BEATNIKS BROADCASTIN' COMPANY

A Song For Murdoch

2011-07-14T16:54:00.000-07:00

Know Your Enemy!! .. oh well at last.. dimwits

Switchblade Flicks 6-"RumbleFish"

2011-07-14T06:35:00.000-07:00

One of the best movies from this era , plus I've found that my old link for the Outsiders had died so I found another one instead .http://beatniksbroadcastincompany.blogspot.com/2009/10/marty-and-francis.html

Switchblade Flicks 5-"Snake"

2011-07-10T17:01:00.000-07:00

I wonder if they'll make a third one of these judging by the Kurt in Death Proof he don't look out of shape , might still be posssible.

Great Englishmen 6-Steve Coogan

2011-07-10T06:54:00.000-07:00

A post Inspired by last Fridays appearence on Newsnight ..Coogans a national treasure unlike that scummy " Screws of the World" as my Dad used to call it (which has closed today)

Switchblade Flicks 4-"The Dude"

2011-07-08T17:35:00.000-07:00

Switchblades and Link Wray Galore in this 90'S T.V movie (this is a remake .. but alot more crazier )there was a whole season of 50's/60's remakes in the early 90's by name directors wish I could track them down but this was by far my favourite

I've updated my Biker Movie Double Bill here.. both vids dissapeared but one is up on youtube but I had to omit the other movie but I've replaced it with another outlaw biker classic http://beatniksbroadcastincompany.blogspot.com/2010/09/biker-movie-double-bill_07.html

Switchblade Flicks 3-The Wanderers

2011-07-06T18:02:00.000-07:00

Moving on from 1958 to 1963,The gangs in this movie all have there individual look , much like how it is in the Warriors (which came out in the same year)Nice to see a pre Raiders Karen Allen

Switchblade Flicks 2-Deuces Wild

2011-07-05T14:13:00.000-07:00

New York Street gang film set in the late 50's... title reminded me of Link Wray should of used his music really (Every film about this subject should have his music on the soundtrack)

Link

2011-07-03T08:25:00.000-07:00

Is there anybody that typifies all the great things about America more than Link Wray ? Especially for the 4th of July a post all about him (still feel I've left out some major tunes here maybe I'll do another post someday)
Glad I got to see Link in the 90's he played a kickass show (twice as he repeated his whole set in the encore)

Switchblade Flicks 1"Can You Dig it?"

2011-07-02T08:06:00.000-07:00

I finally picked up a copy of The Warriors on ps2 yesterday , six years after it was released , as I've heard some very good things about the game .That should fill in the void whilst waiting for the next GTA .. I may feature a few more gang related flicks here over the week.
From what I read Rockstar were going to make a game about Mods and Rockers sadly the game was cancelled (That would of been something different )The ultimate gang fight game though would have to be A Clockwork Orange that would seriously rock my world.

The Comic Strip Presents- The Strike

2011-06-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

http://youtu.be/IsvdhIzlYAo
Starring Al Pachino as Arthur Scargill and Meryl Streep
and a few trailers for the films spiritual sequel G.L.C

The Ig -Part 4

2011-06-27T07:51:00.000-07:00

As ever Iggy was very busy throughout the 2000's with The Trolls the Stooges ,and other collaborations I wonder if he'll record with James Williamson again ?.. should be fascinating .

The Ig -Part 3

2011-06-26T07:31:00.000-07:00

Another Decade of the Iguana , The 2000's will follow featuring The Trolls and the Return of the Stooges

"Rolled Up A Woollie And I Watched Columbo!"

2011-06-25T18:27:00.000-07:00

The Bloody Brood by Surf-In-Theater..to quote Ad Rock(I'd never smoke a cocktail ).. My Tribute to Pete

The Ig -Part 2

2011-06-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

http://youtu.be/EV-4qvkKxNI
wish I could embed killer tune..seems like he also invented Perry Farrell too

Iggy does the 80's (He should of reformed Stooges then perhaps he could of killed them off like he did with the 60's ..still better late than never )The 90's to follow..

