I saw how it it live up to the title.

Made interesting reading, especially as porn becomes mainstream the less demand for porn soundtracks to be put on porn.

Taking Punk back to it's late 70's/early 80's roots, it was a place for the displaced to be applauded vs in disgrace. Total non conformist type? BRO! Don't fit in with the metalheads? Come over here with the rest of us. Not into arena-rock or any of the "acceptable" genre's within rock? We're your compadres! Generally a bunch of misfits that did NOT fit in anywhere else. Your race, zip code or parents social status meant nothing here. That's what the "other" groups were for.

The music was bare bones and played by those that intentionally went against convention. It wasn't about being flashy, destructive or violent. That all came later after the press released their "findings" to the sheeple. This took root and is currently what the masses (who are generally asses) think punk is really about. Do your own homework and you'll find what I'm saying is true.

Haha! "Punk culture"... that cracks me up.

I think you're posing on the wrong site, dude. No one here really gives a rat's ass about "what it means to be a punk"...

Hey everyone! I love punk music and I am doing a project on punk culture. I am hoping that I can get some of your perpectives on what it means to be punk and what the culture incompases. :)

Thanks for your help!! <3

John Battles said:

......But ,  we're getting way far away from the original topic. I do think it's extremely likely Amy Adams' look , here , may well have been based on Poison Ivy. 

Now I can see the resemblance to her.

......But ,  we're getting way far away from the original topic. I do think it's extremely likely Amy Adams' look , here , may well have been based on Poison Ivy. 

I agree , but , the current Godzilla movie is a new storyline , not based on previous movies. The sequel is'nt supposed to have anything to do with past storylines , either , except , hopefully , Godzilla will open a tallboy can of whoopass on Ghidorah , Rodan , or another old fave , instead of the practically formless insect things he faced off with in the current one. 

I'm very heavily into Japanese , Hong Kong and Korean cinema, but wouldn't it be better to write a new Godzilla film?

....it's not exactly a remake , more of a redux. The idea of bringing in even MORE classic Toho monsters , some just doing very short cameos , as in the original. I still have a hard time figuring out where some of themare ,in teh original. The resemblence to Lux and Seiji to the space villain may be , in part , coincidental. It's a fun picture , tho' , better than some of the new ones I've seen.

Happy Halloween. 

Why remake one of the best Godzilla films of all?

I never even thought of the resemblance to Poison Ivy before. Well, The Cramps were into Godzilla movies, so it should be no surprise that Toho Films pay tribute to The Cramps in the Destroy All Monsters remake.

Take a Walk on the Dark Side by R. Gary Patterson.  Probably not what Gaiman had in mind, but I think people from this forum would dig it.  It's all about rock n' roll's fascination with all things dark and spooky.  Deals with the Devil, Crowley fanatics, what to expect when you play certain records backwards, etc.  Good stuff.

This article in Slate is pretty cool... Do you have books you'd add to the list for All Hallows Read?

If in LA join us for Dia de los Muertos on 11/1!

https://www.facebook.com/RedWithPurpleFlashes

 

They had a Misfits tribute band at that show that I was on. Obviously , the singer did'nt ''wolf" down Steroids and close the gym every night , so he wore one of those fake plastic "Six Pack Abs" sets people wear when they want to be superheroes for Halloween . HA HA HA. I saw Jerry Only in a Halloween costume , disguised as The Misfits , once.

I got a couple of former band mates that have a Misfits tribute band, so I'll be checking that out.

....THE ONLY HALLOWEEN TRIBUTE BAND SHOW i participated in , previously was when my friend's old band , THUNDERWING , performed as The MC5. THEY ASKED ME TO BE JC Crawford for them.It worked out real well. Those guys did the impossible and NAILED The MC5's sound down..... Another band played The Alice Cooper Group. They looked EXACTLY like them , but , they were'nt very good.

A Viletones tribute , that's too cool. You could do "Screamin' Fist" with a pinata - " HIT ME HARD ! HIT ME HARD TIL I BUST !!' or something.

That's so cool , that you can have two Thanksgiving dinners. When I was a child , in Glenview , Illinois , the neighboring town , Wilmette (Where I went to school.) , had Trick or Treats on November 1st. So , if you lived in Glenview , and had a friend in Wilmette whose folks would let you join them for Tricks or Treats , and vice versa , you could go out for candy two days in a row. I never got to , tho'.

My Sister in Law's Birthday is Halloween. When she was preggers with my Niece , I got her a huge orange shirt , and painted a jack -o-lantern face on it , so it looked like her baby bulge was a big pumpkin !

