tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42060698949329291472024-03-04T22:14:53.367-08:00Last Of The Evil BeatniksScary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-87019194563843553982011-03-01T11:49:00.001-08:002011-03-01T11:57:11.275-08:00Kickstart this Fucker!One last post, then I'm getting outta here, because I obviously don't have the time or energy to keep up with a blog...<div><br /></div><div>We've launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund our next movie THE GALACTIC JUNGLE-- we're trying to raise 3 grand for props, motivational drugs, etc. As you may or may not know, IT STARTS WITH MURDER! was shot for much, much less (500 bucks, to be exact!), so our production values have literally SKYROCKETED! We need all the help we can get!</div><div><br /></div><div>Every little bit counts-- we've only got 90 days to reach our goal. If we don't reach it by May 22nd, we get NOTHING. Want a chance to live in infamy? Spread this link around to any sleazemongers you know with deep pockets-- or just throw a buck or two our way. It all adds up! </div><div><br /></div><div>Follow the link for more details. SLEAZY REWARDS lurk within...<br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 8px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 8px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="380px" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scarymanilow/the-galactic-jungle-0/widget/card.html" width="220px"></iframe></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-25179562759506571412010-09-15T08:22:00.000-07:002010-09-15T09:12:45.056-07:00Comings and GoingsBlogger Vacation™ continues until I finish this goddamn <a href="https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ab7zdzjGoD2YZGRzbTZjaGtfMjhmYnNzZ2R3&hl=en">screenplay</a>.<br /><br />BUT BUT BUT, as this also functions as the official band blog, I have to break in from time to time to give updates... This is one such time.<br /><br />Item the FIRST! Our most recent pairing with Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds was a rip-roaring success. We couldn't ask for a more lovable group of degenerate rock stars to pay visit to our humble midwestern burgh.<br /><br />KCC was even nice enough to snatch a photo with Curvacia and myself on the Jackpot patio-- like so:<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8H_qxdpI_AAnVgSry42C4MGHUk-AyfVwI7CWTFrLA6JeLi7x3DRKfYnbqN7qoPB06uKga3GBKOhvmlkEjMVV9glXYHQPMtm_S9bSFk7NJ3q3G4xd0T7iHIZroJ7INIEzdre4ZR8qN5U/s320/congo.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517164425125661026" /><div><br /></div><div>Item the SECOND! Allison at <a href="http://willyoubemyplusone.tumblr.com/post/1124298433">WILL YOU BE MY +1?</a> was kind enough to send some love our way-- via a naughty-but-nice dissertation on our ode to 60's stripping housewives, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Spook+Lights/_/Nudie+Watusi">NUDIE WATUSI.</a> Her thoughts?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(117, 161, 208); line-height: 21px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><b><i>"D</i></b><i><b>iving into the first verse is like a bite of a sundae after not having one for a while…a spoonful of delicious nostalgia.</b></i></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2em; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><i><b>“Now everybody knows/ the peppermint twist/ and you can do the alligator/ and it goes like this/ you’ve been mashing those potatoes/ since the day you were born….”</b></i></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><i><b>Harkening back to old dance crazes, it’s what you expected, and what you wanted. It’s also all one long pick-up line…that is, if the “nudie watusi” Manilow finally invites us all to do is what I think it is. (I think </b></i><em><b>so</b></em><i><b>.)"</b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span">We here at Spook Light Central couldn't agree more, obviously. Thanks for the kind words, Allison!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Item the THIRD! Witness some sonic noiseplay and stellar footwork from our recent gig at the 8th Street Taproom. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tGY-kZrvNcc?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tGY-kZrvNcc?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now, some of y'all may have hear about this big </span></span><a href="http://www.scion.com/garagefest/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Garage Fest</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> that's coming to town next month</span></span>:</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-smy0wTG29V2L8RVZHhdBlnLwVwaBdGsYdy0wklHZ-CR5pV_F0UmzpzPkDD-Z0hTYqu3t1YtVKGq745zQQW2JkPYi2dgIvgaYreBA5DNLwgybQxKpvFd7Tjl5RAlnPzSV3HxL1DTCcA/s1600/scion-garage-fest.