The Ig -Part 1

2011-06-24T07:17:00.000-07:00

Iggy without the Dum Dum Boys in the 1970's .(with the exception of James and Scotty).a post about Iggy the 80's will follow soon

GTA..?

2011-06-22T11:46:00.000-07:00

Waiting for the next Grand Theft Auto game is like been 7 all over again and waiting for the next installment of the Star Wars saga , unlike the COD francise they give nothing away monthes before game comes out.
I'm sure whatevers in the pipeline will be mind blowing as ever , so far we have no idea where the setting will be (theres speculation that it will be San Andreas again (which is based on Los Angeles and hopefully San Francisco and Las Vegas will be also be featured..but maybe thats wishing for too much)Theres also talk of Vice City reappearing (Miami)and talk of London which I doubt some what ..or maybe a brand new city or perhaps Carcer City(From Manhunt which is based on a variety of Rust belt cities) whichever City it will appear in it's bound to be on the top of my shopping list.
I'll use this post to explore what I'd like to see within the next GTA .. it would be cool if any of this actually appears in the next game I'll go through each city and speculate.

San Andreas-
1.Natural disaters -perhaps an earthquake towards the end of the story , seeing as the actual city is named after San Andreas which I associate with The San Andreas Fault, this too would work for San Fierro(San Francisco)
2. Animals- There's a distinct lack of wildlife (apart from the odd bird or fish in these games ) would be great to mount a horse if trapped out in wilderness Red Dead style (I'm hoping that it won't just be South Central L.A but the whole original San Andreas map which was much like a combination of Nevada and Frisco with lots of midtowns thrown in for good measure .. rattlesnakes would be cool and I read on a forum yesterday and someone suggested sharks which is a great idea .
3. More gang warfare , be it Blood and Crips style or Angels of Death VS another biker gang , maybe it could start off small as story develops from knifes and chains to firearms as story progresses .Trying to gain territory gave the game plenty of replay ability.
4. Alternate pathes you can take in the story(This was a feature in GTA4 so there were two endings (that's why I'm playing the whole thing again to get to that moment ) but what if you spread these moments throughout the game sending the player in different directions and different alternate missions you are bound to want to replay the game again over and over to see where these other pathes lay.. they kind of tinkered with it in GTA4 but to not really to excess .
5.More communication and interaction with the player to the pedestrians and bystanders you could talk to peds in the original San Andreas but not so much in GTA4.
6. You actually go to jail when you are busted - you can use prison to make contacts with other prisoners once you get out (be it by escaping or good behaviour..(fat chance lol)that might trigger off more missions later in the game serving time may pay off (as well as that you could make use of the gym)
7. Customization -the self customization in San Andreas was a lot of fun , but highly unrealistic , for example I'd go to the hairdressers one day and shave all my hair off , then get into trouble with cops and revisit hairdressers and suddenly sprout an afro , perhaps you could change over time for example by not shaving or cutting hair(i'm not saying over real time but over a matter of days )The route GTA 4 was going was more realistic so that would make sense.
8. More Rural areas (it was nice to escape into the country -it really made the game different)Bring back the Combine Harvester!!(maybe add the Wurzels to soundtrack to really add to the surrealness)
9. More Planes , Helicopters and some dogfighting would be nice..would be cool to have an actual space shuttle in game (but maybe thats getting seriously far fetched )
10. The return of C.J or other characters from the series (theres talk that the guy who did C.J'S voice may be returning I hope this is the case .. gives a sense of history (and I don't care for this idea that GTA IV is meant to be set in another universe )I dig the history of these characters and they should intertwine.
11.Action replay from other angles of mission , the cinematic button is tricky to control sometimes I would love to watch a car chase or a gun battle from other views.. perhaps it could be caught on a speedcam or cctv .. you can steal the footage and watch it at your pad.
12.More Monster Trucks please...
Vice City
1. The Everglades -it makes perfect sense .. as well as Alligators and other wildlife .
2.Watersking .
3.A Little Cuba(another awesome idea I read on a forum)
4. The Return of Love Fist
5.Hurricane (again much like the earthquake should appear towards end of the game -would destroy buildings and change landscape)
6.Military Exercises out at sea .. a few Battleships, Aircraft Carriers and perhaps a Nuclear Submarine
7.Again bring back Tommy , perhaps he's a godfather who sends you on missions if story is set in present day.
8.A gang war between Mitch Bakers gang and the Angels of Death or The Lost .
9.Kent Paul given his own radio station.
10.Drug Sniffing dogs .
11. You see news footage of any Major crimes you committed on the T.V
12. And this applies to any forthcoming GTA game ..bring back the Riot Cheat
13. If any of the new games go back to the 1980's it might be cool to play as a young Phil Bell (seeing as he's one of the few mobsters in GTAIV who's 4real )

