
Dracula's Last Rites
Dr. Butcher, M.D.
Dreams Of Desire
Dr. Heckyl And Mr. Hype
Drive-In Massacre
Eastern Condors
East Of Kilimanjaro
Emmanuelle On Taboo Island
Five Bloody Graves
Forever
For Your Love Only
Funeral Home
The Gates Of Hell
Image Of Death
Inn Of The Damned
Just Before Dawn
The Killing Of Satan
Kiss Me, Kill Me
The Man From Button Willow
The Mighty Jungle
Mill Of The Stone Women
Mongrel
A Name For Evil
Newman Shame
New Year's Evil
Night Beast
Night Of Bloody Horror
Night Of The Strangler
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
Preacherman
Project: Kill
Psycho From Texas
Roses Bloom Twice
Ruckus
The Ruthless Four
Savage Abduction
Savage Weekend
The Scalp Merchant
Silent Night, Bloody Night
Swamp Country
The Sweet Creek County War
Tombs Of The Blind Dead
Velvet Smooth
W
If you can help fill in any of the gaps or correct any information, PLEASE let me know.
Last updated 5 / 29 / 2007.

Nearly Complete (!) Videography
1002 To The Devil A Daughter
1003 Battle Force
1004 The Kidnapping Of The President
1005 Blood Tide
1006 ...Suddenly!
1007 Women in Flames
1008 City Of The Walking Dead
1009 The Shooting
1010 Fighting Mad
1011 The Best Little Girl In The World
1012 In Our Hands
1013 Kool Street Videos
1014 1984 Summer Olympic Highlights
1015 Breakin' New York Style
1016 The Invisible Six
1017 The River Niger
1018 Vampire Hookers
1019 Love Spell
1020 The Affair
1021 Ride In The Whirlwind
1022 Terror On Tape
1023 The Slayer / Scalps
1024 Student Body / Jailbait Babysitter
1025 1984 Summer Olympic Highlights: The Equestrians
1026 Ginger In The Morning
1027 Hurricane
1028 Terminal Island
1029 Last Night At The Alamo
1030 Return Of The Alien's Deadly Spawn
1031 Executioner II / Frozen Scream
1032 Nightmare
1033 Basileus Quartet
1034 Daughters Of Darkness
1035 Negatives
1036 Sweet Suger / Escape From Women's Prison
1037 Black Like Me
1038 Bubba - Until It Hurts!
1039 Bio Hazard
1040 Working Girls
1041 Curse Of The Black Widow
1042 Class Reunion Massacre
1043 Poor White Trash
1044 Johnny Cash - Live In London
1045 Women Of Iron
1046 Deadly Rivals
1047 Female Trouble
1048 The Muthers
1049 Cathy's Curse
1050 Turkish Delight
1051 Desperate Living
1052 Group Marriage
1053 Avenged
1054 The Eerie Midnight Horror Show
1055 George Stevens - A Filmmaker's Journey
1056 Aguirre - The Wrath Of God
1057 Emanuelle In Egypt
1058 The Original Ghostbusters Vol. 1
1059 Black Samurai
1060 Naked Sun
1061 The Original Ghostbusters Vol. 2
1062 The Best Little Girl In The World
1063 Suicide Cult
1064 Snake Fist Ninja / Dragon Vs. The Needles Of Death
1065 Naked Angels
1066 My First Wife
1067 Wizard Of Gore
1068 The Emerald Jungle
1069 The Original Ghostbusters Vol. 3
1071 Championship Fights
1072 A Swingin' Summer
1073 Death In The Shadows
1074 American Beauty Hostages
1075 The Gruesome Twosome
1076 Her Hot Summer
1077 Dragon Lady Ninja / Devil Killer
1078 Triple Hitter Boxer
1079 Hollywood Vice Squad
1080 Stripper Of The Year
1081 Starlet Screen Test
1082 House Of The Damned
1083 Revenge Of The Teen Vixens From Outer Space
1084 I Was A Zombie For The FBI
1085 Born American
1086 KGB: The Secret War
1087 Winds Of Jarrah
1089 12 & 1
1090 The Body
1091 Dr. Minx
1092 Amazon Jail
1093 Blood Debt
1094 Something Special
1095 South Bronx Heroes
1096 Witchboard
1097 Deadtime Stories
1098 Istanbul
1099 Best Buns On The Beach
3001 The Might Hercules & Speed Racer Vol. 1
3002 The Might Hercules & Speed Racer Vol. 2
3003 Legend Of Black Thunder Mountain
3006 The Might Hercules & Speed Racer Vol. 3
3007 The Might Hercules & Speed Racer Vol. 4
3008 The Might Hercules & Speed Racer Vol. 5
3009 The Might Hercules & Speed Racer Vol. 6
3014 Voltar The Invincible
3015 Original Ghostbusters: Dr. Whatshisname
4001 Find The Lady
4002 Deadly Encounter
4003 Love At First Site
4004 Challenge
5001 Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
5003 Miami Vendetta
5004 Deadly Alliance
6001 Thrashin'
7000 Lost!
7001 Paperback Hero

Incomplete Videography
3112 Whoopi Goldberg Live
3159 An Evening With Bobcat Goldthwait - Share The Warmth
4510 Future Hunters
5181 Shanghai Surprise
5182 From Beyond
5188 Getting Even
5191 Hoosiers
5192 3 Men And A Cradle
5193 The Patriot
5194 Radioactive Dreams
5199 Streets Of Gold
5200 Light Of Day
5210 The Kindred
5216 Blood Diner
5219 Slaughter High
5221 Personal Services
5227 Transmutations
5232 Funland
5242 American Drive-In
5250 Deadly Possession
5253 Dead Aim
5266 Dirty Dancing Live In Concert
5270 Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
5275 Gleaming The Cube
5281 Options
5285 C.H.U.D. II
5290 Waxwork
5295 Golf's Greatest Moments
5303 Earth Girls Are Easy
5345 National Geographic Video: Return To Everest
5352 Deathstalker III: The Warriors From Hell
5386 Bail Out
5416 Sundown
5966 The Bounty
6013 Dirty Dancing
6014 The Monster Squad
6016 The Big Town
6017 Steel Dawn
6021 The Running Man
6031 The Family
9056 Audobon: Wildfire
9951 Mister Johnson
9977 Age Isn't Everything

Incomplete Videography
TVA1573 First Blood
TVA2372 Angel
TVA2535 The Terminator
TVA2728 A Breed Apart
TVA2880 Flashpoint
TVA2977 Wild Geese II
TVA2983 Volunteers
TVA3003 The Holcroft Covenant
TVA3004 Howling II
TVA3666 Sweet Dreams
TVA3672 Maxie
TVA3676 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
TVA3905 OSA
TVB1493 Dawn Of The Mummy
TVB1584 Ator The Fighting Eagle
TVB1620 Sorceress
TVB1632 Xtro
TVB1631 Polyester
TVB1733 Madman
TVB1813 One Dark Night
TVB1979 The Evil Dead
TVB1980 Spasms
TVB2227 The Prey
TVB2304 Exterminators Of The Year 3000
TVB2438 Watch Me When I Kill
TVB2649 Warrior Of The Lost World
TVB2674 Girls Nite Out
TVB2723 The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
TVB2730 The Initiation
TVB2908 The Deadly Intruder
TVB3001 Final Mission
TVB3167 Count Yorga, Vampire
TVB3171 Dr. Who And The Daleks
TVB3242 Blacula
TVB3533 The Time Travelers
TVB3553 The Oblong Box
TVB3554 Black Sabbath

Incomplete Videography
8423 Raw Courage
8501 Tuff Turf
8505 Breaking All The Rules
8510 Delivery Boys
8517 Warriors Of The Wind
8522 Godzilla 1985
8523 The Annihilators
8525 House
8602 Roller Blade
8606 Knights Of The City
8607 Bliss
8611 Mountain Top Motel Massacre
8613 Aurora Encounter
8614 Cut And Run
8629 Las Vegas Weekend
9501 Bury Me An Angel
9507 Terror In The Swamp
9535 The House On Straw Hill
9551 Ghostkeeper
9555 The Horrors Of Burke And Hare
9556 Caged Terror
A86200 Soul Man
A86320 Return To Horror High
A86370 Beyond Therapy
A86390 Pretty Smart
A86400 Dead End Drive-In
A87001 Omega Syndrome
A87011 The Great Land Of Small
A87020 Kandyland
A88006 18 Again
A88022 The Wrong Guys
A88036 Cellar Dweller

Incomplete Videography
1008 Body Fever
1015 Blood Shack
1027 Crimson
1028 Escape
1029 Caged Fury
1030 The Killer Instinct
1031 Screwball Academy
1032 The Tempter
1033 Return Of The Zombies
1034 Mission Phantom
1035 Eagles Attack At Dawn
1038 Zombie Lake
1039 Demoniac
1040 She Freak
1041 Daughters Of Darkness
1042 Class Reunion Massacre
1043 Alien Prey
1044 2000 Maniacs
1046 Battle Force
1047 City Of The Walking Dead
1048 Terminal Island
1050 Sweet Sugar
1051 Hurricane (1974)
1052 Nightmare
1053 Terror On Tape
1054 Blood Tide
1055 The Shooting
1056 Ginger In The Morning
1057 Night After Night
1058 Ride The Tiger
1059 Pigs
1060 Biohazard
1061 Guerillas In Pink Lace
1063 Female Trouble
1065 Auditions
1066 Confidential
1067 Revenge Of The Cheerleaders
1069 The Concrete Jungle
1070 Spare Parts
1071 Student Body
1072 Deadly Spawn
1073 Working Girls
1074 Curse Of The Black Widow!
1075 The River Niger
1076 The Kidnapping Of The President
1079 Mondo Cane 2
1080 The Muthers
1081 From Hell To Borneo
1082 The Flight Of The Eagle
1083 Mandinga
1084 Jailbait Babysitter
1085 Escape From Women's Prison
1086 The Steel Claw
1088 One Night… Only!
1090 The Black Godfather
1093 Emmanuelle Black And White

Incomplete Videography
315 Mastermind
1188 Diabolically Yours
1198 The Black Gestapo
1234 The Black Eliminator
5225 Getting Over
Against The Drunken Cat Paws
And God Said To Cain
The Attic
A Bell From Hell
Beyond The Doors
Beyond The Living Dead
Black Sister's Revenge
The Black Six
Boomerang
The Candy Tangerine Man
Cemetery High
The Chamber Of Fear
The Cobra
Cult Of The Dead
Dance Of Death
Deadly Spy Games
Death Journey
The Demon Lover
The Demons
Die Screaming Marianne
Disciple Of Death
Don't Go To Sleep
Double Face
Dracula Sucks
The Element Of Crime
The Florida Connection
Four Infernos To Cross
The Fury of The Wolfman
Gentleman Killer
Girls On The Road
Grave of The Vampire
Here Comes Trouble
Honky
The Hurried Man
The Jesus Trip
Keep My Grave Open
The Killing Kind
Lady Cocoa
Mean Johnny Barrows
Mission Mars
The Mummy's Revenge
Night Of The Sorcerers
No Way Back
The Occultist
Porno Drama
The Psychotronic Man
A Quiet Place To Kill
Rikisha Kuri
Savage Intruder
Seeds Of Evil
Serenata Macabra
Shaolin Devil, Shaolin Angel
Simon, King Of The Witches
Take Down
Ten Tigers Of Shaolin
Top Of The Heap
Tomorrow Never Comes
The Two Great Cavaliers
Warlock Moon
The Witches Mountain
The Witch Who Came From The Sea

Incomplete Videography
1013 Blood Mania
1014 Blood Of Dracula's Castle
1019 Copperhead
1030 Dark Star
1041 From The Earth To The Moon
1044 Ghosts That Still Walk
1055 Invasion Of The Girl Snatchers
1060 The Crater Lake Monster
1071 Monster A Go-Go
1077 Nightmare In Wax
1089 Sasquatch
1094 Stanley
1161 Beyond Atlantis
1167 Dick Tracy Returns
1185 The Swiss Conspiracy
1186 Death Rage
1195 Scream Bloody Murder
1201 Journey
1203 Dick Tracy
1552 Small Kill
2026 Terror At Tenkiller
2108 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
6002 Beyond And Back
6210 Night Creature
6212 The Redeemer
6236 Sisters Of Death
6237 Starhops
6240 The Van
6729 Dixie Dynamite
6967 Schizo
7002 Ruby
7003 Screams Of A Winter Night
7006 One Man Jury
7008 What The Peeper Saw
7011 The Truth About UFOs And ETs
7338 Varan The Unbelievable
7397 Dead Men Walk
8008 Chamber Of Horrors
9002 The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
10154 The Toolbox Murders
10610 Death Machines
10690 Policewomen

