Jon Spencer and his new band hit KEXP for a live set that absolutely fucking RIPS! Special guest Ty Wagner. Really great stuff.
Watch:
I picked up two Blu-rays this weekend that had been on my list forever, and when I noticed one had Sold Out on the manufacturer's website, I sprung into action. Both are, as you will see, the progeny of arguably the largest of the boutique companies specializing in the odd and exploitative film restoration, namely Vinegar Syndrome. I've learned that, with VS's business model, once the print run is tapped out, the secondary market can be brutal.
First, Carter Smith's Swallowed:
I'm not posting a trailer for this one because I'm not sure how one can exist without giving away details best left served cold to an unknowing viewer. Watched this one last night, my second viewing since this came out and made my "Best of 2023" list over on The Horror Vision.
I really like this film. In fact, after watching writer/director Carter Smith's Passenger recently, I'm finding that I really like his films in general. I closed the viewing last night by watching the interview supplement on the disc, and I found him likable and quite educational in terms of explaining his films in the context of how he went about getting them made.
Next, Tammy and the T-Rex, also from Vinegar Syndrome. No problems posting a trailer for this mad-cap little monstrosity because it is what it is from the jump: a teenager's brain transplanted into a T-Rex out for revenge on the mad scientist and his goons who killed his human body:
I originally saw this one at Beyondfest back in 2019, and I'd been meaning to pick it up on disc since Vinegar Syndrome released it the following year. Total oversight, now corrected, because I just cannot let this one sell out and be lost to time.
Playlist:
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (Suspended in Dusk version)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
X - Los Angeles
X - Under the Big Black Sun
Butthole Surfers - Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
Gerry Rafferty - City to City
QOTSA - ... Like Clockwork
Them Crooked Vultures - Eponymous
QOTSA - Era Vulgaris
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Jesus Lizard - Rack
Shellac - To All Trains
Tennis System - Technicolor Blind
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Perturbator - Dangerous Days
Marilyn Manson - One Assassination Under God Chapter 1
Placebo - Meds
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
Ministry - Animositisomina
Allegaeon - Apoptosis