ANDY KAUFMAN - THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL - 1977

"I TRUSTED YOU....."

The Midnight Special featured rock acts from the 70's. It was on late at night. Most of the bands that they featured were already dinosaurs. I had a hard time caring about anything they featured.

Apparently Andy Kaufman did too. He hated a lot of what passed for entertainment during his time. He was largely influenced by the PUnk Rock movement. So when he came on NBC or ABC he did a form of comedic vandalism.

This got a lot of reaction. People either laughed along with him or people got out of their seats and yelled and cursed their television sets. My father fit that criteria as he hated Kaufman.

My father pulled me aside and said, "Son.. do you think he is funny?" and I replied that I did. He then confided, "I think he's queer !!... they shouldn't let those people on tv !!!"

The 70's were a very different time. One has to keep that in mind. But the best part about Kaufman is that you kept hoping that the joke would soon be over. He kept it going over the top for as long as possible. Sometimes people would yell and throw stuff. He liked all the reactions... either they love him or hate him its all great.....

And it is....

Cantu 2007

ANDY KAUFMAN - I TRUSTED YOU - LIVE

THE SHOCKMASTER - SHOCKS THE WORLD, (whats left of it)

"ALL I GOTTA SAY IS THAT.... HE IS GOING TO SHOCK THE WORLD.... !!!!!"

The Shockmaster wants to rule the world..... with Sid Vicious.. not the dead punk star.. but the lame wrestler... Hey its important to have goals, no matter how shitty they are. You know?


The Shockmaster sucks on many levels. First, he falls through the wall and his helmet falls completely off his head. Next, he talks with a gruff "Darth Vader-esque" sound without the use of any vocal apparatus. Thats his real voice. He comes off like a man with emphasema. I have no idea what kind of robe that is on his shoulders but that sucks too.

Yes. its painful to watch. The production values are pretty bad and its amazing how many people were actually in this audience. The set design looks like something from TBN.

hanniballecturer (1 week ago)
this is painfully embarrassing.... even worse, the 'shock master' is just a fat guy in a glitter covered storm trooper mask

RiLLyInc (1 week ago)
he's wearing a stormtropper helmet!!!!

Cantu 2007

AMERICA MEETS THE SHOCKMASTER

REVEREND X - THE WORLD LOVES A CLOWN

"ARE YOU DOWN WIT DAT?"

This is entertainment. I have no idea where this comes from but I first found it on VH1. It is difficult to tell if its a joke or if its for real. Its hard to care about this more than 30 seconds.



Reverend X swears, curses and calls it the way it is. The camera juts around all funky like and the accusations zip around like hungry sharks. He will offend anyone who gets in his path. Its worth a look.... because this entire thing is just so incredibly odd. Its hyptnotic.

cantu writes for the fascube network, this entry was made March 2, 2007.

REV X and the Spirit of Truth

WHOS DAMNED?

Robert Tilton.. the farting Preacher..... THE DAMNED.. the rock band of the age, PUBLIC IMAGE LTD with John Lydon.. aka Johnny Rotten.... its all fodder for the asking really.

I found a bunch of clips and sort of mashed them all up around eachother and let them all go. Its entertaining and interesting. Not one of them is really better than the other. They are all sort of intriguing in their own way.

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD - RISE

ROBERT TILTON - SEND ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS.. HALLELUIAH

ROBERT TILTON - FARTING PREACHER PART 1

ROBERT TILTON - FARTING PREACHER 4

THE DAMNED - STRANGER ON THE TOWN

THE DAMNED - FAN CLUB - DOCUMENTARY 1977

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. Movie Trailer - CLASSIC !!!

"WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES... DO YOU DREAM... ABOUT ME??"

Nightranger...198?

Chances are when women close thier eyes they don't dream about the Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. Movie Trailer and that is just sad..... because this movie IS A CLASSIC.

I must say. IN my heart of hearts, I adored this film, still do in fact, (sniff).... see I get weepy just talking about it......

