Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Hey, Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bay-bee
Hey, remember when they used to make dopey records about speech impediments? No? Pretty sure I don't either, but here's proof. I have more.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Psychotronic Movie of the Week: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
A preview of our coming attraction,...
1964 - Industria Cinematografica Apolo (Brazil) - D/S: Jose Mojica Marins
Today's selection marks the occasion of its creator's 78th birthday. Jose Mojica Marins, better known to the world as Coffin Joe, was born on March 13, 1936, and is still alive and kicking, frequently seen on tv in his native Brazil. He created the Coffin Joe character in 1963, for this film, possibly his greatest work, At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul. Marins described the conception of Coffin Joe in a 2006 interview:
"In a dream saw a figure dragging me to a cemetery. Soon he left me in front of a headstone, there were two dates, of my birth and my death. People at home were very frightened, called a Priest because they thought I was possessed. I woke up screaming, and at that time decided to do a movie unlike anything I had done. He was born at that moment, the character would become a legend: Coffin Joe. The character began to take shape in my mind and in my life."This was the first Coffin Joe film. It was followed by This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967), and, forty years later, Embodiment of Evil (2008), completing what is known as the Coffin Joe Trilogy. He revived Coffin Joe many times over the years, though not always as the central character, in films including Awakening of the Beast (1970), The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (1974), and Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978).
And now, our feature presentation.
Special bonus feature, Damned: The Strange World of Jose Mojica Marins (2001 documentary)
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Milt Dickey On Westport & The Story Of A Love Lost To Technology
In what might be the first (and only?) record label established solely to promote the musical stylings of children, Westport Records existed in Kansas City, Mo. from 1955 - 1962.
Westport put out a handful of great hillbilly, rockabilly, and r&b records, by artists such as Milt Dickey, Alvis Wayne, & Big Bob Dougherty.
photo courtesy of Al Turner
Read more about the Westport label here:
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Nipsey & The Strippers
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Super Volcanic Lloyd Price
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Psychotronic Movie of the Week: Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
A preview of the coming attraction,...
1971 - A South Street Production - D: Michael Levesque - S: Stephen Oliver, D.J. Anderson, Duece Berry, Billy Gray, Barry McGuire, Severn Darden
The Psychotronic Movie the Week is back and this time I've got a real doozy for 'ya, a one of a kind classic brought to you by the king of the biker flicks, Joe Solomon. A biker gang called The Devil's Advocates come across a cult of Satanic monks in the California desert. One of the gang's "mamas" is cast under a spell in her sleep and led into an occult ritual that weds her to the Devil. When she returns to the Advocates she bites her old man and turns him into a werewolf who rips apart another gang member and his woman who had split from camp to go get it on. The gang buries the dead the next morning and move on, but every night more grisly attacks follow. This one drags a bit in the middle, but the first and final acts are pure psychotronic bliss and it features a great guitar soundtrack by Don Gere, enjoy!
And now, our feature presentation.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Thinking About Billy Strange And A Few Nice Things
Billy Strange played guitar on a million of my favorite songs, but here's one I didn't know.
The Fencemen - Sour Grapes (1962)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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