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January 28, 2009
Astroland bids goodbye The rocketship has just left the empty lot at Coney Island.
From the bulletin board at www.coneyisland.com: "5AM Tuesday, the rocket waits in Astroland. No reprive in in sight.
Dead rocket rolling.
Not much left in the park except the rocket. All the shipping containers are gone."
These are Coney Island attractions that are thought to be open in the 2009 season:
The Coney Island Sideshow, Coney Island Museum & Mermaid Parade: www.coneyisland.com
The Cyclone Roller Coaster: http://history.amusement-parks.com/cyclonepage.htm
The Coney Island History Project (exhibition center under the Cyclone on Surf Ave): www.coneyislandhistory.org
The Wonder Wheel and Deno's Wonder Wheel Park: www.wonderwheel.com
Eldorado Bumper Cars & Arcade
McCullough's kiddie park (Bowery & 12th St)
Polar Express ride & 12th St Amusements
Coney Island Arcade & games (Bowery)
Lola Staar's Boutique (new location in Stillwell Station): www.lolastaar.com
Lola Staar's Dreamland Roller Rink (Child's Bldg on the Boardwalk): www.dreamlandrollerrink.com/Home.html
Coney Island Beach Shop (Stillwell Ave behind Nathan's plus new location in Stillwell station): www.coneyislandbeachshop.com
Denny's Ice Cream + William's Candies
Nathan's & 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest: http://nathansfamous.com
The Aquarium: www.nyaquarium.com
Beach & Boardwalk: www.nycgovparks.org
The Cyclones Baseball in Keyspan Park: www.brooklyncyclones.com
Free Summer Concerts at Seaside Park: www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html
Surf and Turf Grill: www.coneyislandsurfnturfgrill.com
Peggy O'Neill's: http://nymag.com/listings/bar/Peggy-ONeills
16:21
January 27, 2009
Runemagikere på fluesopp? Nytt fra Kjettersk Kjeller: 26. februar:
"Vikinger og runer og hva vi egentlig vet om dem" - ved Nanna Løkka
"Vikingfilmens teitest hits" - ved John McNicol
Minikonsert: Kim Larsen (:Of the Wand and the Moon:)
Vikingtiden: En mørk tid preget av brå død. Berserker med horn på hjelmen gumlet fluesopp til de frådet om kjeften. Deretter hoppet de i drageskipene sine for å dra i vesterled og voldta nonner. Mens her hjemme kunne Odin-prester, innviet i runenes mystiske hemmeligheter, preke den norrøne gudelæras hellige kanon.
Eller var det virkelig slik? Hva kan vi egentlig vite om vikingtiden? Kan det være at det vi har lært av Hårek den Hardbaldne ikke er helt på nivå med moderne forskning? Og hvor godt passer det norrønne egentlig med nazistisk og rasistisk tankegods?
For å få svar på noen av disse spørsmålene har vi slått kloa i Nanna Løkka. Løkka er doktorgradsttipendiat i religionshistorie ved Universitetet i Oslo, der hun spesialiserer seg på norrøn mytologi og verdensbildet i norrøn tid. Og siden Løkka i tillegg til god studieprogresjon besitter en utmerket samling Black metal-plater, setter vi ekstra lit til hennes faglige kompetanse.
Løkka vil nok ta livet av en og annen misforståelse, men vi ser ingen grunn til å ikke påføre våre gjester litt ekstra forvirring. Til det har vi fått hjelp av John McNicol, leder for The Viking and Medieval Academic Film Club. En klubb som nok kan høres seriøs ut, men mest er en unnskyldning til å hygge seg med pizza, øl og ufrivillig morsomme filmer om vikingtiden.
Odin skal vite at det har kommet mange filmer gjennom årene som har tatt seg visse - la oss være diplomatiske og kalle det "kunstneriske friheter" - med vikingtiden. Etter Løkkas foredrag skal McNicol skal vise oss et lite knippe høydepunkter (eller lavmål) fra vikingfilmer fra Island til Tyrkia. Og hva MENER du med at du ikke visste at vikingene tilba blekkspruter?!