I'm not sure if its because of the heat seeking chop sticks, or because of the stellar acting. Maybe its the high course drama that grips the screen -- squeezing it -- strangling the daylights out of its doldrums. Maybe its because of the high production value or the memorable lines of dialogue... hence.... "I'm totallly eating this dead fish... and I'm loving it". It is hard to nail down what exactly makes this film such an instant classic.

Ancient asian curses, flying clogs, radioactive sushi and flaming umbrellas all set up against a backdrop of New York City. This is a bonifide classic.

Cantu writes for the fascube network, this entry was created on March 2, 2007

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. Movie Trailer

TROMEO AND JULIET - BRING IT ON MAN !!!!

" I LOVE THIS TRAILER --- AND.. I like this movie......"

The pacing for Tromeo by the Troma Team and Lloyd Kaufman is watchable and it times boring. There are some stupendous scenes in it. But you have to wait for them to pop up. There are amazing sequences in this movie that shouldn't be missed if you like your entertainment somewhat insane.

There are a couple of fine Penthouse girls in this one. There are surefire ways to get offended if you are not careful. But for the most part this movie is pretty harmless.

I adore Sonny Capulet he is a vile laugh riot. His timing is very bad and his actions are very silly. Aside from the vulgar scenes that permeate this film I really like the cameos by Wesley Willis the gigantic schizophrenic singer from Chicago. Wesley, as you may have read in my earlier posts used to live in my neighborhood and push a big shopping cart in the Belmont area.

But what i really like is the theme song for Tromeo. It sounds like.... X? Of course its not but its got a really cool beat to it from the late 80s.

Cantu Superman - Fascube network - 2007

TROMEO AND JULIET TRAILER

BASKET CASE TRAILER - FIND IT.. BUY IT, WATCH IT.. OWN IT

"back then when the parents would split town..... we'd run out and rent the most vilest, disgusting, sexist, hilarious stuff we could get our greedy little mitts on..... and stay up like ghouls of the night laughing our heads off"

BASKET CASE.. ah.. what a classic. Where else could you find gore, horror, comedy and a dash of claymation all finely tuned to the soundtrack of a CASIO keyboard?

Next to Cheese Whiz and sprayable Cheese in a can.... this stuff was PRETTY OVER THE TOP.

Would you believe that this has a good story to it? Would that help? I am totally serious. This thing is very watchable. But I gotta tell you. I remember my heart kinda racing when I picked up this box and went to the video check out counter. It was kinda scary in a way. It looked WRONG.

Once I got this movie home I ACTUALLY ENJOYED IT !!! This is the truth kids. I was thoroughly entertained with the theatrics and the ...ahem... acting. First up this thing takes place in New York City in the 8o's. Next to Taxi Driver this is a pretty good look at the extreme living conditions of Times Square before it became corporate-ized. Welcome to a surreal warzone of crime, drugs and porno. Thats fascinating.

I often wondered what happend to these dregs of society. Then I smile to myself as I pick up a copy of the Wall Street Journal and see more CEOs get carted off to jail.

ANYWHO... this is solid ROCK AND ROLL ENTERTAINMENT. Here is the killer. I actually stayed in the hotel where this debacle was filmed. I went to a concert in the city and missed the last train. I ended up shelling out a few bucks and staying in this fine establishment. What a fiasco that was.

Was it worth it?

YES IT WAS.

Check out what this review said:
"The characters are terrible, or more correctly - the acting is terrible. The effects make use of bad puppets and rushed stop-motion animation, with some scenes kept atrociously dark to make the effects seem passable. It's got an awful build and an awful ending, but the story here was just too damn odd to miss out on."

Can't people be nice? This came to us from.....

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/674/

I have to disagree. I think the special effects are AWESOME. I loved it when the claymation monster destroys the hotel room. I must of rewound that scene like FIFTY TIMES. I also liked when he destroyed the television.

Cantu works for the www.fascube.blogspot.com and lives in Novi, MI. This entry was made on March, 2, 2007 at 8:16 pm.

BASKET CASE - THE MOTION PICTURE - 1982

THE SEX PISTOLS - FROM BAD TO WORSE

"....AH YES.. NOW I GET IT... OH WOW.. IS THAT WHAT THIS SONG IS ALL ABOUT?"