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-smy0wTG29V2L8RVZHhdBlnLwVwaBdGsYdy0wklHZ-CR5pV_F0UmzpzPkDD-Z0hTYqu3t1YtVKGq745zQQW2JkPYi2dgIvgaYreBA5DNLwgybQxKpvFd7Tjl5RAlnPzSV3HxL1DTCcA/s320/scion-garage-fest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517171414965772386" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">N</span><span class="Apple-style-span" >eedless to say, some of us were a bit heartbroken over the lack of local acts on this bill, so we've assembled a few of our best and brightest for a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >pre-show at the Replay the night before... if anyone out there in bloggerland happens to be in Lawrence that night, stop on in and say "Hello!" We're always happy to make new friends!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0RWTXlStYXsera3NpOY1GVKTqi5LeRa_OjMk6lXsWDo6oW7DhJ7RnjXzobQngW0Y-xJ7Vv5y88hdbsF-UZpCnAAebzv-RJ5GlqDcvGfVKJzOLv5djpqJLFU01aJKkynA5Xlf8Tj00kA/s1600/pre.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0RWTXlStYXsera3NpOY1GVKTqi5LeRa_OjMk6lXsWDo6oW7DhJ7RnjXzobQngW0Y-xJ7Vv5y88hdbsF-UZpCnAAebzv-RJ5GlqDcvGfVKJzOLv5djpqJLFU01aJKkynA5Xlf8Tj00kA/s320/pre.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517169318198273298" /></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Until next time, I remain...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">--SCARY MANILOW!</span></span></span></p></span></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-25810967952619938922010-09-02T13:53:00.000-07:002010-09-02T14:00:33.939-07:00Howl of the Nightmare!Still on Blogger Vacation™ for a least another week or two-- trying to wrap up our MUSIC VIDEO, our NEW RECORDING, and get prepped for our second gig with KID CONGO POWERS! All very exciting things, and all things which, combined with the screenplay, are keeping my free time completely OVERBOOKED.<div><br /></div><div>For now, please enjoy this awesome monster we made this summer. My daughter wrote it AND stars in it--I like to think she has a real future as a multi-media personality ahead of her (maybe as a late night horror host?)... Ladies and germs, I'm proud to present HOWL OF THE NIGHTMARE!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2TtKvVtGGmg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2TtKvVtGGmg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-86133241970792540432010-07-22T15:49:00.000-07:002010-07-22T21:11:32.227-07:00Going, Going, GONER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT2YIVK-QN04C4zFXQICikLkdaJEI91tlgVOM8VJ-Pe9syzJm5IXpCwP4PBKeAW6QWbRJgWndXvw70fjyKXp3jWmZH6zmFeVv4oVY0uuhY6AC1nFm9zfPwfeVN9FoSJ5Zncq6zfXHJ3A/s1600/spook.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT2YIVK-QN04C4zFXQICikLkdaJEI91tlgVOM8VJ-Pe9syzJm5IXpCwP4PBKeAW6QWbRJgWndXvw70fjyKXp3jWmZH6zmFeVv4oVY0uuhY6AC1nFm9zfPwfeVN9FoSJ5Zncq6zfXHJ3A/s320/spook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496885733035130594" border="0" /></a><br />And now, a seasonal, hot-weather update from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thespooklights">THE SPOOK LIGHTS</a>!<br /><br />We're still mid-recording, chipping away at this thing slowly but surely. Despite some unforeseen delays in the creative process, I fully expect that we'll be mixing this thing by the time the leaves turn brown.<br /><br />Meanwhile: is anyone interested in a copy of our 7-inch? Red vinyl, screenprinted covers, and two great songs for the low-low price of FREE! I've got a handful of them to give away, mostly because I just want to get the songs into circulation, so if you want a copy or know of a good place to send one, drop me a line in the comments and we'll work out the details...<br /><br />In other news, Curvacia and I got our 4-day passes to this year's <a href="http://www.goner-records.com/gonerfest/">GONERFEST</a>, which means our Autumn just got 100% more Memphis-y! It pains me to report that we'll have to bow out of our opening spot with the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ohsees">OHSEES </a>that same week (SADNESS!!!!) -- but it's a small price to pay for seeing the holy trifecta of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivians">OBLIVIANS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_bomb_turks">NEW BOMB TURKS</a>, and motherfucking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_wolf">GUITAR WOLF</a>!<br /><br />This will be my first experience with them since the death/ reincarnation of Bass Wolf-- but if the new lineup is even HALF as solid as the version I saw ten years back (when they rolled through town with THE CRAMPS, no less!), our money will be more than well spent.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSm_LW-jJI0&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSm_LW-jJI0&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />If you haven't seen <a href="http://www.guerrillamonster.com/movies/sore_losers/index.html">SORE LOSERS</a>, the movie these clips were taken from yet, do yourself a favor. Director John Michael McCarthy toured this movie and its follow up, <a href="http://www.guerrillamonster.com/movies/Superstarlet_AD/index.html">SUPERSTARLET AD</a> through Lawrence a decade or so back... The idea of touring an underground movie through rock clubs like a band was a pretty inspirational concept to me at the time. His newest pic, THE CIGARETTE GIRL, looks pretty astounding as well:<br /><br /><object height="225" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10741072&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10741072&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><p>PSS: If anyone is interested, here's a bunch of pictures from last year's Memphis trip-- a pilgrimage to see the almighty GORIES in action!-- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarymanilow/sets/72157620140213893/">CLICK HERE</a> and browse away. Hopefully this trip is just as rocking but with less car-hitting-deer action.<br /></p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarymanilow/3651490202/" title="Post Show blues by scary_manilow, on Flickr"><img style="width: 409px; height: 306px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/3651490202_d1464a0edc_o.jpg" alt="Post Show blues" /></a>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-89065236814851045632010-07-17T17:06:00.000-07:002010-07-17T17:07:21.440-07:00Americathon (1979)<div>Also... THIS:</div><div><br /></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Nviuxzd_oc&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Nviuxzd_oc&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-75764203732385532032010-07-15T13:14:00.000-07:002010-07-17T17:02:48.731-07:00Another Deposit in the Swear Jar of Life"A NOVEL NO PARENT SHOULD MISS!"<div><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarymanilow/4803175056/" title="111255 by scary_manilow, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4803175056_42a41b63f5_o.jpg" width="288" height="479" alt="111255" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Picked this prime slice of summertime sleaze at the local Goodwill the other day. It was a reward to myself for enduring the outermost circle of Thrift Store Hell. Not only did we spend half an hour marooned in the checkout aisle behind a Sweatpant Collector (three carts heaping full), but I was also forced-- FORCED, I say!-- to use less-than-gentlemanly language in front of my daughter. Tragedy! So unnecessary, and yet so unavoidable. Allow me to dish the goods:</div><div><br /></div><div>I could see her coming from across the store: snorting, spitting, wheezing with rage. Her thinning hairdo-- if you could call it that-- was dyed the same garish color as the letters on her t-shirt (which boasted an endorsement for some sort of evangelical hootenanny), and her false teeth were piss-stained with nicotine. As her shopping cart zigged in a zag-like pattern, I found myself studying her movements, pondering her motivations. What could be making her so angry? She stooped down to collect a pile of stuffed animals and hurled them into a motheaten recliner. How could anyone be so miserable in a place so filled with JOY?</div><div><br /></div><div>I mean, true, there were masked children running rampant through the aisles, and true, there was nary an employee in sight-- I assume they were sharing reefers over a pile of scavenged treasure in the donation room-- but how was that any different than any other day at Goodwill? The mountains of debris, the absentee approach to customer service-- this is the kind of atmosphere I sign up for when I head down to the local thrift. Am I alone in thinking this is part of the appeal?</div><div><br /></div><div>I was checking shirt sizes with my daughter in the middle of the store when her cart screeched to a halt behind us.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Excuse me," she snarled-- not at me, mind you, but at my 8-year-old child. "I'd like to get through."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Well okay, then!" I dramatically waved my arm to showcase the expanse of aisle beside us. There was more than enough room to go around-- you could have moved a dining set through there without much effort. </div><div><br /></div><div>"I already done picked up your mess for you!" she barked nonsensically, as if she really believed that we had savaged the entire store. I tried to catch her eye, but her glare was firmly locked on my daughter. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, in my head, there exists a litany of erudite responses for just such an event. I've spent hours, even days concocting witty remarks and cataloging them for quick retrieval in the heat of battle. This could have been such a battle. Alas, my tongue is always quicker to the draw.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Hey lady," I chirped. "GO FUCK YOURSELF." </div><div><br /></div><div>I won't lie-- it felt pretty good. There was no way to contain my smile. This person, in her many guises-- bible thumper, shitty driver, prohibitionist, values voter-- has been ruining my day for the past few decades. Isn't it time I had the chance to ruin hers?</div><div><br /></div><div>My daughter was smiling, too, although she obligingly covered her ears in the traditional "bad word" pose. Our opponent lurched away, aghast, sputtering with disbelief. I expecting her to run shrieking to the management, but the confrontation had deflated her. She spent the rest of her time moping around the store, no longer glaring or throwing things, just going about her business with dulled, automatic precision.