EA, rapidly becoming my favorite film channel, had a double of Phoebe Cates tonight. Fast Times at Ridgemount High and then this, Private School. I hadn't seen it before and it was a delight for an hour. As broad as broad 80's teen sex comedys go and with what must be a significantly high boob count for the genre!
And one of the many scenes about Betsy Russell's tits.
Vanity 6 - Nasty Girls (12" version)
Monday, August 31, 2009
This Wangs Chung
Inspired by Video Thunder posting the end to Live and Die in L.A. I thought I would stick some cuts from the soundtrack up.
A band who were more then just an odd name and Dancehall Days.
To Live and Die in L.A.
Wait
City of Angels
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Rocky IV - The Music
I just feel so good right now after watching Rocky take on the commies and win in their own back yard.
Montages, AOR, the US of A showing the world we can all live in peace together (and buy cars and fridges). YEAH! FUCK YEAH! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Stop and honour the fallen though. This one is for you Apollo Creed.
Survivor - Burning Heart
John Cafferty - Hearts On Fire
Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out
James Brown - Living In America
Rocky IV - The King of All Montages
I watched Rocky IV tonight and I felt absolutely fantastic afterwards. It is amazing what a load of montages will do for the soul.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Mr Windle
This is a post dedicated to that special someone in your life. That special someone who makes life that little easier, that little bit more special. That little ray of sunshine in your life.
I'm talking about Mr. Windle.
And here is a dedicated Mr. Windle music special from stuffandshit.co.uk.co.org.blog.net.sex.co.ck.
Arrested Development - Mr Wendal
Wichita Lineman by Glenn Campbell, Tom Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr and Johnny Cash
Angel Is My Centerfold - J Geils Band
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
I'm talking about Mr. Windle.
And here is a dedicated Mr. Windle music special from stuffandshit.co.uk.co.org.blog.net.sex.co.ck.
Arrested Development - Mr Wendal
Wichita Lineman by Glenn Campbell, Tom Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr and Johnny Cash
Angel Is My Centerfold - J Geils Band
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
Sammy Davis, Jr - Candy Man
Candy Man
I was planning on doing a post dedicated to a friend of mine and whilst looking for a certain cover version by Sammy, I came across this little number. I have to admit to feeling very, very, very down at the moment, but I'll be jiggered if this didn't cheer me right up!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Fehlfarben - Ein Jahr (Es Geht Voran)
(cheap gag, I know)Ein Jahr (Es Geht Voran)
No idea what this song is about. But I came across it whilst looking for Mutant Disco.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Alan Partidge - Ladyboys
Ladyboys
From: http://www.alan-partridge.co.uk
I find this so addictive. I can't listen once or twice. I have to listen four or five times in a row before it's out of my system. Much in the same way as you can never have just one or two ladyboys, you need four or five... And then a proper chap. And a dwarf. And a donkey. And animal nitrate. And... Well you get the picture.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Touch Of Evil
I went to see this tonight. A wonderful technical film, good performance from Orson Welles and Charlton Heston but is it amazing? No. Unfortunately.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Please don't go, David Bow
Someone told me that the Thin White Duke might not be long for this world. I hope he doesn't make any ch-ch-ch-changes to his earthly presence.
Absolute Beginners
Across the Universe
John, I'm Only Dancing
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Flight of the Conchords - Bowie
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - The Bank Robbery (Lory D Edit)
As recommended by my mate Jack.
The Bank Robbery (Lory D Edit)
Buy it from Phonica http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/56821
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
When you go, will you send back, a letter from Canadaaaaaaa...
I may be sending a letter to some people soon.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Beat Electric has given us all joy...
Great blog anyway, but today it is even greater. They have conferred gold upon on us! A vast collection of 80's house music. Go there. Now!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Long way down. One Last Thing...
Not sure how long it will available for: The Dirk Diggler Story
Paul Thomas Anderson's original half hour short featuring the late Bob Ridgley (aka The Colonel from Boogie Nights).
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Single or double breasted?
I am starting to really consider heading toward the double breasted jacket for A/W 2009.
Hold up. Wait a minute. Let me put some Cliff in it!
