Graham Humphreys: “Zombie Flesh Eaters” Artwork.

Never in a million years would I ever show you one of my illustrations before it was finished.
It’ll never happen.

Apart from spoiling the magic of my work a little, the process would expose me as the pretend artist I actually am! That said, I love to see and learn from the works in progress of other artists and illustrators and today I’d like to show you Graham Humphrey’s new artwork, start to finish, for the 1979 Italian classic, “Zombie Flesh Eaters“.

You’ve all seen “Zombie Flesh Eaters” right?
You all remember the underwater scene where a ZOMBIE FIGHTS A SHARK don’t you?
I found these images through looking about for information on the new Arrow Films DVD print of “Zombie Flesh Eaters” and aside from being a pretend artist in my spare time, I also occasionally steal articles from other sites. Not in attempt to be interesting or because I don’t have my own shit to say you understand, but because I find it very interesting and educational and I think that a lot of other people may feel the same way.

…Which is why I have shamelessly lifted the following images from a WONDERFUL place called Death Waltz Recording Company who, as far I understand it, release rare and out of print horror movie soundtracks on newly pressed vinyl and I really hope that they don’t mind my doing so because images like the following ones are sure to help all of you young wanna-be pretend artists and illustrators.

I wish I’d seen something like these when I was 10 years old instead of 30.

Links:
* Death Waltz Recording Company
* Arrow Films

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Harry Potter: The Extra Special Extended Anniversary Unrated Bonus Deluxe Director’s Cut.

I never got around to reading any of the Harry Potter books and I’ve only ever seen one of the films but I know how crazy people go for them both. I also used to work in a book shop.

Yep, I used to work in a book shop and I remember the amount of people who camped outside for DAYS just so they could get their hands on JK Rowling’s latest. I thought they were all nuts.

When the time came, I opened up the shop in the morning and hundreds of kids and adults dressed as wizards poured into the place. They were all so excited and crazy. In fact, they were so crazy that I had to stand up on a table and threaten to read the last page of the new book out loud unless they calmed the hell down!
That shut them all up right away.

The fans of Harry Potter really are fanatical and that’s fine but I hate to see anyone get ripped off and that’s exactly what Warner Brothers are about to do when they release all of the Harry Potter films as a 31 Disc Blu-Ray Box Set.
You heard me correctly my little magicians.
- 31 DISCS!

I don’t care what anyone says. No film needs that amount of ‘Special Feature’ discs. This thing rolls in at $500.00 and right away, Amazon.com jumped in to say that they can mark it down to $349.00 if you pre-order it now.
- That was nice of them wasn’t it?

They must think that they’re dealing with idiots here.
This box was always gonna cost $349.00 but if they tell everyone that it’s worth $500.00, it’ll seem like a bargain. Amazon and Warner Bros are taking you for an idiot and if you buy this box, you ARE an idiot with more money than sense.

Do you need the theatrical version, the director’s cut AND the Extended cut?
Do you need me to explain to you why the ‘Free’ DVD discs included in this Blu-Ray Box aren’t free at all?
Do you need 2D AND 3D versions of the films?
Do you even have a 3D TV to watch them on?

And don’t give me the “But it’s a collector’s item” line either because if you buy this and then don’t even open it then you are dead inside.

This box set isn’t out yet but one person summed it all up perfectly when he said:
“For $349 I’d be expecting to shag Hermione“.

I’ll leave it at that.

The Sound Of Music At Sloans.

“The Hills are alllliiiivvveee with the sound of mmmmmmuuuussssiiiccc!”

Going by these photos you wouldn’t think it but I ended up enjoying Sloan’s screening of “The Sound Of Music”.
I’d never seen it before but it’s one of Anna’s favourites so I gave it a go.

Well, just as I expected. Total chick flick but that Julie Andrews can run REALLY fast can’t she?
Ever noticed that?
If I was James Cameron I would’ve cast HER as the T-1000 instead of Robert Patrick.

I enjoyed the “The Sound Of Music” but I would say that “Werevolves On Wheels” and “Deranged: Confessions Of A Necrophile” (Which I watched when I got home that night) are better movies.

I’m sure the only other two men at “The Sound Of Music” screening would agree with me.
Maybe I’ll ask them if I see them at Sloan’s upcoming screening of “JAWS”!
Ah, Jaws…what a classic…

Nirvana’s Nevermind: The 20th Anniversary.

You know you’re getting on in life when the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” is rolling towards you.
…Or swimming towards you like the baby on the front cover…

…Who’s not even a baby anymore because WAKE THE HELL UP MAN! THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO!

That’s right, you’re old!

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” will be 20 years old on September and as is the trend these days, the album is being re-released as a Superduper Ultra Extra Special Extended Deluxe Box Set! …With even more Nirvana added!
But does anyone really need all of this?

