movies left for dead.
this has nothing to do with halloween coming soon. i do this all year round, suckerrrr!
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Blood Sucking Freaks (1976) Misleading title and cover--there is only one freak that does any sucking and it's only one scene. The original title was actually The Incredible Torture Show, which makes hella more sense. Hella hella hella. BSF is a gorey S&M torture film that overcomes the dreadful acting with dismemberment, nude slave brainwashed girls and a leader of the freakazoids (whose sidekick is a black midget) who periodically enjoys getting submissive just like his slaves. Over the top shock value for its time and effin bizarre to say the least. [rating ***] -Kenyon
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See No Evil (2006) * Typical slash trash, but note that it "stars" Kane from WWE. In the weeks prior to its release, the WWE was promoting this and had Kane tie it in to the drama on the show. Everytime someone spoke the date of its release--Rey Mysterio got tricked into doing this--Kane would come out and go berzerk and beat down on whoever said it. The thing that stood out and sucked like a sore thumb was that the biggest jerk of the group of kids/victims was one of the survivors. Kane should have choke-slammed the shit of him. [rating *] -Kenyon
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The Hitcher (2007 remake) All these jerk writers can't think of something new. Remakes/re-imaginings/whatever of Friday the 13th, Halloween, My Bloody Valentine and Last House on the Left have put a damper on the horror genre. Although Hills Have Eyes remake effin RULED. Original Hitcher wasn't widely remembered or is a cult classic. With improved effects it can only make junk like the new version more bloody and violent, which makes this a reason to see. The Hitcher is indeed predictable, although the roles of the boy and girl are reversed from the first film. It's also more implausible than the average horror movie. The maniac that stalks and plays mind games has little character and it hurts the movie's substance, not to mention his ability to easily and quickly pursue them. The reasoning for his actions--which results in the destruction of most of the New Mexico police force!--are avoided, albeit for the last scene in which he suggests that it "feels good." [rating **] -Kenyon

Jawbox to play on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on December 8, 2009.

Holy cow, Jawbox, who released the killer-riffed "Savory" from For Your Own Special Sweetheart in 1994, will be seeing a reissue of that album November 24 and will be on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on December 8. And they will play "Savory." This will be the band's first performance of any kind in 12 years, although we can bet they will tour. Shockingly, the post-hardcore band was signed to Atlantic Records--which happened more than enough in the 90s with those kind of artists, but that's another story. They are now with Dischord and their own DeSoto Records, thank god. -Kenyon

Casxio: new video + CMJ junk

me cannot wait to spin this at the clubs! a neato transgender transfusion of Scissor Sisters, La Roux, MGMT and disco-era MJ.

Dates with the nite aka CMJ junk

October 7 - The Shore - Hermosa Beach, CA
October 18 - Cinespace - Official Release Party
October 20 - Piano's - Music Slut CMJ Party
158 Ludlow St. NY 10002
(Casxio @ 6:00pm)
October 21 - Southpaw - The Rumble CMJ Party
125 5th Ave. 11217 (Brooklyn)
(Casxio @ 9:30pm)
October 22 - ASCAP Official CMJ Showcase
285 West Broadway 10013
(Casxio @ 8:30pm)

The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"


This is an odd choice to release as a "single" or a video. It's short (more like an interlude or teaser) and wacky and the human-produced animal sounds are annoying. But it IS the Flaming Lips, afterall. New album out next month.

Sally Shapiro : new video: "Miracle"

Sally Shapiro "Miracle" from the album "My Guilty Pleasure" from Paper Bag Records on Vimeo.

surreal drama!

Lymbyc Systym : new track + album

Mush records is gonna blop the next full-length from Lymbyc System (Jared and Michael Bell) on November 3, 2009. Very futuristic. The first cut made public from new album Shutter Release follows their previous magical instrumental indie rock. The duo is living separately in Brooklyn and Austin, but are on tour this month with the Books. Shutter Release was mixed by John Congleton (Modest Mouse, St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky) and if you've never heard of Lymbyc Systym before and need more credentials, they've toured with Broken Social Scene, Crystal Castles, The Album Leaf and Her Space Holiday. -Kenyon

"Ghost Clock" [mp3]

DD/MM/YYYY - new tunes + tour dates

After a few months of being put-off by the absurd band name, this Toronto, Canada act catapulted themselves in front of me, and i was like, whoaaaa, CASSETTE. The jagged left-field experimental rock band is giving us a U.S release of its third album, Black Square, which is gonna be put to the test September 15 via digital and CASSETTE format. Radddd. After originally releasing Black Square in Canada in April, the DD/MM/YYYY was on the roads with Crystal Castles, Japanther and Dan Deacon. So obviously they are hip. I am sorry i ever doubted you, DD/MM/YYYY. -Kenyon

Dates with the nite.