My mum was a near Cliff obsessive. Vinyl picture discs, gigs at the Royal Albert Hall (I think), any Sunday newspaper magazines with Cliff in were hunted down, uproarious celebrations if he came on the radio. The lot. I should have thought this would make me rabidly anti-Cliff man, but I'm not. I'm not hugely pro-Cliff. I do however think that Wired for Sound is totally brilliant and might vie for top billing at my funeral (alongside Jackie by Scott Walker).
So feel the force of the power to the needle and get a love on for small speakers and tall speakers.
Wired for Sound
We Don't Talk Anymore
Some People
I also shouldn't forget the video for Wired for Sound either. It is the most deliriously enthusiastic music video. Cliff makes full commitment to it as well.
"OK, Cliff we're going to have guys in leotards on rollerskates dancing around you and we're seeing you like, also skating yeah? Maybe wear a walkman and leather trousers, yeah? Oh, and we'd like you to grow your hair out and mullet it up a bit. Sound good?"
"Yeah, where are we shoodin' it?"
"Milton Keynes!"
"You're fuckin' kiddin' the Cliffster?"
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Congratulations...Mr & Mrs King
John Farnham - You're The Voice
I wish I could have been there. I guarantee I'd have cried whilst air bag piping to this song.
All the best for the future, x.
Afternoon classics/Midnight Movies
This weeks Film Programme on Radio 4 has an interview with Steve Jenkins, head of the BBC's film acquisition team/dept/unit(?).
The thrust of the interview is to inquire as to why the BBC doesn't show as many old British, US or other foreign films any more. Why they seemed to stop showing, what in effect, was the film education course for so many many people; off sick from school/uni/work/dole office, bored shitless of the drivel on Thames TV or TVS or HTV or whatever old-style regional variation they had, switch on to BBC 2 and you're presented with Seance on a Wet Afternoon or Hell Drivers. Why on a Sunday evening we can't have Alex Cox leering at me with slicked back hair and earnestly telling me about Alligator and Q anymore?
Moviedrome was the programme which birthed me as a film lover. Alex Cox's reading of "trash"cinema and lost classics was a transformative experience for this 12 year old. Sitting at home on wet Wednesday and watching a less than well regarded Dirk Bogade pic was a true treat.
To have pleasures like this denied to old and young because BBC4 or some cab/sat channel can schedule something like that as filler on a Tuesday evening seems like ghettoising classic, lost, cult, or just general 'old' films to the lower rungs of the broadcast world. BBC4 had wonderful season of British B movies and a great accompanying documentary strand about two years ago. Is this enough though? Not really.
Disney's recent sacking of The Two Ben's from At The Movies shows that there might still be a commitment to film criticism but what about the films, the product if you will, that is actually being placed before a new generation of film critics? DVD and online only go so far and I think that our supposed near dead friend broadcast television can still do some good here and help continue the fine tradition of a sofa bound education for the 12 year olds.
That said, how do we get these 12 year olds to watch television? Er... What's that over there!
Gone.
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
The thrust of the interview is to inquire as to why the BBC doesn't show as many old British, US or other foreign films any more. Why they seemed to stop showing, what in effect, was the film education course for so many many people; off sick from school/uni/work/dole office, bored shitless of the drivel on Thames TV or TVS or HTV or whatever old-style regional variation they had, switch on to BBC 2 and you're presented with Seance on a Wet Afternoon or Hell Drivers. Why on a Sunday evening we can't have Alex Cox leering at me with slicked back hair and earnestly telling me about Alligator and Q anymore?
Moviedrome was the programme which birthed me as a film lover. Alex Cox's reading of "trash"cinema and lost classics was a transformative experience for this 12 year old. Sitting at home on wet Wednesday and watching a less than well regarded Dirk Bogade pic was a true treat.
To have pleasures like this denied to old and young because BBC4 or some cab/sat channel can schedule something like that as filler on a Tuesday evening seems like ghettoising classic, lost, cult, or just general 'old' films to the lower rungs of the broadcast world. BBC4 had wonderful season of British B movies and a great accompanying documentary strand about two years ago. Is this enough though? Not really.
