A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll

It's an ACE episode! And a TV episode! Such a cheap cop out for a show with "film" in the title, I know. But you love it when I subvert your expectations, don't you? This one dips heavily into Ace's account of important moments in KISStory and then permutationalizes into a commentary track for an old Quantum Leap episode. I hope you can enjoy both, because I care about you and want you to be happy. Because of me. I want you to be happy because of things I do, because I'm a no-good person and all of life is just a series of transactions.

https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/1ebb8d7299bb5e1da9d8e2e4a98d9b2d/quantum-leap-s3-e17-glitter-rock-april-12-1974

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Hunter S. Thompson, Lester Bangs, Legs McNeil, Nick Tosches, Rex Weiner, and because I'm feeling sassy as hell, Michael O'Donoghue. Yep, this is a purely selfish and HUGELY self-indulgent episode where I read you things that recently made my heart swoon. Things I love for the pure energy of the language used, but that I can't graft onto any one band or film episode.

Much brutality and obnoxiousness and vulgarity in this episode. But it's endearing and inspiring because it's delivered to us by a reckless and desperate generation with heart and intellect and guts, god damn it. Not for the easily offended, especially those who refuse to believe that historical/cultural context should affect how we process language that we personally wouldn't use today, even around our friends. Not asking anyone to love it or sign off on it, but I will not pretend I have the authority or responsibility to make the nasty words palatable for people who will be offended by them regardless. If you are explaining, you are losing, as someone much smarter than myself on NPR said today about political debate tactics.

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My version of "Scarecrow" featured at the end of the episode. (click "more" button to download free) https://soundcloud.com/xagentxsmithx/scarecrow-siouxsie-and-the-banshees

References:

https://archive.org/details/woodstockcensusn0000wein/page/134/mode/2up

http://bigscreenbookclub.blogspot.com/2018/08/interview-original-adventures-of-ford.html

https://crimespreemag.com/interview-with-rex-weiner/

https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=rex+weiner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpmfrbs-v8AhWxJn0KHRgkDvMQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=rex%20weiner&f=false

https://pleasekillme.com/remembering-punk-magazine/

http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_579_-_nick_tosches

https://archive.creem.com/authors/nick-tosches

and a free archive of Tosches books: https://archive.org/search?query=nick+tosches&page=2

https://archive.org/details/woodstockcensusn0000wein/page/134/mode/2up

https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/live-through-this-a-conversation-with-legs-mcneil/Content?oid=2175661

No idea who this is for, other than people like us who HAD to watch the Brett Michaels movie as soon as we found out about it. I start the episode with some older interviews just so that the Bret fans will have something of value to listen to before the rest of the episode slides into 2 hours of loud befuddlement on the part of myself, Dan, Brian, and Jackie. Some of you already know their voices from the Shred Guitar and Metal Lords episodes I put out last year.

The film in the only viewable online form we could find: https://youtu.be/Qbbrr4oim-k

The actual film commentary portion of the episode begins around 24 minutes in.

Playlist of Brett's videos from this era that we watched after the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqhEQrez8Mg&list=PL5313C11648F8BDDC

The Hit Parader issue: https://archive.org/details/hitparadermagazi47unse_4/page/46/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/hitparadermagazi49unse_6/page/48/mode/2up (Bonus interview I didn't use, but you might like!)

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Welcome back! Thank you for patiently waiting for this 2nd part of the "I watched 3 Hank Williams movies in one weekend though ironically its taking me more than 3 months to release the series" trilogy.

I cover lots of stuff you don't normally hear about in Hank Sr retrospectives and documentaries, so even if you've seen a few, you might still learn something here on this episode.

I gotta take a break from Hank to release one or two episodes next that require a little less labor becoz they're already mostly completed. This next 30 days may be the most randomized release schedule I've ever attempted, thematically speaking. HOPE YOU LIKE VARIETY!!!!

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This is an episode I'm as proud of as I could ever be. I had the joy of covering the Misfits turbulent times in the 70s, 80s, and 90s with all the innocent fun + mean-spirited legal chicanery I could unearth. This will include yarns about WCW, Static Age, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the creation of Legacy of Brutality, The Box Set, and Jerry and Doyle stealing Danzig's Samhain skateboards FROM UNDERNEATH GLENN'S BACK PORCH WHEN HE WASN'T AROUND BECAUSE THE ANZALONE PARENTS WERE LIKE "WHATEVER!". I also have the massive pleasure of including pieces of my Jay Whitecotton interview. No, he's not a plantation owner and slave driver (as his seeimingly racist industrialist name would suggest). He's a comic and musician from San Antonio that has a new Halloween Special that you should check out if you love standup comedy filmed in a basement with cuts to A GENUINE lizard person reading the post-apocalyptic news to you in the near near future. Speaking with him was a gift, and I'll release more of our conversation on my youtube channel, also in the near future (link to subscribe down below).