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-80243376547035031172010-07-12T21:01:00.000-07:002010-07-12T21:22:15.141-07:00Double Whammy<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27123">HARVEY PEKAR.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vE_U0-AAuu0&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vE_U0-AAuu0&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-tuli-kupferberg,43005/">TULI KUPFERBERG.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rWJKl_LSscs&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rWJKl_LSscs&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-10642583993835366282010-07-03T18:35:00.000-07:002010-07-03T19:47:15.503-07:00Enjoy.<div>Posted without comment:</div><div><br /></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cXsGVH1Ej7s&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cXsGVH1Ej7s&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-71430730028790708142010-06-29T11:56:00.000-07:002010-06-30T07:16:20.897-07:00My Life Is Indebted To Songs<div>I've been on a real soapbox in my personal life lately, bitching about everything from the <a href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0625/toronto-arrest-powers-g20-protests/">unchecked police power at the G20 summit in Toronto</a> (which has yielded both <a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293894">predictable</a> and <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/829921--i-will-not-forget-what-they-have-done-to-me?bn=1">infuriating</a> results) to <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/deepwater-horizon-disaster-directly-links-h">Halliburton's ties to the gulf oil spill</a> and <a href="http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/oil_spill/is-bp-burning-sea-turtles-alive-06222010">BP's subsequent immolation of endangered sea turtles</a> to <a href="http://www.vbs.tv/blog/join-the-blackwater-boys-girls-club">the new youth mentoring program that Blackwater has set up in Afghanistan</a> to the <a href="http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/lesbianactivism/p/Brownback.htm">homophobic</a>, <a href="http://stupidevilbastard.com/2006/03/rolling_stone_on_gods_senator/">religiously deranged aristocrat</a> who will probably be our state's next governor and his <a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/05/kobach-arizona-immigration-law#">racist</a>, <a href="http://kriswatch.blogspot.com/2004/09/kobach-promotes-study-by-anti-gay.html">homophobic</a> (and did I mention <a href="http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/04/02/splc-letter-to-congressional-committee-sparks-controversy/">racist</a>?) best pal who will be our next AG. Why should I ever smile again?</div><div><br /></div><div>Because of this, perhaps?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XYzo1NebtDk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XYzo1NebtDk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, CERTAINLY because of that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry to be such a Gloomy Gus. I'll be back soon with some really sweet Harlequin Romance cover scans, HONEST.</div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-36404083014156134682010-06-25T07:19:00.000-07:002010-06-25T07:29:28.760-07:00Return of Wolf GirlAs if last year's <a href="http://lastoftheevilbeatniks.blogspot.com/2009/09/beware-of-monsters.html">HAUNTED HOUSE FULL OF DEAD COP</a>S wasn't proof enough, I think these pictures provide clear evidence that this child carries my DNA.<div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9NNa1MawSU7sgIf-iOdz1eqrQE-cs7UqMRFHFLD8INohDe-JODaUydVIglZXcZ5nZL2qAV2TN_rWamdNh0voM6gSffTUcT-TV52WXUBPZXmd8UOdWwOSA5q2BVgFD3IAi3Ogv2ecRns/s320/Zoe!+052.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRPPUMmwJLjRLVzA1S11XkGJNPJjlcTa2kn_KqW3fEhwzRvHLPQUEufxB73lzfJfv84oWf3UgapfH5XeSHpXHsES2TFbQxsUr2Q26k0RNIUpdCkLmqWDTU8lOcJAkQb5Wcm1yoQHHwFE/s320/Zoe!+051.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U65OwtDTwxx4Z2It8kpWTFBvPeJRjosRVRB2PUQAU1pKYBMoMXdWI3IvQqsvQ72dSXXQmtSac_5V72kjUaBO8m9lCshS23v1uqg6c4wJts-36geHSTC7RL0xbkr9GywmoVt0WQwXbxE/s320/Zoe!+053.jpg" /></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-52330759433606225612010-06-24T07:09:00.000-07:002010-06-24T08:15:08.052-07:00Mix the Dark Passions<div>I'm in a Bill Paxton kinda mood today:</div><div><br /></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zn5WOTj-mFk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zn5WOTj-mFk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2Ehr3PBnCk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2Ehr3PBnCk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-71205005267102859042010-06-19T16:20:00.000-07:002010-06-20T13:07:50.776-07:00La Resistencia es Inútil!Went to see THIS last night:<div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Whs0rBMv5ww&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Whs0rBMv5ww&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>And caught a brief glimpse of THIS GUY on a TV set within the movie:</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ST0ceoPeV1Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ST0ceoPeV1Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>Which led me to decide that I should share THIS with you:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2jaSV13Na_uzolX0CK1PilWBMjc3IU1SOApfS0qHWKMe4YN-dUnkB5PPWmzPrElX9FvaVXI6xXu_ubhf5iKW8mPXt124o8Z-tlr26AH6YpuzpwxWVG9PnP4cvYeVGJIY12cwOs6yHNU/s320/io2b92.