09/08 Hamilton, ONT Rokbar %
09/10 Brooklyn, NY Don Pedro's - Cassette Release Party %*
09/17 Quebec City, QC Le Cercle
09/20 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry #
09/21 East Moline, IL Mixtapes
09/22 Chicago, IL Subterranean #
09/23 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room #
09/24 Rochester, NY Bug Jar #
09/25 Brooklyn, NY Shea Stadium # ????
09/26 New York, NY Mercury Lounge #
09/27 Cambridge, MA TT the Bear's #
09/28 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie #
09/29 Washington, DC DC9 #
09/30 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 #
10/01 Atlanta, GA Star Community Bar #
10/02 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder #
10/03 Orlando, FL Will's Pub #
10/05 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon #
10/06 Austin, TX Red 7 #
10/07 Denton, TX Rubbergloves Rehearsal #
10/09 Tuscon, AZ Plush #
10/10 Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory #
10/11 San Diego, CA Casbah #
10/13 Visalia, CA Cellar Door #
10/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill #
10/16 Portland, OR Rotture #
10/17 Seattle, WA The Vera Project #

* = w/ Anamanaguchi, Graffiti Monsters
% = w/ Spiral Beach
# = w/ These Arms Are Snakes
???? = wtf?

Lou Barlow - new tunes + tour. Goodnight Unknown out October 5, four years since his last solo album and following the Dinosaur Jr reunion.

"Don't Apologize" from Goodnight Unknown.


Lou Barlow and the Missingmen dates with the nite.

10/02 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
10/03 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
10/04 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
10/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
10/07 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
10/08 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/09 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
10/10 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/11 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
10/13 - Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre
10/14 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/16 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
10/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/26 - Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
10/27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/29 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
10/30 - Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
11/03 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/04 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
11/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

Raveonettes new tunes...ALREADY! and EW gets to post it? blech.

The dreamy "Last Dance" is HERE.

Quickly following Lust Lust Lust is the fourth record, In and Out of Control, out October 6.



Dates with the nite-
10/02/09 AUSTIN, TX THE PARISH
10/03/09 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
10/14/09 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL
10/15/09 BALTIMORE, MD OTTOBAR
10/16/09 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB
10/17/09 PHILADELPHIA, PA TLA
10/18/09 BROOKLYN, NY MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
10/20/09 BOSTON, MA PARADISE
10/21/09 MONTREAL, QC CLUB SODA
10/22/09 TORONTO, ON PHOENIX
10/23/09 DETROIT, MI MAGIC STICK
10/24/09 NEWPORT, KY SOUTHGATE HOUSE
10/25/09 CHICAGO, IL THE METRO
10/26/09 MINNEAPOLIS, MN FIRST AVENUE
11/05/09 VANCOUVER, BC VENUE
11/06/09 SEATTLE, WA NEUMO’S
11/07/09 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE
11/09/09 SAN FRANCISCO, CA BIMBO’S
11/10/09 COSTA MESA, CA DETROIT BAR
11/12/09 SOLANA BEACH, CA BELLY UP
11/13/09 LOS ANGELES, CA HENRY FONDA THEATRE
11/14/09 POMONA, CA GLASSHOUSE

Noel quits Oasis! awesome!

from Oasisnet.com: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."

REVOLTING COCKS to tour North America for the first time since the late 1980s. Band will release Sex-O MiXXX-O in late September, a collection of remixes from their 2009 album Sex-O Olympic-O.

Holy crapes, the deliberately offensive RevCo has been re-charged by industrial metal icon Al Jourgensen and co. after Jourgensen ended Ministry this year. Jim Rose will host the shows, plus openers Blownload and Left Spine Down. RevCo started with Jourgensen, Luc Van Acker and Richard 23 from Front 242. The new line-up has Jourgensen joined by singer Josh Bradford, guitarist Sin Quirin, keyboardist/electronicist Clayton Worbeck, drummer Aaron Rossi (Ministry, Prong) and bassist Murv Douglas (Powerman 5000).

Check the new redneck industrial metal noise track "I'm Not Gay"

September 10 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
September 12 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
September 13 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
September 14 - Ft Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
September 15 - Salt Lake, UT - Club Vegas
September 17 - Coeur d'Alene, ID - The Grail
September 18 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
September 19 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
September 20 - Portland, OR - Dante's
September 23 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
September 24 - Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
September 25 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
September 26 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
September 27 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
October 1 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
October 2 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
October 3 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont
October 4 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
October 6 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
October 7 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
October 8 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
October 9 - St. Thomas, ON - Coolz Warehouse
October 10 - Ottawa, ON - Babylon
October 11 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
October 12 - Toronto, ON - Reverb
October 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
October 15 - Allentown, PA - Croc Rock
October 16 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
October 17 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
October 18 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
October 20 - Jacksonville, FL - Jackrabbits
October 21 - Orlando, FL - Firestone
October 22 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
October 23 - St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre
October 24 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
October 25 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
October 27- Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
October 29 - Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
October 30 - Austin, TX - Emo's