I forgot about Halloween tribute shows. Me and some friends have done the Viletones a few times and we decided to do it again this year. It's pretty fun set to play. Did Black Flag many years back, which was also fun to do. There's another tribute show happening in a week or so. Various local bands are doing groups, but the one I am excited about is the Motorhead tribute group!

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. I'm actually American living in Canada. I have a neighbour couple which is comprised of one American and one Canadian. We had dinner (and lots of drinks) with them last night. We will do this again in November for the American Thanksgiving!!!

 

Chris, you have the best birthday date ever! My birthday is the 20th, my sister's and my aunt's are the 30th. My dad, uncle, and mother-in-law all have birthdays this month too. Lots of celebrating.

 

Oh and  Benjamin Frankenstein is a fabulous costume idea!

Its my birthday on Halloween, where I will be performing unholy inverted acts of blasphemous magic. Apart from that, I'll hopefully be celebrating my first three figure fee for a project I've been helping out on (royalties are coming my way too).

I'm going as Benjamin Frankenstein, and I'm right there with ya on October being the greatest month of the year. I've been running a Halloween playlist all month, lots of Misfits and Ramones and Sonics. It's gonna suck when Halloween's over and we have to wait another eleven months.

Matt , I have'nt decided what I'm going to do for a costume. I may go as Svengoolie , The Chicago Horror Host (Not Richard Koz , who plays him , now , but , the late Jerry G. Bishop, who played him in the 70's. I was The Truly Svengoolie 10 or 12 years ago.....). 

We're going to have a lot of Horror Film shows and Festivals.I saw Vincent Price's Daughter , Victoria , do a lecture and slide show , last week.     Still looks pretty lame for live shows.

We usually have local bands do "Tribute" shows. Usually weak as last month's tea. I met a guy who was lining up (Get this !) an Alice Cooper - Dead Moon - Suicide , and The Horror Rockin' Horror Rock KING , Roky Erickson tribute show. I told him , I've GOT to be part of this , and offered to meet and bat about ideas , and even audition , if need be. He told me later all the musicians bailed on him , so the show is off.

I'm not totally down on Metal , it depends on your definition , I suppose. Obviously , people consider Alice to be Metal..and even when his career was reborn during the cheeseball Metal '80's , some of that stuff was'nt bad , and I was just glad to see him jump - starting his career , again. He's still making good albums and blowing the likes of Motley Crue off the motherfucking stage. 

 

 

What's everybody doing for Halloween?

Personally I will be dressing up like Ace Frehley (full costume!) and going to a friend's party. 

 

That is what I will be doing Halloween night. However, October is my favourite month of the year. It has my birthday and Halloween—plus Fall is my favourite season of the year. Oh yeah and here in Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated in October.

 

So needless to say, I spend the entire month celebrating. I will be watching horror movies all month long. Classics, b-movies, slashers,…etc. Watched all three Evil Dead flicks last night!

 

I’m also going to see Satan and Midnight Crisis play on the 18^th and the next night King Diamond. I know there’s probably not much appreciate for metal in these parts, but…I don’t know any garage punk Halloween types shows happening this month…so

 

Got a pumpkin today. Going to carve it up soon!

 

Lot’s of rambling here and not a very concise topic, so feel free to run with whatever.

This is as camp as a row of tents on Christmas morning as Santa creeps around them looking for drugs and sailors.

A people carrier , HA HA HA....In the 80's , a friend of mine had a '68 Cadillac hearse. It was so tuff. He and his girlfriend rode around with "Newlydead" and "Just Buried " signs in the window when he first got it.   GEEZ , even the recent Jaguars have no sense of artistic design....So boring , esp. American cars , but , just new cars in general.  I liked the old vision of the future more than what the future  turned out to be !

John Battles said:

.....There used to be a grumpy old man car club in my neighborhood. The leader was a great hearse collector (And a poor excuse for a man.), he'd park his old hearses , with "For Sale " signs. My friend bought a white late 60's or early 70's model , and it served him well , lugging gear for his band , for a few years. There was also a hearse - ambulance combination (In case the patient did'nt make it...) parked near my place , and a big , bad DeSoto , black and chartreuse with fins that put JAWS to shame.....Today , it's nearly all ugly new cars and SUVs with no passengers.  I'VE SEEN A FEW VERY COOL OLD CARS , LATELY , BUT , TRIED NOT TO LOOK like I was lustin' after 'em.  In reality , I was'nt. Just appreciating their coolness....

 

Sad to see cars look dull, no one cares about how to make them look great. I'd love to have an old Caddy hearse, which could have been marketed as a people carrier.