Incomplete Videography
M102 The Chinese Godfather
M103 The Jungle Book (1942)
M104 A Boy And His Dog
M106 Horror Express
M107 Rebel Rousers
M108 Attack of The Killer Tomotoes
M109 The Clowns
M110 Heat (1972)
M111 Reefer Madness
M112 Cocaine Fiends
M113 Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
M114 Psychomania
M115 The Day Of The Triffids
M117 Things To Come (1936)
M118 Flash Gordon: Rocketship
M120 The Lady Vanishes
M121 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
M122 Meet John Doe
M123 The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
M125 The Flying Deuces
M126 My Man Godfrey
M127 The 3rd Man
M128 Till The Clouds Roll By
M129 The Most Dangerous Game
M130 Blackenstein
M131 Halloween
M132 Assault On Precinct 13
M133 Cocaine Cowboys
M134 Tourist Trap
M135 Laserblast
M136 End Of The World
M137 The Day Time Ended
M138 Slithis
M139 High Velocity
M140 The Man From Clover Grove
M141 Roller Boogie
M142 The Wicker Man
M143 Can I Do It… Til I Need Glasses?
M144 If You Don’t Stop It… You’ll Go Blind!!!
M145 Bilitis
M146 The House That Vanished
M147 Schizo
M148 The Clones Of Bruce Lee
M149 Return Of The Tiger
M150 The Wackiest Wagon Train In The West
M151 Albino
M152 Sudden Death
M153 The Image Of Bruce Lee
M154 Fade To Black
M155 Maniac
M156 The Centerfold Girls
M157 Hell Night
M158 The Bodyguard
M159 The Haunting Of Julia
M160 Life With Father
M161 It’s A Wonderful Life
M162 Africa Screams
M163 The Perils Of Pauline (1947)
M164 Blood Beach
M165 The Terror
M166 The Little Princess
M167 Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave
M169 The Shooting
M170 Ride In The Whirlwind
M171 The Inspector General
M172 Day Of The Animals
M173 The Dark
M174 Kill And Kill Again
M175 The Force Beyond
M176 House Of Shadows
M177 Home Sweet Home
M178 To All A Goodnight
M179 Demented
M181 The Hearse
M184 Lunch Wagon
M189 Grizzly
M180 The Unseen
M181 The Hearse
M182 Summer Camp
M183 The Cheerleaders
M184 Lunch Wagon
M185 The Haunted Strangler
M186 I Drink Your Blood
M187 Go For It
M188 Sextette
M189 Grizzly
M190 Johnny Got His Gun
M191 Don’t Go In The House
M192 Silent Scream
M193 The Deadly And The Beautiful
M194 Don't Answer The Phone
M195 Blue Fire Lady
M196 The Seduction
M197 Kill Or Be Killed
M198 Alice Goodbody
M199 Beyond The Door
M200 Coach
M201 Demonoid
M203 The Adventures Of The Wilderness Family
M204 Wilderness Family Part 2
M205 Challenge To Be Free
M206 Across The Great Divide
M207 Mountain Family Robinson
M208 Vanishing Wilderness
M209 Wonder Of It All
M210 The Great Adventure
M211 The Prize Fighter
M213 Devil Times Five
M214 The Sex Machine
M215 Terror On Tour
M216 American Nightmare
M218 Shogun's Ninja
M219 Raw Force
M220 Basket Case
M226 The Octagon
M227 A Force Of One
M228 Charlie Chan And The Curse Of The Dragon Queen
M229 Force: Five
M230 Cheaper To Keep Her
M231 Sitting Ducks
M233 Kentucky Fried Movie
M234 Sleuth
M235 Knightriders
M236 Mother's Day
M237 Tintotera... Tiger Shark
M238 The Heartbreak Kid
M241 To Kill A Clown
M242 Texas Lightning
M244 Beyond Evil
M246 Survival Run
M247 Angel And The Badman
M248 Murder For Sale
M249 Tim
M250 The Twelve Chairs
M251 Beyond The Door II
M252 Liquid Sky
M253 The Glove
M254 Stone Cold Dead
M255 The Fifth Floor
M256 Touched
M257 The Pied Piper Of Hamelin
M258 The Grey Fox
M259 Loophole
M260 One Down, Two To Go
M261 A Time To Die
M262 Virus
M263 The Alpha Incident
M264 Hells Angels Forever
M265 1990 – The Bronx Warriors
M266 The Dorm That Dripped Blood
M267 Shattered (1972)
M268 Abduction
M269 Countryman
M270 The Great Smokey Roadblock
M271 Hell's Angels '69
M272 Tinman
M274 Cardiac Arrest
M277 The Dark Ride
M280 The Loveless
M281 Out Of The Blue (1980)
M282 The Last Horror Film
M285 Mystery Mansion
M286 The Day Of The Cobra
M287 Hatchet For The Honeymoon
M288 Forbidden Zone
M289 Streamers
M290 Caboblanco
M291 Brainwash
M292 Once In Paris
M293 Android
M294 My Champion
M295 The Secret Policeman’s Private Parts
M296 Fatal Games
M297 Fish Hawk
M300 The Light At The Edge Of The World
M301 Fantastic Animation Festival
M302 Superman
M303 Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
M304 Animal Farm
M305 Cartoon Classics Of The 1930s
M307 Electric Light Voyage
M308 Little Lulu
M309 Angel (Children)
M310 Captain Future
M311 Spunky And Tadpole
M312 Fables Of The Green Forest
M313 The Night Before Christmas
M314 Hansel And Gretel
M316 Silent Night
M317 Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp
M318 Swan Lake (Children)
M319 Puss ‘N Boots
M320 The Night Before Christmas / Silent Night
M321 The Moonstone Gem
M322 Popeye In The Wild West
M324 The Adventures Of Felix The Cat
M325 Popeye And Friends In Outer Space
M326 Life Is A Circus, Charlie Brown / You’re The Greatest…
M328 It’s Magic, Charlie Brown / Charlie Brown’s All Stars
M329 Felix’s Magic Bag Of Tricks
M331 A Charlie Brown Christmas / You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown
M332 It’s Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown / Someday You’ll Find Her, C.B.
M335 It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown / She’s A Good Skate, Charlie Brown
M336 It’s An Adventure, Charlie Brown
M338 Flash Gordon – Space Adventurer Volume 2
M339 It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
M341 A Charlie Brown Christmas
M342 Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
M343 It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
M346 Popeye – Travelin’ On About Travel
M413 Jimi Hendrix Concert
M414 In The Studio
M416 Blood Sweat And Tears With B J Thomas
M418 Stevie Wonder Live
M419 Seals & Crofts Live With Martin Mull
M421 A Tribute To Billie Holiday
M424 A Flower Out Of Place
M425 Rock Stars Studio Sessions
M427 Alice Cooper And Friends
M428 Alice Cooper And Friends
M429 James Brown – Live In Concert
M430 The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
M431 Muscle Motion
M432 J.F.K.
M433 Frank Shorter’s Run
M434 Chuck Berry Hosts – Born To Rock
M437 Yoko Ono Then And Now
M439 The Guess Who – Together Again
M440 The Band Reunion
M441 David Bowie – Serious Moonlight
M443 Journey – Frontiers And Beyond
M444 The Style Council – Far East And Far Out
M445 The Pritikin Promise
M446 The Pritikin Promise Home Exercise Program
M447 The Slim Gourmet
M448 Marvin Mitchelson On Divorce
M449 Surfing Beach Party
M450 Judas Priest Live
M451 Big Country Live
M452 Elvis – ’68 Comeback Special
M454 The A.R.M.S. Concert Part One
M455 The A.R.M.S. Concert Part Two
M456 Dire Straits – Alchemy Live
M458 Siouxsie And The Banshees – Nocturne
M460 Digital Dreams
M462 Australia Now
M463 Elvis – Aloha From Hawaii
M464 Go Johnny Go
M465 The Jam – Video Snap!
M466 Decline Of Western Civilization
M467 Elvis – One Night With You
M468 Tears For Fears – In My Mind’s Eye
M470 Elvis ‘56
M501 Alice In Wonderland (1981)
M502 Flesh Gordon
M505 Hey, There’s Naked Bodies On My TV
M506 The First Nudie Musical
M508 Nine Ages Of Nakedness
M509 Fairy Tales
M510 Sex And The Office Girl
M511 Slaves Of Love
M512 Swinging Ski Girls
M513 Swinging Sorority Girls
M514 Fyre
M515 Nocturna
M516 Dracula Sucks
M517 Mustang
M518 SS Girls
M520 Once Upon A Girl
M521 Confessions Of A Young American Housewife
M522 Secret Fantasy
M701 Chanel Solitaire
M702 Zebra Force
M703 Kavik The Wolf Dog
M704 The Sell Out
M705 Speedtrap
M707 Haunts
M708 The Kingfisher Caper
M709 Christiane F
M710 Blade Master
M711 The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Man
M712 Gold Raiders
M713 The Man In The Santa Claus Suit
M714 From Hell To Victory
M715 Blood And Black Lace
M716 Gone In 60 Seconds
M718 Smithereens
M719 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
M720 On The Yard
M721 Draw!
M723 She Came To The Valley
M724 Running Wild (1973)
M725 The Plumber
M726 A Quiet Day In Belfast
M730 Door To Door
M754 Sea Devils
M756 The Prince And The Pauper (1977)
M757 Surf II
M758 Fleshburn
M759 2020 Texas Gladiators
M760 C.H.U.D.
M761 Dusty
M762 Aloha Bobby And Rose
M763 Endgame
M764 The 4th Man
M765 Cross Of Iron
M766 Power Play
M769 Manhunt
M770 Sleepaway Camp
M771 Dead Wrong
M772 Ten From Your Show Of Shows
M773 Night Of The Juggler
M774 The Cold Room
M775 Bear Island
M776 Silent Madness
M777 Conquest
M778 Escape From El Diablo
M779 Heartbreaker
M781 The Amazing Dobermans
M782 Big Meat Eater
M787 Choose Me
M788 Skullduggery
M789 Old Enough
M790 Nightmare On Elm Street
M791 High Crime
M793 Beyond Reason
M794 Dark Forces
M795 The Uncanny
M796 Dogs Of Hell
M797 The Warning
M798 The Old Gun
M799 Somewhere Tomorrow
M800 9 Deaths Of The Ninja
M801 The 39 Steps (1978)
M802 Scared To Death
M803 Escape From The Bronx
M804 Eagle’s Wing
M805 The Lift
M807 The Game Is Over
M808 Creature
M809 Ninja Mission
M811 Hundra
M812 A Touch Of Class
M813 Bloodbath At The House Of Death
M814 The Amazing Mr. Blunden
M815 Jungle Warriors
M816 A Flash Of Green
M817 When Nature Calls
M818 The Lady Vanishes (1979)
M820 Carnage
M822 Caravan To Vaccares
M826 Kiss My Grits
M827 Manhunter
M828 Parallel Corpse
M829 Fingers
M830 Mixed Blood
M831 Creepers
M832 School Spirit
M833 Savage Dawn
M834 Heated Vengeance
M837 Any Friend Of Nicholas Nickleby Is A Friend Of Mine
M838 Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
M839 Day Of The Dead
M841 The Delta Force
M842 Stitches
M843 P.O.W. The Escape
M844 Wizards Of The Lost Kingdom
M845 Flicks
M846 Santa Claus – The Movie
M847 The Naked Cage
M848 Dangerously Close
M849 Murphy’s Law
M850 Class Of Nuke ‘Em High
M851 Hamburger The Motion Picture
M852 My American Cousin
M860 Variety (1985)
M861 3:15 The Moment Of Truth
M863 Thunder Run
M864 The Ladies Club
M865 The Check Is In The Mail
M866 Allan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold
M867 Birch Interval
M871 Nasty Habits
M875 I Will, I Will… For Now
M877 Invaders From Mars (1986)
M883 Cocaine Wars
M884 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
M889 Choke Canyon
M890 Rage Of Honor
M891 Avenging Force
M892 52 Pick-Up
M894 Evil Judgment
M895 Firewalker
M896 Iron Warrior
M897 Aladdin (1986)
M900 Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
M902 Lightning - The White Stallion
M903 Otello
M907 Hollywood Harry
M912 Steve Allen’s Golden Age Of Comedy
M914 Sweet Revenge
M917 Lone Runner
M919 Rumpelstiltskin (1986)
M920 Mannequin
M926 Mission Kill
M927 Programmed To Kill
M928 Assassination
M930 Street Smart
M931 Catch The Heat
M933 American Ninja 2 – The Confrontation
M935 The Curse
M936 The Wild Pair
M937 Survival Game
M938 Tough Guys Don’t Dance
M940 The Hidden
M941 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
M942 Braddock – Missing In Action III
M944 Going Bananas
M948 Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
M950 Student Confidential
M951 Surf Nazis Must Die
M958 The New Gladiators
M959 Saigon Commandos
M960 Behind Enemy Lines
M965 The Further Adventures Of Tennessee Buck
M966 Killer Klowns From Outer Space
M967 Mercenary Fighters
M968 Tell Me A Riddle
M971 The Virgin Queen Of St. Francis High
M973 World Gone Wild
M976 Grotesque
M979 Withnail And I
M980 Repentance
M981 Zombie Island Massacre
M983 The Sisterhood
M986 The Barbarians
M987 Beachballs
M1015 Night of the Living Dead

Incomplete Videography
0617 The Black Cobra
0618 Terror On Alcatraz
0619 Evil Town
0620 Plutonium Baby
0621 Code Name: Zebra
0643 Outlaw Force
0662 War Cat
0675 White Ghost
0676 Defense Play
0688 Hobgoblins
0840 That's My Baby
10031 The Keeper
10086 CopKillers
10150 Blood Ties
11003 The Demons Of Ludlow
13504 Return Of The Dinosaurs
15006 Kung Fu Kids
15009 The Iron Dragon Strikes Back
15010 Two Wondrous Tigers
15012 The Invincible Armor
15013 The Kung Fu Warrior
15020 Snake In Eagle's Shadow 2
17002 Crazed
17004 Bare Knuckles
18001 The Invisible Strangler
19001 White Fire
24001 Bloodbeat
26001 Bloody moon
27001 Thunder Warrior
35001 Long Weekend
37002 Bits And Pieces
37004 The Tomb
37031 Commando Squad
38009 Manhunter
38011 Desperate Moves
38013 Monster Dog
38015 The Emperor Caligula
38017 Cold Eyes Of Fear
38061 Alien Predators
39001 Ninja Terminator
39004 Phoenix The Ninja
39017 The Ultimate Ninja
39018 Ninja Destroyer
43002 Zulu Dawn
43005 Vengeance
46001 The Tormentors
47001 Thunder Warrior II
49001 The Night God Screamed
49003 The Manhandlers
Evil Spirits


This Week's Sources of Inspirado:
That said, there have been a scant few sources of this aforementioned inspirado lately:

I have been listening to the new Joanna Newsom EP, Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band, an awful lot. It's gorgeous, of course, esp her harmonies with Neal Morgan on "Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie." That's my f
avorite thing at the moment.... And there has been so much going on on my favorite show, The View, this week too, with Rosie announcing that, sadly, she is not coming back next season and Alec Baldwin trying to explain his heinous behavior towards his daughter. So much drama!
One thing that has been the source of inspirado during this weirdo week has been the new Mavis Staples record, We'll Never Turn Back. How can anyone possibly not simply adore Mavis Staples? I feel like this album is even more powerful than some of her older ones.

