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"The marvel is not that the bear dances well, but that the bear dances at all." — Russian proverb
A Couple Of Late 80s Power Pop Classics
One Demand I make of myself is to continue to seek out (New to me) Music, well into my 30s. I never want to grow stagnant in what I do or what I like. I just recently discovered these Later 80s "College Rock" Gems, Both on Spotify:
Known as Britains answer to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974 Proto-Slasher
Kinda looks like the cover of an early 80s British Goth Rock band, which tracks I suppose.
Movie Review: Last Foxtrot In Burbank
This one has been a "Holy Grail" movie for me for a very long time. This is the very first movie Charles Band (Ghoulies, Puppet master) ever made. Allegedly all prints were destroyed after a disastrous release. Allegedly UCLA recently found the negative among there archives. As you may have guessed, it's a send up of "Last Tango In Paris." It comes off like a 70s Porn without the explicit sex. Overall its pretty dull and plods along even at only an hour long. I'm glad I have seen it finally, but never want to again. "Mansion Of The Doomed" which the star of this Michael Pataki (doing an Ok Brando Impersonation) directed and band produced, is far better and worth your time. Now, if we could only find the Steely Dan scored, Wes Craven edited. Lost film "You gotta walk it like you talk it or you'll lose that beat."
From an Unpublished Novel from 2007
It was Saturday morning our dawning early light 7:30 A.M., me and Ray Zag awakened in my pad after a long night’s eternity spent at a hill-strewn park that sat beside the mystic river, the dirty rust-clenched oil tanks of Chelsea across the river, decaying in there industrial hate. We sat and smelled the sweet ocean scent, I placed my hands on the cool grass as we discussed paternal affairs among the brilliant writings of Jack, Kindred Brother of the Massachusetts night. We sipped our 40’s of booze and enjoyed the cool radiance that enwrapped us. Earlier that night we galloped in musical mayhem beauty with Dave Herrera. Madman, Psycho of the drum kit that reflects everything in the pulsations of his holy drumming. He took off for a party with his family after the jam session, eating and drinking exuberant madness that clocked in at some odd time. For two weeks now at the time of this very writing our Buddy Zirp has been missing. Everyone worries and no one has any notion of what to thi...
Guru Groove
You should never do anything important before 1pm. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dB1v1CcYphG1SHqYqs0aj?si=N01ZlW4mREmuu_j_yheiLA&utm_source=copy-link
Today is Friday The 13th
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tNZd86SHClGYiOtAMri6P?si=LrducEE3TkOAfAEcFAzLEg&utm_source=copy-link Watching Friday The 13th 1-7 today .
Cool 70's Rock #1: Overlooked proto metal classic: Grand Funks "Survival"
A New Series covering awesome 70s Rock bands, most (not all) forgotten. I'm gonna stop you right there. "Grand Funk Railroad?" You're thinking. "That cornball 70s band that did the locomotion?" "Proto METAL?" No way. And I would agree with you before 2006, when I first read Lester Bangs articles that remarked upon there heaviness. He specifically mentioned this album cover, which I went and sought out (on Vinyl, as far as I know it wasn't on CD at the time.) From the opening track "Country Road" I was floored. The bass alone was sabbath worthy. The Drums, at times, prefigure Topper Headon of The Clash's clipped style.And then the guitar sound. So guttural, so Driving,even proto ramones chug at times. This was 1971 remember. The absolute standout track though is there cover of "Gimme Shelter". This is garage rock turned up past 10million, the graveliest Graveyard Guitar tone and snakeskin Rhythm you will ever ...
Michael Krueger Movies. He only Wrote "Lone Wolf" unlike "Night Visions" & "Mind Killer" which he both wrote/directed but these movies are more about the idea's presented then there rather no frills direction so it fits neatly in with the other two. all on Tubi, All late night cable/ Video Store era Curios.
remixing A portion of Zag Poetry from Two Thousand & Twelve with additions
A game we've all lost, tails between our tired walking posts of meaty fatigue. Bastardized by the clock, seconds laugh at minutes as hours form little pieces of solidified juncture. The Place a mess of unrealized Potential Of Uneaten ambtion Of unclassifiable knowledge Littered about the haus is a comfort A disagreeable kind of comfort That seems to outlive us.
Rest In Pieces
I vividly remember this cover at block buster in the late 90s, but I never rented it. It is a gloriously cheesy late 80s Italian movie-pretending to be american mashup of ghostly haunting and steal the inheritance stock plot. Highly recommend. I watched it on Tubi.
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"If there is something comforting - religious, if you want - about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, a condition not many of us can bear for long." - Gravitys Rainbow