One thing for sure the protagonist is bound to be different than before seeing as Niko is a world away from C.J ..Rockstar North aren't in the habit of repeating themselves (but if it's C.J or Tommy again I won't shed no tears ) should be interesting to see the trailer whenever that comes out .. with technology moving so fast , if you mixup the elements of Red Dead Redemption L.A Noire and then place them within a GTA City should be a fascinating experience .

And Now For Something Compleatly Different#1 Proto Pythons

2011-06-20T09:40:00.000-07:00

Starting a week of Monty Python's Flying Circus related posts here's lots of Pythons as they were hatching from their eggs plus plenty of other familiar faces.

Noir#12-A Touch of Evil

2011-06-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

The final Noir Film post I'll be featuring here for a while, feel like posting something compleatly different for the week ahead

"I'm the Daddy Now!"

2011-06-19T07:50:00.000-07:00

A Fathers day mix

The Shadowline Part 7

2011-06-18T05:52:00.000-07:00

The final episode (although I can see a sequel might be possible I hope that's the case)Not sure these videos will be up forever though once they are aired on BBC Worldwide

Noir#11-Farewell My Lovely

2011-06-17T12:07:00.000-07:00

AKA Murder my Sweet seeing as Dick Powell who plays Marlowe here didn't want people to think it was a musical (as he was famous for those type of films beforehand , this aint no musical lol )+an interview conducted by Ian Fleming to the author of the original Marlowe novels Raymond Chandler .. I read his final completed novel Playback(they really should make that into a film someday,, I also need to track down Poodle Springs(his final uncompleted novel which I also read which was adapted into a tv movie so I hope I can post it here someday ,The book itself sums up an end of an era and the beginning of a new one I wonder if they captured that on film ?)

Burnside 6-Trial by Fire 2

2011-06-16T09:39:00.000-07:00

Final episode ,The show really should of got a second season as the Ronny Buchan storyline needed closure , perhaps if The Bill is revived in some shape or form Burnside could make a reappearence.

The Shadowline Part 6

2011-06-15T13:29:00.000-07:00

Jonah finally comes face to face with his assassin -can't wait for tomorrows episode , I'll post it here on Friday or Saturday if can find it .

Noir#10 The Racket

2011-06-15T06:44:00.000-07:00

The 1951remake starring Robert Mitchum ,Lizabeth Scott and Robert Ryan

Burnside 5-Trial by Fire Part 1

2011-06-14T06:13:00.000-07:00

The penultimate episode I'll feature part 2 later this week.

Noir#9-A Life in the Balance

2011-06-13T12:10:00.000-07:00

Some Film Noir South of the border featuring a young Lee Marvin as The Killer.

The Shadowline Part 5

2011-06-12T08:17:00.000-07:00

I'll post a few of these this week as the show is heading towards it's climax(and once it concludes I'd like to change subject matter from crime to something alot more sillier)lots of Gatehouse in this episode who's turning out to be my fave hatted psycho since Rorschach.

