Scared of Santa!

The other night my dinner was disrupted by the loud sounds of an diesel engine blasting an air horn combined with a siren and flashing lights. They seemed to be stopped directly in front of my house. I looked outside the window to see a giant fire engine with an oddly shaped man screaming something unintelligable into a bull horn. So I (as other neighbors) wandered outside to see what drama was going down, only to find that it was a fireman, dressed as Santa "Ho, Ho, Ho-ing" to the kids on the block. But because it was so dark it was hard to make out that this was indeed Mr Claus making a holiday visit, instead the kids next door were traumatized. Ole' Saint Nick was muttering something distorted into the bull horn while chucking peppermint candies at them, so they all ran screaming back into the house. Part of the problem was the guy driving the fire engine was a bit too siren/horn happy and blasted everyone backwards.

I don't know why, but I laughed. I am not one to terrorize children, but the immense failure to do something good gone wrong tickles my funny bone... it also reminded me of one of my favorite holiday websites.

Scared of Santa is one that makes me laugh everytime.

Sweet Dreams Ms Bettie

Astro-Zombies! Tura Satana & the Misfits!

So we got a little off track on the countdown... sometimes even the best laid plans go awry... so today we bring you: The Astro-Zombies!

featuring Tura Satana and John Carradine.


or watch it with the Misfits (back when Glenn Danzig was in the band).

The Fearless Vampire Killers & Zombina and the Skeletones

Halloween countdown continues with a wonderful film, The Fearless Vampire Killers, directed by Roman Polanski and featuring Sharon Tate.



Plus another song for the dance party mix: "Dracula Blood" by Zombina and the Skeletones.

Munster Go Home! (and Rob Zombie too)

Today's Halloween treat is brought to you by the The Munsters, in techincolor! Featuring George Barris hot rods and Terry Thomas! Pure win!



and speaking of Dragula...

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy & The Fall

Another Halloween treat, wacky, fun monster movies from the Abbott & Costello Meets the Monsters series...



In keeping with the mummy theme, here's a little dance party music for your Halloween party, Mark E Smith style...

Mad Monster Party!

October is our favorite month of the year, so this month we will be highlighting our favorite monster movies!



First up, Mad Monster Party



Our favorite stop-animation film from Rankin-Bass So rock on out and do the Mummy!
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Paul Newman

The Tormentos - Dragstrip Night

Hey Kids!

Summer's not over yet! There's still time for a teen beach dance party or two!

Here's your background music:

Supersuckers & Rev Horton Heat at the Pozo Saloon

So for once I did not have to drive to Southern California on the 4th weekend as I usually do to get my annual Supersuckers/Rev Horton Heat fix, they played right here in my backyard at the Pozo Saloon on the 4th of July!

I was the Designated Driver ('cause I cain't drink like I used to could) and the party crew I was with were dragging, so I missed Sexy Time Xplosion and Nashville Pussy (GRRRRRR!!!!) but that's OK, I'll catch them another time.



Here's a slew of photos I took



Did anyone else attend this show? I'd love to see your photos too!

Happy 4th of July!

Nothing says America like an old fashioned sing-a-long. There's nothing more American than a medley of patriotic classics sung by Dean Martin, Kate Smith, Barbara Eden, Norm Crosby and Mickey Rooney!



Take that Lee Greenwood and your crappy overplayed to death song I can no longer listen to without the urge to attack the speaker wires from where the painful sound eminates from...

Huevos Rancheros "Get Outta Dodge"

I was going through some old cassette tapes, I ran across a song I somehow forgot about by the Huevos Rancheros.

Please to enjoy:

Winter Steele!

Years ago, when MTV was cool, there was a show called Liquid Television that showed animated shorts. One of the shorts was called "Winter Steele," my best friend and I watched it religiously and quoted it constantly. It was a crudely created puppet show about a biker chick on the road looking for her "old man" Crow Dickerson. She had white blonde hair with black roots, possibly a role model for the chicks that are currently on "Rock of Love." Some of our favorite scenes were when Winter finally finds Crows mother, she tells Winter, "Whadda ya say we score us some Aqua Velva and keep this party rollin'?" On another episode, the police have surrounded her as shes climbing the hospital wall trying to get to her old man. They yell, "You have the right to remain silent.." to which she responds "You have the right to lick my pointy boot ya fricken nazi!" I've never been able to find the full length show anywhere (MTV chopped it into to 4 minute segments). So it was a fluke when I googled it and found that the creator of the show had recently uploaded them to youtube! Halle-lew-yer!



Here's episode one... the rest are here

Oh yeah, I also found Dog Boy!

Reverend Horton Heat - Galaxie 500

Jeepers! It's March already? How did that happen? We're way overdue for a "video of the week" so we'll set you off this Friday with a little Reverend Horton Heat to kick start your weekend!



and don't forget kids, set your clocks back on Saturday!

Check back for some new stuff we'll be posting next week...

Southern Culture on the Skids

I just love this band! I found this gem featuring the S.C.O.T.S. song "Deja Va-Room" along with some vintage drag racing! Whoo hoo!

Please to enjoy!