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https://www.rainn.org/resources References for this episode:

https://www.amazon.com/This-Music-Leaves-Stains-Complete/dp/1589798929

https://www.misfitscentral.com/misfits/sources.php

https://archive.org/details/The_Misfits_January_07_1983_Dearborn_Michigan_Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4flvh9rBcA

https://imgur.com/piX1Zan

https://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=orleans.82

https://thenostalgiaspot.com/tag/ghouls-night-out/

http://markvoger.com/2021/03/the-crimson-ghost-1946/

https://www.misfitscentral.com/misfits/sources.php

https://ia804505.us.archive.org/28/items/1982-09-11-the-oblong-box-1969-price-lee/1982-09-11%20The%20Oblong%20Box%20%281969-Price%20%26%20Lee%29.m4v

So happy I get to revisit MISFITS once again! But I'm also amazed and a little bit unhappy it took me a full year to do it. I've covered two films - just my basic rundown & first impressions. And my ruling on whether you should look them up or not, instead of details about the makings of. Because there isn't much documentation I could easily find. Especially since Hammer was such a movie factory at the time, cranking out work non-stop. It's not like there are multiple books or documentaries about these two pictures, ala "Apocalypse Now" or "Citizen Kane" or "The Ewok Adventure".

Spoiler alert: If you were hoping for a deep dive into all the times Jerry and Glenn were nice to each other, it's probably not this. Spoiler alert #2: I do indeed talk about the time Jerry and Doyle got a Yngwie Malmsteen singer to do a power metal album with them in 1989. Please enjoy and look forward to one more MISFITS installment coming your way before Halloween this year. https://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=seconds.97 https://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=slash.79

https://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=newmusic.81

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Hank Williams Sr. is not only crucial to the development of Country and Western music, I'd go as far as to say he's an influence on the development of the culture of the the Western World - as in multiple continents. But more importantly for us, Rock n' Roll would certainly not be as rich in rhythm, poetry and plaintive cries from the wounded human soul to the deafening wind in the cold wilderness that is Life, when you're down and out. In my opinion he not only changed Country music forever, but he sang blues as well as any white man ever can be expected to. This episode covers most of my viewing of "Your Cheatin' Heart", an MGM musical from the early 60's that feels like an olde-tyme Disney film, and I take you through Hank's early life and influences. The greatest cluster of said influences being a spinal deformity, his domineering mother, a regular booze habit at the age of 11, and the tutelage of a black blues musician named Rufus Payne. All potent ingredients in a recipe for a man who would become a voice for the voiceless in ways no Country superstar ever had before.

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https://archive.org/details/hankwilliamsbiog00escott/page/n13/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/hankwilliamscoun0000care

https://archive.org/details/singsadsonglifeo0000will/mode/2up

Back with you soon, starting a Hank Williams series, and then getting our Halloween festivities on with MISFITS pt 2 (finally!) https://www.podscure.com/psep067/ for the original source of today's audio and to subscribe to the Podscure universe

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No not the sequel. That film, like "Godfather 3" is just something you heard of and may foolishly think you remember, but never actually happened. This is just the second part of my series on this wonderful film that is mighty beloved to me.

Settle in and prep yourself for more readings from Bruce Springsteen interviews & the P.F. Kluge novel, my analysis of the movie and its origins and execution in my own loving detail, + my very accurate representations of Bruce's non-Jersey-sounding singing voice. Not to mention my cogent explanation of what I've termed "The Mount Rushmore of Jersey rock singers that try to sound like they're from The South". I'm not sorry.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaXc5xFwFls

P.F. Kluge Kenyon Unique (live speaking appearance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGSnM6LFig

"Fantastic Castle"

https://historycollection.com/new-jerseys-palace-of-depression-boasts-strange-roots/

This one is truly, truly, truly outrageous like fer SHUR! 2nd warning in a row that you will hear a bonanza of F-Bombs from yours truly on this one. You'll get lots of the usual side trips into various major events of the life of the band in question along with reviews/history of Satisfaction, Valley Girl and Jem & The Holograms (the show, not the movie). You'll also hear as I get louder and more random in my live observations about Britta Phillips and Justine Bateman's performances as band members onscreen. Be thank-filled that I don't record every episode this late at night with friends and drinks around. Check out Will, Stacey and Murdock's bands: http://deathbyoverkill.com/, https://furnituregirls.com/ , http://www.theadarna.com/

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Resources for this episode:

B-Mask on JEM

Christy Marx interview on JEM

Toy Galaxy: Jem

https://www.vogue.com/article/go-gos-40th-anniversary-beauty-and-the-beat-oral-history-belinda-carlisle

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/13/movies/film-justine-bateman-in-satisfaction.html

https://www.fast-rewind.com/making_valleygirl.htm

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78299/13-sure-facts-about-valley-girl

https://venturablvd.goldenstate.is/behind-the-scenes-of-valley-girl/

https://www.danagould.com/music-for-weirdos/