The Deluxe edition tracklisting:

CD one
Original album:
Smells Like Teen Spirit
In Bloom
Come As You Are
Breed
Lithium
Polly
Territorial Pissings
Drain You
Lounge Act
Stay Away
On A Plain
Something In The Way

B-sides:
Even In His Youth
Aneurysm
Curmudgeon
D-7 (live at the BBC)
Been A Son (live)
School (live)
Drain You (live)
Sliver (live)
Polly (live)

CD two
The Smart Studio Sessions:
In Bloom (previously unreleased)
Imodium (previously unreleased)
Lithium (previously unreleased)
Polly (previously unreleased mix)
Pay To Play
Here She Comes Now
Dive (previously unreleased)
Sappy (previously unreleased)

The Boombox Rehearsals:
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Verse Chorus Verse (previously unreleased)
Territorial Pissings (previously unreleased)
Lounge Act (previously unreleased)
Come As You Are
Old Age (previously unreleased)
Something In The Way (previously unreleased)
On A Plain (previously unreleased)

BBC Sessions:
Drain You (previously unreleased)
Something In The Way (previously unreleased)

The Super Deluxe edition tracklisting (CDs one and two as per Deluxe edition):

CD three
The Devonshire Mixes:
Smells Like Teen Spirit
In Bloom
Come As You Are
Breed
Lithium
Territorial Pissings
Drain You
Lounge Act
Stay Away
On A Plain
Something In The Way

CD four & DVD
Live At The Paramount Theatre:
Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam
Aneurysm
Drain You
School
Floyd The Barber
Smells Like Teen Spirit
About A Girl
Polly
Breed
Sliver
Love Buzz
Lithium
Been A Son
Negative Creep
On A Plain
Blew
Rape Me
Territorial Pissings
Endless, Nameless

DVD only
Music videos:
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Come As You Are
Lithium
In Bloom

I’m one to talk because I have ‘Deluxe’ versions of albums by Iggy Pop & Bob Dylan and I even bought the ‘Deluxe’ version of Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” but it’s a bit much for Nirvana ain’t it? I mean, Nirvana are one of the most bootlegged bands out there and I dunno about you but I’ve heard almost all of the ‘Previoulsy Unreleased’ stuff on this new version of “Nevermind”.

I like to hear demos and outtakes and I like to hear how things come together but sometimes too much of this stuff can take away from an album that’s great on it’s own.
It’s the exact same with movies these days. You can’t go out and just buy a film. You gotta buy some 4 disc extended edition with extra dinosaurs.

I listened to “Nevermind” a few weeks ago and I still love it.
I’ve heard that album thousands of times and I still play it because it’s good and that’s good enough for me.
So I won’t be shelling out the obvious fortune that this 20th Anniversary Edition is gonna cost.

I’ll be on youtube watching some Nirvana stuff that’s not gonna be on the 20th Anniversary Edition of “Nevermind” if anyone needs me.

The Tragedy & Comedy Of Jerry Sadowitz.

There’s Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Rik Mayall and then there’s Jerry Sadowitz.
That’s the kind of comedy I’ve always been into but whilst Connolly, Izzard and Mayall are Worldwide household names Sadowitz is practically broke and out of work for most of the time.

I’ve liked Jerry Sadowitz ever since I clapped eyes on him in the early 1990′s.
He was right in your face and I liked the way he looked and I still think that he’s the best magician alive today.
Most importantly, I think he’s funny as fuck!

I never got around to seeing Billy Connolly live but I’ve seen gigs  by Izzard, Mayall and just 2 weeks ago, Sadowitz.

A Jerry Sadowitz gig could be a terrifying experience for most folk.
Resembling a fucking psychopathic Punch & Judy puppet in a top hat,
He saunters onto the stage and straight away gets ripped into everything that’s ever pissed him off.

He’s loud, agressive, highly offensive, unapologetic and swears like machine gun fire.
Whilst he rambles on, he’s doing mind blowingly good magic without even giving it a second thought.
I like him a lot and you can tell that most of the audience are glad to see him.

He’s a hard guy to get a hold of.
He almost never tours.
He has no merchandise on release and he personally removes almost all traces of himself on the internet.

Most folk in the know know that Frankie Boyle is the poor man’s Jerry Sadowitz.
I’ve always thought that Frankie Boyle was a prick and to me, he comes across as if he’s been up for days on end, carefully planning his jokes out in an attempt to shock people.
Jerry Sadowitz seems to agree.

There’s a sadness to Sadowitz too and I couldn’t put my finger on what it was.
I always thought “Well, maybe it’s because he can’t get work” but then I’d think “All he needs to do is release some merchandise and he’d be fine”.
I think he thinks that he’d be in someway selling out if he released DVD’s etc… and I can only admire that.

He sold out Glasgow’s Kings Theatre for a solid week and as I understand it, pissed off loads of easily offended people.

One of his jokes was:
“What’s blue and won’t fit?”
- “A dead epileptic”.

He joked about rape, raping Z-Lister Vanessa Feltz while holding a meat cleaver to her throat, how soldiers are idiots and also how Madeline McCann‘s Mum would be attractive and worth raping if only she smiled more often.
He’s never gonna be everyone’s cup of tea

It’s easy to see how Jerry earned this reputation of being a complete and utter cunt.

Personally, I love the guy and I love that his website is fucking useless.
He seems determined to make no money and at the same time, pissed off and bitter that he doesn’t make any.

At the end of the show he seemed to come out of character for a second to thank everyone for taking the time and money to come and see him – A wee glimmer of the man hiding behind the psychopath.

Sadowitz granted The Daily Record a rare interview last month which has now mysteriously disappeared from the internet.
It was one of the saddest things I’ve read in a long time.
For the time being, you can read a similar interview with him HERE.