Hunger is a fantastic read. I've been using it in the classroom for years. It strikes a chord with people that most wandering narratives don't.

Cool, I hadn't come across this one before and figured it would be a naff rip-off. It so isn't! OK the budget for the planet they all live on could have been a bit higher and half of the characters are based directly on Star Wars but the story is really good. And the busty, horny viking alien midget who gets bigger when she's on the planet is a great addition, imagine how much bigger Star Wars sales would have been with that!

Something tells me those Anonymous folks are big fans of punk rock.

Just saw this on The Raw Story:

The founder of MegaUpload may be down, but he’s not out.

Despite having watched the U.S. government destroy his cloud-based storage website and accuse him of a “mega conspiracy” to defraud movie and music studios, online entrepreneur Kim Dotcom revealed this week that his ambitious new music service “Megabox” is still on track.

In an update published to the micro-blogging service Twitter, Dotcom revealed that his next business venture will connect artists and music lovers directly, offering free downloads and unlimited cloud-based media storage while also funneling advertising dollars to the content creators.

“The major Record Labels thought Megabox is dead,” Dotcom wrote. “Artists rejoice. It is coming and it will unchain you.”

Speaking to the technology publication Torrentfreak, Dotcom said the service, conceived more than a year ago, will allow artists to keep 90 percent of their profits from actual music sales.

Another innovation: artists will even get paid for free downloads through a new internal technology Dotcom is calling “Megakey.” It’s not yet clear how this would work, but it is likely based on technology developed for MegaUpload.

The service is expected to offer users free cloud-based media storage and social networking capabilities. A launch date has not yet been announced, but Digital Music News reported last December — just a month before Dotcom’s mansion was raided by police — that Megabox was already rife with major label content, and that they had partnered with Amazon MP3 and several other major players in digital music distribution.

“These guys think an iPad is a facial treatment, the internet is the devil, and wired phones are still hip,” Dotcom reportedly said. “They are in denial about the new realities and opportunities. They don’t understand that the rip-off days are over.”

Dotcom was arrested in January at his mansion in New Zealand after U.S. authorities accused him of running the largest copyright infringement scheme in history. Prosecutors are not having an easy go of the trial, however, and New Zealand courts have been hesitant to accept the charges at face value.
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Photo: Courtesy, Instagram user kim_dotcom.

Michael's still on line , though it's not the same as having something you can leave on top of the toilet tank for later perusal. I have no doubt , he'll keep writing , if people don't write BOOKS completely out of their lives....

Very cool! Are you a member of this Facebook group, too?

http://www.facebook.com/groups/psychotronicmovies/

Might be good for inspiration!

Ever since Michael Weldon retired from the publishing game I've been trying to carry the torch and write a LOT of succinct, to-the-point and, I hope, on-target reviews. I've been using my blog to do this. I just found out about this group. Go to : http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=22v01adszt2k9

Flesh Gordon (1974) was better and didn't have #$%@# Queen on the soundtrack.

Shame it's marred by those ugly bumpers. If Fiat put a pair of quarter blade bumpers up front and a blade like one at the rear, tucked in to the body, it'll look awesome.

Here are a few I've seen around, such as this cute little Hindustan Ambassador. Just needs a Ford Cologne V6 under the hood and you'll have a fun little cruiser.

Tatra T603^

A 1951 Buick that was featured in Custom Car ^

 You can't beat a Gallic Goddess or a flamboyant  feline diva of Detroit.

Ha ha!! Yeah.... and I agree....Lonely Hearts In Outer Space II......the world needs the sequel....

Steve said:

I made my daughter watch it last night. She rolled her eyes because there weren't any zombies. I said there could be one in that space suit, you just never know with zombies. She agreed. Thirteen year olds. Sheesh.

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies said:

....Still Brilliant.....

I saw this station wagon in Belgravia and  it's only one of three ever made, so some guy can carry his polo mallets and other kit, but  when I suggested it could be a great surfer's car, the driver & I laughed our heads off. Get your boards and your mates to the beach in style, especially if you're going down to Cornwall.

It could even make a great tow rig for your slingshot rail or gasser. Hell, There's even a 50's Bentley nearby that could make a great gasser or (bomb lowrider), so you could have a set.

Is this the ultimate party wagon?

Different versions of this horror....

Cronenberg's The Fly.....