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?kmdtnndiiny">Te gusta!</a></div><div><br /></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-11923041033430764532010-06-15T07:35:00.000-07:002010-06-15T09:51:07.389-07:0050 Cents and a SmileFirst up: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Spook-Lights/44939074210?ref=ts">THE SPOOK LIGHTS</a> were nominated for BEST GARAGE BAND in the 2010 Pitch Music Awards... Which is great, and could potentially be greater as soon as I figure out where to send people to vote. Details as they emerge...<div><br /></div><div>Next: A couple of awesome grabs from the 50-cent bin at the new Salvation Army thrift here in town:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgAompd13iQEQrQScwiSxeAHSGIiNFeyan4IwRryd-Ad2tHSMW9VvMG9FQvMee1juQVIW00u3gJYtmwE70ew0SQlf05b0PNAQqn3xU0sslf8lT3GCRjbb9Z2tSCrqEnCe3Bt87eC1LOw/s320/gidget.bmp" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvh8vw4LzDV-AYNeDaEWZb8Y559ZKaNXv-sL3TNgWNDVz9xWEBeiU5RPRw-ZswmcBc34qT0JZcrlzWjr2rKqUul-ZwNyO1CheclNhQQdCRjQmK7euUiB2hjLFWJUER4wnOlIdQwNSjLE/s320/gidget+2.bmp" /></div><div><br /></div><div>As with <a href="http://lastoftheevilbeatniks.blogspot.com/2009/09/thrift-scores.html">77 SUNSET STRIP</a>, I was unaware that GIDGET started life as a series of books. The non-Sally Field-esque model on the cover throws my mind for a loop. What kind of Bizarro-world GIDGET does this novel detail?</div><div><br /></div><div>"I took one more look at the holocaust before I settled down and started the motor. Okay, you crazy mixed-up kid, I said to myself before I maneuvered myself out onto the highway, now you've been at a luau... and now you know what an orgy looks like."</div><div><br /></div><div>HOLY SMOKES, MOONDOGGIE!!! I can't wait to see what happens in the rest of the story!</div><div><br /></div><div>On that same note, who's up for some not-so-thinly veiled sexual shenanigans with THE MONKEES?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXUop4HAWNDym1sw30g3zUxsZMi_j99wz5GBITjCuXlkKAnr60g3I6e8YCEeu_HYc5tBRPz70as6hWQjX2GkAP0p1uEe3ky3hO5_WFYhAG_klXEqYECLKR6NGOn47Hr5Re_G83SK019s/s320/monkees.bmp" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92VvZYdxGi6zk_xGHVsJ4bv5MBVLCOKvB7LcZHXRY3UJ7AaM0rSJieTcX3-c-xO8nOLNX8PrOiPHHMbx69nKEXfBGF3Z0WzsGb3oyn_LjaI-cErKAgwK5I-NA0xjDXnVdsFFWgdYCZ_A/s320/monkees+2.bmp" /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yOY_A4Bw-UZxNs6Gcsy5ucFTYKRbiKUsfv6y9cWuHQw5dcIj5mypfinEadTNbNdWxa7VPptatob_QKO7bZfeD-fo2_VyVBwZE6_7U-CzNzPKtqZ9hXze_UdIXa7iR_0GYTc9p-2OsUE/s320/mickey.bmp" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwImRSts511CBas-NMMmzupzCH_VhRSUdbTSy6Z1aUQpQcR-I8SyvfPHDxU-KZzrYqezELDq5XxtYbs1wnPOyKL3NwJPpEgcHry7qCPB87xp9tZ9_RrZUXh8RTxzbD_nRCnQuCJQ8ivm4/s320/peter.bmp" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYDQDDGnG3J5a5ypU3F-6g7w9Jiz_x72xBWgm1F7GpScdnCBLWXQOR9oxzy8pqh7u4oBGyMsnY0zn7z2nNlYWip9pUpuo_RqCmhyLOs0mNg_OISE8QO9uiYJGgHo8GbZ3VMNUwBYTpoM/s320/monkees+3.bmp" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwFxbxuMGW0HhfceR7eB02A4_TdCqBR8HCkAvc89v1ZglQEGH4pGXMTcTAi26JC7YzxSyJwBZzb7QbzIrAaNSlwoC4AATKYtUXJlCTOQycPaKFiiCPHyGzqvcupc9E0E3zyXeiXtVSGs/s320/swingers.bmp" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I also grabbed a YACHTLOAD of old Harlequin Romance books-- but that's another post for another time, my friends...</div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-81954575630840822832010-06-14T13:12:00.000-07:002010-06-14T13:43:15.994-07:00Tough On HippiesHey, remember that time our cat ran for mayor?<div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5qYPkYojLZ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5qYPkYojLZ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>Also:</div><div><br /></div><div>I finally tracked down a decent-looking copy of HUMAN HIGHWAY-- can't wait to watch it again! I haven't seen it since high school, when a particularly deranged friend of mine screened his dad's bootleg VHS tape for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>The top review on Amazon pretty much sums it up: "I like acid, devo, and rock n'roll. I like this movie. That is all."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5BOz12CN7tM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5BOz12CN7tM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span></span></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-79897392780905386342010-06-13T07:03:00.000-07:002010-06-13T09:05:03.683-07:00Slopping: A ConsiderationBackhanded compliments from strangers have always ranked high on my list of hidden pleasures in life. Don't ask me why, because I honestly couldn't explain... I reckon I'm just a sucker for flattery, even in unintentional form.