Disney's recent sacking of The Two Ben's from At The Movies shows that there might still be a commitment to film criticism but what about the films, the product if you will, that is actually being placed before a new generation of film critics? DVD and online only go so far and I think that our supposed near dead friend broadcast television can still do some good here and help continue the fine tradition of a sofa bound education for the 12 year olds.
That said, how do we get these 12 year olds to watch television? Er... What's that over there!
Gone.
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
Monday, August 10, 2009
2 forms of Frenchified Disco and/or Pop
I think these maybe the two best 7 inches I ever bought. Well, one of them. Braque was a very lovely gift from Picnic Land.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Runaway with Tom Selleck (1984) - Part Deux
The first ever blog post I wrote was about the 1984 film, Runaway and last night I sat down to rewatch it. And strike a light, if I didn't nearly fizz my knickers!
As Tom runs away from Gene Simmonds still amazingly cool people-seeking missile gun, I saw something which made me stop and rewind.
Runaway was filmed, parts of it anyway, not half mile from where I write this post!
Screen cap showing Tom near the Sun Building
Photo credit: me
As Tom runs away from Gene Simmonds still amazingly cool people-seeking missile gun, I saw something which made me stop and rewind.
Runaway was filmed, parts of it anyway, not half mile from where I write this post!
Screen cap showing Tom near the Sun BuildingPhoto credit: meI think it's mainly all the bits when they are dicking around in the alley being chased by a missile. Vancouver would seem to able to stake a claim as the no.1 supplier of wooded areas and alley ways to the television and motion picture industry.
My mate Bernard and I loved this film. We thought it was the height of cool in 1991 or so. How could anything be cooler than a gun which fires bullets AROUND CORNERS? And now years later I find myself slightly agog that I can look out of the window and see whereabouts it was filmed.
I can't vividly remember as boy thinking this film took place in some American city but I don't find it a disappointment to know it was filmed in Vancouver. It makes me happy to think that I can tread in the same puddles of piss Tom did in his quest to take down Gene Simmonds!
My mate Bernard and I loved this film. We thought it was the height of cool in 1991 or so. How could anything be cooler than a gun which fires bullets AROUND CORNERS? And now years later I find myself slightly agog that I can look out of the window and see whereabouts it was filmed.
I can't vividly remember as boy thinking this film took place in some American city but I don't find it a disappointment to know it was filmed in Vancouver. It makes me happy to think that I can tread in the same puddles of piss Tom did in his quest to take down Gene Simmonds!
Friday, August 07, 2009
Assault on Precinct 13
The End (John Anthony Scratch Mix@45rpm) - idea ripped off from the Optimo How to Kill the DJ mix
The End (John Anthony Scratch Mix)
Assault on precinct 13 (Hypno Love remix) - Hypno Love
Bit of fun.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Trini López - If I Had a Hammer
Immediately after posting the version of If I Had A Hammer by Peter, Paul and Mary, I stumbled across this version from 1978 by Trini López. In what may have been a desperate bid for some success, he knocked out a disco version on the Pete Seeger classic. And being a sucker for disco covers, I bloody love it!
If I Had a Hammer
Trini López was also in The Dirty Dozen. Good egg.
Check out WFMU's Disco Sickness page for the Wilton Place Street Band's version of the I Love Lucy theme tune. Love that as well!
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination
My mate Picnic Land contends that there is something truly unnerving about Gene Wilder. A hidden oddness or creepiness she finds upsetting in him.I have never seen it before, but after she mentioned it I could definitely hear it in this bit from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Pure Imagination
This was also used in this Sky promo of a few years ago:
http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/885958/Sky-Movies-billboards-WCRS/
I think someone else has picked up on that 'otherness' as well.
A Collection...
Here is a collection of music I have been listening to over the last week or so.
Could I say there is something vaguely allegorical to the choice of tracks? Perhaps. Image and appearance would seem to link to these tracks in some cases. Image of self, past and present.
George Harrison - When We Was Fab
Freddie Cannon - Palisades Park
Peter, Paul and Mary - If I Had a Hammer
Monday, August 03, 2009
Sunday, August 02, 2009
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