Noir#8-High Sierra

2011-06-11T05:40:00.000-07:00

Bogarts first major role(before then he really was a supporting character actor) as Roy Earle (that name may sound familiar if you've played L.A Noire recently I guess it's a nod to this film)it was also important as it was John Houston who would go onto to make the Maltese Falcon later that year who wrote the screenplay ..gotta say Bogies very Dillinger in this movie..

As Dead as...

2011-06-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

...Dillinger or is he ..judging by the end of this documentary sounds like he escaped again, plus John Milius take on Public Enemy #1 ..a tad liberal with the truth but enjoyable none the less.

Burnside 4-Exposed Part 2

2011-06-09T09:34:00.000-07:00

Second part of the serial killer storyline , interesting to see how special branch work , I saw a documentary on ch4 a few years ago ( l wish I could find it online )but these officers really are like method actors except their lives are put at risk , as well as there mental state..if I can track it down I'll link it here..

Great Englishmen 5-Zippy and George

2011-06-08T19:52:00.000-07:00

Shaun Ryder and Zippy from Rainbow (The Word... by bazzamcco
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Plus a few full episodes Zipman and Bobbin http://youtu.be/wHnObKqD8UQ
Zippy Wants to be a Comedian part 1
http://youtu.be/_1MxmL8RYTE
part 2http://youtu.be/rhfawWifJjw
Zippys Cover Up Job Part 1http://youtu.be/ptsF7LKW31Q
Part 2http://youtu.be/skKiW2Q07s4
We lost the voice(s) of a generation yesterday with the passing of Roy Skelton who was not only the voice of the Daleks but also the voices of Zippy and George from Rainbow a show which I grew up with (I even nicknamed my sisters after these puppets)so I'm a big fan , Zippy and George are the same age as me lol. I finally learnt today what Zippy is ..obviously George is a Hippo but wtf is Zippy? (my theory was he was a mutant frog or a child of a gimp)It turns out he's a "Unique " according to his voice, I'll go with that answer.

Noir#7-Fallen Angel

2011-06-08T08:06:00.000-07:00

Otto Preminger's 1945 Noir

The Shadowline Part 4

2011-06-07T11:34:00.000-07:00

I'm really looking forward to episode 6 on Thursday , it's rare for me to get excited about a t.v show , but it's been truly superb so far and nothing like a Brit version of The Wire (as early critics of the show -who I guess didn't even watch it bleated )

Red Riding Part 3 -1983

2011-06-06T15:33:00.000-07:00

Final Part of this drama where we finally discover the identity of "The Wolf"http://youtu.be/evcPhirwCaU

Noir#6-The Set Up

2011-06-05T06:07:00.000-07:00

This boxing classic was on the t.v only last week but I only caught the end so here's a good oppotunity to see the whole film properly .. I'm sure Scorsese would of watched this film whilst making Raging Bull .

Noir#5-The Public Eye

2011-06-03T14:07:00.000-07:00

A 1992 Neo Noir starring Joe Pesci as photographer Leon Bernstein and Barbara Hershey as Femme Fatale Kay Levitz, Pesci's character is based upon real life photographer Arthur Fellig aka WeeGee.. here's some of his work

Noir#4-Pickup On South Street

2011-06-02T19:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a film from one of my favourite directors and J Edgar Hoovers least favourite director (but what does he know ,he always had lousy dress sense)

Burnside 3-Exposed Part 1

2011-06-02T09:07:00.000-07:00

Burnside and his team investigate a serial killer

Noir #3-He Walked By Night

2011-06-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

A Classic Case of LA Noir , thing is I route for the bad guy with these kind of films one man outwitting the whole of the L.A. P..D .. A Total badass (I wonder what his motive is though ? ) Cinematography
by John Alton(check the final scenes it's pure artistry with light and shadow)

The Shadowline Part 3

2011-06-01T07:07:00.000-07:00

The Plot thickens...