For å runde av denne kvelden trenger vi selvfølgelig musikk som passer til tematikken. Det fant vi Bornholm, der frontfigur i det danske bandet :Of the Wand and the Moon:, Kim Larsen, holder til.
Etter å ha lagt sin tid i metalbandet Saturnus bak seg, har Larsen i løpet av et tiår gjort :Of the Wand and the Moon: ikke bare til Skandinavias ubestridt største neofolk-band, men ett av genrens ledende navn overhodet. Denne kvelden gjester han Kjettersk Kjeller for å gjøre en akustisk minikonsert, og dette blir en anledning av de sjeldne for hans norske fans.
I tillegg vil vår faste stab av platesnurrere levere vårt vanlige utbud av mørk og morsom musikk, mens M3 leverer skummende dråper (mjød er mat!) og husmannskost.
Før vi kan ønske velkommen til en kraftnordisk helaften, føler vi oss nødt til å gjøre det vi alltid gjør når vi tar opp temaer som kan være av interesse for ymse ekstremister og rasister: Nemlig å gjøre oppmerksom på at sånt folk ikke er ønsket som gjester hos oss.
Alle andre, som måtte ha 70 kroner å avse og har fylt 18 år, er derimot hjertelig velkomne til nok en Kjettersk Kjeller på M3 Mat og bar i Maridalsveien 3, torsdag 26. februar kl. 19.
Nyttige lenker:
www.myspace.com/ofthewandandthemoon
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January 22, 2009
It's a Shame About Ray Infamous B-movie and Drive-In director/producer/actor Ray Dennis Steckler [wiki] sadly died on January 7th, at 70. Movies like "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies" and "Rat Pfink A Boo Boo" were legendary just by their titles alone. Then try watching them ... Steckler's popularity grew enourmously for a while, after the 1986 publication of the book Incredibly Strange Films [Re/Search], in which he was profiled along with other obscure B- thru Z-grade low-budget backwoods auteurs.
From Dreadcentral: Psychotronic filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler lost his battle with heart disease on January 7, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada; he was 70 years old. With his passing so goes Cash Flagg, his hoodlum alter ego and star of Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, The Thrill Killers, Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters and Wild Guitar. We also say farewell to Sven Christian, Wolfgang Schmidt, and Cindy Lou Sutters; other Steckler pseudonyms; there were 12 of them at last count and I am sure we will miss them all.
Steckler started his film career by finishing principal photography on Timothy Carey’s World’s Greatest Sinner. He then went on to capture Arch Hall Jr.’s delinquent delight in 1962's Wild Guitar, and after that he was off and running, shooting films without ever a finished screenplay in hand.
Steckler always did the best he could with what he had, which was sometimes practically nothing but his passion. When he got a hold of some Las Vegas showgirl garb, he decided to throw together what would be one of the first horror musicals, 1964's Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, a complete non-sequester of a film, complete with dance numbers, feathers, glitz and the undead. To enhance Incredibly Strange Creatures... cinematic experience, "monsters" would run into the audience during key sequences, terrorizing the audience. Monsters 1, Audience 0.
Wired.com // Variety // Blogcritics // Popmatters
16:43
January 19, 2009
Number Six, Your Time is Up Patrick McGoohan [wiki] [imdb], writer and star of the cult TV series "The Prisoner" [wiki], has died at 80, on January 13th.
From BBC News:
He died in Los Angeles after a short illness, his film producer son-in-law Cleve Landsberg told Associated Press.
McGoohan played the character Six in the surreal 1960s show, filmed in the north Wales village of Portmeirion.
He won two Emmy awards for his work on TV detective series Columbo, playing different characters.
The first came for an episode of the series in 1974, with another 16 years later.
The screen star also won a Bafta award for best television actor in 1959 for his role in The Greatest Man In The World, a one-off drama in ITV's Armchair Theatre series.
In more recent years, McGoohan played King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson film Braveheart. The actor also starred in ITV series Danger Man, which began in 1960.