All the songs are protest songs, and she wraps her gospel voice all around them and makes them so moving all over again. It was produced, seemingly like most things, by Ry Cooder. Mavis's voice will never grow old. The cd is supposed to be inspiring and I would definitely say it achieves its goal. When I hear Mavis Staples killing it like that, I want to go back for the billionth time to another one of my favorite things, The Band's film The Last Waltz to watch the Staples Singers perform "The Weight." It's a perfect song, to me, the writing, the performance...the inspirado...
The Big Bet



Eye Of The Eagle 3


erase errata at bottom of the hill
I really love the bottom of the hill. It is such a nice little place to see a show. It is located in a
We got there a little before Erase Errata, so we had some time to hang out in the backyard, It seriously is a great place to people watch. I always like watching these ladies on stage and have never gotten bored with them. They are just always good. Unfortunately the crowd was not the dancing crowds that I am accustomed to seeing at their shows of the past. One of the best shows I saw of theirs was a record release party for their 2nd album at some high school auditorium type place in the mission. It was a prom theme I think. Kind of feels like a dream but I am pretty sure it was real. Seriously, if you have not heard this band you need to. Especially if you like good nowavey kind of music. They make me feel all good inside.
INT. CORPORATE OFFICES - NIGHT
A large corporate office space with many cubicles is
deserted; quiet.
Desks littered with papers and personal affects.
Minimal, after-hours lighting.
CLOSE UP OF CRICKET ON DESK.
The cricket begins to play his night-song.
More and more we see many plants and trees in various spots
in this office.
Further shots reveal that this office is actually dense with
an unusual amount of plant-life.
A NIGHT-WATCH MAN enters in uniform.
He walks through the maze of cubicles until he reaches a
small area reserved for making coffee.
Sitting on the ground gracefully is DORIS. She is beautiful
and wears glasses.
Tango Meets Reggaeton

Everyone's favorite Reggaeton group, Calle 13, released their second album on Tuesday. "Residente O Visitante" packs as much of a punch as their first release with many collaberations with other artists. Working with Calle 13 on this release are, Tego Calderon from Puerto Rico, La Mala Rodriguez from Spain and Orishas from Cuba. By far the most interesting pairing is Calle 13 with Bajofondo, the electro-tango group from Argentina. If you can imagine Kanye West, Luny Tunes and The Gotan Project getting together to make a song, then you get an idea what the song Tango Del Pecado is like. Check it out for yourself:
I know the infamous Viola Galloway, Amoeba Hollywood's world music buyer and Tango enthusiast, is just going to love the new Calle 13. She has been rallying for Reggaeton to fuse with Tango for the last three years!

Agenda 187 (1999)
Alien from L.A. (1987)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
American Ninja (1985)
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1991)
American Ninja V (1993)
America 3000 (1986)
The Apple (1980)
Assassination (1987)
The Assisi Underground (1985)
Avenging Force (1986)
The Barbarians (1987)
Barfly (1987)
The Beast in the Cellar (1971)
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Behind Enemy Lines (1986)
Bloodsport (1988)
Body and Soul (1981)
Bolero (1984)
The Borrower (1991)
Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
Breakin' (1984)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Business as Usual (1987)
Chain of Command (1995)
Cinderella (2002)
Cobra (1986)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Cyborg (1989)
Dancers (1987)
Dangerously Close (1986)
Death Wish II (1982)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Déjà Vu (1985)
Delta Force, The (1986)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
Down Twisted (1987)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
Duet for One (1986)
Dutch Treat (1986)
Emperor's New Clothes, The (1987)
Enter the Ninja (1981)
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Fifty/Fifty (1993)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Firewalker (1986)
Fool for Love (1985)
The Frog Prince (1988)
The Godsend (1980)
Going Bananas (1987)
Gor (1988)
Grace Quigley (1984)
Hanoi Hilton, The (1987)
Hanna's War (1988)
Hansel and Gretel (1987)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
The Happy Hooker (1975)
Haunted Summer (1988)
Hercules (1983)
Hellbound (1993)
Hero and the Terror (1988)
The Hitman (1991)
Hospital Massacre (1981)
Hot Chili (1985)
Hot Resort (1985)
Hot T-Shirts (1979)
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
The Human Shield (1991)
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989)
Kickboxer (1989)
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Lady Chatterly's Lover (1981)
Lambada (1990)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
Link (1986)
Love Streams (1984)
Mad Dog Coll (1992)
The Magician of Lublin (1979)
A Man Called Sarge (1990)
Manifesto (1988)
Mascara (1987)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Mata Hari (1985)
Mercenary Fighters (1987)
Messenger of Death (1988)
Midnight Ride (1990)
Missing in Action (1984)
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Murphy's Law (1986)
The Naked Cage (1986)
Nana (1982)
New Year's Evil (1981)
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
No Place to Hide (1992)
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
Outlaw of Gor (1989)
Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
Over the Top (1987)
Platoon Leader (1988)
Puss in Boots (1988)
Rappin' (1985)
Red Riding Hood (1987)
Rescue Me (1993)
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
River of Death (1989)
Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
Runaway Train (1985)
Sahara (1983)
Salsa (1988)
Savage Weekend (1979)
Schizoid (1980)
The Secret Of Yolanda (1982)
Seed of Innocence (1980)
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983)
Shy People (1987)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Sleeping Beauty (1987)
Snow White (1988)
Street Knight (1993)
Street Smart (1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Surrender (1987)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1982)
10 to Midnight (1983)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Thunder Alley (1985)
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Treasure Island (1985)
Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)
Under Cover (1987)
Nightmare



Please, DO NOT watch if you are SQUEAMISH !!
It’s my first time having one, so I’m probably not the best person to speak with authority on the subject. Because it’s all so new, I hate to draw too many conclusions. I generally think of myself as open to new experiences.
When it comes to food, for example, I am practically compelled to taste a dish, if I never have before. Whether it’s sea urchin at a sushi bar in Sacramento or sweetbreads at Musso & Frank Grill or chilled monkey brains with my underage sidekick… oh wait… That was “Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom” - I always get that and my life confused. (It’s easy when you work on the mezzanine at Amoeba Music Hollywood – but we’ll get to that later.)
The point is… um…
Okay, you need to know right away that I am hopped-up on loads of Vicodin. It’s one of the many things my doctor prescribed for the aforementioned ailment.
If you’re like most people found at a swell music store such as the one I work at, you probably just got all warm and fuzzy at the mention of Vicodin. You maybe even got a little jealous of me.
“Oh, lucky,” you think. But I hate it. For one thing, it makes writing a blog almost impossible.
“But Job,” you protest, “You seem to be doing a fine job. Your prose is witty and accessible; smart and grammatically deft. Why, you’ve even managed to find a clever way to sneak in usage of the words ‘ecchymosis’ and ‘zizith’ in the same sentence!”
Well, I return, you’re very kind. But what you don’t know is that I’ve been working on this entry for eight hours without a break (unless you count the lost-time from my fainting spell immediately after I typed out the word grammatically).
Hot New Compilation 2

Soundways Records out of England does it again. Their Panama and Afro-Beat releases are excellent but this release is their best by far. Discos Fuentes are to Colombian music what Stax & Motown are to soul, Trojan to Reggae, Blue Note to Jazz and what Sun Records is to rock music. They released thousands of records since 1934 and still do to this day. The compilation covers the classic years of Discos Fuentes (1960-1976) It is mostly Cumbia and Salsa music with Champeta and some modernized versions of traditional South American music.
Much of what is on this comp hasn’t been released in quite some time and has only been available through out of print records. Included are rare tracks from well known Colombian artists, Fruko Y Su Tesos, The Latin Brothers and Afrosound, plus the classic tracks from Los Corraleros De Majagual, Pedro Laza y Su Pelayeros and Lucho Bermudez. This is straight up dance floor madness. Even those who can't dance will have a tough time resisting the rhythms produced by this release. Great liner notes with many pictures of the original album covers to make the record collector in you salivate.
BABE'S & RICKY'S INN

Babe’s & Ricky’s on a Monday night is something that everyone should experience. Owner Laura Mae Gross, or Mama as many call her, greets you at the door. At eighty- seven years old, she is still at the club every night. The eight-dollar cover gets you a free soul food dinner and all night of Blues, including a brief set by Mickey Champion.
My first Babe’s and Ricky’s experience was last Monday. I got there early to walk around Leimart Park. I didn’t see the late night chess matches that once went on into the wee hours of the night. There used to be these intense chess matches just outside the legendary 5th Street Dick’s. I hadn’t seen them the last few times I been to Leimart Park. I passed by Project Blowed and The World Stage, both closed for the night. All these locations mentioned are known promoting culture, creativity and improvisation in the black community. Leimart Park is the place you need to be to improve your musical and word skills, with multiple Blues, Hip-Hop, Poetry and Jazz open mic sessions.
Babe’s & Ricky’s have a varied selection of beers, From New Castle to Ole English Malt Liquor. I noticed they had Guinness and I wondered if anyone had the nuts to make their own Black Eight at the bar. For those who don’t know, a Black Eight is a concoction of Ole 8 and Guinness, a throwback to my youth often done as a tribute to Tha Alkaholiks. (…Oooh don't I sound great when I down a black eighth, my style is much hotter than the enchilada plate) I thought about doing it for a sec, then thought against it, as it’s a long drive from Leimart Park back to Cypress Park.
Cheerleader Camp


The Taking Of Beverly Hills

The off-the-wall concept details a toxic spill hoax that causes the complete evacuation of Beverly Hills so the criminal crew can execute 'an epic scheme to loot the entire city!' Thankfully, Wahl was getting too busy in the hot tub to pay any mind to the evacuation orders! Out of the hot tub & into the fire, Wahl battles the bad guys (well armed with heavy weaponry & even a TANK) & uncovers the the criminals' true motives.
If you've ever wanted to see Beverly Hills shot up, smashed, blown up and generally destroyed, THIS is the movie for you! Needless to say, my roommate Corydon & I were INTO it. However, Hillary & my cat Samantha looked more like this by the end:
5+ years employment
vinyl person
Q: What is the first music you remember hearing, before you had a choice?

G: I remember hearing Bob Seger "Against the Wind" and I remember my sister playing U2 and Tiffany and X2.
Q: What was the first band you heard that really got you into music?

G: I think the Beastie Boys and George Michael. and Run DMC.
Q: What's your favorite music to skateboard to?
G: It's pretty difficult to skateboard to music unless you have an ipod. When I was young I had a boom box and I would play my mom's Fleetwood Mac tape and the Best of Country Gold tape or something like that.
Q: What is your favorite record right now, this instant?