Noir #2-Cry of the City

2011-05-31T14:46:00.000-07:00

Some N.Y Noire(now there's an idea) starring Richard Conte and Victor Mature..Finding plenty of classics on youtube so maybe I'll be able to feature a daily dose of Film Noir over the next few weeks.

The Sweeney 2-Stoppo Driver/Poppy

2011-05-31T07:12:00.000-07:00

A Sweeney double bill both episodes first transmitted in 1975(hence the criminally wide flaired trousers on display)

Noir #1-Conflict

2011-05-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

Playing L.A Noire put me in the mood to feature a series of posts all about Film Noir and Neo Noir movies so where better to start with this film featuring Bogart in one of his darkest roles.

Red Riding Part 2 -1980

2011-05-29T05:55:00.000-07:00

Second part of drama about police corruption can be found here http://youtu.be/aKLSPWgqVOg
(just wish I coukd embed these ) I'll post third link of the trilogy later on in the week..

The Godfather of Rap

2011-05-28T06:31:00.000-07:00

Tribute to Gil Scott Heron .

Burnside 2 Back With a Vengence-Part 2

2011-05-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

Concluding part plus Franks debut in an episode of The Bill from way back in 1988.

The Shadowline Part 2

2011-05-25T07:34:00.000-07:00

Enter Gatehouse .. now things really take off ..

The Sweeney 1- Country Boy

2011-05-24T06:46:00.000-07:00

Subject of a forthcoming movie starring Ray Wistone as Jack Regan (not sure how that's going to work seeing as John Thaw was in his mid 30's and Ray's in his 50's )just hope they set it in the 1970's but I imagine it'll be a modern day take on the show .. I'll post a few more Sweeney shows/films if I can over the next few weeks
(Strange that one of the characters in this Episode is called David Keel .. John Steed's partner in the first series of The Avengers )

Red Riding -1974

2011-05-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

http://youtu.be/osxJpoF7gcQ

link to view the first part of The Red Riding Trilogy .. 1980 later on in the week . (just hope these can be seen outside the U.K )

Burnside 1 Back With a Vengence

2011-05-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

It's sad that The Bills no longer on UK screens , It would be one of the few shows where a young writer could break into television , a one off stand alone story with regular characters which wasn't set in a fecking hospital, it's absence from the schedules may signal the death of a particular form of t.v drama (unless ITV have got something else planned ..but somehow I doubt it)
Here's first episode of a spinoff show from 2000 starring Christopher Ellison as Frank and Zoe Eeles.

The Shadowline Part 1

2011-05-20T14:06:00.000-07:00

Found this plus a few other crime shows that 'll be worth viewing over the next few days .. not sure this will be around forever but if your outside the UK and can't see it on the BBC website, here's a good place to start

Bill is Dead(but not forgotten)

2011-05-18T16:10:00.000-07:00

Just felt like watching 3 hours worth Of Bill .. I wish comedians would hit the big targets again instead of picking on small ones which seems to be the thing now .. such as neo celebs and trival things like that which is bollocks to me, Bill's comedy had pathos (even if his goatboy routine may be a bit too much for some peoples tastes .. he was still making a serious point ) ,Bills thee man.. wish comedians would learn a few more things from him.

"Charley Don't Surf "Post 8-Siege at Khe Sanh

2011-05-16T06:56:00.000-07:00

Plus the best Vietnam War movie bar none .. I added the proper end credits after the main feature as I think that they are superior to the Redux (I first saw this on TV with these credits and it blew me away-not sure why you'd omit something like that)
ahh now I know why..