<br /><br />Example: Whilst perusing the pulp spinner at a local used book store yesterday, I was approached by a dumpling-shaped cad in yellow denim. "You got a good look goin' on there, buddy," he snorted at me. "Sorta like some kinda BLUES CLUB thing, if ya know what I mean." There was something vaguely threatening about the way he paired those words... a hint of accusation, some formless offense taken at my peculiar pairing of shirt and pants... But any implications of violence whizzed right over my head, as I was already busily recording this moment for future reference. This was hardly my FAVORITE compliment of the year (that dubious honor goes to the frat boy who barked into my face over the Jackpot tapwell: "What, is it fuckin' BEATNIK NIGHT down here or something?"), but it was cause enough to celebrate.<br /><br />So I snatched up my daughter and fled to the nearest pizza buffet to drown my good cheer in marinara and shame. Curvacia and I long ago nicknamed this place THE PIZZA TROUGH (imagine the tagline: COME SLOP YOURSELF... AT THE TROUGH!!!), and for good reason: the place is literally SQUIRMING with mewling piglets, stuffing their gaping maws with fistfuls of greasy carbohydrates. Just the thing I needed to boost my ego after having my good looks sullied.<br /><br />What sets PIZZA TROUGH apart from its competitors is its willingness to experiment with the form-- at THE TROUGH, pizza is no mere vehicle for cheese to enter your bloodstream. It is a mode of self expression, bound only by the whimsy of its creator's hands. Case in point: MACARONI AND CHEESE PIZZA. Mounted on a pedestal, bathed in a celestial, warming glow. Whether I was conscious of it or not, I had always dreamed of a moment like this. My daughter and I were frozen to the spot in awe... The on-duty manager, as if anticipating this reaction (indeed, having possibly lived through this VERY SITUATION no less than a hundred times that same afternoon) dutifully shoveled a slice onto each of our plates, then sent us away with a knowing wink.<br /><br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC0pvHMxnb20VcoU1Aq9u1wQwiSYxo5rCWRHr2zU2EhCXmv3xjcWg48AR4WxDjXg43G5njya8XS4Dyc2yvA3BH3U7IpF_1kioncYokxyTnwWeBBHEb-VYHyTLfwKV-QVmbRbZsSCLjAY/s320/Cicis-Mac&Cheese-Pizza.jpg" /></div><div><br />Long ago I devised a plan: open a restaurant catering to discriminate white-trash tastes, a midwestern FUSION CUISINE if you will. I have a list somewhere of all the menu items, which ranged from heartburning (ONION RING NACHOS) to ingenious (BISCUITS & GRAVY SWIRL BREAD) to the downright befuddling (BURGER-RITOS, the spiritual opposite of a TACO BURGER)... Never once did the concept of MACARONI AND CHEESE PIZZA enter into my mind. So it was with no small amount of professional envy (and hesitation, as well-- Hands or fork? Hands or fork? From-the-hip decision making has never been my strong suit) that I leaned forward and took that first, lingering bite.<br /><br />EPILOGUE: Explosive diarrhea, my friends. Perhaps we were never meant to tamper with forces greater than ourselves.<br /><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqCzWquB5ozQAXKrunguyQBLsJ5XfVMjuu3piJwb-FBtLZtHbOQjCUL2s7rNJDhPq7uXikjo4EtF_cIoK0rY0_t-HrMT0cLYvh_BDe4KX3hZjUNOhF4OknpKz_ToO-8GL4_inmqzNn6g/s320/mac_lg.jpg" /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-23140663121435820202010-06-07T12:48:00.000-07:002010-06-07T13:08:38.992-07:00The Not-So-Final FrontierWe hosted a bonus screening of IT STARTS WITH MURDER to raise money for a DVD release... The attendance was certainly more of a "quality over quantity" affair, which was fine with me. I'd much rather play to a small crowd of devoted friends than a packed room of ambivalent strangers. I'm just a NERVOUS NELLY like that!<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xszFLC5Yks8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xszFLC5Yks8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />(Special shout-outs are due to our pals <a href="http://chernobylred.livejournal.com/">LYDIA</a> for her generous patronage and <a href="http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/jbrozek/">JOI</a> for bringing the hype on Yelp! You guys are the bestest!)<br /><br />Meanwhile: <br /><br />In true Hollywood style, production has begun on our new movie before the script is even finished! Enjoy this bonus glimpse into THE GALACTIC JUNGLE...