G: Today? Um I like The Way I Am by Merle Haggard, a 1980s record. Very smooth.
Q: What's the best reissue you've heard this year?
G: Well the John Phillips Wolfking of LA. [ed note: John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas recorded a solo record in 1970. It's fantastic and in our Oldies section.]
The Cream of the Crop
That's right - I said hott - with two "t"'s please. Lots of great music only comes out on vinyl. Here's a few 12" releases that are killin' it for the SF crew:


Dub Pistols - "Rapture" (Sunday Best)
Chin Chin - "Toot D'Amore" (Dialect)
Two seperate 12"s here, with the connection being their solid Prins Thomas remixes. "Rapture" is indeed a cover of the Blondie classic with ex-Specials vocalist Terry Hall on vocals, and it works just fine with its bubbling underbelly of faux-acid, big beat guitar riffs and hip-house. Flip the record over, however, and you get some *actual* acid as Thomas' mix is where it's at, adding a smidge of swing and sounding like some proper Chicago action. Chin Chin, on the other hand, come out on top with no less than three PT mixes on one 12". The Diskomiks is a funky congo affair replete with horn section and hella-funky afrodisco percussion while you get two 'bonus beat' tracks that work great as DJ tools or full songs in their own right. SF Electronica floorperson Brian is super geeked out on this as well, so i'll give it two thumbs up.
Home For The Holidays

blonde redhead at bimbo's!
I have already seen them at smaller places like Great American Music Hall and Bottom of the Hill, so Bimbo's had to be next. This has got to be my favorite venue in the city. It also has a great history.
The club was originally opened in 1935, originally called the 365 Club, on 365 Market St. It moved to Columbus St. in 1951. The man who opened the club was nicknamed "Bimbo," the Italian word for boy. There has been crazy events there over the years and many people have had their weddings there. So it has a crazy history kind of feeling when you are in there. Like you can feel all the stories coming out of the walls. And unlike the Warfield, the people who work there are actually nice.
So I guess I should talk about the show. But before I continue, have you seen Blonde Redhead's website? It is seriously beautiful. They played most of the new album, "23". It sounded beautiful. Their shows are very intense. The songs and lyrics really come alive at their shows and get inside your soul. The songs have probably already made their way into your soul simply by listening to the record. Seeing them live just makes them stay a part of you forever. I can seriously remember the exact feeling I had the times I have seen them before. It all came back to me last night. I always want to get to Bimbo's early so I can get a table. But that did not happen last night. But the shows are still enjoyable. It is fun to move around and view the show from different positions and angles. Did I tell you about the bathrooms. While they may just look like a cleaner and fancier version of your high school bathroom. They actually have bathroom attendants. Amazing! Slaughterhouse Rock


A one in a million, chance of a lifetime:

I bet all that drowning made you run out and buy a Prius. I rather like a Toyota myself, in general. If they were a band, I would buy their music. Beep beep. But that's bad because I am supposed to want to bicycle. Always. Everywhere.
Where was I? Okay, so there's going to be this really big show, a concert - about this global heat problem we have all of a sudden? (Like Live Aid, but it's about the sun burning us all up I guess. It's why we take your old AA batteries and sundry and recycle them, see?) Anyway, everyone is quite serious about this now that we aren't really being able to have Satsuma Mandarins, best fruit in the world, now that there's all this global warming. The damn growing season was iced out. Scary!
So, anyway, the big pop show with the fantastic Spinal Tap is happening over at Wembley - an English thing, if I got that right? Let me tell you, I've been there - not Wembley Arena - just the old UK, and they didn't like me one bit. I want some of you Brits to pop on here and let me give you what for. I'm just as cute as a button, there's no explaining your ways to me. Tsk, I say. (Except Pi. We miss you sweety.honey.baby.)
I admit that there's other save the planet shows going on (I just pictured Bob Geldof making out with Al Gore and it weren't a pretty sight) around the old globe, even up in Antarctica they say. Believe that when I see it! All under the same moniker.

But, we're talking about Spinal Tap. So this time they're calling the big show Live Earth, which is after all what we're aiming for. Gets right to the point, doesn't it? We're not likely to have a big show and call it Dead Earth if you catch my meaning. Say, have you seen that blazing TV show called Planet Earth? Discovery Channel!! If you were a car, you'd be a Toyota! That, people, is a big compliment. If you haven't seen it yet, you should buy an IMAX theatre and invite me over. I'll bring pop. Not really, I'd bring bottled water, but it's all the same, isn't it?
Watch out Phil-Natic!!
18. La Marea
First feature from the man behind the amazing cinematography in Carlos Reygadas's films.
19. Joshua
First feature film by George Ratliff, who made the great doc Hell House.
20. TV Carnage
Amoeba Music loves TV Carnage. I love TV Carnage. Someone fly Pinky into town for a night in his honor! Or fight for the honor of premiering his mega-cop movie.
21. Klatsassin
This should probably be higher. Stan Douglas's endless Cariboo-set epic installation, with soundtrack by Rhythm and Sound. Add his take on Suspiria for good measure.
You prolific gore-hound. We loves you.
-- The Insomniac!
INT. JOB'S APARTMENT - DAY
JOB, (early 30's) sits at his computer, his head propped up
by his left hand.
He stares blankly at the screen.
He types everything you just read.
Then he types this.
Then he sighs.
JOB
(to camera)
I have an earache.
(beat)
I've never had an earache before. I
mean, this is going on one week.
And the last two days it's been
especially bad.
(beat)
It makes writing a blog especially
challenging, because the pain is
distracting me. Plus, pain is not
funny... usually.
Here They Come Again

Looks like Amoeba favorites The Raconteurs are getting closer to releasing another album! Jack White tells Billboard that they have been in the studio in Nashville working on 12 songs. Sounds like the album will be out in 2008.
But the real question is: can we expect another Amoeba Instore with the fellas?
Here's hoping!



Oops! Lost myself there for a minute, forgive me.
Everyone remember June 8, 2006 when The Raconteurs played not one but TWO Amoeba instores in one day, one in LA and one in San Francisco? That was a great day.
Good news for the Hard of Hearing music lover!
hell you're singing about unless you're Karen Carpenter. Bless Her Soul.Most lyrics on the web are flawed, though the effort is 101% commendable. However, many of the times, the web user ends up with 14 pop ups in spite of firefox and pop up blockers galore. Then of course we have all the phishers who aren't lyric sites at all, but bad and mean people that I scowl at long and hard enough to permanently damage my epidermis.
So what's the damn news already? Yahoo is going to have a lyrics databse and the number I saw was 400,000+
Yay. If it completely and totally sucks, maybe we'll cry. Here's a note to Yahoo:
"Dear Yahoo,
Inasmuch as I enjoy discovering what pithy words tumble from the
mouth of Ghostface (not the puppy-dog that shops at Amoeba SF, he's so crazy we're all in love with him, but the grown man who has also shopped at Amoeba, the legend/regular dude from Wu Tang), I also need to know what was that there, that one phrase that I can't catch in composition from the 'rip your soul out and feed it to your conscience' singer/composer/miracle that we know as
Diamanda Galas.The Psychic


EXT. WOODS - NIGHT
A lovely, young MAIDEN sits on the grass crying.
In her hand is a trowel. Next to her is a shallow hole.
The sounds of night birds and insects play and luminous
fireflies dance in the background; a beautiful night scene.
An INVISIBLE PRINCE approaches.
PRINCE (V.O.)
Pardon me.
The Maiden is startled, looks up.
MAIDEN
Oh!
PRINCE (V.O.)
I startled you, forgive me.
Here is what we have on...4/24
Some really great albums come out today. One of my favorites gets reissued today. "Quique" by Seefeel gets reissued today in a delux "redux" edition by Too Pure. This album was originally released in 1993 by that same label. It has been out of print for years and very hard to find. Since I sold my own copy years ago, I am very happy to see it coming back into print. I managed to resist those high prices on Ebay and hoped that it would some day be reissued. And with a whole extra disc of bonus tracks. The reissue includes the original tracks:Climactic Phase 3, Polyfusion, Industrious, Imperial, Plainsong, Charlotte's Mouth, Through You, Filter Dub and Signals.
and the tracks on the bonus disc are:
Clique, Is it Now?, Filter Dub (Low Pass Remix) [or Filter Dub (1-01 Mix), Come Alive (Climactic Phase #1), Time To Find Me (Alternate Desk Mix), Charlotte's Mouth (Avant Garde Mix), My Super 20, Climactic Phase #3 (Overnight Mix) and Silent Pool.
This album came out at a pivotal time for techno and ambient music. Seefeel provided the
perfect bridge for me to get into techno. I had been listening to lots of shoegaze music like Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, and My Bloody Valentine. This album had the feeling of those albums but also with a brand new exciting feel to it. The guitars were not as loud and the music had a soothing ambient feel to it. The vocals were not the focus and many songs were simply instrumental. The amazing "Polyfusia," a compilation of earlier eps was released the next year in 1994. Seefeel formed in 1992 in London. The band is made of of Mark Clifford, Sarah Peacock, Justin Fletcher, and Daren Seymour. After the band signed to Warp in 1994, their sound became even more electronic as the guitars disappeared.Air Guitar

Maybe I have the problem. After all, Amoeba Hollywood is located oh-so very close to the Sunset Strip, the once home of 80’s hair metal. Maybe I should move to Ojai, where they had the insight to have a temporary ban on air guitar. Or maybe I should get with the program and join the US Air Guitar Championship. What song would I choose?
Eruption? Naw, too obvious.
Richard Thompson’s guitar solo on “The Border” would be cool. It’s a little obscure but I would need to find some air violin and air pan pipe players to accompany me. Dio-era Black Sabbath would be cool but I would need circles and rings, dragons and kings.
Maybe I’ll just wait until the have the air deejaying contest.

Knights of the City


EXT. TOWER OF LONDON - DAY
We hear the sounds of drumbeat.
JOB, (early 30's) is led to the scaffolding by the heavy-set
EXECUTIONER, who wears a black hood.
The courtyard is crowded by on-looking MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
Job is positioned behind the chopping block.
Drum comes to a dramatic stop.
EXECUTIONER
Any last words?
JOB
Yes.
(clears throat)
Sorry.
(coughs)
Sorry. Does anyone have a lozenge?
I'm just... my throat is dry from
being all nervous about dying and
everything.
(beat; silence)
No? Okay, well... I think I have
some gum in my pantaloons up in
Bell Tower...
Steele Justice


Planet Earth...
The Discovery channel has recently been showing the nature documentary Planet Earth. I have become a bit obsessed with this show and have watched most of the episodes. For those of you who have missed it, or those without cable...the series will be released on DVD this tuesday 4/24. This series was first broadcast on the BBC in the UK in March of last year. It was narrated by the great David Attenborough. This DVD release includes the original David Attenborough narration. For the Discovery channel U.S. broadcast the narration was replaced by Sigourney Weaver.
Some nature "Attenborough" purists are very upset about this change. I think Sigourney's voice is perfect and she does a great job. This series is absolutely amazing. The shots captured will seriously take your breath away. The show is also broadcast for High Definition. In addition, the DVD will be issued as a Blu-Ray and HD DVD. It is seriously making me consider get a High Definition TV and DVD player. But even for those of us that still have the basic set up, the show is worth investing in.
These shows were the kind of shows broadcast on PBS in the 80s. My dad watched these
shows quite frequently and I was often forced to watch them as well. Although, I quickly became interested in the shows as I realized how awesome they were. This was a world you could not quite see at your local zoo. It was amazing to see these environments that I would never see up close and personal. The earth we live on is so vast and interesting. The animals on it so intricately connected. But most of all, what made me obsessed with these shows, was the narration by the great David Attenborough. There is something about his voice that draws you in to the world he is describing. He often was actually there in the shots interacting with the environment and animals. In this recent series, there is no interaction. It is simply beautiful shots on land and in water with perfect narration. never sleep again
One of my favorites has recently been upgraded to a special edition DVD. Nightmare on Elm Street is of course available in a great box set with all 7 films and a bonus disc. There is a commentary on the first film and the bonus disc has some great stuff. But this release of the film is really great. The entire film has remastered picture and sound. It also includes some awesome documentaries. "Never Sleep Again" - the
making of the film, "The House that Freddy Built" - documentary on New Line cinema, and "Night Terrors" - the origins of Wes Craven's nightmares. Also includes a great audio commentary with director Wes Craven, stars Heather Langenkamp and the great John Saxon, and cinematographer Jacques Haitkin. The DVD also includes alternate endings and a fun trivia game to play. This is enough extra stuff to make your purchase of this DVD totally necessary. But it also includes "InfiniFilm" interactive features. You can watch the film normally or with pop-up prompts. The prompts allow you to access great extra bonus footage and trivia.
Nightmare on Elm Street was originally released in 1984. Wes Craven was already becoming famous for his horror movies. He already directed "The Last House on the Left," "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Swamp Thing." Nightmare one Elm Street was not the first horror franchise series. Halloween was already well on its way with 3 movies and Friday the 13th was on to its fourth. But there was something special about Nightmare on Elm Street. The villains in Halloween and Friday the 13th were basically serial killer types basically acting out on their revenge issues against teens who had sex. However Freddy Kruger was different. But again it dealt with revenge. He was a child molester and killer burned alive by a group of parents. He had some how come back to haunt the children of
those parent in their dreams. But he could actually kill them in their dreams. The kids must learn to "never sleep again" or battle Freddy in their dreams. Forever Evil


Blood Diner

Vestron Video 5216
Neon Maniacs


Blood Evil


Academy Home Entertainment #1028
A Refreshing Way To Start Your Day,

Joy Behar's coming to town!
I am an avid View watcher, and Joy is my favorite personality on the show. She'll be performing her comedy routine at the Nob Hill Masonic Center on June 16th.
I am sure some of you out there are as crazy for The View as I am...I find myself fascinated every morning by the ladies and their Hot Topics. Joy is my favorite because (esp before Rosie O'Donnell) she is the one who is the most blunt, the most truthful. If she came to my family home for Christmas, she would fit right in with my relatives, hilarious and cutting as she is (and Italian too).

What is it about The View that is so addicting? I have asked myself this question for many years now...for me I guess it's about what's going on below the surface on the show as much as it is what the women are gabbing about. It seems like there is always tension behind the scenes and it's tantalizingly close to the surface at times. I like to watch and see if it will peek out at the viewers and at what moment. It's also refreshing to see women actually hashing out what is going on in the news, instead of watching the
news and being blandly told so called facts. BLONDE REDHEAD and LYMBYC SYSTYM on Sunday, 22
Personally, I dedicate my days to trying to make life within Amoeba happy (only got 9 lives, embrace it, eh?) ... and the free music works for me! Therefore, to salve your spirits and mine, I bring you these wonderful lickle bites of info:
Sunday, tomorrow 4/22/07, we are having 2 instores!! Checkity-check it:
our friends and yours ...