movies left for dead

Headless Eyes (1972) [rating: *] Weirdo artist tries to steel a girl's money. After she gouges his eye out with a spoon, he is now obsessed with doing the same to random victims. He takes the eyes and then does creative things with them, like putting them in ice cubes. Headless Eyes is terribly made with many pointless, dragging scenes, but considering this is from the early 1970s, the gore involving eyeballs must have been shocking. The most memorable--and quite hilarious--scene is at the opening when the guy's eyeball is hanging and the audio for his screaming is looped as he's climbing down the fire escape. -Kenyon
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Spasms (1982) [rating: *1/2] A wealthy man is obsessed with resurrecting the spirit of a giant demon snake. It's just something he has to do. Peter Fonda's character and the man's neice fail in following the creature, while studying the obsessed man's telepathic connection he has with the snake. After biting people to death and causing spasms, the snake makes its way to the guy who has the supposed connection and the snake kills him, even though they had that telepathic connection. Bad snake, bad movie. -Kenyon

Piney Gir--i prefer calling her Pony Girl--is in London making cupcakes and knitting twee with country. And by country, i mean old school original country like Patsy Cline, especially for the butter-churning "Of All the Wonderful Things." With help from backing band the Age of Reason, Piney Gir is supporting her new album The Yearling, which is released next month. It includes first focus song "Say I'm Sorry" and "For the Love of Others," which features a sing-along of "he loves me, he loves me not" and a tuba! -Kenyon

http://www.myspace.com/pineygir

"...leave some time to wander around." That's all we SEE here is people wandering around! Girl, i'll show you something AWESOME. Farrell with Leann Rimes killed the respect right there. Or is that his wife? I...I can't tell them apart. If you need to see Perry and wife Etty for sure, there's this new single/video just released and it's a strong candidate for worst thing of the year.

WWE Smackdown/ECW
at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.
August 4, 2009. Aired on NY Channel 9 August 7.



matches included: jeff hardy vs CM punk (2.5 matches), christian vs tommy dreamer (extreme rules), rey mysterio vs mike knox, john morrison vs smaller guy from the stupid hart dynasty, mike knox vs dolf ziggler vs finlay vs r-truth (fatal 4-way for championship match at summer slam), chris jericho vs JTG, great khali vs ricky ortiz (with kane attacking).

big russian guy vs huge black dude. and a small white dude on floor.

favorite current intro theme music

E! C! W! Tommy Dreamer also brought out a hotdog cart with hotdogs.

notes: rare appearance of mr. mcmahon. tommy dreamer with hotdog cart and hotdogs, kane dragging khali's manager through the crowd, really boring talking at beginning of ECW (shelton benjamin, zakk ryder), CM punk laying in ring till the very very end, matt hardy guest outside ref helping jeff win, no women's match.

John Morrison intro.

Hart Dynasty won't last long. I bet they go to TNA.

white rice? welllll it's the BIG SHOW. and his music is terrible
when mashed with Chris Jericho's.

tallest wrestler ever.

build the cage! faster! get more helpers!

building cage was a waste of time. this match was a quick extra after the

real show was over and it lasted one minute.

CM punk waiting for the ref to tell him that everyone in the arena has left.

he's still there. bizarre.

Sunset Rubdown dates with the nite.

10/16/09 New York, NY - Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
10/17/09 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
10/18/09 Columbus, OH - The Summit
10/19/09 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
10/20/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
10/21/09 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway Nightclub
10/22/09 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
10/24/09 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10/26/09 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
10/27/09 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour

Wowzer holy cow! new Circulatory System and tour dates and junk.

The very long awaited Signal Morning will be in CD and digital September 8, 2009. Taking seven years to finish, Circulatory System is pretty much Olivia Tremor Control and a couple people from Neutral Milk Hotel. Amazingly, leader W. Cullen Hart put this together while battling Multiple Sclerosis. New cut "Overjoyed" is available now and is a stunning piece of subcultural bliss. Are we looking at the next Loveless? Prolly not, but it's still gonna RULE. -Kenyon

[mp3] - "Overjoyed"

Dates with the nite-

08/15 - Asheville, NC - Transfigurations 2009
09/07 - Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight
09/08 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
09/09 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
09/10 - Worcester, MA - The Grind at Clark University
09/11 - Purchase, NY - The Student Center at SUNY Purchase
09/12 - Monticello, NY - All Tomorrow's Parties
09/14 - Boston , MA - YMCA Theatre
09/15 - Geneseo, NY - Union Plaza at SUNY Geneseo
09/16 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
09/17 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
09/18 - Chicago, IL- Chopin Theatre
9/19 - Lexington, KY - Al's Bar
09/20 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light

With Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons except 8/15 and 9/12.