This was written by Sid Vicious -- supposedly. I saw the lyrics scribbed on some notebook paper. The controversey continues if he was this gentle articulate person capable of broadening political thought -- or a cartoon version of the Hulk. Maybe he was a little of both but this song does border on the verge of being brilliant.

This performance was taken in San Francisco at the Winterland Ballroom. Johnny Rotten had the flu when they shot this concert which is hard to believe that he could carry on. He also had to sleep on the bus with Sid in the cold. Malcom, Paul Cook and Steve Jones got to sleep in a hotel and fly around in a jet. This brought on the end of the band as Rotten grew more jealous and furious. Eventually he was rumored to have been fired from the group.....

I was surprised to see this entire concert existed on bootleg video. Prior to its release the word on the street was that this entire show never happend. Rotten supposedly only sang one song and then stormed off. This was not the case at all. In fact, he was supposed to have said, "Did you ever get the feeling you were being CHEATED?" and then stammering off..... but this never occured.... at least in that way.

Hell did break loose however when the band abruptly ended. There was a european leg for this tour too supposedly in Holland that was never fulfilled. This entire thing lost its edge in America. Nobody really followed UK politics to the extent of the Cambridge Rapist. But it made for great drama. I liked the Tshirts by Vivianne Westwood from the SEX shop. It was bastardized Warhol taken to the max. Some of these shirts were never printed in books. When I saw them I was somewhat shocked and I thought I had seen everything. They were pretty vile. They went over the limit for what I thought was shocking.... seriously. The reprints you get in America are very wimpy and watered down. They only tell half of the story.

This song told about what a horrible thing it is to present the war torn streets of europe as a travel destination. It does it in a roundabout way in under three minutes. In a lot of ways I respect what they tried to do here. This song was never topped in its grotesqueness as they fizzled out quick after it was released. The version i liked better was when Rotten was kicked out. They fronted RONNIE BIGGS.. aka. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. I liked that version better because it was incredibly silly and ridiculous as this 56 year old geezer accepted punk rock and this old German Kraut Nazi yelled SCHNELL through the end of the song.....

Sid was definately a looming figure in that scene but I believe he was far from brilliant. I prefered Sue Catwoman and Linda Ashby instead. I think they were phenomenal to look at and were completely original characters.

Cantu writes for the FASCUBE network, and is the creator of www.1seomichigan.com

THE SEX PISTOLS - BELSEN WAS A GAS - last show 1978

DAVID BOWIE - 1972 SOUNDS BETTER NOW THAN THEN !

WHAT IS THIS CURIOUS SOUND?

This song comes on at the tail end of THE LIFE AQUATIC with Bill Murray and in some ways was the only good moment in the entire film..... that and the old man playing it on stage with an accoustic guitar and warbling in French.. or... Spanish? That is, he was singing the QUEEN BITCH song...... as the credits rolled by somewhat unsympathetically.

Again, I was lost in translation as one of my favorite comedians took a radical wide turn into ..... bizarreville. Whether or not you dig the latest films by Murray is beside the point.

This song is incredible for what it does. Its deceptively simple. I like it a lot better than the Ziggy Stardust tunes..... there is a lot of weight behind these guitar chords. The lyrics try to stretch the boundaries and push their meaning and limits. You can go back to it and not wince in embarrasment. Something i think the fans of New Kids on the Block and Britney Spears have a bit of a problem with as of late, (Britney was sent to a mental ward as of this week).

Any sort of embarrasment one feels from transforming oneself to a self contstructed freak is ... ones own choice. Strange by nature. And.... estranged... from sanity is not necessarily a bad thing after all. The other choices in this world are somewhat questionable at best. I'd rather be artistic and follow the near sighted edge of what passes for curious than give in and like what everyone else likes just so I can exist in the moment. If you recall THE MEMBRANES were very unapologetically politically insincere and incorrect but damn me if they weren't a fun band to listen to. Most of us don't remember them. But between those rare gems and my Screaming Brocolli records I was in a rare element.

This track sends me the sametypes of vibrations. And I rather like it.

cantu writes for the fascube network, 2007

DAVID BOWIE - THE QUEEN BITCH

THE FALL - attack of the maniacal style busters

"GALAD TO MEETCHA ... !!!!!"

When I first heard this band I fell into a deep state of HATRED. These songs ate away at my sanity. ONce that was disposed of I begged to hear more of it. I became a fan of THE FALL in about... 24 hours. This was partially due to the fact that I couldn't get these bleedin songs out of my head. I kept thinking about them.

Then I became head over heels about them. I scrounged around record stores collecting little bits of this and that. Since this was before the internet boom and online shopping you had to slug yerself down to the record shop and see what was available. Sometimes you'd walk out with nothing at all.

Here is what AOL MUSIC had to say about the band...

Released in December 2002, "The Fall vs. 2003" single ushered in the next great era of the band with Poulou offering a melodic base for Smith's abrasiveness the same way Nagle and Brix had before. Jim Watts discovered he was fired when Smith held a band meeting in a bar in March of 2003 and bought everyone a drink but Watts. Bassist Simon "Dingo" Archer would take his place for a June - July American tour. An early version of the band's next album was leaked to the Internet influencing Smith to re-record and add/drop some tracks. The leak was referenced in the album's new title, The Real New Fall LP Formerly Country On The Click, released in October. A Christmas single, "(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas" appeared in December.

Not bad eh? I figured I'd mix things up a bit and drop in the second to last paragraph. After all you really don't need to hear about another chapter from the year 1977 again do you? (about how the UK shook up music with the punk movement etc. blah blah blah?)

Enjoy this for what it is. Its brilliant and a bit outrageous.

THE FALL - EAT Y'SELF FITTER !

MAGIC - NOT OUTDONE BY RECENT CGI !!!!

magic.. MAGIC I SAID.. !!!

1978

Staring Anthony Hopkins and that IRRITATING FATS... that miserable puppet with the evil tendencies.

Oh sure, it may not look like it now but this trailer scared the piss out of me in 1978. I was literally terrified out of my gourd. I was paralyzed in fear. This thing haunted me and took up the entire viewing ratio of my tv screen. It would always ALWAYS come on tv without fail when my mother was out at the store or at pottery class.

I would sit there. .NUMB. too terrified to get up and change the channel. This was before the age of remotes even. We had a Zenith color tv, and to change the channel you had to actually get up off your fat ass and do it manually.

This movie is a hoot. Its worth watching. But honestly, I don't know if it was as frightening as this commercial. Now we are lost in this age of CGI and digital effects and horror films have reached new heights. But they are really overdone to the point where I lose my interest in whats happening in them.

For me, and my money.... this clip is what its all about.

And nothing has come close to it since it came out. There hasn't been anything that has created this level of terror in just 30 seconds. And certainly nothing as memorable for years like this one. IF you ask anyone in America what scared them the most as a child == this clip comes up a lot in conversation.

Seriously.

MAN !

cantu writes for the fascube network, 2007

MAGIC - TRAILER 1978

THE KILLERS - HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?

When the Killers first popped their head into the public arena I was interested. I wasn't OVERJOYED but I was interested. I thought Brandon Flowers stumbled and rambled on a bit in his tight suit trying his best to look like Michael J Fox from the tv show Family Ties.... he looked too Republican to be in a rock and roll limelight.

The band that played with the were the Soft Machines. They were dreary in comparison but looked intriguing too. I was glad that this new wave of bands were trying to do something original. We took a wild departure from all these crappy 90's bands that mumbled.. HEYY EYAYYY YEYAYYYY HAYYYYY like a bunch of stoned Navajos.

Man.. that was a crappy time to be listening to music. If it wasnt for the BBC I'd jump off a building. Our radios are not faring much better now with this American Idol nonsense but at least the bands are becoming a bit more listenable.

Hygeine counts too and these boys got it. From what I can tell.

And this band is interesting to listen to musically. I really think that this song wears its heart on its sleeve and the emotion could have actually been milked a little more.... and even extended.

I like this band considerably. They do grow on you.

Cantu writes for the FASCUBE - Fashion Culture Beauty Network out of Detroit, MI.

THE KILLERS - ALL THESE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE - UK