LYMBYC SYSTEMFolktronica! Indie-Rock!
Shirts with bears!
Hats! Music!
Pretty yellow wall! I want one!
LYMBYC, in my words? Experimental like nothing you've ever heard before, it isn't just some goofy noise thing where you're like, "Well. I've never heard anything like this before." It's got some layers. It's a damn good thing! (Ok, Ok, they aren't natives. Just local.)
The next show?
Blonde Redhead at 5:00 pm
If you're coming to Amoeba today, Saturday April 21:

APAK - Little Sanctuary

@ Giant Robot SF

www.gr-sf.com

see you there or you'll see us there or we'll see eachother at amoeba. thank you.
show through May 10
giant robot 415.876.4773
Hands Of Steel


Toby McTeague


INT. JOB'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
JOB, (early 30's) sits with rapt attention at his computer
screen. He is watching "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", a TV
show from the 1970's that's recently been released on DVD for
the first time.
Behind him on the sofa is JOHN GAVIN, not wearing any
clothes, a hibernating BLACK BEAR and a SPOOKY GHOST.
John and the Spooky Ghost look bored.
SPOOKY GHOST
(to Job)
Boo!
JOB
Shh.
Michael Hurley,

Michael Hurley played at the Cafe du Nord Wednesday night, so I busted on over there after my weekly Bravo reality tv date, and I made it just in time for his full set.
Hurley is one of the last standing of the 60s folkies, and he's still playing out often. I think in about the last 3 years I have seen him play maybe 5ish times? Oh, and though he is in his 60s he's still expertly writing ghostly, beautiful songs. Some of my favorites of his entire career have been on records from the last 15 years. He's been recording since 1965! Despite the fact that most people associate folk music with serious, political topics, Hurley has always had his sense of humor intact and out front in his songs.
He's come back into fashion in these last 10ish years mainly because lately other artists have been giving him the shout-outs he's always deserved and have been covering his songs. Two of the more notable artists to champion Hurley lately have been Chan Marshall of Cat Power and Devendra Banhart. (Weirdly, Chan Marshall's Covers Album is almost like a song for song version of Hurley's Armchair Boogie.) A few years back I saw Devendra with Vetiver, Chris from Espers, Carrituck County members and Joanna Newsom covering one of my absolute favorite Hurley songs, "Be Kind to Me" at the Swedish American Hall, and they tore it up, made it the raucous and ramshackle-y number it's meant to be.
Anyway, Hurley's a quiet, modest guy, but he is quite the renaissance man-- in addition to all his writing and touring, he creates the artwork for pretty much all his cds.
Lisa


Stage Fright


You have to believe we are Magic ...
Tonight, join us at Space Gallery
1141 Polk Street at Hemlock in SF, 9pm
as Club Unicornbread presents
a night of decadence and innocent yearning:

Ladies and Gentlemen of the world, join us in a celebration at what lies at the heart of all we do day in and day out:
the Muse of Creativity (above, changing my world and yours!) and the music of
Electric Light Orchestra!
Join this famous and talented cast as they give tribute
to what is arguably
The Best Pop Musical of the 1980's!
Resident Advisor's podcast: awesome or fantastic?

One of my favorite online destinations for dance music in 2007 is Australia's Resident Advisor. It's great for up-to-the-minute news, interviews, DJ charts and more. But while the writing is a bit off occasionally and the coverage a bit too club-focused, RA really shines through its podcast, an hour long mix by cutting-edge DJ's featuring the best the music has to offer. Recent sets from Alexander Robotnik, Âme, Maurice Fulton, Ripperton, M.A.N.D.Y. and particularly the completely satisfying Dixon mix have quenched my thirst for ever-newer mixes. Best part: it's free (unless you consider registration a cost). Go get it!
Men In Black: Black Flag and N.W.A.

BLACK FLAG
Black Flag played hardcore punk that woke suburbia from it's sleep. When the rock clubs banned Black Flag from playing their venues, they created alternative venues for their shows and created the first D.I.Y. touring circuit for alternative rock bands. Black Flag released hundreds of records on their own label (SST Records) by other influential punk rock groups. They were the godfathers of the 90's grunge movement as well as every hardcore punk band that came after them. Black Flag saved punk rock from dying a premature hipster's death yet unfortunately introduced the whole knucklehead element into the punk scene. Circle pit anyone?

EXT. BACKYARD - DAY
JOB, (early 30's) scrubs clothes on a washboard in a large
basin.
His movements are slow, laborious. He is melancholy.
From the back-door of a house comes OLIVER CROMWELL, (mid 50's)
holding two glasses of lime-aid.
He walks over to Job.
OLIVER CROMWELL
Lime-aid?
Job gives a tired smile. He extracts his hands from the soapy
water and wipes them on his shirt-front. He accepts the
beverage and sips.
OLIVER CROMWELL (CONT'D)
Hot day.
The Freeway Maniac


Over The Summer


Night Of The Sharks



Two Talented Ladies
r Miss Bjork on her upcoming tour for two whole dates:05-15 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

05-19 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Now doesn't that seem like a fantastic match?
I am so excited to he
ar Joanna's new ep that is coming out next Tuesday on Drag City. It's gonna be called Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band and will have one new song, "Colleen," recorded just after her tour ended in December at The Record Plant in Sausalito. The Plant is a fabled recording studio where Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was laid down, along with sessions by just about anyone who's anyone, including Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison, Crosby, Still
s, Nash and Young, Michael Bolton, etc etc. All the greats. Anyway, I am waiting with most eager anticipation for this latest release, and will give a full report as soon as I hear it. Oh yeah, it's also gonna have some live tracks from the Ys tour and including her crackerjack band of Miss Katie Hardin, Mr Neal Morgan, Mr Kevin Barker, Mr Ryan Francesconi, and Mr Dan Cantrell. Seeing the Ys songs performed live was one of the most moving experiences I have ever had at a show-- this band cooks! And so do the songs. Hopefully everyone's heard Joanna's Ys by now; if not, you are coo coo-- go check it out immediately! Bjork's new album Volta comes out May 7. All of this gives me so much to look forward to!
2nd Street Jazz

2nd Street Jazz (Or LAND as it's otherwise known as) is a Jazz club
and bar located in downtown LA's little Tokyo. It's an inconspicuous
spot, unassuming, situated on a corner between a couple of sushi
restaurants and an American Apparel. Actually, it's very easy to miss.
However, it's a spot that his been gathering ample attention not by
flyers or ads, but through word of mouth.
2nd Street Jazz was founded six years ago by former trumpet player and
entrepreneur, Kohei Matsumoto. Kohei was a businessman whose passion
for Jazz inspired him to open a Jazz club in Little Tokyo. Unfortunately, after having achieved his dream, Kohei passed away. However, his son Koichi soon took over and is keeping his father's vision alive.
The week starts off on Monday night, which tends to be a little tamed.
You can typically find your usual suspects enjoying a cold 24oz.
Sapporo and speaking with Koichi or the bartender Lisa from my
hometown of Gardena. On Tuesdays, 2nd Street hosts an open jam session
that attracts many of L.A.'s up and coming jazz musicians. Wednesdays
are reserved for local Jazz groups playing mostly original
compositions. In fact, in the multiple times that I have been there on a Wednesday night, I have yet to witness a single mediocre act.
Other nights are reserved for different events, my favorite night being
an amateur night with the participants being some of the regulars from the bar. It's funny, some people will surprise you with their talent
and others, well… it's amateur night. It's never boring. The acts cover
various musical styles; R&B, rock, samba, hip-hop... etc. Lots of cover
songs that range from the musical tastes of Alicia Keys to Michael
Franks (remember "Popsicle Toes"? ah… yeah, that one) to Miles Davis.
It's Windy
Anyway, today since it's so blustery all I have been listening to has been the Zombies' Odyssey and Oracle. It's a fantastic record, makes me feel like it's fall for some reason (even though it's supposed to be spring right now). The Zombies had so much promise as a 60s English rock band, but they broke up soon after this record was made in 1967, I think even by the time it was released. I feel that this record is their penultimate statement though-- it's their only fully realized album. Maybe anything else they would have done would have seemed lesser after reaching such heights anyway.
The thing that is so great about Odyssey and Oracle is that every song is fantastic in its own way. It seems like all the songs on this record tell detailed stories and that's part of what sets the album apart and elevates the music. As with all favorite records, my favorite track changes often-- first, years ago, it was "A Rose For Emily," or maybe "Beechwood Park." Both songs are completely catchy and yet
also melancholic. I guess that is part of why I connect this record with an autumnal feeling-- it's that bittersweetness that comes over me about every September as the seasons change. That said, there is optimism and hope on the record too, esp in "This Will Be Our Year" and "I Want Her She Wants Me," two more favorite cuts of mine. Right now and for the past year or so my favorite song on Odyssey and Oracle is the bizarro "Changes." It's got overwhelmingly huge choruses with swirly harmonies and odd yet evocative lyrics describing a girl from the past who wears "strawberry clothes"-- it's all hung together strangely and yet it works and stands out. Clearly "Time of the Season" is the most famous track on the record, but I tend to forget it is even there, coming as it does at the very end of the whole eloquent thing. It's like a little extra treat after you've heard and digested all these other wonderfully melodic nuggets. Yeah the Zombies were kinda obviously trying to be the Beatles (the record was made in 1967 after all, same as Sgt. Pepper)...but they did a great job of constructing a gorgeous pop album all their own.
depeche mode reissues...
remastering. It's also always fun to rediscover your old favorites with new bonus tracks and added video content. The packaging is also usually redone and made all fancy. This last couple years has seen the reissue of the entire Depeche Mode catalogue. Last month we just got the latest two reissues, Black Celebration and Construction Time Again. The only thing left is Ultra and Exciter. I don't think they will be reissuing Playing the Angel since it did just recently come out for the first time.
First up is Construction Time Again. This album was originally released in 1983. This was their third album, following A Broken Frame. It was always easy to remember the order of the early album because construction obviously follows something that is broken! While they had started to make an impact in the U.S., they were still not to the point of playing stadiums quite yet. This album has a slightly more industrial feel to it. It includes more samples than their albums had before. This album included some of my favorites, "More Than a Party", "Everything Counts" and "And Then..." Alan Wilder had joined the band as a full time member at this point. He even wrote the environmentally friendly song "The Landscape is Changing." He joined Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andrew Fletcher. Depeche Mode were now the band they would be all the way through Songs of Faith and Devotion. All of their albums were really their own thing. And they all still hold up today. They were breakthrough at the time and are still influencing bands today.Zebra Force

Badly injured in Vietnam, our one-armed burn victim (w/ electronic voice box) anti-hero plots to rob the local mob by inciting a RACE WAR ! Together with his ragtag band of hardened veterans, they take on the mob's gambling & drug trade disguised as black men. You see, these hardened veterans are hardened WHITE veterans - no one will expect THEM! Their disguise is so convincing that an all-together different (aka African-American) cast is used during those scenes. Will the mob figure out what's going on and what will happen when the local badass brothers discover the deception? With a shocking twist finale!
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"Suspect Named In Jam Master Jay's Murder"
Except it feels like 20 years ago the way the years run, don't it?
Now they are saying they know the man who did this thing, or have the right man in custody' or any of that Law & Order kind of action.
I don't know a thing.
I'm not saying they're right, not saying that they are lying.
But don't forget.
Right?
Can't never let yourself forget.
Let Justice prevail. Someday, somehow.
Phantasm II

Phantasm 4: Oblivion has been on dvd since 2000.
But where 'o where is the domestic pressing of my favorite in the series, Phantasm II ??
MCA Home Video 80839
The Octagon

1980. In an unnamed South American country, mercinaries are being trained in the long lost art of the NINJA. These terrorists are killing Canadian diplomats, their families, and other important people across the globe. Only one man can stop the black clad assassins & their devious plot - CHUCK NORRIS !
Chuck battles across Los Angeles to the heart of South America with the help of best friend Art Hindle, bounty hunter Lee Van Cleef, mysterious heiress Karen Carlson and reformed terrorist Carol Bagdasarian, culminating in the ultimate fight against the head ninja, his disgraced BROTHER, within the walls of the sacred battleground of THE OCTAGON.
Check out the trailer below as well as a clip of the penultimate fight between Chuck and Richard Norton (ABBA's former bodyguard) !
INT. JOB'S APARTMENT - MORNING
CAMERA PANS, SHOWING JOB'S IMMACULATE AND ECCENTRICALLY
APPOINTED LODGINGS. SHOT ENDS ON JOB.
JOB, (early 30's) is in bed, sleeping.
At his feet, curled into a black round, is his cat, FANGS.
ZOOM IN ON JOB'S FACE.
His mouth and brow twitch slightly; he is dreaming.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. JOB'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
Job is in bed, sleeping.
He tosses.
He wakes suddenly, from a nightmare.
He looks around, dazed.
Still, there's hope.
Send a letter to your Congressperson. If you care, you gotta.
not much out today...4/17...
So last week was a bit busier and next week will again be super busy. But these things come in waves. Just two albums coming out today worth talking about. I will not be wasting your time talking about the new Avril Lavigne. So I am totally impressed with this dude: it seemed like he was off taking a long break for a while, but then he put out a great new album a couple years ago, With Teeth. It kind of surprised me.And now Nine Inch Nails is back with a new one already Year Zero. Trent Reznor basically is NIN. He has been creating music for us for almost 20 years now.

