Sweet Dinosaur Of Mine

Barnes and Barnes were a very unusual musical group.  They are most well known for Fishheads, Doctor Demento used to play "something's in the bag" which is still rather disturbing.  I knew they made many albums, but who knew they did songs like this?

MOTW- Pestar

I wonder if this episode makes more sense in the original language and subtitles.  It is probably the most boring episode with the most ridiculous creature in the first Ultraman series.  Nothing would be so outrageous until probably Ultraman Taro.  Pestar is a starfish monster than likes to eat or drink oil to live.  This seems to give it fiery breath on occasion, which is rather dangerous when it comes ashore at an oil refinery.  It takes both the Science Patrol and Ultraman to stop it.  I would feel more sorry for it, but it's so damn lame it's really hard to not be glad it's gone.

The Clash - Clampdown (Live at the Lewisham Odeon)

Somehow I never knew that 2-7 was International Clash Day.  So here is one of my favorite songs to celebrate a day late.  There are a lot of covers of Clash songs these days, some are better than others.  While I don't believe they are "the only band that matters" I really appreciate that subtitle.

Zorro (1975) Trailer HD

YouTube says that I have watched this trailer, but I sure don't remember it.  I really do love this movie ever so much.  Come on, Shout! Factory, gimme that delux Blu Ray!

Sven- It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)

 

What an enjoyable movie.  I think I saw some of this as a kid, but I am not sure now.  A second rocket ship is sent to Mars to investigate a mystery- only one crew member returned alive from the first spaceship on Mars.  The powers that be want to know what happened and if Major Carruthers is guilty for what happened.  All this takes place in the far off year of 1973.  Unfortunately for the crew, some idiot left the emergency hatch open and a large Martian enters the ship.  It is hungry, and likes to have blood for dinner.  It kills a few of the men before Carruthers figures out how to kill the creature.

Zorro 75 poster

 I am thinking about using this poster as a cover for the next issue.  It's pretty cool, and one can see they were counting on the fun of 1973's The Three Musketeers as well.  It's a simple design, and one that is rarely seen.  I like it a lot.  It is my goal to get the issue out sometime this month, I hope.  It is chock full of fun swashbuckling stuff, and I managed to get Godzilla in there as well!  How?  Well, you will have to wait to see! 

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (trailer)

Tomorrow on Sven- an alien creature hides aboard a spaceship and starts killing the crew.  I really enjoy this movie a lot.

Dr Johnny Fever's Best Medicine

Howard Hesseman passed on to his rock and roll heaven,  This is a bunch of his best.  He was great and had a slight influence on my thoughts about music.  RIP to Dr. Fever.

MOTW- Dodongo

 

After the Mummy Man returns to it's eternal sleep, Dodongo breaks forth from the mountainside.  This is the first creature animated by two actors inside, and it works pretty well.  It even manages to re-injure Ultraman.  Hayata had been injured previously, and when Ultraman chopped the beast he reacted to it as well.  That always made me wonder if Ultraman could be hurt while he was Hayata.  Their merge was not as thorough as say Hideki Go and Ultraman Jack, but you would think that if the host body was hurt Ultraman might be as well.  

The Lost Films Fanzine #7

John LeMay is a workhorse.  He publishes all these great fanziness and writes amazing books at the same time.  These issues are so much fun, and have some much interesting facts in them you can read them at least twice and learn something new.  This issue has some great stuff about a Tarzan movie that was never made- The Jewels of Opar.  This could have been an interesting movie, but was quashed legally before shooting completed.  There is an informative article about one of the many sequels to The Big Boss that has been semi-lost to the hands of time.  I loved the article about the Stooges.  They boys were already in syndication via their shorts, so a television show would have been a natural.  However, Father Time was catching up with them which made it more problematic.