"A Song For Europe"

2011-05-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

Classic Father Ted http://youtu.be/lfm0goJLNTs to get into that Eurovision mood ..+ a bit of Divine Comedy

Dame Diana

2011-05-10T11:55:00.000-07:00

First time I saw Diana was when I was about 5 or 6 when they showed On Her Majestys Secret Service on the telly it was love at first sight (well for me anyhow ) but I waited and waited for Sean to turn up but he never did (been so young didn't realise this other fellow was meant to be 007).. I've also added the first part of the Avengers documentary shown here to my Honor Blackman post http://beatniksbroadcastincompany.blogspot.com/2011/04/honouring-honor.html
so if you want to watch whole thing in the correct order that's the place to start/

The Walker Brothers

2011-05-09T08:25:00.000-07:00

A Tribute to John Maus aka John Walker

Charley Don't Surf Part 7-War on the Dmz

2011-05-06T11:41:00.000-07:00

Returning to my Vietnam War posts (needed a short break from these ) + John Woo's Apocalypse Now which you will find here(hope it's availiable wherever you are )
http://www.blinkbox.com/Free/Movie/7558/Bullet-In-The-Head

Jimmy.

2011-05-02T07:15:00.000-07:00

Yet another Bank Holiday (we only had one last week..but I'm not complaining..)it's about time I screened this and featured the music from this film, I 've always wanted to see a Rockers version of these events not sure if it would be as original as this though seeing as Mod was a relativly new thing when this film was set , but would serve as another perspective.

The Royal Family

2011-04-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

Apparently someones getting hitched tomorrow(seems like the media and American tourists give a hoot about it)They really they should bring back Spitting Image ..unlikely (but then again we do have a Tory government again so it's ripe for satire )

Dear John

2011-04-26T13:26:00.000-07:00

Tribute to one of my favourite comedy writers John Sullivan who died over the weekend.

Rebel Heart Part 4

2011-04-25T16:12:00.000-07:00

Final part of this drama .From watching this reminds me that Collins was ahead of his time it's a tragedy he was betrayed ,nobody knows if he would of united Ireland but they could of given him some time to sort things out but instead they murdered him . This also makes me wonder about the present day in the middle east , will they make the same mistakes?

Rebel Heart Part 3

2011-04-24T17:51:00.000-07:00

I'll post the final part sometime on Monday.

Rebel Heart Part 2

2011-04-23T03:58:00.000-07:00

Part 2 enter Collins..(far shorter than Liam Neeson in this version and he probably was)Then again his nickname was the Big Fella

The Big O

2011-04-22T16:47:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJ99egc884
Roy on The Dukes of Hazzard
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UPDATE actually I got wires crossed in fact it was Roy slagging off a Fields of the Neff video on Night Network , not Carl .. maybe he just didn't get it .. but anyhow he was dead within a week , probably no connection just struck me as odd at the time .

Rebel Heart Part 1

2011-04-22T08:02:00.000-07:00

Thought it would be apt to show this seeing as it's Easter around these parts ,Drama about the Irish Civil War, a few historical inaccurracies here and there but fair play to the BBC for making this , doubt it would ever been made a couple years prior with Thatchers lot breathing down there necks , part 2 tomorrow..
Sorry about picture quality , best to watch it in smaller size.

RFK

2011-04-20T06:46:00.000-07:00

I really had to feature Bobby as it ties in with my Vietnam posts (getting to the end of Call of Duty Black Ops made me think of this event ..except it wasn't the Communists doing the brainwashing ) +13 Days that shook the world .

Honouring Honor

2011-04-14T17:00:00.000-07:00

sorry about that,mind you shes a better singer than Patrick lol

Even before Goldfinger came out Honor Blackman had changed the world (in a covert way I guess) forever that's why I love and respect her (you'd know that from all the posts on my other blog) So here's another post here , she's beyond cool !

"Charlie Don't Surf " Post 6-The Tet Offensive

2011-04-13T13:20:00.000-07:00

Continuing The Battlefield Vietnam documentary -Six more to follow plus a film which is within my top 3 of the best Vietnam War movies (you can guess what the other two are)

Great Scots 7- Patrick Macnee

2011-04-11T07:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQCYK-of1lk&feature=related
Edited clip of This is Your Life from 1984

Spaceship (1982) by ItsBartmanSeeing as I'm featuring plenty of the Avengers leading ladies on my other blog in the next few weeks , I felt it right to also feature the supersuave and debonaire male lead of the show too here , what a gent of the highest order!