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbpPiTQct2Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbpPiTQct2Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-5346316669840556512010-06-06T12:08:00.000-07:002010-06-06T12:10:14.758-07:00Kiss My GibletsA great commercial that my pal Lydia turned me onto-- it's like Banquet Dinners was trying to appeal to the Kuchar brothers set:<br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sqx9zbdfK9k&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sqx9zbdfK9k&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-35171174549808628732010-05-29T11:13:00.000-07:002010-05-29T11:14:31.013-07:00The American Friend (1977)My absolute favorite Dennis Hopper film, probably the best of the Ripley adaptations, and one of Wim Wender's top three efforts. Dodge City is burning tonight, my friends.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pUGOMhevV70&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pUGOMhevV70&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-66310631895559726242010-05-26T11:20:00.000-07:002010-05-26T11:47:06.725-07:00Running With The Devil<div>One of the most endearing things about headset phones is their ability to transform the average passerby into a gibbering, post-schizoid comedy act. Take for example the jogger I passed on my way to the car wash yesterday... At first, I mistook her for just another athletically-clad, wandering psychopath, the type we usually find wandering near the campus of a major state university. Then I spied the telltale cords dangling from her ears and the awful truth was revealed... This was no mere battle with personal demons; it was nothing more than a typical phone conversation gone horribly wrong. How yawn-worthy. How pedestrian.</div><div><br /></div><div>Still, having just spent the better part of three days reformatting my hard drive, I like to think she was screaming at some smug Microsoft tech-support geek. Go get 'em, tigress!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyhoo-- music for your midweek enjoyment:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVKVvLwtWpl8FkLDxYF50-WXt8_Gq8NsCRsGVwIe8Ra_EV4qZNHXyKgdflz7tOcPflClfOUoB3GgfAoxqMqgqdTyfwci9y4nTjHGK4pYMLwP142TbwPJx_NgOhhAWJMumm71mXnixMNY/s1600/front.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVKVvLwtWpl8FkLDxYF50-WXt8_Gq8NsCRsGVwIe8Ra_EV4qZNHXyKgdflz7tOcPflClfOUoB3GgfAoxqMqgqdTyfwci9y4nTjHGK4pYMLwP142TbwPJx_NgOhhAWJMumm71mXnixMNY/s320/front.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475645540530350098" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?enmzv5iw0hd">ON WITH THE SHOW!</a></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-15732276829009162812010-05-25T11:58:00.000-07:002010-05-25T12:03:33.619-07:00You gotta GET IN to GET OUT!Quick! Someone loan me 1.5 million bucks-- <a href="http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/amityville-horror-house-back-on-market-for-1-15m-1.1945998">THE AMITYVILLE HORROR HOUSE is for sale!!!!</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/amityville-horror-house-back-on-market-for-1-15m-1.1945998"></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAl1EzWV3mGJ2LRyPDk4sSJn8LZRzXqDIxeyDR8D6YZ4HfZMYn5LxIV0Fqv-U-w5QRvB_IwYPjcr2uGg_GLPWHe2QhJfvaLC-RgBNhQPY66s_-eZLCAjFX1cT2AtOKPaEKu0a33EsrOg/s320/AMITYVILLE+house+HORROR.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Do me this one favor, and I promise to invite all of you over for a big slumber party-- just us Spook Lights, you friends, a family of irate ghouls, and JODY the fucking PIG.</div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fSqS0MrOZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fSqS0MrOZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-66886339485731866442010-05-18T20:02:00.000-07:002010-05-18T20:10:54.903-07:00Two Wheels Part TwoAn addendum to my previous post about Bicycle Month:<div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQgAMkMmsfg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQgAMkMmsfg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-37302361077116986052010-05-18T09:54:00.000-07:002010-05-18T10:55:26.188-07:00Two Wheels and an Attitude<div>I recently purchased a car after going nearly ten years without one. Being the flashy motherfucker that I am, I droped a grand on a '92 Oldsmobile 88 Royale-- something I can feel good about rolling my peeps to bingo in. Burgundy exterior, burgundy interior, pre-filled ashcan, in-dash cassette player... all my needs are met. So, of course, the fucking thing is already in the shop.</div><br />As you may or may not know, I have a pretty stellar frankenbike (mentioned in passing all the way back <a href="http://lastoftheevilbeatniks.blogspot.com/2009/09/introductions-all-around.html">HERE</a>) which currently occupies several spots on the floor of our garage. This would be as good a time as any to reassemble those shameful pieces into a functional whole-- I can seize this opportunity to start riding again, to try and do something about this CAR GUT I've so recently acquired (seriously, now that I don't drink anymore, driving a car is the only excuse I have for carrying a spare tire). And, what with May being <a href="http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/">NATIONAL BIKE MONTH</a> at all, fixing my bicycle feels like a CIVIC DUTY... who am I to swim against the moral tide?