2007 is actually the 20th anniversary of Trent's appearance in Light of Day with Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett. You might need to watch it again to catch him in a bar scene playing keyboards in "The Problems." Michael J Fox and Joan Jett are like the rock and roll bar band Carpenters as a brother and sister band called the "Barbusters." Gena Rowlands is amazing as always as their mother. Joan Jett is not only a rocker but a single mom in the movie!

Trent started his career with the brilliant album Pretty
Hate Machine on TVT records, an album that basically invented a whole new type of music. It also had a huge influence on many bands. I know many people who still regard it as one of their favorites. He made industrial music that was more accessible and catchy than most. The songs actually kind of flowed and had lyrics that made sense. His albums are always dark and futuristic. This new album will for sure not upset any of his fans. Year Zero is dark, intense and brilliant.Phones ring and the office bustles with activity.
An OFFICER taps out six Advil into his palm and swallows them
with an energy drink. He is exhausted.
In his office is CAPTAIN RODIN, intensively studying some
reports.
LIEUTENANT REDDY knocks on the Captain's door. He holds up a
bag of baked goods and smiles.
The Captain smiles wearily.
Lieutenant Reddy sets the bag on the desk, leaves, then
returns with two tall coffees which he sets next to the bag
of pastries; closes the office door behind him and sits down.
The Captain smiles faintly as Lieutenant removes two
croissants, one chocolate, one plain, and sets them neatly on
the bag.
Wax Poetics

Congratulations to Matt and Marie
Here is former Amoeba man Matt Dickow and his new daughter, Isobelle Madison:

Isobell's Mom, who did 99.9% of the work that day, was glowing and beautiful in the pictures. Uncle Clancy, well, he's crooning black metal songs now to 2 little babies, and son Owen has another playmate. Congratulations and best wishes to your entire clan from us folks over here at Amoeba.
"White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s."
Today, this is the patch of online journalism that jolts me - somewhere between a good cup of coffee and shock-paddles de resuscitare, I find this description of a man shopping at Amoeba Music, the one on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California:
from the calendar section of the LA Times:
'... These [albums] were not of mere musical interest to Boyd. He produced them. And throughout the store there's plenty more of his handiwork: influential albums by innovative English folk-rock group Fairport Convention and its most famous alums, Richard Thompson and the late Sandy Denny; the idiosyncratic work of Scottish psychedelic-folk avatars the Incredible String Band; and the singular sounds from the too-brief life of singer-songwriter Nick Drake.
Although that music stands on its own merits, the value is even more evident in the presence here of many younger acts claiming influence from Boyd's catalog, from R.E.M. (which recruited him to produce the 1985 "Fables of the Reconstruction" album) to the currently acclaimed crop of "freak-folk" figures such as Devendra Banhart and (seen to your left) Joanna Newsom, who talk of music associated with Boyd in hushed, reverent tones."
... so, ,maybe Miss Ess, purveyor of music lit world-wide, can blog to us all one day and tell us what she thought of this man's new book:
Did you see Spellbound?
No, no ... I'm watching Wordplay on a Sunday, which means it's extra hard to watch today so if you're tired, wait until Monday ... anyway, it reminded me of another documentary Spellbound, which I was also the last to see. I should call my movie blogs 'The Finally Founds' or perhaps more accurate would be something along the lines of 'No Attention-Span Theater'
As I was saying, Ladies and Gents, I present to you
Wordplay aka Word Play:
An incredible look at Crossword Puzzles, the folks who can do them faster than I can find a pencil - yes, pencil, and fascinatingly: how crosswords are made.
Especially this fella, goes by the name Will Shortz? Face it, when you think artificial heart, you think Jarvis-7 and Barney Clark. Snap. (Some argue the order, but hey ...) When someone says crossword puzzle, you think The New York Times and Will Shortz. (Some argue the order, but hey ...)
If you have no idea what I am talking about, it's even more reason for you to see this docu-mama as soon as you can get yer hands upon it!
My new motto as of last week? I know nothing! I promise you, it's freeing. Try it. Whee.
I am no stranger to the squares and cursing beneath my breath as I struggle with that last corner of an angry weekend puzzle. I'm also no stranger to a really bad Monday when I couldn't even finish the puzzle in the Oakland Tribune. Lucky for me, I also remember the joy I got from any Sunday New York Times puzzle that I finished or not. (Most of them, not)
In The Shadow Of Kilimanjaro


There's a shitty review of the movie on IMDb but don't believe it - this movie DELIVERS baboon carnage, more than any other film in history. Human faces don't stand a chance against a baboon's flesh-ripping wrath ! There's also some fairly convincing footage of baboons getting shot.... but not to worry, there's a note that no animals were harmed in the production of the movie. and if they wrote it, it must be true !
U.S.A. Home Video #63213
Sweet Sweet Music

First we've got Gui Boratto's Chromophobia on Kompakt. Boratto's Brazilian heritage gives him an edge when making his brand of tech-house, and that's an ear for rhythm. Straddling between minimal and electrohouse, Chromophobia avoids any LP pitfalls by working equally on a dancefloor as on headphones, it's got enough oomph to sound fantastic on a large sound system, but intricate enough that you notice small details while listening at home. I love his way with melody, particularly the swooping tones of "Terminal" and the bleep counterpoint in "Gate 7"; it gets quite emotional. The rhythms are key, though, and it's clear from the first track on that Boratto has a good grasp of syncopation and funk. Between the Hug and Field albums and now this, Kompakt are on a bit of a roll, again!

Next up is We Are Together by Japanese producer Kuniyuki Takahashi, released on Mule Musiq. This is an album that is a unanimous vote amongst the electronica staff - everybody loves it (well, at least four of us). It's jazzy house music only in the loosest sense of the phrase, managing to perfectly walk the tightrope between noodly and stiff. The thing I like best about this album is its sense of space, the production on every track sounds so expansive and widescreen as to conjure up images of the music's physicality. In that sense it reminds me of the Burial album where there's a very conscious sense of three-dimensional space - it's a real "smokers delight". Check Kuni's MySpace page to hear more of this excellence.
Roseanne is one of those shows that remains hilarious after all these years. Some shows, ALF as an example, were hilarious when they first aired, but they do not hold up years later. Believe me, cause I have tried. But Roseanne managed to create a show that was still hilarious 7 years into it. Season 7 originally aired in 1994 and 1995. The show lasted 9 seasons. It still remained a great show for one more season. However, it was season 9 after they won the lottery that the show went down hill quickly. Roseanne was hilarious because it dealt with real situations. It was a real family dealing with real situations. They just happened to use a whole lot of sarcasm and humour to get through the day. Season 7 begins with Roseanne becoming pregnant, which she was in real life. In this season, Darlene gets a new boyfriend while
David remains at the Connor house. Jackie and Fred have problems and split up. Becky and Mark move out, again. My favorite episode is when some elderly nudists move in next door. Roseanne and Dan can't stop peeping and are eventually confronted by their neighbors. This is also the season where Beverly is arrested for drunk driving. Laurie Metcalf is really underrated as an actress. She is again amazing in this season. Estelle Parson as Bev and Sara Gilbert as Darlene are also great additions to the cast. The season is filled with guest stars. Sharon Stone as the Landlord of Becky and Mark's trailer park. Traci Lords as a new Lunch Box employee. Danny
Masterson stars as Darlene's new boyfriend Jimmy. And Shelley Winters is as amazing as ever as Bev's mom. Martin Mull and Sandra Bernhard also return as the co-owners of the Lunch Box. This season also included an episode with the famous TV moms of the old family shows. Also a dream episode with the cast of Gilligan's Island. The cover art for these DVDs often have horrible pictures of John Goodman on them. It seems the designer of these boxes is not a big John Goodman fan. However, this season box seems to have a more accurate picture of John on the cover. The great thing about these season boxes is that they contain the original uncut episode. The episodes you see on Nick at Nite are cut down to fit in more commercials. So there are new little bits that you may not remember added back into the episodes. Seriously, this show is timeless. It cracks me up every time I put it on. It also brings me back to a time when sitcoms were still funny.
hopes for the opening bands since I have had bad experience with the openers there before....Mikey Avalon as an example. So I was ready for Lo-Fi-Fnk to be over before they even started. However I ran into my friend Tom and he tried convincing me that I was gonna like them. I still was not totally convinced. But suddenly curious. Little did I know they would be my new favorite band. These kids from Sweden have got to be like maybe 20 years old. But they really did blow me away. Super fun electro that kind of made Fujiya & Miyagi seem a little boring. They remind me of when I first saw Les Rythmes Digitales. They for sure had some fans there. But the crowd seemed to be mostly Fujiya & Miyagi fans that were being won over by the lo-fi funk of Lo-Fi-Fnk. They had really good energy and seemed to get the crowd excited and into their jams. Similar to Hot
Chip or Junior Boys, it is fun catchy electro. So I went and picked up their album "Boylife" as soon as I could. And the album is awesome! I can't stop listening to it. The album is full of catchy electro jams such as "What's on Your Mind" and "Wake Up" and "Adore."Lo-Fi-Fnk are from Stockholm, Sweden. The band is Leo Drougge and August Hellsing who met in High School. Probably not too long ago. This album came out in Europe in 2006. No release yet in the U.S. But it can't be too far off in the future. These kids obviously set out to have fun and make a dancey fun record. They succeeded brilliantly. They somehow made an album that is seriously addictive. Great synth beats with catchy lyrics. They don't take themselves too seriously. So don't go thinking this is a serious electronic album. Its fun electro pop and you will surely become addicted as I have. Here is a fun video for you
to watch...
You Know The Score
Run Tings - Fires Burning:
Liquid - Sweet Harmony/SL2 - On a Ragga Tip:
Galyon



EXT. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE - NIGHT
JOB, (early 30's) and his boyfriend COREY (late 20's), exit
the theatre amidst the late-night crowds of tourists, all
looking downward at the celebrity-made prints in the sidewalk
panels.
The marquee behind them reads "GRINDHOUSE".
COREY
You like it?
Job nods.
Beat.
JOB
Very much.
COREY
(chuckles)
You're glowing!
A Basement, a Red Light and a Feeling

Elektrons are also known as eclectic DJ crew The Unabombers and throw an internationally-known club night called The Electric Chair (popular enough that they have their own CD compilations) that's been turning folks on to its varied music policy of fun, funky and leftfield dance tunes since 1995. Made up of Justin Crawford and Luke Cowdrey, the Unas both have a long history in music, with Crawford being behind jazzy downtempo act Only Child on Mark Rae's Grand Central Records as well as bassist for Madchester dance-rockers New Fast Automatic Daffodils (who are due for a major revival any day now - you heard it here first).INT. JOB'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
JOB, (early 30's) pours boiling water from an electric kettle
into an heirloom mug.
His black cat, FANGS, races around the room, batting and
pouncing on a toy mouse.
Job carefully prepares a perfect cup of tea, then brings it
to his desk, where he sits in an antique, red leather chair.
He faces his computer. He brings up Final Draft.
He takes a moment to consider what to write.
From behind him, a voice speaks...
ANGEL
I know what you're gonna write
about.
Lester Bangs

So I don't know if you all are fans of Lester Bangs or not, but I am a huge fan. Lester Bangs kinda sorta "invented" rock journalism as we know it today. He was a passionate and talented fellow, who took his inspiration from the Beats and from nyquil, among other things. In his pieces he rambles from one brilliant point to another, all the while insulting everyone possible and tearing down your e
xpectations. He's also incredibly tender about the things that have really moved him.My favorite piece he ever wrote is, not coincidently, about one of my favorite records: Astral Weeks by Van Morrison. You can check out the entire piece he wrote here. (And you should.)
Lester's writing style can't be beat in my book. It's so upsetting
Rough Air
The 1970s were a great time for the airplane thriller genre. Kick started by the multi-Oscar nominated Airport, flights ruled the air and the silver screen. However, by the time The Concorde... Airport '79 rolled around, the series was verging on self parody, leading to the seeming conclusion of the genre, Airplane!Surprisingly, the success of Turbulence in the home video market brought engines roaring back to rental stores across the country, spawning the release of dozens of nearly identical new entries into the Airplane Terror field.
Rough Air follows the genre conventions closely. Eric Roberts is a disgraced pilot called in for one last flight. Alexandra Paul is his former lover / head flight attendant. The routine international flight hits a patch of ROUGH AIR when (first) the plane is depressurized after the cargo hatch is torn from the plane, (second) hits a brutal oceanic storm, (third) is hit by lightning causing massive computer malfunction, (fourth) the prisoner being transported back to the states to stand trial as the Internet Murderer (!!) gets loose planning to hijack the plane, and (fifth) the plane passes the half way point of the flight signalling there is NO TURNING BACK ! Thankfully, the passengers include an airplane repairman on his honeymoon, a European soccer star (hellbent on making the sport bigger than baseball - take that Beckham!), and the aforementioned Internet Murderer (who happens to not only have a pilot's license but also a heart of gold!). Director Jon Cassar brings an air of respectability (almost) and excitement to this cliched affair, just as he would do several years later as the coproducer / director of the hit show 24.
INT. JOB'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
JOB, (early 30's) sits at his desk. A BLACK CAT is curled in
his lap.
He's listening to music on shuffle; a new song playing every
few minutes or so. Currently playing is an early song by
Front 242 from their album "Geography", located in the
Gothic/Industrial section of Amoeba Music.
He's typing out his latest blog, in screenplay format.
In the time it takes him to describe the music that's
playing, it switches to a track from Clinic's latest effort,
"Visitations"; an album he is still exploring and enjoying,
though it doesn't immediately rock his world like their
impish, catchy and pithy album "Walking With Thee", located
in the Rock/Pop section of Amoeba Music; an album which
samples one of his heroes, Laurie Anderson, also found in
that section.
God Bless You Mister Vonnegut
... and so it goes.
Crank Sturgeon / PCRV Live @ Pehrspace
I'm a bit tired after a night of so much noise so I'll leave you with a few videos I was able to catch:
Crank Sturgeon:
PCRV:
Moment Trigger:
Robedoor:
Moth Drakula:
The Employee Interview Part II
Second Edition: M. Nero Nava
3 + years at Amoeba
Floor Gent

