mike the mountain

I love Halloween… love the TV, the movies, the music, the costumes, the parties… and of course the CANDY!!!!

Remember kids, rich neighbourhoods are a trap, too much time between houses.  Stick to old neighbourhoods with lots of grandparents first (before they go to bed), then work your way down to the new yuppies with no kids having house parties, they’ll have bought lots of candy to hand out because they have a “HOUSE” now and want to be part of the scene, but they’re still young enough to be up late watching movies and getting ready to party!  It’s all strategy.

New blog theme is “Aspire 1.1.4″ by Infocreek

A lot more stylized than I’ve used in a long time, but I just love the whole look and feel.  Let me know what you think, or if something’s not working right.

Rudy Ray Moore, badass extraordinaire of 70s blaxploitation cinema, passed away.

As anyone who ever made the mistake of letting me pick the movie on a late Saturday night can attest, I have a great fondness for this particular sub-genre.  And Mr. Rudy Ray Moore’s classic film Dolemite was right up there beside Black Belt Jones as my all time favourites.

It’s always sad when a classic hard case finally proves his mortality, but if nothing else this gives me the excuse to dig up the disc and start corrupting another generation!

In closing, I have to include this quote from Rudy that I saw on Ain’t It Cool:

If I should die, have my balls soaked in alcohol, lay my dick on my chest
And tell all these good cock bitches that ole Shine has gone to rest.
Shine died and went to hell.
The devil said, “All you bitches, you better climb the wall,
Cause ole Shine done come down here to fuck us all!”

Now THAT’S an epithaph.

What in the name of Tarantino is wrong with me??

HOW did I not know about this???

I’m that guy.  I’m the one that you call when you’re planning a movie night and need to know what to put on to shock surprise amaze and/or delight your audience.  I’m the guy that can give you news reviews summaries and spoilers of dang-near every movie in the multiplex at any given time.  I own the region-free player, I’ve got boxes full of imports and bootlegs of movies not fit for marketing to the north american public.

I’m the movie geek.

So why didn’t anybody tell me that my own freakin city was hosting it’s film festival last week??

Or that our godless brethren from the foothills just held theirs?!

I have been walking past the host theatre EVERY DAY on my way to and from my office, and had no idea this was going on.

I missed Zach and Miri Make A Porno, but at least that one has a chance of actually making it to mainstream distribution.

I missed Let The Right One In.

I missed Midnight Meat Train (I actually wrote about wanting to see this one back in June!).

I missed Nerdcore Rising (and what I’m sure was an amazing after party!!).

I missed [REC] (yes I know there’s a remake coming out… that doesn’t always mean it will be as good).

I missed REPO! The Genetic Opera!!!  AUGHH that one hurts the most!!!  How many sci-fi-horror-opera-musicals starring Giles from Buffy do you get to see?

And I’m sure I missed a whole bunch of other really cool stuff that I will probably never have another chance of seeing and some of it I might have really really really liked!!

I shall either be banned from seeing or forced to see one random movie from The Lobby (kick-ass underground (literally) movie shop on Whyte Ave here in Edmonton) for every festival day I missed.

No movies with subtitles for a month?

Nothing but movies with subtitles for a month?

Forced to read all the talkbacks on AintItCool… [shudder] no, no, some things are TOO cruel.

Found here.

(Though drinking all that beer might make riding out these markets a bit easier!)

I guess some people are a little upset...

Source unknown, forwarded email.

Think you know your hard rock history?

October 20… can’t wait!

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