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Spent a little time this hot Sunday morning watching some David Bowie live videos on Youtube. It's interesting that the MSM continues to beat the dead horse of Michael Jackson and the general public laps it up -- ignoring the fact that a REAL performer is out there, 10x the entertainer that Jackson ever was (in the big picture) and he's still performing and engaging and relevant (at least he

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Tomorrowpeople played a private party out in Cedar Hill, TX this past Saturday (6.27.09). It was an outdoor affair with lots of kids running around, adults munching on fajitas -- lots of beer drinking -- and the band sweating in the 100 degree heat in their rock and roll fancy pants.It was our first performance since March at the NX35 Fest in Denton. Despite a few flubs here and there, the

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Landed a near mint vinyl copy of the two platter Morricone comp, I Film Della Violenza, last week. Been checking it out the past couple of days.I'd kinda been in a rock mood lately, so I was surprised how good this sounded to me. The vinyl is in excellent shape and sounds fantastic on a Technics 1200 turntable (old skool Stanton 500 cartridge -- nothing fancy) through my buggy Yamaha AV receiver

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Ok, I'm not gonna say anything about MJ...not a peep about Farrah. Ed McMahon -- more like Dead McMahon. Billy Mays -- we hardly knew ye!But this one is different. Not because it was unexpected. Actually, for many baby boomers -- it might even be regrief. But after 97 years on the planet, actor Karl Malden has shuffled off this mortal coil. The actor (who is probably better known for his role as

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OUT OF THE PAST (1947) -- 16mm

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Grooving on the soundtrack music of Ennio Morricone. Bought two vinyl LPs this weekend at Forever Young -- 1971's UNA LUCERTOLA CON LA PELLE and the obscure 1969 LA DONNA INVISIBLE. Both could be comfortably filed under Mondo Morricone material, reflecting a dreamier, slightly loungy side of the Il Maestro...although I wouldn't go so far as saying they're "psychedelic." UNA LUCERTOLA is

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Watched a bit of the new Midnight Choir DVD release of Mario Bava's THE WHIP AND THE BODY coupled with Fulci's CONSPIRACY OF TORTURE. Ordered it off Amazon after reading a little controversy surrounding the disc's legal status. If you know me, you know I'm a huge Bava fan -- I own Tim Lucas' 1000+ bio ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK. You gotta be a fan if you own that! The older VCI disc, which -- I

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OK, ok. I caught some flak from Head of Press and Publicity for AFI, John Wildman, for my last post. I just wanted to clarify a few points regarding my comments about AFI Dallas' screenings.First off, I in no way wanted to sound ungrateful to the fest organizers. I was an invited guest at this year's fest and I really appreciated being able to be a small part of it. It was pointed out to me by

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The past week my film society DALLAS CINEMANIA was invited to participate as a "community sponsor" for the AFI DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST here in Big D. AFI has been more than generous and allowed me to spread my word to a few more people than would otherwise hear about it.There have been tons of docs, short films and new releases. I got to co-host a screening of the new '50s sci-fi send up

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Haven't updated this site in a long time...too long. Since the last post, we've gained a new president in the United States. The global economy is apparently slipping into a depression...or something. Who knows? I guess it's a recession until YOU lose YOUR job...then it's a depression. I'm still working fortunately.One of the more interesting things to come out of this economic mess has been a

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I'm particularly broken up today after learning about the death of one of my favorite film makers, Ray Dennis Steckler. The man passed away in his sleep on Jan 7, 2009 at the age of 70. The definitive cult artist, Steckler's work was ignored by the masses but his small group of fans cherished his low budget films for their imagination and almost childlike sense of wonder. I was always amazed at

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I WANT TO LIVE! (1958) -- 16mm

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RING OF BRIGHT WATER (1969) -- 16mm

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GREAT TEXAS DYNAMITE CHASE (1976) -- 16MM

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MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (1960) -- 35mmHELL'S ISLAND (1955) -- 16mmRUBY (1977) -- 35mm

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Were Jesus Christ and Constantine the same person? Was Roman and Egyptian history completely fabricated in the 16th century A.D.? Were the pyramids constructed in the 3rd century A.D.?I'm fascinated by Anatoly Fomenko. Here are the basic axioms of his research:Chronology is the basis of history;Human evolution has always been linear, gradual and irreversible;The "cyclic" nature of human

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I wouldn't say Tim and Eric are an acquired taste. I mean, you either get it or you don't. It's stupid. It's not funny. It's retarded. It's absurd. Actually absurd is probably too hoity-toity of a word for what Tim and Eric do. For those of you with your heads in the sand, Tim and Eric have a show on Adult Swim late at night called Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job! Each episode is, like,

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I'm so far behind. I haven't updated this thing in a while which makes me sad. But I wanted to take some time to post a few items for posterity...so that in a few years maybe I'll remember them. The Butthole Surfers concert at the Granada here in Dallas on Oct 22, 2008 is just the type of thing I'm thinking about.When I found out that the Surfers were playing a series of shows with their classic

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My involvement with Dallas Cinemania whetted my appetite for film. I'm not talking about DVDs either. I'm talking actual, physical celluloid. There's something strangely primitive yet advanced about film. The process of watching a movie involves an interlocking of the both the mechanical and biological at 24 frames per second. I suppose it's this crux that made me dive into 16mm film. While the

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I got off work early today. This was, of course, after spending 12 hours at work the day before.Anyway, I’m home now. Drinking some white wine and watching Tim and Eric on the net. I also listened to a bit of the debate between Obama and McCain on the radio. Yawn.Tim Heidecker Stand up clip is on YouTube. Here’s the link. Tim starts his routine by talking about a snow storm in New York. He then

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I've been spending an inordinate amount of energy on the Dallas Cinemania screenings lately. I'm very excited about it all and I hope that it goes over well. I think the one thing that's really going to separate us from the pack is the fact that we're going to have some really good prints and our films are going to be a diverse pack. I still haven't finalized the three movies for this fall but I

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Greetings. It's been a while. So much to write about...so little energy. Where do I begin? Well, for starters, Holly and I traveled to Chicago -- our future home? -- in June. The photos have been posted on my Flickr account for some time (see sidebar). I underwent sinus surgery last month which put me out of work for two weeks. I'm starting a 35mm film society at the Angelika Film Center here in

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One of the pleasures of living in New York City was having access to some of the best pizza on the planet. I'm not talking about that shitty Famous Ray's stuff that tourists think is New York pizza -- I'm talking the REAL deal, you know, Totonno's over in Coney Island; Lombardi's on Spring St. and Grimaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge.That great, coal-oven fired, thin-crust pie has been a stranger

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I'm obsessed with the Lee Pockriss, Hal Hackaday pop standard, "Kites." I think it's one of the corniest songs ever recorded but at the same time one of the most beautiful. It's relatively simple -- two parts really -- but it's soaring chorus makes it special. A number of artists have released versions. Most of them are interesting at the very least. I find inspiration in the subtle nuances

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Wow. What a weekend. There was certainly no shortage of things to be done and did, not the least of which was the return -- after an eight year absence -- of my rock and roll group, Tomorrowpeople. We had a well-attended and, if I might say so, artistically successful gig at Doublewide on Saturday. It was great to see so many faces. Some of which I hadn't seen in years. My one regret is that I

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