Gotta dig black Draccy:):)

John Battles said:

i THINK SOMEONE ARRIVED AT THE IDEA THAT IF BLACULA (WILLIAM MARSHALL) WAS TRANSCENDING HIS HUMAN SIDE , WHICH HE WAS FIGHTING TO GET BACK TO , SO HE COULD DIE IN PEACE (ESP. IN "SCREAM , BLACULA ,SCREAM"
 ) , WHEN HIS TRUE , MONSTERRIFIC , SELF ROSE TO THE SURFACE AGAIN , HE MIGHT TAKE ON A BIT OF A LYCANTHROPIC QUALITY.....JUST BECAUSE , PERHAPS , HIS REGAL MANNER WAS DEEMED NOT FRIGHTENING ENOUGH.....NOW , I ONCE MET PAM GRIER. the last thought going thru my head was "Please kill me".
Soraia said:

Another all time favorite, though not so much a creature, is Blacula.  Why exactly his eyebrows and sideburns got extra shaggy when he was in vampire mode i'll never know, but i like it!

LCJr was a cool guy :):)

John Battles said:

OH , COME ON.....WHEN CANCER AND ALCOHOLISM SET IN , YES. BUT HE WAS'NT A BAD LOOKING YOUNGER MAN.

sleazy said:

Lon Chaney Jr never needed make-up either:):):)

Tris Burns said:

Rondo Hatton - known as The Monster Who Needed No Makeup

Steve McQueen Epic The Blob

 

 

In my opinion, Hitchcock's absolute best masterpiece.....love it :):):)

John Battles said:

 I just got a copy of "The Birds". Scared the piss out of me when I was a kid.
 
Horror Deluxe said:

i THINK SOMEONE ARRIVED AT THE IDEA THAT IF BLACULA (WILLIAM MARSHALL) WAS TRANSCENDING HIS HUMAN SIDE , WHICH HE WAS FIGHTING TO GET BACK TO , SO HE COULD DIE IN PEACE (ESP. IN "SCREAM , BLACULA ,SCREAM"
 ) , WHEN HIS TRUE , MONSTERRIFIC , SELF ROSE TO THE SURFACE AGAIN , HE MIGHT TAKE ON A BIT OF A LYCANTHROPIC QUALITY.....JUST BECAUSE , PERHAPS , HIS REGAL MANNER WAS DEEMED NOT FRIGHTENING ENOUGH.....NOW , I ONCE MET PAM GRIER. the last thought going thru my head was "Please kill me".
Soraia said:

Another all time favorite, though not so much a creature, is Blacula.  Why exactly his eyebrows and sideburns got extra shaggy when he was in vampire mode i'll never know, but i like it!

WELL , LIKE ANY OF THE GREATS , PRICE DID PLAY ROLES THAT CALLED FOR ACTUAL MONSTER MAKE UP , BUT , HE USED HIS EYES , HIS HANDS , HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS , HIS BODY LANGUAGE , AND , OF COURSE , HIS VOICE !!!!! , TO STRIKE TERROR. I THINK , BEING A GOURMET CHEF , HE DOVE INTO HIS ROLES WITH GREAT GUSTO , LIKE HE WAS GOING THROUGH A SUMPTUOUS , EIGHT COURSE MEAL. He once said "If the Critics think I'm a ham , I'll give them Grade A ham!!!".
 
Soraia said:

Amen to that!

sleazy said:

Vincent Price had CLASS and STYLE...that's why he didn't need make-up:):):)!!!!

"We Ro - men attain our energy from the planet Ro- man.....Hmmmmm. Maybe I should try to make a date with the girl......TO BE LIKE THE HU - MAN . TO THINK , FEEL , WANT?! I CAN NOT ....YET , I MUST !!!"   "HMM..SO , YOU WISH TO BE LIKE THE HU-MAN , THEN YOU SHALL DIE LIKE THE HU -MAN!!!! THE CALCINATOR DEATH RAY WILL EMERGE PREHISTORIC REPTILES TO DESTROY  WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WORLD !!!!!".
 
electrocute your cock said:

Ro-Man
The Thing

or the Killer Shrews - basically just dogs with blankets on 'em

OH , COME ON.....WHEN CANCER AND ALCOHOLISM SET IN , YES. BUT HE WAS'NT A BAD LOOKING YOUNGER MAN.

sleazy said:

Lon Chaney Jr never needed make-up either:):):)

Tris Burns said:

Rondo Hatton - known as The Monster Who Needed No Makeup

Steve McQueen Epic The Blob

 

 

 I just got a copy of "The Birds". Scared the piss out of me when I was a kid.
 
Horror Deluxe said:

YES !!!!! When Nardwuar interviewed Roky Erickson , whatshisname said the US version , the better known  "Curse of TheDemon" was ruined by "A silly rubber monster at the end", only one of the scariest movie monsters EVER , seemingly influenced by the demons of Japanese , and even Nepalese , mythology. Anyway , it's ROKY'S favorite movie monster (That , and The Creature(s) With The Atom Brain.), and it's on the cover of his first solo LP , in all it's frightening glory.  No contest. Stand For The Fire Demon.
 
Michael Draine said:

The fire demon from NIGHT OF THE DEMON.