Q: What was the first music you remember hearing as a kid, before you had a choice?
M.N.N: The first song I remember was Blondie's "Heart of Glass."
Q: How have your parents' musical choices affected your musical tastes?
They affected me a lot because my dad likes blues music, which got me into R&B, and my mom used to be a goth chick, so my aesthetic leanings were more towards post punk and all that stuff. But of course I rebelled as a teen and I listened to hip hop.
Q: What has been the biggest musical influence on your life?
Probably my mom. She laid the foundation with bands like the Cure, David Bowie, Lou Reed.
Q: What is your favorite record to get down to?
Probably Marvin Gaye, the I Want You album.
Q: What is your musical guilty pleasure?
All those R&B chicks that have one good song and they have one name: Kelis, Aaliyah, Ciara, Amerie.

Q: What's the last concert you went to? What was the first concert you went to?
First concert: Jefferson Starship at Great America.Last concert: I saw Prince for my 46th time.
When i was 16 I started playing keyboards, then I sold my sampler and bought a guitar when I was 18. I wanted to play because girls like that and I'm funky.

the full length album by the Love of Diagrams "Mosaic."
I love this album! Ever since I first heard their ep a couple of months ago, I have been obsessed. And patiently waiting for the release of the full length. While this is their first album out in the US, they have one previous in their native Australia, "The Target is You." But it is all about Mosaic.
Love of Diagrams have been around since 2001, but are finally making their way to a US audience. The band is made up of two awesome ladies, Monika Fikerle and Antonia Sellbach, and one dude, Luke Horton. I don't know what it is, but I love bands with both dudes and ladies singing back and forth at each other. It just makes the songs more interesting by combining two different perspectives.

You can easily mistake them for a late 70s/early 80s no wave band. They have the post punk sound of similar bands like Erase Errata. Bands like these often do not hide their influences, it seems to have gotten to a point where bands are torn apart for being too obvious with their influences. But I really think it has almost reached a point where everything has been done. Every band name has been taken and every sound reinvented. But I don't really care about any of this.
Love of Diagrams simply makes me wanna dance and gets me more excited than most bands have the ability to do. It 's the kind of album I want to start over before it's even finished the first time. They have a great raw energy on this album, similar to early Siouxsie albums. You seriously need to go check out this album. You can always start with the ep, if you a scared to commit to an entire album.
Here is a video if you need some more convincing....
Sloe Poke

There are three things you need to know about DJ Sloe Poke: 1. He doesn’t mess around with any of the artsy stuff. 2. You won’t hear him tactlessly scratching and 3. He goes to a club to rock it.
What makes Sloe Poke one of L.A. ’s best DJ’s is that he can spin several styles of music with ease. Sloe Poke attributes his skills to the years of spinning for people with diverse tastes, ages and cultures. Most DJ’s can spin two or three different genres of music but get lost when it comes to Latin music. This is where Sloe Poke excels. He’s the kind of DJ that can entice the older generation to go out on the dance floor and put a younger crowd to shame. He can mix a Salsa classic like Joe Arroyo’s “Rebelion” with Celso Pina’s Sonidero hit, “Cumbia Sobre El Rio,” then follow those songs with Thalia’s poppy, “Piel Morena” and Frankie Cutlass’ club fave, “ Puerto Rico,” making it all flow together somehow.

Because of Sloe Poke’s range, he can spin almost anywhere in the city. Besides being a resident DJ at places like Little Temple and the Rhythm Lounge, he spins at clubs like “Sonido,” playing Dub, Dancehall & Lover’s Rock. At the “Root Down” on Thursday nights, he plays funk alongside some of L.A. ’s best funk DJ’s. At ¡DESCARGA! Sloe Poke keeps the floor moving with Salsa, Merengue & Cumbia. When he’s DJing at The House of Blues in San Diego , he compliments whatever act is headlining. He has opened for shows as diverse as Mos Def, David Lee Roth, Yellowman & Jaguares. It really doesn’t matter who or what genre Sloe Poke is spinning for, he always has the perfect mix.
A Force Of One
1979. Drugs are taking over a small California town. An unknown karate killer is slowly picking off a team of undercover narcotics agents. What will the harried police chief & his misfit band of officers do ?Hire local martial arts champion Matt Logan (CHUCK NORRIS) to teach them how to FIGHT BACK, that's what ! But the drug cartel (and their skateboarding dealers) get more than they bargained for when they kill Logan's adopted son - they soon have to deal with a vengeful FORCE OF ONE !
Teamed up with sexy sidekick Jennifer O'Neill (Scanners), Chuck Norris presents one of his more entertaining '70s flicks, though the PG rating robs any hopes of nudity or extreme violence covering the affair with a sort of tv movie vibe. Still, director Paul (Deadly Force!!) Aaron keeps things moving and thoughts away from the seeming ineptitude of the police department.
EXT. SUNSET BLVD. - DAY
JOB, (early 30's) wearing jeans and a T-shirt reading
"World's Best Grandpa", walks down the bustling street.
Everyone he passes is talking on a cell phone.
His phone starts ringing.
He fishes it out of his back pocket.
JOB
Hello?
VOICE (V.O.)
Spare some change?
JOB
What?
Joni in Green Velvet
Ever since I picked up these new Dick Cavett Show box sets that are out and watched the Rock Icons Collection, my interest in Joni has been re-established. The very first episode in the set is the "Woodstock Episode," literally taped the morning Hendrix ripped the sh*t out of the national anthem. The show features Jefferson Airplane, Joni and (in place of Hendrix) Stephen Stills and David Crosby, still covered in mud.
Although the entire show is fantastic to watch, it's Joni Mitchell that affects me the most. It's obvious that Cavett is enraptured with her, and it's easy to see why. Draped in green velvet, with her young, open face and unb
elievably crafted songs, she's a mind bender. There's no one else like her, is there? The expressions on her face while she performs her song "Willy," a song she says is "for my man and for the moon," are so gorgeous-- she's living her way through the song, lost in her own memories and thoughts. You can see the spark lit on her face throughout the performance and just like the line in the song it is "like a shiny light breaking in a storm."
I've watched it several times through, over and over. The optimism and honesty doesn't live just on her face, it permeates the entire program and seems so foreign to me and to my experience processing much of the music released and performed on tv these days. For some reason, we can't afford to be that optimistic anymore? All I can say is when it's there, it's beautiful to watch.
this is what is coming out today...4/10...

First up is the new Blonde Redhead "23" and it has nothing to do with that horrible new Jim Carrey movie that already disappeared. It's been about 3 years since their last album "Misery is a Butterfly." This is their second album for 4AD. However, it has much more in common with the album before "Misery" which was "Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons." "Misery" was a bit forgettable. Still good, but it did not remain in my head for days later after listening to it. I still can just think of "Melody" for just a second and conjure up all the great amazing and tragic memories all tied up with that album. I seriously listened to that album every day for months. It was just that good.
Blonde Redhead has always been good. The band is made up of Kazu Makino and the scary twins Simone and Amedeo Pace.
I only say scary, because twins tend to scare me, although I am also strangely intrigued by them. The band is usually made up of just vocals, drums, and guitar. The vocals are amazing on their albums. I often have to go read the lyrics to be able to follow along. The songs alternate between male and female vocals, kind of like a combination of Versus and Dead Can Dance. It's amazing to have an album this good, seven albums into their existence. Again, I find myself addicted to Blonde Redhead. I can't stop listening to this album. It quickly draws you in and there is really no going back.April 8, 2007

Drive-In Massacre


Canadian Grindhouse viewers:
Entourage Is



Mainly, that I eat up both programs with a spoon. They are both so light, so fresh, so speedy and zeitgeist-y. They are both addicting. When I watch either show, I am drawn in so quickly because the dialogue drops so fast and there are tons of in-jokes. Oh, and there's so much eye candy each scene is popping with it. Four friends take on L.A., much like four friends taking on NYC.
Only different.
Boys will be boys, right? I mean, Entourage is very obviously created to appeal
primarily to a straight male audience, with all its t&a and constant video game playing. Yet still, it manages to appeal to a "sophisticated" lady like me...not to toot my own horn here, but I think that has something to do with how smart the show is. Those four guys, Vince, Eric, Turtle and, of course, the luggish Drama, are so danged
believable. We all know crews of dudes that are just like them and operate just like them. It's fun to be "in" with a group of friends like that, just as it was when Sex and the City was on and I loved watching the gals sit around the coffee shop table exchanging witticisms.
So I went and saw Grindhouse on Friday at the Bridge. And I knew that I was gonna like it. But I was seriously blown away by how good it was. 10 minutes into the first film by Robert Rodriguez "Planet Terror" I wanted to see it again and was already getting excited about owning the DVD and watching the uncut version. I am a big fan of all the movies that these guys are in love with. It was so great to see them do an excellent job of replicating these movies. There have been so many horrible remakes of horror movies the past couple of years. It has almost made me not want to see these kind of movies anymore. Always so disappointing. But like 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead, I was totally surprised at how great these movies were. I am a big fan of Freddy Rodriguez from
Six Feet Under. It was so great to see him in a completely different role in Planet Terror. He was awesome as the hero of the film. Rose McGowan is awesome as well. She has great roles in both films, but really outdoes herself as a one-legged stripper in Planet Terror. It was so great to see both Tom Savini
(makeup artist for many of the 80s greats: Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Creepshow, etc.) and Michael Biehn (star of two of my favorites Terminator and Aliens) as two cops in Planet Terror. The movie was nonstop action and gore. Like nothing I have seen in a long while.The Revolution is Being Televised...
Our favorite electronic/dance music magazine, XLR8R, has just launched XLR8R TV, a weekly (yes, weekly, despite what the image to the left says) video show featuring pieces on music and culture of the type the magazine is famous for keeping up with. In the first two issues, Zion I is intereviewed while we get to check out live footage from DAT Politics in Oakland, CA. Episode 2 sees a camera crew following Carl Craig as he trawls through the bins at San Francisco's esteemed Aquarius Records, showing us some of his favorite albums and critiquing some new stuff too! Future episodes will feature Lindstrøm, Busdriver and more. New shows pop up every Tuesday! The best part: each video is available in four different formats, with streaming as well as downloading options, plus RSS links to add the feeds to your favorite torrent or vidcasting aggregator. We like!Hot New Compilation

A well put together compilation of Cuban artists from 1970-1980. The now legendary artists such as Irakere, Los Van Van and Juan Pablo Torres were the new wave of Cuban music that broke away from the traditional Cuban sound and started their own thing. Influenced by the sounds that were prominent at that time, (Jazz, Afro-Beat, Rock, Funk and Brazilian Tropicalia) this compilation shows a hip side of Cuba that may not be known to people, especially those who think Cuban music is played strictly by little old men dressed in Guayaberas. (Thanks Wim Wenders & Ry Cooder)
Here is a video of Irakere playing a red-hot version of “Bacalao Con Pan” which is the second track on “Si, Para Usted”. The thing that strikes me about the video is that although the Puertorriqueños were already doing this sort of music in New York for many years, Irakere style had an Afro-Beat feel to it. Most of the funkier tracks on this compilation have that same African vibe as well. Also, the drummer is playing on a trap set which was pretty rare for the time.
Xtro


..... Until then, the best he can do is use psychokinesis to have his toy soldier kill his neighbor:
Did I mention that this film used to be banned as a video nasty in the UK ?
HBO Video TVB 1632
World Wide!
Friday Night Session. Along with my fellow producers Andrew Jervis and Tomas Palermo, we visit brand new music for two hours every Friday night from 10pm to Midnight. While there's no set music policy, we tend to play jazz, soul, funk, latin, reggae and electronic dance music that is influenced by all those things, including Broken Beat, so-called "Nu-Soul" and Disco. Last week we were lucky to have Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio One DJ and selector extraordinaire as our special guest. Gilles was in town working on the second volume of his Gilles Peterson Digs America compilation series for Ubiquity Records, as well as to DJ at local superclub Ruby Skye, but still found the time to kick it with us at the KUSF studio in SF's Western Addition.


