Prince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune Men DVD
Drive in Double Feature: Prince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune Men DVD Dark Sky Films This DVD features two old sci-fi movies put together in a double feature style of package, just like they were probably packaged back in 1964 and 1965 when these movies were originally shown in drive-in theatres. The movies are somewhat [...]
So Unloved – Pink Black & Broken CD
So Unloved – Pink Black & Broken CD SOS Records I saw So Unloved open for The Adicts last fall and was pretty impressed with them. They are a four-piece band consisting of three ladies and one gentlemen (who plays drums). They can’t be much older than 18, they look really young, but don’t let [...]
Subhumans 4/22/06 at Logan Square Auditorium
Last night, Senor Citizen, Lady of 2, and I went to see Subhumans, Leftover Crack, Saint Catherines, and Siderunners at the Logan Square Auditorium. Senor and I got to the city and found Lady of 2 and proceeded to wait in the very very long line to get in the show. I was amazed at [...]
The Horror of Party Beach/The Curse of the Living Corpse DVD
The Horror of Party Beach/The Curse of the Living Corpse – DVD Dark Sky Films This DVD is a double feature of old Del Tenney films from 1963. To be honest I’ve never heard of the man until I received this DVD to review, but it turns out he is some kind of classic drive [...]
What Tarot Card are you?
I think mine was rather fitting. You Are Death You symbolize the end, which can be frightening. But you also symbolize the immortality of the soul. You represent transformation, rebirth of a new life. Sweeping away the past is part of this card, as painful as it may be. Your fortune: Don’t worry, this card [...]
The Velvet Underground Under Review DVD
The Velvet Underground – Under Review DVD Music Video Distributors The Velvet Underground, who were around from about 1966 – 1970, were way ahead of their time and to this day are one of the most unique and original rock and roll bands ever. They no doubt had an influence on the punk rock that [...]
Adolescents silver anniversary LP
As if the picture disc and new yellow vinyl wasn’t enough, there is one more variation released of the self-titled Adolescents LP. In honor of their silver anniversary (25 years), Frontier Records has released a limited edition version of the LP to celebrate it. This version has silver print on the cover everywhere the standard [...]
Destroy Everything, The Deranged, Dublin Brigade at Stage 83
Last night (well it could almost be considered late afternoon) I went over to the Clown Ranch to meet up with the Klown army to head out to a show Destroy Everything was doing over at Stage 83 in Lemont. After a pit stop for some junk food over at White Hen, we made the [...]
Even more new Frontier colored vinyl
Yesterday I came home to find a sweet and unexpected package on my doorstep from the lovely Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records. It contained some new colored vinyl punk classics. Adolescents LP (the “blue album”) on opaque yellow vinyl Adolescents – Complete Demos LP on white vinyl. I think this looks pretty sharp with the [...]
Red Alert – The Best of Red Alert CD
Red Alert – The Best of Red Alert Blazin’ Thru the Years CD SOS Records UK punk was never my specialty. I have said it before and I’ll say it again, with some exceptions, I didn’t give a lot of UK bands a fair shake as I was always more interested in the bands from [...]
Magic DVD
Magic – DVD Dark Sky Films Magic, a film originally released in 1978, tells the story of Corky (Anthony Hopkins) who is a struggling magician trying to make it in show business and make his mentor proud. He is painfully shy, which of course hinders his performances. It isn’t until he gets the idea to [...]
And what about you MXV?
Its been ages since I wrote about myself on this site. Its kind of funny in a way that this blog started out being solely about myself, then evolved into this whole other thing where people classify it as a “mp3 blog” or a “music blog”. I never thought the former was in any way [...]
Lovedolls Superstar Fully Realized DVD
Lovedolls Superstar Fully Realized – DVD Music Video Distributors/We Got Power Films In 1986, punk filmmaker Dave Markey made a sequel to his underground punk classic, Desperate Teenage Lovedolls with a much larger budget and titled it Lovedolls Superstar. It was a much longer film with a much better story and featured nearly all the [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Love Canal]
Love Canal – It’s a Dogs Life so Blow it Out Yer Ass LP (1985 National Trust Records) I forget which compilation appearance it was that I first heard Love Canal on. It was either Clockwork Orange County, Covers, or the Half Skull (Insane Industries) compilation, regardless of which it was, I thought they were [...]
WWE Raw in Chicago
Last night, thanks to the kindness of Youngdave and Missy giving me a ticket to go, I went to WWE Raw at the Allstate Arena. After enjoying some very slow service at a place called Ram for a meal, we parked in the Matt C. econo-lot (ie: in front of his house a couple blocks [...]
Some old and rare items in the Spontaneous Combustion shop
I just updated the Spontaneous Combustion store again with some new items. All of it is some old Mystic vinyl that was unearthed from the bowels of their storage shed. Some nice items there for fair prices and all of it is in very short supply!
