Joe Dante’s BEST
This short comes from Twilight Zone, The Movie, an anthology film of shorts released in 1983. ”It’s a Good Life” was the 3rd Episode in the film directed by Joe Dante who was responsible for Gremlins, Explorers, Amazon Women on the Moon, and most importantly, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (seriously).
“It’s A Good Life” Part I
“It’s A Good Life” Part 2
“It’s A Good Life” Part 3
July 25th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
Third Base Plays Tennis!
Third Base at Honeyshed, below.
July 24th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
Ralph Bakshi
Great Animator that was responsible for the first Spider-Man Cartoon, the Lord of the Rings Cartoon, Heavy Traffic, Coonskin, Cool World, and the cartoon based on Crumb’s Fritz the Cat that everyone got really mad about. His last film, “The Last Days of Coney Island” is a movie we might never get to see. The interview below is mostly about his film “Wizards” which borrowed heavily from the world of Vaughn Bode, and was thwarted at the box office by the original Star Wars.
Follow the links below to watch the complete interview.
July 22nd, 2008 - Posted in Cartoon Theatre | | 0 Comments
Watchmen Sets
They’re adapting the New York sets straight out of the comic. Looks great…
July 19th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
Photos
Who’s got Batman Fever?
Green Genie. taken in New Haven, CT.
The Dartboard at Puffy’s.
Jeff and George enjoying their favorite things.
Antique Auto Show in Rhinebeck, NY.
A graffito.
July 16th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
Sparks
Sparks is an American rock and pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals), initially under the name Halfnelson. They soon came to the attention of producer Todd Rundgren, who got them signed. Their debut sold poorly, but after switching labels and renaming themselves Sparks, a play on the Marx Brothers, the re-issued debut spawned the minor regional hit “Wonder Girl”.
Their follow up album, A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing, led to a tour of the United Kingdom, including a residency at the Marquee in London, which, despite much heckling during performances, helped them to secure a significant cult following. An appearance on the BBC Television’s Old Grey Whistle Test led to wider interest regardless of a cold reception from the show’s host Bob Harris. Relocating to England in 1973 with a new manager, John Hewlett, founder of John’s Children, they placed an ad in music weekly Melody Maker (”Wanted bass player for Sparks. Must be beard free and exciting”). They hired Martin Gordon, recorded their breakthrough Kimono My House in 1974, scoring a number 2 hit with the single “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us” which led to an appearance on the BBC’s flagship music show Top of the Pops. They recorded 3 albums while in England. ”Indiscreet” was prduced by Tony Visconti. In ‘76 they returned to LA and made one of their first forays into the movie business, making a cameo appearance in the disaster film Rollercoaster, after Kiss turned down the roles.
Sparks “Mickey Mouse” live (on SNL?)
By 1979, tired of the rock band format and determined to take their music in a more electronic direction, Sparks teamed up with Giorgio Moroder, and created No. 1 In Heaven, an album which would not only redefine the Sparks sound but would challenge the concept of what it means to be a “band” (heavily influencing Depeche Mode, New Order, and Pet Shop Dicks. Still, they soon found the electronic equipment they had adopted for their new sound too cumbersome to tour with, and they returned to the more traditional band format for their next three releases, Whomp That Sucker, Angst In My Pants and Sparks in Outer Space. They finally broke into the US singles charts with “Cool Places” from 1983’s …Outer Space. The track was a collaboration with Go-Go Jane Wiedlin, who, at one time, ran her own Sparks fanclub.
“Tips For Teens”
The late 1980s and early 1990s saw the brothers concentrate on filmmaking, particularly an attempt to make a Japanese comic strip, Mai, The Psychic Girl, into a movie. Despite interest from Tim Burton and six years’ work on the project, it came to nothing.
July 15th, 2008 - Posted in Music Time, Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
James Cameron “Xenogenesis”
It might not be great, but James Cameron’s Xenogenesis (presented below in two parts), catapulted him from his job as a truck driver to an effects guy working for Roger Corman and John Carpenter. He got his break while with Corman, when the original director quit on Piranha II and Cameron was promoted from effects guy to head the production. Anxiety about the movie led Cameron to a nightmare wherein a robot hitman had been sent from the future to kill him for fucking everything up. Rather than go back to being an effects guy, Cameron wrote the script to Terminator, made a deal I still don’t understand with his soon to be wife/producer Gale Anne Herd (who bought the script for a dollar) and went on to make a low-budget (6.5 mil) masterpiece that went on to earn 38 mil domestically. The other thing I didn’t realize is that he wrote the original script to Rambo II, even though Stallone would go on to tweek it the fuck out.
XENOGENESIS PART I
XENOGENESIS PART II
July 13th, 2008 - Posted in Sci-Fi, Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
Muzak
This is an early 80’s band called Safe doing a song we think is called “The Happiest Boy Alive”. Click the link below.
Blitz doing “New Age” courtesy of Zach Baron. 1983, from New Mills, Derbyshire, England.
Nick Lowe performing “So It Goes” in 1978.
July 12th, 2008 - Posted in Music Time, Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
The Fabulous Stains
The Making of “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains” Part I
Part II
July 11th, 2008 - Posted in Film Skool, Uncategorized | | 0 Comments