"Charlie Don't Surf " Post 5-Countdown to Tet

2011-04-08T12:34:00.000-07:00

The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) from moviepal01 on Veehd.
here's link to film in case it don't work like last week ..http://veehd.com/video/4504890_The-Siege-of-Firebase-Gloria-1989

TV Offal 3

2011-04-07T06:55:00.000-07:00

"Charlie Don't Surf " Post 4-Showdown in the Iron Triangle

2011-04-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

+Tracks starring Dennis Hopper (sorry about the adverts -they're really intrusive)

Mutha's Day Mix

2011-04-03T06:57:00.000-07:00

A Motherlode mix for Mothering Sunday

"Charlie Don't Surf " Post 3-Search and Destroy

2011-04-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

Part three of the Battlefields documentary.. Charlie may not surf but he can dig ..the smartest guerilla fighters ever from what I've seen so far in these videos +a certain Drill Seargeants film debut

THE BOYS FROM COMPANY C from JARHEAD0316 on Veehd.

IF YOU CAN'T SEE THIS FROM WHAT i'VE EMBEDDED HERE(LIKE ME .. check this link http://veehd.com/video/3987023_THE-BOYS-FROM-COMPANY-C-FREEMOVIESONUS-COM
FUCK EXCLUSIVISM!internet is meant to cross all borders the dipshits!

TV Offal 2

2011-03-30T14:19:00.000-07:00

First Episode to be broadcast (I think they showed the pilot a few monthes after but I could be wrong) + more Inside The Mind of Victor Lewis Smith.

"Charlie Don't Surf " Post 2-The Undeclared War

2011-03-29T13:52:00.000-07:00

The beginnings of America's intervention in Vietnam, plus first film in this Vietnam season , Can't say I thought much of Platoon (I found it very overblown with it's Adiago music in comparrison to the contemporary music of Apocalyspe Now+ Flight of the Valkaries also worked perfectly but with Platoon I just didn't think it worked )and Born on the Fourth of July (Tom Cruise nuff said -not a fan) maybe I'll identify more with this film(seeing as it is about someone who comes from Vietnam)I never got around to seeing it first time around.

Garage Revial Playlist

2011-03-28T14:12:00.000-07:00

The Chesterfield Kings - 99th Floor by scootaway

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Trouble with these posts is that I never know when to stop as it's all such good stuff..

"Charlie Don't Surf " Post 1-Dien Bien Phu

2011-03-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

First of a series of Vietnam War posts this week, partially inspired by playing COD Black Ops(stories a bit too James Bondy although fun .. I think these Call of Duty games should get back to there roots like in the first few games and depict real Battles again as you learn a bit of history along the way)
The Vietnam War was in it's closing stages in my youth It was barely mentioned on T.V in the mid to late 70's in fact , it was kind of like people wanted to forget about it as soon as possible , I first learnt about it I guess in 1980 (I would of been too young to see Apocalypse Now but I did read comics)in a story called Fighting Mann drawn by Cam Kennedy printed in Battle picture Weekly (I'd say it's the best 'Nam comic ever produced but it still hasn't been bought out in Graphic novel format when it really should be)and another story that was printed in another British comic called Victor which depicted the events at Dien Bien Phu through the eyes of a French Para (can't recalll title ,of the story but comics did address this moment in history) So all this week I'll be trying to learn more about Vietnam War and if I can post links to a few movies that depict what's going on in the documentaries I'll be posting here .. In this case the films in French and I can't find any subtitled version so I've only posted a few clips.

Western Soundtrack Playlist

2011-03-25T17:39:00.000-07:00

A Fistful of Morricone plus a few Doollars worth of.. other notable composers here's my Western soundtrack playlist (I'll have to tag these at some point .. I'm not very organised when it comes to such things)

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