The actor, who was born in New York and raised in England and Ireland, came to screen prominence in TV series Danger Man, in which he played a secret service agent. The programme later aired as Secret Agent in the US.
He was later considered for the role of James Bond for the movie Dr No.
But McGoohan was chiefly associated with cult ITV drama The Prisoner, writing some of the episodes himself under a different name. His character spent the entire time attempting to escape from The Village and finding out the identity of his captor, the elusive Number One. He repeatedly declared: "I am not a number - I am a free man!"
In 2000, McGoohan reprised his most famous role in an episode of The Simpsons.
MSNBC // LA Times // The Prisoner Appreciation Society // Retroweb.com // News on 2009 Six (Of One?) part mini-series remake of The Prisoner, from Zap2It.com
12:39
January 12, 2009
Maskin ... DANS! The new norwegian label Hommage Records is ready any day now with their 2CD package of norwegian synth bands of the 80's. The compilations' impressive list of 41 tracks (all are used with permission from the artists, this is NOT a bootleg!) includes both obscure underground tape classics, and more commercial attempts released as singles or LP tracks. Some versions are rare or unreleased.
From the label's info:
"Hommage Records are happy to present to you the track list for our First Release: Maskindans - a double CD exploring the electronic post punk of Norway in the 1980s.
Tracks from Tromsø up North to Arendal in the South, tracks recorded as early as 1980 and up to 1988, tracks shorter than two minutes and longer than six, spanning dark wave, avant garde, synth pop and most genres in between; songs that were hits on Norwegian radio and songs that have been totally obscure for 20 years or more. Maskindans is an impressively broad and thorough presentation of the finest Norwegian '80s electronics.
Scheduled for release in February 2009, the compilation MASKINDANS will hold the following tracks:
Disc One
01 Kito: Dildo Drumbop
02 Cirkus Modern: Besettelse
03 Clockwork Orange: Sensation Boys
04 Det Gylne Triangel: Maskindans
05 Beranek: Pictures And Paintings
06 Johnny Yen: Bodies In Motion
07 The Cut: Dance On Glass (7" version)
08 E-Man: Jeg Er Moderne
09 Bern Balders: The Alter-Ego Effect
10 Adrian Cox: Aegina (part 1)
11 Ole I'Dole: Space, Action, Sex og Blod
12 Krim U: Fra Min Drøm I Går
13 Ym:Stammen: Menneskene På Broene
14 Holy Toy: Down In Japan (12" version)
15 Boxbury Beat: Thunder And Lightning
16 Famlende Forsøk: (Tror Nok) Jeg Levde (Engang)
17 ExLex: Kast, Lek, Eventyr
18 Grå: Plastic (live 16/04/83)
19 Bel Canto: Flowerbeds
20 Svart Klovn: Knust Knekt
21 Bearburger: With Two Mouths Biting
Disc Two
01 Ulf Knudsen: Høstland
02 Thorbjørn Grønning: Europa
03 Vidar & Gærne: Pleide Å Våkne
04 Jørgen Knudsen: Between Staying And Going
05 Brød & Sirkus: Hvite Skygger
06 Downers: December Rain
07 Head Set Junta: Siste Tango
08 Den Tredje Generasjon: Sterk Som
09 Fra Lippo Lippi: Tap Dance For Scientists
10 Headcleaners: When Love Just Walks Away
11 Blue Mathue: Perfect Pictures
12 Jeg Falt: Safe Ground
13 White Lord Jesus: Showtime (live 14/07/84)
14 Mørkelagt Bevegelse: A Loss Of Memories
15 Horsemen: Mr. Sunrise
16 El: Visshet
17 3rd Man: Oral Pleasure
18 Guttene Fra Gokkohjørnet: Ikke Vær Redd
19 Im Nebel: Blind Ekstase
20 PLX 15 (pictured): Cellolåta
Packaging: Furthermore, the CDs will be presented in a deluxe package with outsize booklet, two separate digipaks and outer slipcase. Hommage Records are currently (December) working on gathering pictures and information for this release, and collecting the last remaining original masters before taking these to Norway's finest remastering studio."