Over a killer falafel plate from Haight Street's Blue Front Cafe and a wonderful bottle of wine, Gilles took us on a tour of his record box for two hours, while regaling us with tales of being a globetrotting DJ. Inbetween sips of cabernet, Gilles managed to play us a diverse selection of tunes ranging from latin jazz from artists like Tito Puente and Ray Camacho to more contemporary jams from Louie Vega and Simbad.
The Scene

More pertinent to this blog (and interesting to me) is that The Scene was popular during the birth and growth of Detroit's last enduring gift to the world: Techno.
The show aired on Detroit's only black-owned TV station, WGPR, and had its roots in the swinging disco Seventies, as you can see in this short piece from Detroit local news:
Panther Squad

August 29, 2006

Friday April 6 = GRINDHOUSE
Number One With A Bullet


To refresh your memory:

Less than a month before Lethal Weapon would change buddy cop film history, Cannon Films unleashed its own brand of black & white justice. Starring Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds, Massacre at Central High, Revenge of the Cheerleaders) & Billy Dee Williams (Empire Strikes Back, Colt 45) as mismatched police partners tackling crime on the mean streets of LA & corruption in their own precinct! Williams is Hazeltine, a smooth ladies man, always on the prowl. Carradine is Berzak (aka Berzerk), a renegade mad dog who eats RAW MEAT (!!!) when he's not busy trying to throw a monkey wrench into Hazeltine's love plans. Peter Graves (Airplane, Mission:Impossible) is the tough police captain who doesn't take any guff! And Valerie Bertinelli (Touch By An Angel) is Berzak's estranged wife, torn between her former lover and some guy who drives a red sports car. They all collide in what my roomate deemed "Number Awesome With A Fuck Yeah!"
[Doris Roberts (the mom from Everybody Loves Raymond) is in the flick as Berzak's nagging mother... but I couldn't bring myself to post a picture]
MGM/UA Home Video M801157
INT. AMOEBA MUSIC - DAY
JOB, (early 30's) stands behind the information desk in the
Jazz Room.
He is removing CD's from their theft-thwarting, plastic
keepers and organizing them in small piles.
His motions are swift and calculated.
He sniffles. He's about to sneeze.
Suddenly, a GIANT of a man (over 7 feet tall), stands in
front of the desk.
Job looks up into the Giant's huge, green eyes and sneezes.
JOB
Ah-CHOO!
GIANT
Do you work here?
August 16, 2006

Vertical Tones & Horizontal Noise
Andrew Meecham is The Emperor Machine, one of the best producers working in electronic music at the moment. A soundclash between influences as diverse as Can, early Human League, Hawkwind, George Clinton and Kraftwerk, Meecham's Krautrock-Disco bubbles and squeaks with analogue rock intensity while remaning funky enough to get your groove on.
Meecham started out in seminal 90's house/rave group Bizarre Inc. alongside Carl Tuner and Dean Meredith. They had a string of hits including "Playing With Knives" and "I'm Gonna Get You", both of which charted in the UK (the former hit #3, the latter #4) as well as the US (#47), and both are considered "club classics".
"I'm Gonna Get You" (one of my personal favorites):
After their second album, 1996's Surprise, was commercially disappointing, Bizarre Inc. disappeared until 1999, when Meredith and Meecham resurfaced with Steve "Fella" Kotey as Chicken Lips. Since then, it's been full steam ahead, with the boys finding a home at DC Recordings (scheduled to have its own Technophilia post anytime soon) as Big Two Hundred, aka "the dark side of Chicken Lips", and two side projects: Meredith as White Light Circus and Meecham as TEM.
INT. CORPORATE OFFICE - DAWN
JEFF SMIT looks out the window of his penthouse office. The
first amber glows of dawn pierce the horizon.
He's deeply contemplative.
A soft knock on the door.
Startled, he turns.
JEFF
Yes?
Door opens. It is FELIPE, a night janitor. He is holding a
bucket.
FELIPE
Mr. Smit?
JEFF
You all done, Felipe?
(Felipe nods)
Thank you.
New Music Tech:
Bob Clark R.I.P.

Sadly, it seems that director Bob Clark & his son died today in a Santa Monica car crash.
You can read the AP obituary here.
Clark may have reached mainstream fame as the director of A Christmas Story but he'll forever live in the hearts of Video Maniacs everywhere as the filmmaker behind Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Black Christmas, and Porky's. He will be sorely missed!

Finally!!! Twin Peaks Season 2 is now available. It just came out this week. It has been over 5 years since Season 1 came out on DVD! Like many of you, I sold my vhs box set years ago in anticipation of the release of this show on DVD. I am so excited I now get to revisit my favorite show and watch it all from the beginning. David Lynch is a genius and was really able to show the world just how brilliant he was with this amazing ground breaking television show. Season 2 originally aired in the 1990/1991
season. While the 1st season only had 8 episodes, season 2 had a full season of episodes with 22. This was the year it was nominated for some Soap Opera Digest Awards.Sheryl Lee was nominated for best death scene as Maddie Ferguson. And I have to agree...she was amazing. She was brilliant in her second role in the series as Laura Palmer's
strangely almost identical nerdy cousin. Kyle Maclachlan and Piper Laurie were both nominated for outstanding acting. The show was nominated for outstanding Prime Time Show. It won no Soap Opera Digest Awards but did walk away with a couple Golden Globes. Amazingly the Soap Opera Digest Awards still happen. However last year was the first year it was not televised and it went straight to magazine. Not a good sign for the future of the awards show.For a Good Time.......
So the other night I got to see local San Fran band the Dilettantes kick and shake some rock and roll booty at the Cafe du Nord.There aren't so many actual rock n roll bands right now in San Francisco, and taking in the energy and attitude of the Dilettantes made me remember why I like good ol' rock n roll so much in the first place.
ma up a notch now and is also a Lou Reed-esque vocalist. His stage presence is something to behold, full of appropriate and highly enjoyable rock n roll posturing and skill.The two guitarists, Jefferson Parker and Brock Galland, also trade off singing different songs to great effect. Jefferson's soloing skills are amazing-- remember when American indie bands had crazy epic guitar solos with effects peddles and feedback? I sure do. This guy's got it down.
Lady Terminator @ The Vista April 27
Available on dvd from Mondo Macabro
Reposting the newest communique from my local heroes, The So Bad It's Good Film Festival:
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Now April is here!
Come out to the Vista this month to check out Lady Terminator!
LADY TERMINATOR
Vista Theater
4473 Sunset Drive
Los Angeles 90027
Friday April the 27th at MIDNIGHT
Admission $10 - Cash only
This enjoyable 'Terminator' rip-off is about a young anthropologist who becomes possessed and goes on a sexual killing spree. If the bad dubbing and stolen 'Terminator' moments don't grab you, why don't you check out the trailer on our myspace page. I dare you...
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Celia Cruz
No club or bar frequented by Latinos would be the same without it. Neither would any wedding reception, quinceañera or backyard party. In fact, if you were to drive through the L.A. barrios, my guess is that you would hear the song at some point in your journey.

Celia Cruz’s “La Vida Es Un Carnaval” was originally released in 1998 and it hasn’t left the dance floor since. The song was an international hit for both Celia Cruz and for recent Cuban expatriate Isaac Delgado, who released his version in 1999. Isaac’s slightly melancholy version is good but Celia’s version is bombastic. It maybe pop music but it’s good pop music. The horn lines are catchy to point that you will be humming them all day. The tempo is perfect. Not too fast for novice dancers and not too slow for the experts. It is a song that mixes well with other forms of Latin music. I’ve have heard versions done in Reggaeton, Banda, Cumbia, & Merengue style.
Then there is the chorus. It is the chorus that hits home for most people.
Ay, no ha que llorar,
Que la vida es un carnaval,
Es mas bello vivir cantando.
Oh, oh, oh, Ay, no hay que llorar,
Que la vida es un carnaval
Y las penas se van cantando.
Which roughly translates to:
Ay, no need to cry
Life is a carnival
It's sweeter to live singing
Oh-oh-oh ay, no need to cry
For life is a carnival
And singing relieves the pain
“La Vida Es Un Carnaval” makes me think of people I used to work with in the factories in my teens. My co-workers were mostly undocumented immigrants from Mexico, Central America and the Philippines. Most of them came to the U.S. to make money to send back home. Some escaped from the wars in Central America during the 80’s. Others saw no future where they were and came to the U.S. to try something new. Regardless why they came, they had to give up family and homeland to come here and work.
Chain Reaction
1972 cinematographer for the Paul Bartel cult classic for perverts, Private Parts
1976 cinematographer for Mansion Of The Doomed aka Eyes of Dr. Chaney / Eyes of the Living Dead / House of Blood / Massacre Mansion / etc.
1979 cinematographer for the coming of age masterpiece Over The Edge
1983 directed The Final Terror, a backwoods slasher notable for early film appearances of Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Adrien Zmed & Joe Pantoliano
1984 cinematographer for the legendary Hollywood teenage prostitute Angel
1985 directed Code of Silence, one of Chuck Norris' 3 films from 1985 (with Invasion USA & Missing In Action 2)
1988 directed Above the Law, Steven Seagal's film debut !! thanks andrew !
1992 directed Under Siege, the definitive Steven Seagal pic. aka Die Hard on a boat.
1993 directed The Fugitive & made a lot of money.
As for Chain Reaction, it's a typical mid 90s actioner with the standard twists & turns. Basically a Fugitive redux, the plot hinges on the fact that Rachel Weisz & Keanu Reeves are brilliant physicists. She, maybe. Him, probably not. And before any of you smart alecs write in, I know Keanu's character is technically a grad student machinist.... but screw that, he figures out the key to generating a safe, easy & unlimited amount of energy from hydrogen.... therefore he's a scientist.
Be On My Side, I'll Be On Your Side

Like any good Rustie, I already had some of the bootlegs from his solo acoustic 1971 tour, and have practically worn out the tapes and vinyl over the years. This tour in 1971 came at a particularly prolific moment in Young's life. He had released After the Goldrush, one of his very best, and was done writing Harvest, widely regarded as his career best. (Although to me that's a debatable call.) Since at the time it had not been released, the songs from Harvest were completely new to the audience during the performance. As someone who has been listening to Harvest for 27 years, this is both difficult and also very exciting to imagine.
So, a few weeks ago on March 13, again like any good Rustie, I got ahold of the official release of Live at Massey Hall (the special version of course, including the dvd) as quickly as I could.
It rules.
The dvd is mostly footage from the show at Massey Hall, but it also includes vintage super 8 footage of Neil on his then newly-purchased ranch in Woodside with his dogs, fences and dappled light. The images only enhance the warm quality the music already exudes.
I'm not really one to use the word peaceful. I don't

own a yoga mat. But this footage, this voice,
these songs, made me feel just that-- peacefully at home. I guess that's in large part because I grew up with Neil Young's music, was taught to sing harmony by my mom to his songs, was quizzed while a child as to who was guesting on his albums and where they were recorded. I remember our green station wagon and those long family drives to Yosemite, rocking the Neil all the way, dad drumming along on the steering wheel.
August 2, 2005

Hawkeye
I agree:

I agree again:

More about veteran Hollywood stuntman Chuck Jeffreys:
Valley Studios, Inc.
coming out today...4/3...
important releases. or at least what is important to me...which may not be important to you...but it should be. As far as music goes, there is not a whole lot out today. But most important is the new album by Jarvis Cocker Jarvis. I have loved Jarvis for a long long time now, but I have to admit that I had not paid much attention to him lately. After Pulp broke up in 2002 I never thought Jarvis would be able to put out anything nearly as interesting or fun as those Pulp albums. Back in the 90s I wore out my old Pulp albums: His 'n' Hers (1994), Different Class (1995), and This is Hardcore (1998). These 3 albums have all been reissued as deluxe versions. They are available now as imports but I'm sure they will be out soon domestically, especially now with the domestic release of his excellent solo album.
It's been over 12 years since Different Class came out. Seriously, one of the best albums
of the 90s! I danced many nights at Pop Scene to Pulp along with Blur, Oasis, and Suede. This album made Pulp huge stars both in their native England and in the U.S. and this album blew me away. It was just one of those albums you can't get enough of. I could never hear "Mis-shapes," "Common People," or "Disco 2000" too many times, and it seemed like most friends I had at the time agreed with me. This album came out when Brit pop was one of the most popular styles of music. They were on the cover of all the music magazines and everyone was talking about them. 1995 was the year Blur's Great Escape and the Oasis album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? came out. Suede's Dog Man Star was released the year before, just
as Jarvis is now releasing his solo album ... TOM, early 30's, fit, exits the house from a sliding glass
door to the backyard swimming pool. He wears swimming trunks
and a T-shirt that reads "ABOUT TO BE TOSSED".
He removes shirt and walks on to the diving board.
He dives in.
I/E. POOL - CONTINUOUS
UNDERWATER SHOT.
Tom swims down, down, down.
He keeps swimming downwards; the pool is impossibly deep and
he never reaches bottom.
He suddenly stops; looks concerned.
He looks up.
SHOT OF WATER'S SURFACE, VERY FAR AWAY.
The last bubbles of breath escape his mouth.
March 21, 2004

The Power

If anyone is feeling generous, this poster would make a great addition to my office.
Vestron Video VA4128
Chickboxer !
This flick is pretty self-explanatory:
Bad Move Police vs. Chickboxer:





