Showing posts with label Andy Warhol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andy Warhol. Show all posts

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Horror Hunk: Joe Dallesandro

Flesh For Frankenstein
Joe Dallesandro & Monique Van Vooren 
Normally I moniker this day "Sunday Schwing" but it being the Halloween season and all, for the rest of the month it now scares the byline "Horror Hunk" as I am only giving consideration to those men who have flaunted their flesh in, what else? Horror Movies!!! 

Well I've got Joe Dallesandro to kick the season of the witch off! The man is a Warhol (as in Andy) Factory legend. He has gone full monty on film and photos so many times and talk about a tomb with a view! 

Joe is a manly man. With testosterone for days and then some. Today's view of Joe is brought to you by Andy Warhol's Flesh For Frankenstein Directed by Paul Morrissey.

Now as you know you can only see the tease beast image I have posted above on Entertain Me, but never fear I got a NSFW link of balls out images and astute coverage via Tye Briggs Favorite Hunks & Other Things.

So knock your horror crazed ass out and see what Little Joe, as was his nickname in the day, is packing. Trust me, it taint small and it will make you want to Schwing

Get your Joe nuts & bits, here...
https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2013/10/history-of-horror-hunks-3-1973.htm

Friday, April 21, 2017

Film Buff Friday: The Climber

Joe Dallesandro beyond Andy Warhol's Factory...

THE CLIMBER [Blu-ray + DVD] (May 16th)

After shooting cult favorites Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula in Europe, Joe Dallesandro spent much of the seventies making movies on the continent. In France, he worked with auteurs like Louis Malle and Walerian Borowczyk, and in Italy he starred in all manner of genre fare from poliziotteschi (Savage ThreeSeason for Assassins) to nunsploitation (Killer Nun). 

The Climber follows in the tradition of gangster classics such as The Public Enemy and Scarface as it charts the rise and inevitable fall of small-time smuggler Aldo (Dallesandro). Beaten and abandoned by the local gang boss after he tries to skim off some profits for himself, Aldo forms his own group of misfits in order to exact revenge... 

Written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri (Gang War in NaplesI Am the Law), The Climber is a prime example of Italian crime cinema - a high-octane action-thriller full of brawls, fistfights, shootouts and explosions!

FEATURES
- Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original Italian soundtrack in uncompressed PCM mono with optional newly-translated English subtitles
- Alternative English-language soundtrack with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Little Joe's Adventures in Europe, a brand-new interview with Joe Dallesandro on his numerous European film appearances during the 1970s and early 1980s
- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Roberto Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980

Pre-order at the MVD SHOP or on Amazon  

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

What Becomes A Punk Legend Most...


Max's Kansas City: 1976 & Beyond 
coming to CD ad Vinyl on May 5th via Jungle Records
 
The original Max's Kansas City 1976 pioneering punk club album, 
extended with an extra 30 tracks and historical notes

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore
Max's Kansas City is the legendary New York City nightclub that became the focal point for the city's hip artistic community from the late 60's until the early 80's. In its initial period, it was famously often populated by Andy Warhol's Factory crowd, and played host to new artists such as the Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, the Stooges, Bruce Springsteen and countless others. It became a base for jet-setters, glam rockers and celebs, until the scene faded and it shut its doors at the end of 1974.
Reopened in 1975 under new management, Peter Crowley was hired as music director. The new young bands he booked helped spawn, in tandem with CBGBs, the New York City punk scene. In 1976 Peter compiled a studio album of acts associated with the club, Max's Kansas City 1976, to help promote the club. It featured the first released recordings of Suicide, The Fast and Warhol-era veteran Wayne County, whose title-track gave a roll-call of many of the famous acts who'd regularly performed there. 

Now the original album is reissued as Max's Kansas City 1976 & Beyond, greatly extended to 40 tracks on a double-CD and a selection of 25 tracks on a double-LP. As well as the aforementioned Suicide, Fast and Wayne County, the new extended album features the New York Dolls, the Stillettos, the Offs, the Senders, Philip Rambow, VON LMO, Iggy Pop, Knots, Roland Alphonso, Cherry Vanilla, Nico, Joy Ryder, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers and Sid Vicious amongst many others. It includes many previously unreleased tracks and rarities. Compiled by Peter Crowley, who also contributes notes detailing the history of the album. Writer, musician and Max's scenester Jimi LaLumia provides historical overview sleeve-notes along with biographies of the artists in a 20-page booklet.

Jimi LaLumia writes:

"Max's Kansas City 1976 as an expanded edition two record vinyl and double CD collection, celebrates the historic first compilation of recordings by bands that were making big noise in New York City, and, thanks to a hyper active UK music press, around the world in a pre internet, truly underground manner. Melody Maker, a British music weekly, was especially keen on the post Velvet Underground / New York Dolls / Alice Cooper / Iggy & The Stooges scene that was inspiring the most unusual creatures to want to be in bands.

The Max's album was my go to album for months; finally, tracks from Wayne County, Cherry Vanilla, and The Fast... Not to mention Suicide and Pere Ubu. I got introduced to Harry Toledo and the John Collins band: I won't go into all the details here, because I wrote extensive detailed liner notes for the Jungle Records UK re issue coming in May, with additional notes from Peter Crowley, which are worth the price of the album, not to mention all the added extra tracks, so I'll simply say that if you think you know everything about the late 70's downtown scene, some additional reading material and bonus tracks are headed your way."
This item can be pre-ordered via MVD Shop or on Amazon

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Ponyboy Gets The "Job" Done

Ponyboy, Charles McVey Receives A Soul Kiss
Sit right back while I tell this tale a tale of freedom, artistic expression and sex...yep that's correct I said S-E-X, are you going to wash my mouth out with soap for mentioning the "S Word?" That's not how that works, only I do the mouth washing out around here.

During this time Andy Warhol had a big something, something in the heart of New York called The Factory that was a haven for artistic expression through all forms of media with sex as the primary focus. 


He did an experimental short with the moniker Blow Job, which was footage of a man receiving oral pleasure from beginning, enjoying the middle and ending with a climax while the camera documented it all by capturing only his facial expressions.  

Cut to 2014, that would be fifty years after the original. Art Fag Rockers, Ponyboy who have brought rock music media back to what it should be, rebellion, intellect and sex, sex, sex have done an update on the Warhol short.

Where the one from The Factory was silent this one has a score by my Ponyboy's Charles McVey and David Zey as my boy Charles tells me:
  • "It was pretty fun to do. The soundtrack took way longer than the video side. The drum track was actually from a demo we were working on for Buck Angel, but it was shelved for the past 2 years. The bass and synth tracks were improvised and then edited to the score the video later. The music for the score was conceptualized into three parts: 
  • 1. Ascension 
  • 2. Commencement
  • 3. Decent."

Sort of like Elizabeth Kubler Ross's Five Stages Of Grief, but a lot more fun!

Oh, in case you are wondering, "Yes" Virginia Charles really was receiving while the camera was rolling.

These boys make a Daddy proud!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

15 Minutes: Honey Boo Boo


One day while I was having a conversation with my friend Jennifer DiMartino one half of the band "The Drews" and the topic turned to "Reality TV" she said she hated to admit she was a fan of Honey Boo Boo.

Cut to me, WTF is a Honey Boo Boo?! As she proceeded to explain all that is Boo Boo - the imp was in my consciousness, and all of the sudden it became Boo Boo's world, I just lived in it.

Andy Warhol, who must have been psychic stated it best: "In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes"....Yeah Andy knew his stuff and apparently saw the Internet coming.,

That's what writer/artist and fame whore Michael Troy captures in his dead on comic "15 Minutes: Honey Boo Boo".

It portrays the Boo Boo and her family the way they were meant to be immortalized, as a comic book.
Michael Troy

Troy employs his astute sense of humor and considerable artistic skills with great aplomb.

Yep, when all is said and done Andy Warhol, Honey Boo Boo will be remembered as she should be, a cartoon.

So, pick yourself up a copy of this sure to be collector's item.

As Porky Pig would say "That's all folks"...!

Pour some Honey on yourself at: http://www.comicfleamarket.com/servlet/the-231/15-Minutes-cln--Honey-Boo/Detail