<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeXMIXNdnhO0M2hjhLt6ZmV0_wA0jFOX28etsZ4o4Z4vBI27VPz4-G0JcSxV-mcPSBHThNhJUv40AUk1Yf3ezkcNWCcapO64xzW7LZdzYlGZ-EZXuCAsxNeTRrMJ1TCJzmOGJoQYK9HY/s320/monkey_on_bicycle_vintage_1216757373.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100113184230AAXzvN2">first recorded auto accident</a> involved a car hitting a cyclist, which also occured in May-- having been clobbered by a few autos whilst riding in the past, I'd just like to pass on a little advice: WATCH OUT FOR CARS. MOST DRIVERS ARE IDIOTS AND THEY WILL NOT SEE YOU. If this advice fails you and you somehow walk away, HIRE A GOOD LAWYER and SUE, SUE, SUE. It's the American thing to do, after all.Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-33817331615682489352010-05-15T10:53:00.000-07:002010-05-15T11:17:16.437-07:00Allow Me to Ruin Your WeekendThank you, <a href="http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/">CHRISTIAN NIGHTMARES</a>, for alerting the world to this video. Thans to you, Joe Horn will never fingertap in vain!<br /><br />PS: If the video isn't pants-pissingly funny enough, the attached comments are a comedy GOLDMINE. Please tell me this is all some kind of brilliant joke on the world- because if these people are REAL, and sharing the same OXYGEN as me, then I'm ready to check out at any time.<br /><br /> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCMIhftbV6s&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCMIhftbV6s&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-26198885201506478962010-05-13T11:46:00.000-07:002010-05-14T10:07:46.408-07:00See My Thong, BitchesI came across this flier last week and meant to post it IMMEDIATELY, but the past few days have really gotten on top of me and I put it off until now. It might be the most shining example of effete collegiate white-ness I've seen in a long time. Seriously, if ONE drunken, late-night mooning stirs you to author such high-minded nonsense, at least make an attempt to use proper punctuation and capitalization... unless, of course, e.e. cummings wrote this letter, in which case all is forgiven. <br /><br />PS: "You need to read a book about how to look hot" is my new go-to insult for the remainder of 2010.<br /><br />OBSERVE:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HG1ZVDeX2knoZiodb15hrvaD2dvwe7TaT8r5c1x1wiGoBO2UMuEe2cVRcYjbnMwTiNDYQBmdO1UiEe0ZKpEeZKd-yWdbK8fA2hJxnQTLkljKOAZPCQYUPRaUsOtCLOwjGEwm8MJbdC8/s1600/flier.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HG1ZVDeX2knoZiodb15hrvaD2dvwe7TaT8r5c1x1wiGoBO2UMuEe2cVRcYjbnMwTiNDYQBmdO1UiEe0ZKpEeZKd-yWdbK8fA2hJxnQTLkljKOAZPCQYUPRaUsOtCLOwjGEwm8MJbdC8/s320/flier.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470829404537923538" /></a><br /><br />"this is addressed to one individual, then two groups of people:<br /><br />-the woman who directed the statement, <span style="font-weight:bold;">"you wanna see my thong, bitches?"</span> at my sister and i on friday, may 7th at 1:31 am on the sidewalk of mass. street.<br /><br />-the group of four-five women with her <span style="font-weight:bold;">(cohorts)</span>.<br /><br />-the general public<br /><br />i hope this small effort makes it obvious how serious i'm considering the confrontation between myself and the director of that hideous statement. she did hike her dress in the next moment, showing me her explicit choice in undergarments. the rest of the situation was my shower of words, expressing the need for her to go home and read a book, then her rebuttal of, "you're ugly. you need to go read a book about how to look hot."<br /><br />this is no time for us- first as people, second as americans- to be parading around our consumptive, idiot nature. you are entitled to fun, but you aren't entitled to misuse your drunken joy: by directing the word 'bitches' at women who haven't earned an insult, by baring your bottom, or by making yourself translucent with your rebuttal. your mind simply should not allow it. i've educated myself since graduating high school: i've managed to assimilate the facts of the world into my lifestyle. my plea is this: if you know anyone who would behave so, rip down this paper and show it to them. they've made an enemy."Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206069894932929147.post-89999622055703939312010-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:002010-05-11T21:01:35.697-07:00The Queen is in the Closet (Camp Records, 1965)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY8Gv2lSx_DWMAI0_AaLWD0xHvENYDAo7yvEe3sPNr5Y0-7XqoZMeTla88GfVL2OwoBh9vsOc-F1mJpp5z0aAsYnX8OTfXaaKm-ZGO7cj4zl7Xc8t3m3Y_GNVioRKvgA9LzAfYYhXCy8/s1600/queen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY8Gv2lSx_DWMAI0_AaLWD0xHvENYDAo7yvEe3sPNr5Y0-7XqoZMeTla88GfVL2OwoBh9vsOc-F1mJpp5z0aAsYnX8OTfXaaKm-ZGO7cj4zl7Xc8t3m3Y_GNVioRKvgA9LzAfYYhXCy8/s320/queen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470227062888079250" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="'http://www.mediafire.com/?mynfzznvzgj'">http://www.mediafire.com/?mynfzznvzgj</a><br /><br /></div>Scary Manilowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658963482684358204noreply@blogger.com3