I’ve been secretly working on a new project for a wee while now.
It’s almost ready.
Bad things are coming.
Shocking & disturbing things.
You’re all invited too.
I’ve set up a brand new blog for this THING and you can find it right HERE.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
I’ve found myself listening to opera recently.
No reason really.
Michael at work told me all about Puccini so I’m gonna investigate him soon because Michael says that when it comes to opera, Puccini is the very man!
I’ve also been making my way through a Stockhausen boxset and last week I got lost in every Sufjan Stevens’ record back to back but sometimes,
I just want Dirt & Rock & Roll. I’m talking about amps turned all the way up to 11.
It seems to me that fewer bands today are making any music with real balls and noise. There’s great new music out there made by millions of interesting artists but in terms of Hard, Loud, Dirty, Rock & Roll, who is there?
Here are 10 of the ballsiest records I own:
Neil Young: Live Rust. (1979).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)‘.
Iggy Pop: Lust For Life. (1977).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Sixteen‘.
Nirvana: In Utero. (1993)
Ballsiest Track: ‘Radio Friendly Unit Shifter‘.
The Beatles: The White Album. (1968).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Yer Blues‘.
Black Sabbath: Paranoid. (1970).
Ballsiest Track: ‘War Pigs‘.
Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe. (1998).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Living Dead Girl‘.
Muddy Waters: Hard Again. (1977).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Mannish Boy‘.
Little Richard: Here’s Little Richard. (1957).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Long Tall Sally‘.
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II. (1969).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Heartbreaker‘.
The Stooges: Raw Power. (1973).
Ballsiest Track: ‘Search And Destroy‘.
I recommend getting all of those albums.
Especially “Raw Power” by The Stooges.
That record’s a monster!
Today’s freakshow obscure forgotten horror film is “The Baby”.
Made in 1973, It’s camper than 7 pink tents but still creepy as all hell.
From the back of the DVD:
“Ann Gentry is a social worker that has dealt with some of the toughest,
Most bizarre cases.
She thought she’d seen it all…Until Now.
Arriving at the house of her new client,
She makes a shocking discovery:
A full-grown man dressed and treated as if he were still an infant!
In fact, The entire dysfunctional family seems demented –
And Ann becomes determined to save ‘The Baby’.
On the front of the DVD it reads:
“Horror is his formula”.
Hahaha!
That, and the campness aside,
It’s actually a very good film with a nothing short of shocking ending that I guarantee you will not see coming.
I caught this film for the first time in the 80’s when I happened to turn the TV on after midnight.
Too young.
I remember standing in front of the TV freaking out as I watched this scene:
Seems to only be available from the U. S. of A. for the time being but it’s worth tracking down.
The IMDB Page is HERE.
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