Releaseparty: JR & NXP legger til: Til å markere denne historiske utgivelsen kommer fire av de medvirkende bandene (artistene) til å opptre (samt at man håper at et band til kommer med etterhvert) i form av; Boxbury Beat, Adrian Cox, Det Gylne Triangel og Horsemen. Dette skjer på Indigo, fredag den 13nde februar, ved siden av Blå, i Oslo. Ta med penger da de ikke har kortleser!!! og inngang koster 100,- kr. [facebook] Plata skal selges til spesialpris på dette evenementet, og burde være et absolutt must minst på linje med de to "Anarki & Kaos" [1][2]-samlerne for alle som er det minste interessert i norsk (u)populær musikks historie.
Extra links: Download of "En Overraskende Måte ...", "Døve Munker ..." and "Ars Transmutatoria" by Famlende Forsøk at Mutant Sounds. // DL of PLX15: "Kort Prosess" at Requiem.
11:27
January 07, 2009
Ron Asheton dies at 60 Sadly, the legendary guitarist and founder member of The Stooges, Ron Asheton, died a few days ago.
From The Guardian:
The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton has been found dead at his home in Michigan. He was 60.
Police told Ann Arbor News that the musician may have been dead for several days before he was found. Although unconfirmed, initial signs indicate that Asheton died of a heart attack.
Asheton was one of the founding members of the Stooges, along with his brother Scott, bassist Dave Alexander and their charismatic frontman Iggy Pop. With Pop, Asheton helped write songs that would set the template for punk rock, including No Fun and I Wanna Be Your Dog. As befits a band from Ann Arbor, their music distilled the experience of being a bored suburban teen and bottled it as a furious and snarling sonic assault. Their feral take on rock'n'roll, full of feedback and clatter, was the perfect backdrop for Pop's wild stage antics, another big influence for punk performers.
The Guardian // Dagbladet // Spinner // Billboard // Mojo // Detroit News // Ron Asheton at wiki // DL: Asheton's "The First and the Last" (81) "The First To Pay" (89) "The Second Wave" (90) / "Victim of Circumstance" (89) "Declaration of War" (90) / Destroy All Monsters: "Bored"/Album / The Wylde Ratttz / Stooges live
Some of the talented, creative, memorable individuals we lost in 2008 (taken from list by Robin Bougie):
 Vampira (the original glamour ghoul, January 10th 2008)
Brad Renfro (Ghost World, January 15th, 2008)
Suzanne Pleshette (star of "The Birds", January 19, 2008)
Heath Ledger (Actor, January 22nd, 2008)
Dorothy Podber (shot Warhol’s “Marilyns” with a pistol; February 9, 2008)
Roy Scheider (Jaws, 52 Pick-Up) Feburary 10th, 2008)
James E. “Jim” Jones (Pere Ubu; February 18, 2008)
Larry David Norman (father of Christian rock; February 24, 2008)
Ola Brunkert (Drummer for ABBA; March 16, 2008)
Arthur C. Clarke (Writer, March 19th 2008)
Klaus Dinger (Neu!, Kraftwerk; March 21, 2008) [wiki]
Jason Rae (Cinematic Orchestra, Nightmares on Wax; March 22, 2008)
Richard Widmark (Actor, March 24th, 2008)
Jules Dassin (Film Noir director, March 31st, 2008)
Frosty Freeze (born Wayne Frost, B-Boy of The Rock Steady Crew; April 3, 2008)
Charlton Heston ("From my cold dead HAND!", April 5th, 2008)
Clifford Davies (Ted Nugent, Grand Funk Railroad; April 13, 2008)
Julie Ege (Actress, April 29th, 2008) [wiki]
John Phillip Law (Star of Danger: Diabolik, May 13th, 2008) (pictured)
Sandy Howard (Producer, May 16th, 2008)
Sydney Pollack (Director, actor, May 26th, 2008)
Kermit Scott (Puppeteer, inspiration for Kermit the Frog, May 26th, 2008)
Harvey Korman (Comedian, May 29th 2008)
Bo Diddley (Guitarist; June 2, 2008) [wiki]
Stan Winston (FX Wizard, June 15th, 2008)
Kermit Love (Created Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus, June 21st, 2008)
George Carlin (Comedian, June 22nd, 2008)
Isaac Hayes, Jr. (Truck Turner, sang "Shaft", August 10, 2008) [wiki]
Johnny “Dizzy” Moore (The Skatalites; August 16, 2008)
Anita Page (Actress, September 6th, 2008)
Rick Wright (keyboardist, founding member of Pink Floyd, September 15th, 2008)
Cirio H. Santiago (Director of many Post Apocalypse and WIP movies, Sept. 26, 2008)
Paul Newman (Actor, Sept. 26th, 2008)
Levi Stubbs (of The Four Tops; October 17, 2008)
Rudy Ray Moore (Comedian, Blaxploitation actor, October 19, 2008)
Frank “Mack Heat” Navetta (The Descendents; October 31, 2008)
Studs Turkel (Writer, October 31st, 2008)
Jimmy Carl Black (The Mothers of Invention; November 1, 2008) "The Indian of the group!"
John Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience; November 12, 2008)
Richard Edwards (Manic Street Preachers; November 23, 2008 - declared dead, he disappeared 10 years ago)
Forest J Ackerman (publisher, Dec. 4th, 2008)
Beverly Garland (Actress, Dec. 5th, 2008)
Bettie Page (Model, December, 11th 2008)
Bill Landis (Sleazoid Express publisher/author, December 22nd 2008)
Eartha Kitt (Actress, Singer; December 25, 2008)
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REST IN PEACE
09:53
January 05, 2009
Sign Of The 3 Eyed Men The Houston, Texas label International Artists thru Charly in the UK is opening for pre-orders on their forthcoming 10 CD box set of almost any and all recordings by the legendary inventors of psychedelic rock, The 13th Floor Elevators.
From the official site:
The ultimate package the band has long deserved. Strictly limited to 3000 numbered copies worldwide and shipping in Spring 2009.
With excellent sound quality from newly discovered sources with rare previously unavailable recordings and including unique reproductions of original band memorabilia.
Produced and compiled by Paul Drummond. The definitive 10 CD anthology of the pioneers of pre-punk US garage rock and psychedelia.
The box set, endorsed by the band and graced and named by Tommy Hall, includes:
-- The band’s three landmark albums The Psychedelic Sounds Of The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Easter Everywhere and Bull Of The Woods including rare mono versions, outtakes and alternate versions.
-- Two ‘lost’ albums featuring previously unreleased material
-- Rare and previously unreleased live recordings
-- A 72 page hardback book written by the band’s biographer Paul Drummond, enhanced with posters, ephemera, discographies and many rare and previously unseen photos
-- A selection of reproduction memorabilia including photographic prints, reproduction posters, stickers and handbills.
Complete track list [pdf] // Drummond's biography at Process Media // Official Roky site
15:04
Bill Landis dies at 49 Bill Landis, editor of Sleazoid Express and author of the book of the same title, died of a heart attack just before christmas. I interviewed Landis and his co-writer/editor wife Michelle Clifford for the UK book "Creeping Flesh" a few years ago. His paper "Sleazoid Express" was revived as a 70-80 page zine, and he put out 6 excellent issues, plus one special issue on "Bloodsucking Freaks" director Joel M. Reed, and a "monograph" called "30 Years on the Deuce: The Wicked Die Slow". His Sleazoid book is also a very unique piece of film history. Also, his very unauthorized biography of Kenneth Anger, "ANGER", is strongly recommended.
Landis worked in and around the grindhouse theaters and the fringes of the film business for years, and presented a detailed insider's view of New York's 42nd street area. He was often imitated but never duplicated. He will be missed by film fans all over the world.
Sleazoid site // Sleazoid book at amazon // Watch Your Wallets - interview [pdf] // Article on food on 42nd St. from Hungover Gourmet
Obits: Filmmaker Magazine // Hollywood Memoir // Really Bad Movies // Dread Central // Popcorn & Sticky Floors
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